John Tanton | |
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.jpg) Tanton in October 2004 | |
| Born | February 23, 1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 2019 (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 (February 23, 1934 – July 16, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist, white nationalist, and anti-immigration activist. 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. He founded the pro-eugenics organization Society for Genetic Education.