Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II (born 16 May 1924) is an American journalist. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

He grew up in Beverly Hills, California. His father, screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, is credited with Citizen Kane. Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897—March 5, 1953) was a Polish-American legendary Hollywood screenwriter. ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures, the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. ...

Mankiewicz received a B.A. in political science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1947; a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1948; and an LLB from University of California, Berkeley in 1955. He has been president of National Public Radio, regional director for the Peace Corps in Latin America, campaign manager for 1972 Presidential nominee George McGovern, and press secretary to the legendary Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public university whose main campus is located in the affluent Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ... Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine Dr. George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922) was a United States Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee, who lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to incumbent Richard Nixon. ... Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ...

His work in politics earned him a place on the master list of Nixon political opponents. A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixons Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. ...

An animated parody of him appears in the Comedy Central television series Freak Show as a parking garage attendant at the Pentagon. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Freak Show is an animated television series on Comedy Central featuring actors David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin. ...

Mankiewicz and Lyn Nofziger were major players in halting the 1970s metrication effort in the USA, largely by convincing President Ronald Reagan to shut down the United States Metric Board. [1] Franklyn C. Lyn Nofziger (June 8, 1924 - March 27, 2006) was an American journalist, political consultant and author. ... Metrication or metrification refers to the introduction of the SI metric system as the international standard for physical measurements—a long-term series of independent and systematic conversions from the various separate local systems of weights and measures. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Board Logo The United States Metric Board was a United States government agency set up to encourage metrication. ...

References

• Brosowsky, Jeremy M. (March 2001). Frankly Speaking. Washington Business Forward
• Living Legend Frank Mankiewicz: 'Revolutionary' on the Inside

Frank Mankiewicz at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...