
John F. Mcmanus
About the Author
John F. McManus joined the staff of the John Birch Society as a Field Coordinator in New England in 1966. He was promoted to the headquarters staff in 1968. In 1973, he was named the organization's Public Relations Director and worked very closely with the Society's founder, Robert Welch, until his death in 1985.
In conjunction with his public relations duties, Mr. McManus became the organization's chief spokesman. He has appeared on many hundreds of radio and television programs and given an equal number of interviews to representatives of the press. He has traveled the nation extensively and has conducted Society business in every one of the 50 states.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. McManus earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Holy Cross College in Massachusetts, served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was employed in the early 1960s as an electronics engineer. Married in 1957, he and his wife are the parents of four.
He is a writer, film and television producer, editor, speaker, and newspaper columnist. His weekly Birch Log columns have provided valuable insight about the affairs of our nation since 1973. His first book, An Overview of Our World (1971), analyzed the great conspiracy against mankind and its harmful effects on contemporary civilization. In 1991, he was named President of the John Birch Society.