Hyman H. Haves, community leader and activist, died May 3 at 94, with his family by his side.
Born in New York City on Feb. 15, 1916, he was a graduate of Hill House School in New Haven, Conn. He served as 1st Lt. U.S. Air Force 528th Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, was a combat navigator and served as acting Jewish Chaplain in the South Pacific. A much sought-after lecturer in the 1950s, he served with the American Speakers Bureau, lecturing on human relations at Yale, Connecticut State College and the Universities of California.
Haves was national finance director for the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith for six years and a longtime Jewish activist. On Jan. 25, 1978, he was honored in the Congressional Record by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.). Haves was also the honorary mayor of the Palisades Highlands. His letters to the editor were published in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Time Magazine and the Palisadian Post.
Haves was married to the late Sara Jane Ostrowsky from 1949 until her death in 1960. They had two children, daughter Maeera of Southampton, New York, and son Randy (deceased). Haves married the late Ethel Linn in 1965, and they lived in Brentwood and Pacific Palisades.
He is survived by his daughter, Maeera, and her three children, Solange, Zoe and Jean Etienne; Randy’s wife, Barbro, and their children Sam and Max; and stepdaughters Jerri Linn (Terry Sozanski) and Laurie Linn Ball (Tom Ball). Haves was buried with military honors at Hillside Memorial Park on May 7.
