BUTMAN, John (Campbell) 1951-

PERSONAL: Born January 9, 1951, in Abingdon, PA; son of Robert Charles (an electrical engineer) and Olive Dame (a school guidance counselor; maiden name, Coolidge) Butman; married Nancy Hill (a landscape designer), September 18, 1976; children: Jeremy, Henry. Education: New York University, B.F. A., 1972. Politics: Independent. Religion: Unitarian-Universalist.

ADDRESSES: Home—92 Sudbury Rd., Concord, MA 01742. Offıce—Butman Co., 30 Monument Sq., Concord, MA 01742. E-mail—jbutman@butman company.com.

CAREER: Friends of the Performing Arts, Concord, MA, manager, 1972-76; Silver and Light Productions, Concord, director, 1976-80; Envision Corp., Boston, MA, creative director, 1980-86; Spectrum Communications Ltd., London, England, creative director, 1986-88; Butman Co., Boston, principal, 1989—.

AWARDS, HONORS: Numerous awards for marketing communications, nonprofit, and other media scripts from festivals throughout the United States, including CINE Golden Eagle from Council on International Non-Theatrical Events.

WRITINGS:

Car Wars, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1991.

Flying Fox: A Business Adventure in Teams and Teamwork, AMACOM (New York, NY), 1993.

Juran: A Lifetime of Influence, John Wiley (New York, NY), 1997.

The Book that's Sweeping America! Or, Why I Love Business!, by Stephen Michael Peter Thomas as Told to John Butman (satire), John Wiley (New York, NY), 1997.

(With others) Real Boys, 1998.

(With others) Real Boys' Voices, 2000.

Townie (novel), Permanent Press (Sag Harbor, NY), 2002.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Academy of Management Executive, November, 1997, Henry H. Beam, review of Juran: A Lifetime of Influence, p. 96.

Choice, February, 1998, review of Juran, p. 1019.

Journal of Product Innovation Management, January, 1994, George Castellion, review of Flying Fox: A Business Adventure in Teams and Teamwork, p. 89.

Library Journal, June 15, 1997, Dale F. Farris, review of Juran, p. 80; February, 1998, K. Srinagesh, review of Juran, p. 1019.

Personnel Psychology, autumn, 1994, review of Flying Fox, p. 688.

Publishers Weekly, July 8, 2002, review of Townie, pp. 29-30.*