William Robert Haynes

He is survived by his wife Camille Orn Haynes, and four children; Gayle Victoria Haynes Roane and husband Tad, Sara Westcott Haynes, Alison Peregoy Haynes Baraban, and William Robert Haynes, Jr., one step-daughter, Laura Carlisle Vandervoort and partner Gabriela Trzebinski; and five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and personal assistant, Ron Guzman.

He attended public schools in Houston and graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1943. After attending Texas A & M University for one year, at age 17, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1950, where he was a Member of Sigma Nu fraternity and the Silver Spurs.

Mr. Haynes held various executive positions in the oil and gas Industry and retired as an Independent oil operator in 1991. He was very involved in banking in Houston and had served as a United States Diplomat overseas.

He had been Assistant to the President, Secretary & Treasurer and later President and Director of Mikton Oil Company. Then, he was Vice President and Director of Fifteen Oil Company, and later was Co-founder, Executive Vice President and Director of Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation.

Mr. Haynes was an organizer and Director of Belfort State Bank, Houston, Texas; Co-founder and Director of First State Bank of Clear Lake City, Texas; and, Co-founder and Director and Member of the Trust Committee of Bank of Texas, Houston, Texas.

He was also Director and Member of the Executive Committee of Southwest Industries, Inc. and Co-founder and President of Diversified Petroleum Enterprises, Inc., both of Houston, Texas.

Mr. Haynes had been a Member of the Chamber of Commerce of Houston, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Texas Independent Royalty Owners Association and was a Life Member of the Houston Live Stock Association.

He served three years as a Diplomat in the United States Foreign Service, appointed by President Nixon; first as Deputy Director of the United States AID Mission to Ecuador, and later as Director of the United States AID Mission to Nicaragua.

In 1989, President Bush appointed him a member of the United States Presidential Delegation to the El Salvadoran Presidential Elections. In 1991, President Bush appointed him a member of the Panama Canal Consultative Commission, on which he served until 1995.

Mr. Haynes served as Trustee of the Mills Bennett Estate, an oil and gas operation, from 1993 until 2003; and, as Founder, Director and President of New Fifteen Oil Company, a family-owned company.

He served on the International Committee of the Harris County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and was, for several years, an Associate Director of the American Cancer Society and the United Way of Houston.

For years Pally was a Kinkaid School Associate; and, he served as Vice President and Trustee of the American-Nicaraguan School in Managua, Nicaragua.

He served as Coach and later as Vice President of the Post Oak American Little League. He was a Life Member of the Houston Tennis Association.

Pally was a Member of the Houston Club, The Petroleum Club of Houston, the Nejapa Country Club of Managua, Nicaragua and had been Coach of the Houston Downtown Athletic Club, and one of the founding members of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

At the time of his death, Mr. Haynes was a Life Member of the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas, and a Member of Allegro,

the Bayou Club of Houston, the University Club of Houston; and the Houston Country Club.

In his later years, Pally experience great delight from his participation in the Senior Wisdom Society and the H.C.C. Red Room Group.

He was blessed to have many friends, both male and female. A special thanks to his spiritual advisor, Fairfax Randall; The Lady of the Hamburger, Burda Guy; and caregivers, Tim Guzman, Jesse Guzman and Rodney King

A memorial service is to be conducted at eleven o’clock in the morning on Thursday, the 17th of June, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

Immediately following the service, all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the adjacent Grand Foyer.

At a later date, the family is to gather for a private interment service at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.

In lieu of customary remembrances, kindly consider a memorial contribution to the Texas Heart Institute, Texas Medical Center, MC 3-117, Post Office Box 20345, Houston, TX, 77225-0345.