John Tanton

John Tanton
Tanton in October 2004
Born	(1934-02-23)February 23, 1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 16, 2019(2019-07-16) (aged 85) Petoskey, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State University (BS) University of Michigan (MS, MD)
Occupation(s)	Ophthalmologist, activist
Spouse	Mary Lou Tanton

John Hamilton Tanton^[1] (February 23, 1934 – July 16, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist, white nationalist,^[2][3][4] and anti-immigration activist.^[5] He was the founder and first chairman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an anti-immigration organization. He was the co-founder of the Center for Immigration Studies, an anti-immigration think tank; and NumbersUSA, an anti-immigration lobbying group. He was chairman of U.S. English and ProEnglish. He was briefly President of Zero Population Growth. He was the founder of The Social Contract Press, which published a quarterly journal of nativist and white nationalist writers called The Social Contract until the fall of 2019.^[6] He founded the pro-eugenics organization Society for Genetic Education.