John Tanton
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| Born | 1934 (age 82–83) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Residence | Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Michigan State University University of Michigan |
| Occupation | ophthalmologist, activist |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Lou Tanton |
John H. Tanton (born 1934) is an American retired ophthalmologist and activist in efforts aimed at reducing immigration levels in the United States. He was the founder and first chairman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an immigration-reduction non-profit organization. He was the co-founder of the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit research group; and NumbersUSA, a grassroots lobbying group. He was chairman of U.S. English and ProEnglish. He is the founder of The Social Contract Press, which publishes the quarterly journal The Social Contract. He founded the pro-eugenics organization Society for Genetic Education.
Tanton was born in 1934 in Detroit. In 1945, he moved with his family to a farm northeast of Bay City, Michigan on which his mother had been raised and on which he worked.
Tanton graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Michigan State University in 1956, and received his doctor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1960. He received an MD in ophthalmology from the University of Michigan in 1964.
Tanton ran an ophthalmology practice in Petoskey, Michigan.
Tanton is a proponent of immigration reduction to the United States. He is the founder and patron of many immigration reduction non-profit organizations. He founded Petoskey chapters of the Sierra Club and Planned Parenthood and, for a time, became the national president of Zero Population Growth. Unable to secure support from colleges, in 1979, he founded the non-profit Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) with early support from Warren Buffett and Eugene McCarthy. By 1983, he co-founded U.S. English.
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