James Scheinfeld, 81, Entrepreneur & civic leader; associated with John Lennon & Harry Nilsson films
Hoodude
James Scheinfeld
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Scheinfeld, James Entrepreneur, civic leader, beloved husband and
father, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Santa Barbara,
California on December 8, 2007. He was 81. Although his business success
is extremely noteworthy, it was from community service in his adopted
hometown of Santa Barbara that Scheinfeld derived his greatest
fulfillment and satisfaction. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1985 upon his
retirement and, with characteristic generosity of spirit, immediately
involved himself with local organizations and charities. One of his life
goals was "to make a difference" and Scheinfeld touched so many lives
while serving as member, board member, trustee, officer, campaign chair
of such organizations as THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
(Director, 1989- 2007; President of the Foundation Board, 1996-2000),
SANSUM CLINIC (Trustee, 1989-2007; Chairman of the Board, 2005-2007),
SANTA BARBARA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION (Director, 1996-2004;
President 2005-2006), SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION (Member, Health and Human
Services Distribution Committee, 2004). Scheinfeld was also an active
member of the ROTARY OF MILWAUKEE AND MONTECITO for 51 years and was a
six time Paul Harris Fellow. At a recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Santa Barbara College, the Trustees voted unanimously to
name the Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Program after him.
Scheinfeld worked tirelessly to develop this program and had established
a permanent endowment to support it in perpetuity. The purpose of the
program is to encourage and support the development of new businesses,
promote entrepreneurship and assist existing businesses in Santa
Barbara. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 11th day of the 11th month
at 11 AM in 1926, Scheinfeld enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and
participated in the battle to secure Okinawa for which he received the
Asia Pacific medal with 1 star. He also served at the Yokusuka, Japan
U.S. Naval base during the occupation of Japan and was a Purple Heart
recipient. After the war, he attended the University of Wisconsin
-Madison where he was a Magna Cum Laude graduate with a major in Labor
Economics. In 1948 his father, Aaron Scheinfeld, co-founded Manpower,
Inc., the world-renowned temporary help firm. Jim was with the company
from the beginning and helped build it to annual revenue in excess of 1
billion dollars with over 1000 offices in 32 countries by the time it
was acquired by Parker Pen 1976. He started in the first Chicago office,
going on to become Branch Manager, Area Manager and Field Sales Manager.
He moved to the newly established headquarters in Milwaukee in 1956 as
National Sales Manager and, in the years following, became V.P. Sales,
V.P. Marketing, Exec. V.P. Marketing, Exec. V.P. (Sr.) and C.O.O.
(1965). Between 1965 and 1976, he was responsible for building 50% of
the company's revenue and profit from International operations.
Scheinfeld left Manpower in 1976 when it was acquired by Parker Pen and
formed his own companies: AIDE SERVICES INC., TRAVWAY INTERNATIONAL
INC., FUNWAY HOLIDAYS/FUNJET and TRAVELPOWER INC., a chain of 20 full
service travel agencies in Wisconsin. This company was sold to Ask Mr.
Foster (now Carlson Wagonlit Travel) in December of 1984. A gentle man
with a great sense of humor who loved fishing and world travel and
maintained an international network of friends, Scheinfeld is survived
by his wife, Elna Magnusson Scheinfeld and three children from a prior
marriage: documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld of Sherman Oaks,
California; singer/songwriter Shaina Noll of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
author/speaker Robert Scheinfeld of Charlottesville, Virginia;
grandchildren Rachel, Mischa, Ali and Aidan; his brother, Daniel
Scheinfeld of Chicago and sister, Ruth Pollak, of Washington, D.C. A
public celebration, "Remembering Jim Scheinfeld," will be held on
Monday, January 7, at 2PM, at The Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido
Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Donations should be sent to, The James
D. Scheinfeld Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Program, Santa
Barbara City College, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Sansum
Medical Clinic P.O. Box 1200 Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 1/4/2008 - 1/5/2008.
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From: Hoodoo
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Subject: Harry Nilsson documentary due early next year
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:08:15 -0600
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Nilsson documentary due early next year
Dec 16
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A documentary focusing on the life and career
of late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson will be released next year.
"Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)"
features interviews with Yoko Ono, Randy Newman, Micky Dolenz,
Eric Idle, the Smothers Brothers, Brian Wilson and Robin Williams, as
well as home videos, portions of Nilsson's recently discovered oral
autobiography, and more than 60 songs.
Set to premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on February 4, the
film is directed by John Scheinfeld. His LSL Prods banner is in
post-production on the documentary "U.S. vs. John Lennon," also due in
2006. Details regarding domestic distribution for "Nilsson" have yet
to be nailed down.
Nilsson is perhaps best known for his 1969 hit "Everybody's Talkin',"
which served as the theme song for the film "Midnight Cowboy." He also
wrote Three Dog Night's classic "One" and scored a No. 1 pop hit in
1971 with "Without You," written by Badfinger's Pete Ham and Tom
Evans.
But after years of hard partying in Los Angeles (including a famous
incident when he and John Lennon were ejected from a club for heckling
the Smothers Brothers), Nilsson damaged his voice and was never
subsequently able to match his earlier achievements. He died of a
heart attack in 1994, aged 52.
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