Background
McManus, William Jay was born on August 28, 1900 in Mansemond County, Virginia, United States. Son of P.A. and Mary E. (Finn) McManus.
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McManus, William Jay was born on August 28, 1900 in Mansemond County, Virginia, United States. Son of P.A. and Mary E. (Finn) McManus.
Bachelor, Georgetown University, 1924. Postgraduate, National Law University, 1929. Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1959.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1965.
Vice president public relations public affairs, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Сompany, Washington, Richmond, Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, and Baltimore, 1925-1965; vice president, Byers-McManus Associations, Inc., Washington, from 1966; treasurer, Republican National Committee, from 1975. Board directors Riggs National Bank.
Member Commission on White House Fellows. Board directors Columbia Hospital for Women, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington Heart Association, United Givers Fund, Boy Scouts American, Young Men’s Christian Association Foundation, National Historic Trust. President, board directors District of Columbia Society for Crippled Children.
Vice chairman board directors District of Columbia chapter American Red Cross. Vice president emeritus, board directors Federal City Council. Chairman Decatur House Council.
President Friendly Sons St. Patrick. Member Public Relations Society of America, National Geography Society, United States Navy League, Defense Orientation Conference Association, Public Members Association Foreign Policy. Clubs: Chevy Chase, Metropolitan, Columbia, Carlton, National Press, Alfalfa, Annapolis Yacht, 1925 F St. (president), Saints and Sinners (Washington).
Married Georgie Garrison, September 19, 1952.