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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 16:36:09 -0400 From: Polly B Haynes <[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Obituary for Elliott Haynes Would you be kind enough to post Elliott Haynes' obituary? He was a tireless and devoted advocate for People with Parkinsons and their carepartners. Thank you. Polly Haynes Elliott Haynes, a pioneer in business journalism, was a leader since the early fifties in the struggle for an integrated, peaceful world economy that would be populated by truly global corporations. He died on May 19 at Willowood Health Care Center in Williamstown, Mass due to complications following a long personal and public battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was 73 and lived in Shrewsbury, Vermont. The son of Eldridge Haynes and Rachel Elliott, Mr. Haynes was born in New York City, graduated from The Taft School in Wallingford, CT, and joined the Naval Air Corps in 1943 as a trainee pilot . He graduated from Yale University in 1947 with a BA in International Relations. He studied politics, philosophy and economics at Exeter College, Oxford University, for two years during which time he also served as European correspondent for "Modern Industry Magazine". Mr. Haynes began his career in business journalism in 1950 as an editor of the Journal of Accountancy and then Business and Economics Editor of the United Nations World Magazine. In 1954, he co-founded Business International Corporation in New York to furnish information and counselling to managers of worldwide operations and those who serve and govern them. He served as Director, Managing Editor, Director of Worldwide Editorial Research, Editor-in-Chief, Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Board. Business International is now part of The Economist Group of London. He was the creator of Business International's Government Roundtables, personally organizing them in the first years of their existence, both in the United States andabroad, and carrying on this activity regularly in succeeding years. In the course of this work, he researched and wrote a number of major studies of foreign government attitudes, laws and regulations affecting international business corporations. Mr. Haynes has served in an advisory capacity to several graduate business schools including Indiana University and Pace University and lectured widely at others including the Harvard Business School. He also served as Adjunct Professor of International Management at Pace University. In the mid-50s, Mr. Haynes assisted in the creation of AIESEC-US, the US branch of the Association Internationale des Etudiantes en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, which arranged the exchange of business traineeships for university students throughout the world. He later became Chairman of AIESEC and elected to their Hall of Fame. Mr. Haynes' attention to the need for a closer collaboration between business and government led him in 1959 to join in forming a small group of international corporate executives to advise President-elect Kennedy through the then Secretary of Commerce, Govenor Luther Hodges. Among the achievements of this small group was the formulation of a proposed US policy toward Latin America, to which the group gave the name "Alliance for Progess" before handing it to the President-elect. From 1968-71 Mr. Haynes was President and Chairman of the Council for the International Progress of Management (CIPM), the US branch of the International Council for Scientific Management (CIOS). From 1970-80 Mr. Haynes was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Management Development Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to managerial training in Africa and Latin America. He was a Fellow of the Academy of International Business since 1976. Mr. Haynes served on the Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurse Association in Rutland, Vermont from 1977-1982 . He was Chairman of the Board of the Vermont Independence Fund from 1982-92. This highly successful organization, under the Agency of Human Services of the State of Vermont, provided seed money to local organizations thoughout Vermont who could develop services for the elderly and the disabled which would further support their independence at home. Mr. Haynes was also a proud member of Rotary International in Rutland for many years. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1994, Mr. Haynes devoted his considerable energies to improving the plight of People with Parkinson's and their carepartners in Vermont and across the nation. As part of a national advocacy campaign that successfully passed landmark federal Parkinson's research legislation, Mr. Haynes was instrumental in garnering the support of Vermont's legislators, particularly that of Senator James M. Jeffords, the Chairman of a key Senate committee with jurisdiction over medical research funding. He was the founder of the Rutland Regional Parkinson Support Group in August 1997, which has now grown to a membership of over 30 people. Mr. Haynes is survived by his wife, Polly Burwell Haynes, whom he married on October 4, 1969 in New York. He was a strong supporter of his wife's business, Meadowsweet Herb Farm, and enjoyed his role as "farmer", particularly if his work involved his beloved tractor. In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Peter Elliott of Costa Mesa, California, a daughter, Brooke Chamberlain of Jericho, Vermont, and two grandchildren, James and Robin Lenfest. He is further survived by his stepmother, Kathleen Pilkington of Falmouth, ME, a brother Evan of Portland, ME, a sister Kathleen of Park City, Utah, and a stepbrother, Garrick Holmes, of France. He is also survived by two beloved nephews, Prof. Haynes R. Miller of Newton, MA and Prof. Geoffrey P. Miller, Esq, of New York. He is predeceased by his sister, Daphne H. Miller, Esq and his former wife, Virginia Chamberlain. A memorial service for Mr. Haynes will be held at the Shrewsbury Community Church at 11AM on Saturday, August 14. Friends may visit the family on Monday, May 24, from 4-7 PM in the Meeting House Barn at Meadowsweet Farm in North Shrewsbury. In lieu of flowers, it was Mr. Haynes' wish that contributions be made to the Rutland County Humane Society. Arrangements are under the direction of Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Bennington, Vermont.