[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12395-12396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO ELLIOTT HAYNES

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Elliott Haynes, a great American and Vermonter, who passed away on May 
19, of this year. Elliott served his country and his community in so 
many ways, and I feel blessed to have known him.
  Elliot and I came from similar backgrounds: he lived in my home town 
of Shrewsbury, Vermont, where we both served on the volunteer fire 
department; we received our BA's at Yale; and we both served our 
country in the Navy.
  The list of contributions Elliott made to the International, 
National, and local arenas is impressive not only for its length, but 
also for its variety. This tribute can only touch on a few of them, but 
I hope the highlights will give the Senate an impression of how great a 
man we have lost. He began his career writing for the United Nations 
World Magazine. In 1954, Elliott co-founded the Business International 
Corporation in New York. Its purpose was to provide information and to 
help those who worked in the worldwide economic market. In addition to 
being the co-founder, he also served as the Director, Managing Editor, 
Editor-in-Chief, and as Chairman of the Board.
  In 1959, Elliott joined a group of executives called the ``Alliance 
for Progress,'' who advised then President-Elect Kennedy on US business 
policy towards Latin America. He then served as the President of the 
Council for the International Progress of Management and as the 
Chairman of the Board of the International Management Development 
Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to managerial training in 
Africa and Latin American.
  Elliott was also the manager of numerous International business round 
tables held throughout the years. While all of these activities would 
be enough work for two people, Elliott found time to create the US 
branch of the AIESEC-US, an International organization which gave 
university students the opportunity to train in businesses throughout 
the world. Later on in his life, he served as their International 
Chairman and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Throughout all of 
this, he served as an advisor and occasional lecturer for various 
business schools, including Indiana University, Pace University, and 
Harvard Business School.
  Elliott Haynes was also very active in the State of Vermont. He was a 
member the Rutland Rotary, served on the Board of Directors of the 
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Nurses Association and was Chair of the Board of the Vermont 
Independence Fund, which provided seed money to organizations which 
helped the elderly and disabled lead more active and independent lives.
  And while Elliott's list of business accomplishments is phenomenal, 
it was his ability to turn a personal tragedy into an inspiration for 
others that is his greatest legacy. In 1994 he was diagnosed with 
Parkinson's Disease, and from that moment on, he devoted his life to 
improving the lives of others with the disease. In 1997, Elliott 
founded the Rutland Regional Parkinson's Support Group in 1997. He 
brought the needs and concerns of those with Parkinson's Disease to the 
attention of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 
Committee, which I chair. Elliott was essential in getting legislation 
passed which provides federal money for research into this crippling 
disease. I am so proud to have worked with him on this landmark 
legislation and I only wish he could have lived to see the fruits of 
his labor.
  Elliott Haynes was a wonderful and influential man who's life touched 
thousands of people in direct and indirect ways. He will be remembered 
as a man who gave wholly of himself and who was willing to go the extra 
mile for his friend and neighbor, regardless of whether it was a 
neighbor in Shrewsbury or a ``neighbor'' halfway around the world. 
Elliott Haynes will be deeply missed.

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