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ARLX015 ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK)

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Special Bulletin 15  ARLX015
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  November 3, 2016
To all radio amateurs

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ARLX015 ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK)

ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP, of Dallas, Texas, died on November
1, after a period of ill health. He was 73. Haynie was elected as the 13th
President of ARRL on January 21, 2000, succeeding Rod Stafford, W6ROD
(ex-KB6ZV).

"Jim was a remarkable individual who made a huge personal commitment to Amateur
Radio and the ARRL," said ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR. "He had a great
sense of humor that was often quite helpful as we addressed some serious
matters when Jim was President. His vision guided us to try new things that are
still helping Amateur Radio and the League to this day."

A radio amateur for more than 40 years, Haynie was twice re-elected by the ARRL
Board to the ARRL's top volunteer office, serving until January 2006, when Joel
Harrison, W5ZN, succeeded him. Prior to assuming the ARRL presidency, Haynie
was ARRL West Gulf Division Director during two different periods - from 1987
until 1990 and from 1997 until 2000, and an ARRL Vice President from 1990 until
1992.

During his 6 years as president, Haynie focused on promoting Amateur Radio in
the classroom, and his ARRL Amateur Radio Education Project - which he dubbed
the "Big Project" - was an initiative to offer a turnkey Amateur Radio
curriculum as well as radio equipment to schools. His project eventually grew
into the ARRL Education and Technology Program (ETP).

A gregarious and accessible individual, Haynie was also skilled at promoting
Amateur Radio as often as he could, frequently on the road to attend as many
ham radio gatherings as he could squeeze into his schedule, including Dayton
Hamvention each spring. Once, he was also a guest of Art Bell, W6OBB, on his
Coast to Coast AM overnight radio talk show.

On several occasions, Haynie traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with FCC and
other government officials and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to promote
Amateur Radio issues and to communicate concerns. Those included the League's
position on deed restrictions or CC and Rs. During his tenure, the Amateur
Radio Spectrum Protection Act and the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Consistency Act - an early bill to address the CC and R issue - were introduced
in Congress. In 2003, Haynie testified on Capitol Hill on behalf of the
Spectrum Protection Act.

Not long after he became president, Haynie arranged for the gravely injured
13-year-old Willem van Tuijl - shot by pirates while cruising in the South
Pacific with his parents Jacco, KH2TD, Jannie, KH2TE, van Tuijl - get medical
treatment in the US.

After the 9/11 terror attacks, Haynie rallied radio amateurs to assist, and he
praised the actions of Amateur Radio volunteers who turned out in New York City
and Washington, DC. "Radio amateurs in New York City and elsewhere around the
country are doing everything they can to support the authorities in locating
and assisting victims," he said in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

A few years later, Haynie provided written testimony on Amateur Radio's
response in the Hurricane Katrina disaster to the US House Government Reform
Committee.

In 2007, after he had left the presidency, Dayton Hamvention named Haynie as
its Amateur of the Year. Hamvention said Haynie's League leadership "helped
define Amateur Radio's role in emergency communication."

Service details have not yet been announced.

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