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Fallon company history timeline

1981

Fallon was founded in 1981 as Fallon McElligott Rice in 1981 by Patrick Fallon, Tom McElligott, Nancy Rice, Fred Senn and Irv Fish.

1985

In 1985 Nancy Rice left the firm to form her own agency, Rice & Rice, with her husband Nick.

1987

Fallon McElligott suffered a self-inflicted black eye in 1987.

1988

FM's troubles continued in 1988, when Tom McElligott resigned over "disagreements with management about the future creative direction" of the firm.

1989

After McElligott's departure, Pat Burnham, who had served as associate creative director, took over as creative director in 1989.

1997

Fallon McElligott had resigned the McDonald's Arch Deluxe account and lost the Prudential campaign by 1997.

2000

Fallon Worldwide's gross billings for 2000 reached a phenomenal $1.0 billion.

2001

Even movie critics applauded the short films, with Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times quoted in Advertising Age (July 23, 2001) as calling the mini thrillers "the marriage of commerce and creativity, straddling the ever-dwindling line between art and merchandising."

In the terrorist attacks in September 2001 FW's New York office was damaged and major client United Airlines was devastated.

2002

Two offices in Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore) and one in Brazil (Sao Paolo) were slated to open in 2002.

2003

In addition, FW won several awards at the 2003 International Advertising Festival for its BMW (mini films), Citibank (identity theft voiceovers), and Lee Jeans (the return of Buddy Lee) work.

2005

By 2005 FW had grown into an international power, long one of founder Pat Fallon's dreams.

2013

As of January 2013, both are available to eligible residents in Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Hamden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffix and Worcester counties, and portions of Franklin County.

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1981
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