Michael Lewis Becker - wikipedia Michael Lewis Becker This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( February 2015 ) Some of this article 's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. ( March 2013 ) ' Michael Lewis `` Mike '' Becker ' ( born October 30, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio ) was a major Madison Avenue advertising creative director. He now operates a small communications firm in suburban New Jersey. Contents 1 Early life 2 Advertising career 3 Advertising and marketing 4 Personal life 5 References Early life In 1942, his father, Dr. Nathan M. Becker, a professor of economics, accepted a position at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Becker lived there until he was 4 and then toward the end of World War II, his parents moved to Washington DC as his father accepted a position working for Adlai Stevenson in the State Department. Becker 's father eventually took a position at Pace University and from the age of 13 Becker grew up with his brother and sister in West Orange, New Jersey ( Pace University maintains an annual Nathan Becker Memorial Scholarship for students who major in economics ). He graduated from Syracuse University and after military service delivered traffic helicopter reports for three years for a New York / New Jersey radio station. He was one of the first helicopter traffic reporters in the country. Becker traveled to several major European countries to see if their major radio stations were interested in helicopter traffic reports but they were not. Advertising career In 1966 Becker was trained and hired by an advertising executive named Bill ( William ) Casey. He began his advertising career as a copywriter at Papert Koenig Lois. Much of Becker 's career was spent at Young & Rubicam Advertising ( 26 years in total ). He left to spend three years as Vice Chairman, Chief Creative Officer at Ted Bates Worldwide and then to BBDO as Executive Vice President, Senior Creative Director and member of the Board. He returned to Young & Rubicam, hired by Chairman and CEO Alex Kroll, to work at their direct marketing division Wunderman. At Y&R companies, Becker created the award winning 25 - year television campaign, `` I 'm stuck on Band - Aid ' cause Band - Aid 's stuck on me ''. ( `` Mike Becker and I wrote the song. Barry Manilow got the residuals. John Travolta and Terri Garr both launched careers, '' states Harry Webber, Becker 's collaborator on this project, which led to a 1976 Clio Award and the composition of one of the most recognizable advertising jingles of all time. ) He led the creation and production of the 10 - year American Express Corporate Card campaign `` To Your Success ''. In 1970 Becker partnered with the then head of the Young & Rubicam Art Department, Donald Egensteiner, to create the theme and advertising for Mayor Lindsay 's commencement of annual Earth Day celebrations in New York City. The theme line they created for the campaign was : `` April 22, 1970. Earth Day. The beginning of the end of pollution ''. In 1991 he created a print and television campaign for a private commission named by Mayor David N. Dinkins titled `` Operation Welcome Home. '' The purpose was to raise money and awareness for what would become the biggest ticker - tape parade in the city 's history, a salute to all veterans, and a welcome home to soldiers from the Gulf War. Advertising and marketing In September 1998, he formed beckercommunications to advise clients on marketing, advertising and public relations. Becker was instrumental in building the creative team for Bill Bradley for President in that same year. In 2000 Becker named a non-profit organization and website, The Hemangioma Treatment Foundation. Becker 's theme line is `` Kids Birthmarks. We Care. We Cure. '' Working with longtime art director and commercial film director Stew Birbrower, Becker created a full campaign including a public service television announcement that starred actress Dyan Cannon. Personal life He is married to Katherine A. Becker, who was the first female president of an art directors club in America ( Art Directors Club of New Jersey, 1969 -- 70 ). Becker and his wife reside by the ocean in Mantoloking, New Jersey and in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey, for which Becker created a promotional video in 2012. They have three grown and married children Danielle, Adam, and Rachel. They have six grandchildren ranging from teenagers to young babies. Mike has retired from running marathons but still plays half - court basketball and ping pong with both hands. References Jump up ^ `` Nathan M. Becker Oral History Interview ''. Truman Library. 1973 - 01 - 19. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Nathan Becker Memorial Scholarship - Pace Scholarships ''. EDU in Review. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ Billboard - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1963 - 11 - 09. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ Dougherty, Philip H. ( 1986 - 03 - 31 ). `` ADVERTISING - B.B.D.O. 's New Hire - Promotions at Esquire ''. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ New York Magazine - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1985 - 11 - 04. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` MadisonAveNew Means New : Harry Webber ''. Madisonavenew.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` First Earth Day : Interview with NYC Mayor John Lindsay ''. Archives.nbclearn.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` The Bowery Boys : New York City History : Earth Day 1970 : Two mayors share a clean, groovy vision ''. Theboweryboys.blogspot.com. 2009 - 04 - 22. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ ROBERT D. McFADDENPublished : June 09, 1991 ( 1991 - 06 - 09 ). `` As Operation Get Ready Comes to an End, Operation Welcome Home Begins - New York Times ''. Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ Mccarthy, Michael. `` He Got Game ''. Adweek. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` The Work ''. Beckercomm.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ http://www.adcnj.org/about/boardstaff/pac.html Jump up ^ Harris, Patricia. `` New Officer Brings Millburn Police Up to Full Force '', Tap Into Millburn / Short Hills, December 19, 2012. Accessed May 1, 2017. `` During the session, the audience was treated to a showing of a recently completed promotional video for the township. Millburn USA : One of America 's Greatest Towns was produced over a 6 - month period by longtime resident and former advertising executive Michael Becker. '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Lewis_Becker&oldid=784766150 '' Categories : 1940 births Living people Advertising directors People from Mantoloking, New Jersey People from Millburn, New Jersey People from West Orange, New Jersey Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from June 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Orphaned articles from February 2015 All orphaned articles Articles lacking reliable references from March 2013 All articles lacking reliable references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 June 2017, at 23 : 06. 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Question: who wrote the jingle im stuck on band aid
Answer: Mike Becker