Joseph Napolitan (March 6, 1929 – December 2, 2013) was an American

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, who worked as a general consultant on over 100

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s in the

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, and many others throughout the world. Napolitan served on the 1960 Kennedy for President campaign, was Director of Media for the 1968

Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...

campaign, and received the French

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in 2005. He died on December 2, 2013 at the age of 84.Joseph Napolitan, the originator, dead at 84 , Campaigns & Elections
/ref> Napolitan was credited with coining the term "political consultant" to describe political professionals who are hired out to provide advice to different political campaigns, often at the same time. Napolitan was the founder and first president of the

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.Joseph Napolitan
He co-founded the International Association of Political Consultants, with Frenchman Michel Bongrand. Napolitan was also CEO of Napolitan & Associates in Springfield,

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* http://www.theaapc.org/default.asp?contentID=553 * http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/political_strategist_and_sprin.html

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