[10] In 1955, he became an advocate for federal funding of public education in traffic safety after two of his high school friends were killed by a drunk driver.
[2] In 1970, he wrote Flesh, Metal & Glass, a book about auto safety which included his Manocherian Chart.
[11] He and attorney Leonard J. Robbins founded The Manocherian-Robbins Foundation tasked with reducing the death rate on the nation's roadways through public-service advertising and legislative lobbying.
[17][3] In 1985, his daughter Kimberly Diana Manocherian married Jerome John Strelov in a Unitarian ceremony in Manhattan.
[8] His niece, Ellen (daughter of Manouchehr Manocherian), is married to real estate investor and landlord Kamran Hakim.