Carl Ally

Carl Joseph Ally (31 March 1924 – 15 February 1999) was an American advertising executive who founded Ally & Gargano.^[1]

Ally served in World War II as a fighter pilot, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.^[2] He claimed to be the "prototype of the character Yossarian" in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 (a claim that was denied by Heller). He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948.^[1] He was inducted in the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame in 1991.^[3][4]

• Cracknell, Andrew (2011). The Real Mad Men. Running Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-7624-4090-0.

• Thomas, Jr., Robert McG. (February 17, 1999). "Carl Ally, Hard-Hitting Adman, Is Dead at 74". The New York Times.
• Guide to Ally and Gargano, Inc., Print Advertisements, Smithsonian National Museum of American History