Background
McManus, Robert Cruise was born on April 16, 1903 in New York City. Son of Terence Joseph and Mary Eleanor (Lynn) McManus.
McManus, Robert Cruise was born on April 16, 1903 in New York City. Son of Terence Joseph and Mary Eleanor (Lynn) McManus.
Attending, Yale University, 1921—1924.
Reporter New York Sun, New York City, 1925—1928. Associate editor Time and Fortune Magazines, 1929. Freelance writer, 1930—1932.
With Newsweek Magazine, 1932, national affairs editor, 1932—1933. Sunday feature writer Washington Post, 1934—1935. Special assistant to chief United States forest service, 1935.
Information officer Resettlement Administration, 1935—1936. Political journalist New Jersey, 1936—1942. Associate editor Farm Journal, 1942—1947.
War correspondent Pacific, 1945. Speech and television writer Republican National Committee, 1952. Investigations analyst United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, 1952—1967.
Retired, 1967.
Married Mary Borden McManus, January 26, 1934 (deceased October 1980). Children: Maureen Lynn, Nora Borden, Terence Borden.