John W. Macy
1917-1986

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

John Williams Macy, Jr. was born on April 6, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. From 1969 to 1972, he served as the first president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He was forced out after three years in a dispute with the Nixon Administration on the future direction and financing of public broadcasting. Specifically, the Nixon administration saw him as an obstacle to its efforts to discourage the corporation from financing public affairs television programming.

Besides many consultancy positions, Macy served as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1979 to 1981. He also served on many boards, including the Board of Directors of WETA from 1981 to 1986. Macy wrote several books including Public Service (1971) and To Irrigate a Wasteland (1974).

John W. Macy died on December 22, 1986.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Articles:

• Macy, John W., Jr. "Dealing With Reality," Educational Broadcasting Review. Special Issue (Convention Report), Vol. 4 (1970): 8-12.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Executive Preparation for Continuing Change," Public Administration Review, Vol. 29, No. 5 (1969): 501-503.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "The Federal Employee-Management Cooperation Program," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 19, No. 4 (1966): 549-561.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Future Imperatives," Educational Broadcasting Review (Convention Report), Vol. 6, No. 6 (December 1972): 384-385.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "The Future--Management in the Public Interest," The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1968): 145-151
• Macy, John W., Jr. "The Future of the Institution," Public Administration Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (1982): 308-310.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "The Merit System Today," Vital Speeches of the Day, 1/15/69, Vol. 35, No. 7, p. 196.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Public Broadcasting: A Medium in Search of Solutions," Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 34, No. 3, Communications, Part 2: 636-649.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "The Scientist in the Federal Service," Science, Vol. 148, No. 3666 (1965): 51-54.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "To Decentralize and to Delegate," Public Administration Review, Vol. 30, No. 4 (1970): 438-444.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Society Perspectives: Time for Growth," Public Administration Review, Vol. 18, No. 3 (1958): 272.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Toward a Philosophy for Public Television Programming," Educational Broadcasting Review, Vol. 3, No. 5 (October 1969): 5-9.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Transportation Regulation: The Personnel Problem," Virginia Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 5 (1964): 896-905.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Towards an International Civil Service," Public Administration Review, Vol. 30, No. 3 (1970): 258-263.
• Macy, John W., Jr. "Unique Opportunity for Public Broadcasting," Educational Broadcasting Review. Special Issue (Convention Report), Vol. 3 (1969): 35-39.

Books:

• Macy, John W. The First Decade of the Circuit Court Executive: an Evaluation. Washington, DC: Federal Judicial Center, 1985.
• Macy, John W. Public Service: The Human Side of Government. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
• Macy, John W. The Rise and Fall of Public Broadcasting: How the Nixon Administration Axed Public Broadcasting. Center for Cassette Studies, [1974?] [sound cassette (29 min.)]
• Macy, John W. To Irrigate a Wasteland: The Struggle to Shape a Public Television System in the United States. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974.
• Macy, John W., et al. America's Unelected Government: Appointing the President's Team. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Pub. Co., c1983.
• Macy, John W. and William R. Keast. Faculty Tenure; a Report and Recommendations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1973

Other resources

Archives of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: John W. Macy Files