Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-14
Haley Fiske, Health Apostle,
Lauded as Public BenefactOr

Appropriations of the career of Haley
Fiske, the late head of the Life Exten-
sion Institute, give the public revealing
pictures of the successful big business
man whose great contribution to the
race was his leadership in the move
nlent for better health and longer lives.
HE found satisfaction in adding to
the average span of life. He prided
himself on his own health and youthful
ness after 20 years." says the Albany
Evening News. He was business man
who saw beyond the usual limits of busi-
ness. He accomplished great work
in the name of good business. America
is better for his having lived" The
Boston Chronicle points out that "the
dissemination of health literature, the
activity of nurses in industrial sections
where his policyholders lived. were
only minor phases in his plan for the
material advancement of the people. He
foresaw the time" continues the Chron
icle, when insurance companies would
carry insurance for all the people. car
ing for them in sickness, indemnifying
their dependents In event OF death; in
surancc which covered the financing
of homes, Of public utilities, Of all con-
yeniences for the masses"
"Mr. Fiske had rare combination
of gifts" declares the Kansas City
Journal-Post. "He not only had vision,
tenacity, great executive skill and rest
less energy, but he was one of the
country's greatest orators and his early
experience as counselor for his COM
pany was responsible for his being put
in active charge of its business" The
Scranton Times calls him "a new type
of executive in insurance, who believed
1,n& act lra n "
ance companies to provide in case Of
death, but also to be instrumental and
watchful of the health of policyholders."
HE was a fine example," according
to the New York Evening World. 'of
the big business man, who is just emery
ing and who must become more and
more commonplace in the future, in
that he recognized that such great
organizations as he led exist not only
to make dividends, but to serve the pub
lie. His interest In city housing expert
ments made him pioneer in great
work. There was more than a
touch of the Statesman in his plans
and hopes. Intensively engaged, he
always found time for public service.
and thus in every way he measured up
to the highest requirements Of a citi-
zen'
He conducted an unremitting and
highly intelligent campaign against dis
case and DEATH" states the Columbus
Evening Dispatch. so vast was the
scope Of his campaign that 1t will
stand for many years as the foremost
example of crystallized effort to prolong
human life. He built the greatest finan-
cial institution in the world, rendered
a magnificent service to his fellow
men and died at a ripe age, beloved
by all who knew him. This, we be-
ieve, Is the acme OF achievement"
The scope OF his visiting nurse sys-
tenn Is emphasized by the Kansas City
Times, while the Roanoke World-NewS.
commenting on his experiment in pro-
viding dwellings at reasonable rentals
for families of moderate means" con-
cludes. Mr.. Fiske succeeded in proving
that where wise architectural advice
was secured, both In construction and