John Franklin MacVANE

Background

Macvane, John Franklin was born on April 29, 1912 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of William Leslie and Bertha (Achorn) MacV.

Education

Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1933. Bachelor of Letters, Exeter College University of Oxford, 1936.

Reporter, ship news columnist Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1935-1936.

Reporter New York Sun, 1936-1938. Sub-editor London Daily Express, 1938-1939, Continental Daily Mail, Paris, 1939.

Correspondent Exchange Telegraph Agency, International News Service covering Fall of France. Reporter, war correspondent assigned British Army, National Broadcasting Company, London, 1940-1942, North African campaign Morocco-Algeria-Tunisia, 1942-1943, British and American Annies.

Covered Casablanca Conference, 1943.

United Nations correspondent National Broadcasting Company covering United Nations Security Council, 1946. Berlin air lift, 1948, United Nations General Assembly, Paris, 1948. Producer moderator weekly radio, television panel.

United or Not show, American Broadcasting Company, 1950-1952.

With United Nations General Assembly, Paris, 1951-1952. United Nations correspondent American Broadcasting Company, 1953-1978, Photo Communications Company, 1978-1984.

Writer-commentator documentary: television film series Alaska: The New Frontier, for, National Ednl. Television, 1960; Author: Journey into War, 1943, War and Diplomacy in North Africa, 1944, Embassy Extraordinary.

The United States Mission to United Nations, 1961, On the Air in World World World War II, 1979.

Career

Past President, United Nations Correspondents Association. Bureau Chief, American Broadcasting Company, United Nations since 1953. Adviser, Permanent Mission of United States, New York, 1950-1952.

United Nations Correspondent, National Broadcasting Company, 4649. War Correspondent, National Broadcasting Company, 1940-1945.

Achievements

• John Franklin Macvane has been listed as a noteworthy news analyst. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association Radio-television News Analysts (president 1948-1949, 55, 56, secretary 1954), Saint Andrews Society New York, United Nations Corrs. Association (president 1964), Pilgrims of the United States, France-American Society, Gargoyle Society, Society of Silurians (governor), American Society French Legion of Honor, France American Society, Sigma Delta Chi, Sigma Phi (trustee Williams chapter 1968-1973). Clubs: Williams.

• Past President, United Nations Correspondents Association, New York & Association of Radio- Television News Analysts; Society of the Silurians; Sigma Delta Chi.; Williams Club, New York; Fairfield County Hunt Club, CT; The Press Club, London; The Pilgrims of the United States; Street Andrew’s Society; France-America Society.

Interests

• Beagling.

Connections

Married Lucy Maxwell, December 17, 1937 (divorced). Married Henriette Butler Kidder, May 27, 1969. Children: Ian (deceased), Myles Angus, Sara Ann Andrew, Matthew Chattan, Fiona Ellen.

Father:

William Leslie MacV.

Mother:

Bertha (Achorn) MacV.

Spouse:

Lucy Maxwell

Spouse:

Henriette Butler Kidder

child:

Sara Ann Andrew Macvane

child:

Ian Macvane (deceased)

child:

Fiona Ellen Macvane

child:

Myles Angus Macvane

child:

Matthew Chattan Macvane