Bill Haney
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William Valentine “Bill” Haney (born September 26, 1936) is an American author and book publisher. He writes for a variety of publications and consults on publishing, organizational management, marketing and public relations. He is the host of a local television series, “Conversations with Bill,”[1] hosting a range of leading personalities.[2] He has been involved in more than 400 books as publisher, author, co-author, ghost writer, or editor since 1967.[3] He previously had careers in management in the American military and space industry and as an executive in worldwide marketing communications corporations.[4]
Early Life and Education[edit]
Bill Haney was born September 26, 1936 in Big Beaver (now Troy), Michigan, the son of Raymond Charles Haney and Sophia Madeline (Née Muller).
Haney attended the University of Michigan on three scholarships, including the Evans Scholars Foundation scholarship and the U of M Regents-Alumni Scholarship. He was features editor at the student newspaper, the Michigan Daily, 1955-58. He graduated in 1958 with a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.
In his early writing career, he published short stories, essays and articles (“Super-Shank” GOLF Magazine, January 1971). His book on Michigan history, From Spirit Lake to Goose Lake: A Bridge over Time, was published in 1971 by The New Press.[5]
Marketing Communications Career[edit]
In 1977, Haney was named worldwide director of corporate communications at The Bendix Corporation[3], headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
In 1982, he was named an officer of the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan advertising agency D’Arcy MacManus Masius (DMM), rising to executive vice president and secretary to the Board and was involved in the then-largest merger of two international marketing companies.[6]
In 1986 Haney launched DMB&B Public Relations, the company that became the leading public relations company in Michigan, serving General Motors and other companies,[4] running this company for ten years until retirement from the marketing communications business.
In 1998, after performing as a special management consultant for the Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency, Haney accepted the position of executive vice president of the company.[7] He again commuted to the corporate headquarters in Manhattan until his final retirement from the marketing communications industry in 2002.
Publishing Career[edit]
Institute for Social Research[edit]
In December 1966, Haney accepted a faculty appointment at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) of the University of Michigan [2] and served as managing editor, publishing books on economics, political behavior, group dynamics, and knowledge utilization.
Haney collaborated with ISR researchers as a co-author on books, monographs, working papers, research reports and articles published in scientific or disciplinary journals or magazines. [8][9] He founded a quarterly newsletter distributed to internationally to a readership of more than twenty thousand scholars, researchers, government officials and the social science press. He edited and published the leading monographs and books on behavioral economics focused on the consumer sector, including “The Survey of Consumer Finances,” by economist George Katona.[10] He published many books on social science methodology, including the seminal attitude measurements series of the Survey Research Center, Interviewer’s Manual, by John Scott and Dr. John Robinson’s Measures of Political Attitudes, Measures of Social-Psychological Attitudes, and Measures of Occupational Attitudes.[11]
He published the “Youth in Transition” monograph series[12][13] and the definitive book on drug use among young people in America, Drugs and American Youth, by Dr. Lloyd Johnston.[14] He published two books with findings from the Detroit race riots of 1967: White Attitudes Toward Black People, by Dr. Angus Campbell and Howard Schuman’s Black Attitudes Toward White People.[11]
Also at ISR, Haney published Income Dynamics around the Poverty Level, by Dr. James Morgan; New Homes and Poor People, by Dr. John B. Lansing; and Violence and American Men, by Dr. Monica Blumenthal, among many others.[15]
University of Michigan Press[edit]
Haney was named associate director and managing editor of the University of Michigan Press from 1974 to 1977.[3] There he published across a broader range of subject areas, expanding the Press’s line of general-interest books with such titles as A Guide to the Great Lakes Shoreline, a three-volume set, originally released in 1980, by travel writer George Cantor.[16] He expanded the line of authoritative and high-selling books on mushrooms by the mycologist Alexander H. Smith, bringing out a new edition of the classic Mushroom Hunter’s Field Guide[17] and regional editions of the field guide set. He published a scientific book for toxicologists and mycologists, The Genera Lactarius, by Dr. Smith.
Momentum Books[edit]
In 1986, Haney co-founded Momentum Publishing, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. [3] He was named president and oversaw the publishing, in 1987, of Spartan Seasons: The Triumphs and Turmoil of Michigan State Sports, by Detroit News reporter Lynn Henning.[3] In 2006, Haney collaborated in the publishing of Spartan Seasons II, by the same author.[10]
In 1988 Haney founded Momentum Books Ltd., Rochester Hills, Michigan. The first title from that house was Detroit Powers & Personalities, by Tim Kiska, released in 1989.[18]
Haney then published many books in collaboration with Monchak from 1988 to 2001,[19] including award-winning and state of Michigan best sellers by Hall of Fame baseball announcer Ernie Harwell; [2]Appointment with Dr. Death, the definitive book on Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the issue of assisted suicide[3][10]; and many books with Michigan or Great Lakes themes.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
Notable Publications after 2001[edit]
In 2001 Haney co-authored Thai Pure & Simple, with Somnuk Arpachinda.[24]
In 2002, Haney founded MB Books as a unit of his consulting company, MB Communications, where he continues to publish or oversee two to three books a year.
In 2004, Crofton Creek Press published Haney’s book, Chasing Dreams in the Boondocks: A Golf Course Comes to Life.
In 2008, MBC House published Haney’s book, From Big Beaver to the Big Apple.
In 2014, Haney’s book, What They Were Thinking, was published by Seattle Book Company.[25]
In 2016, Haney edited the book One Cup at a Time, published by MB Books. [3]
Personal Life[edit]
Haney married Marcella Frances Fodell on June 18, 1959 in Berkley, Michigan.
They had five children and eight grandchildren. He lives in rural Oakland County, Michigan.
References[edit]
- ↑ Independence Television (2022-04-04), Conversations with Bill - "Thinking About the Other Fella", retrieved 2022-04-26
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 January 18, Posted on; 2022 (2022-01-18). ""The Book Guy" Bill Haney walks us through his publication history". Greater West Bloomfield Civic Center TV. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Cain, Carol. "Geezers want to change the world in Michigan author's latest book". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Elliott, Stuart (April 13, 1993). "Luxery car maker Aims to burnish its image by putting the Cadillac stamp on luxury goods". New York Times.
- ↑ Patriot, Ken Wyatt | Jackson Citizen (2012-02-15). "Peek Through Time: Railroads that helped Jackson County grow also infuriated local farmers". mlive. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ "Ayer may be resurrected in Europe". adage.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ↑ Adelson, Andrea (1996-10-25). "People". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ↑ "The Juvenile Delinquent Nobody Knows". Psychology Today. September 1973.
- ↑
Page 1 of "The Juvenile Delinquent Nobody Knows", by Bill Haney and Martin Gold. Psychology Today, September 1973. - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Book Guy - Bill Haney - Larry & Maddie LIVE - Feb. 7th". My Michigan TV. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "ISR Publications Database". Institute for Social Research. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ Bachman, Jerald G.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Johnston, Jerome (1978). Youth in Transition. VI. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Institute for Social Research. Search this book on
- ↑
Book cover of Volume VI of the "Youth in Transition" series. Published in 1978 by the Institute for Social Research, at University of Michigan. - ↑ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ "ISR Publications Database". Institute for Social Research. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ Cantor, George (1980). The Great Lakes Guidebook. USA: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472196502. Search this book on
- ↑ Smith, Alexander H.; Smith Weber, Nancy (1985). The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide. USA: The University of Michigan. ISBN 0-472-85610-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Boram, Joan (May 1990). "Entrepreneurs: Accentuating the Positive, Bill Haney". The Detroiter.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Stolicker, Ginny (June 18, 1996). "Rare Topics Give These Publishers Momentum". The Oakland Press.
- ↑ Lessenberry, Jack (December 28, 1989). "Small Publisher Survives Despite Industry Goliaths". Sunday Oakland Press.
- ↑ Boram, Joan (December 28, 1989). "Momentum for Accentuating the Positives". Birmingham Eccentric.
- ↑ "Momentum Books Opens New Troy Office". Troy-Somerset Gazette. November 23, 1992.
- ↑ Cain, Carol. "All Booked Up: Publishers Survive by Finding Niche". The Detroit News.
- ↑ Harr, Monetta (March 11, 2002). "Author helps home cooks re-create delicious dishes". Jackson Citizen Patriot.
- ↑ "Bill Haney introduces new book 'What They Were Thinking'". www.freep.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ↑ Cherner, Reid (January 30, 1986). "Sports Bookshelf". USA Today.
- ↑ McComas, Bob (April 14, 1986). "Michigan Book is Memorable". The Bradenton Herald.
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