The salutatorian of his high school class in 1948, McManus went on to receive both a bachelor's and a master's degree from Michigan State University. He later served as the extension director for the institution in Grand Traverse County for 25 years. McManus is a fourth-generation cherry farmer.[2]
McManus was a trustee of Northwestern Michigan College for 20 years, and a director of the college's foundation. He also served on the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Board of Education.[3]
During his time in the Senate, McManus sponsored the Michigan Groundwater and Freshwater Protection Act and played a key role in protecting family farms from property tax increases.[4]
george, mcmanus, born, december, 1930, former, republican, member, michigan, senate, serving, from, 1991, 2002, member, michigan, senate, from, 36th, district37th, district, 1991, 1994, office, january, 1991, december, 2002preceded, bymitch, irwinsucceeded, by. George A McManus Jr born December 12 1930 is a former Republican member of the Michigan Senate serving from 1991 to 2002 1 George A McManus Jr Member of the Michigan Senate from the 36th district37th district 1991 1994 In office January 1 1991 December 31 2002Preceded byMitch IrwinSucceeded byTony StamasPersonal detailsBorn 1930 12 12 December 12 1930 age 93 Political partyRepublicanSpouseClara m 1949 Alma materMichigan State UniversityThe salutatorian of his high school class in 1948 McManus went on to receive both a bachelor s and a master s degree from Michigan State University He later served as the extension director for the institution in Grand Traverse County for 25 years McManus is a fourth generation cherry farmer 2 McManus was a trustee of Northwestern Michigan College for 20 years and a director of the college s foundation He also served on the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Board of Education 3 During his time in the Senate McManus sponsored the Michigan Groundwater and Freshwater Protection Act and played a key role in protecting family farms from property tax increases 4 McManus received an honorary doctorate of agriculture from Michigan State University in May 2003 5 References edit 2001 2002 Michigan Manual State Senator George A McManus Jr The Political Graveyard McManus George A Jr Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools 2007 Senator George McManus Jr and Clara Kratchovil McManus PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2014 12 23 Retrieved 2014 12 17 Senate Resolution 302 2002 A resolution of tribute to the Honorable George A McManus Gongwer News Service April 14 2003 Capital Notebook Gast McManus Getting Honorary Degrees nbsp This article about a Michigan politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George A McManus Jr amp oldid 1128595455, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
