Background
Haiman, Robert James was born on May 6, 1936 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert and Letta (Cone) Haiman.
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Haiman, Robert James was born on May 6, 1936 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert and Letta (Cone) Haiman.
Student, University Connecticut, 1955. Bachelor of Science, University Florida, 1957.
Reporter, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1958-1960;
copy editor, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1962-1963;
national editor, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1964-1966;
managing editor, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1966-1976;
executive editor, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1976-1983;
president, managing director, Poynter Institute Media Studies, 1983-1996;
president emeritus, distinguished editor in residence, Poynter Institute Media Studies, since 1997. Board directors Times Public Company, St. Petersburg. Trustee Florida Inter-American Scholarship Foundation.
Member minority management task force Institute Journalism Education Member president round table Eckerd College. Trustee Poynter Institute Media Studies, St. Petersburg. Member Pulitzer Prize jury, 1977, 90, 91, 96, 97.
International advisory board Institute Advancement Journalism, Johannesburg, South Africa. Member of national advisory board Institute for Journalists and Public Policy Gordon Public Policy Center Brandeis U.
Member board advisors University Florida College Journalism and Communications. Elder Presbyterian Church. Trustee Bayfront City Foundation.
Senior fellow Freedom Forum, Washington, since 1998. Member President's council University Florida, University South Florida, chairman campus advisory board, 1989—1991. Member advisory board University Florida International Center.
Member journalism advisory board Knight Foundation, Institute Current World Affairs, Hanover, New Hampshire, Tampa Bay Committee Council on Foreign Relations. Member Associated Press Managing Editors Association (president 1982), American Society Newspaper Editors (director 1992-1998), International Press Institute (Vienna), World Editors Forum (Paris), Interam. Press Association Miami, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Dragon Club, Quarterback Club, Golden Triangle Club, Society Professional Journalists.
Married Elizabeth Royce Greenlaw, September 26, 1964 (divorced August 1996). 1 child, Robert Greenlaw.