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I would like to send my condolences to Mrs Polly Haynes. Although I never knew
 Elliott Haynes, I felt an immediate affinity for him as I served on the South
African University  Students Exchange Board which was affiliated with AIESEC,
back in 1970/71.

Hilary Blue (50/33/24)

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Barbara Patterson wrote:
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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.