Memorial service for NPC member Chris Battle set for Aug. 23 in Alexandria

A memorial service for National Press Club member Chris Battle will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23 at Grace Episcopal Church, 3601 Russell Road, Alexandria, Va.

Battle, a public relations innovator, former newspaper editorial writer, and an accomplished political spokesman, died Aug. 8 after a four-year fight against kidney cancer. He was 45. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Dena, and two children, Kate and Josie.

Battle helped create professional development programs for public relations professionals and communicators at the National Press Club. He was a key player in developing the "Get PR Smart" program, which began in 2009 and continues today. In 2010, after his cancer diagnosis, he led a critical workshop in the fledgling series, “Shooting Straight: Practicing Direct Public Relations.”

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