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Henry George Jarecki, MD (born April 15, 1933, Stettin, Germany[1] now part of Poland) is an American academic, psychiatrist, entrepreneur[2] and philanthropist.

Early life and career

Henry Jarecki is the son of Max Jarecki, a physician, and Gerda Kunstmann,[1] the scion of a shipping family.[3][4] As a child, he fled Nazi Germany for England and subsequently America with his family.

Jarecki graduated from the Medical Faculty at Heidelberg University in 1957,[5] and subsequently spent more than a decade as an academic, teaching at the Yale Medical School, and a psychiatrist in private practice New Haven, Connecticut, and at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Jarecki remains an Adjunct Professor at Yale.[6] With Dr Thomas Detre, Jarecki was the author of Modern Psychiatric Treatment,[7] a study of psychopharmacology. As an academic, he was author or co-author of a number of articles in the psychiatric field,[8][9] notably about psychiatric units in general hospitals,[10] combined amitriptyline/phenelzine poisoning,[11] and drug addiction.[12]

Business career

In 1967,[13] Jarecki became involved with the London bullion house, Mocatta & Goldsmid, Ltd. In 1969, he established, in partnership with London’s Hambros Bank later Standard Chartered Bank, the American counterpart to Mocatta & Goldsmid, known as Mocatta Metals Corporation. He managed the company until his divestment of the firm in the late 1980s.[14] Jarecki’s activity in the bullion market was as a dealer in precious metals options,[15] and he became a figure in the money markets when Mocatta became the principal counterparty in the Hunt Brothers' attempted silver corner in 1980.[16] Mocatta & Goldsmid had previously been involved with stabilization of the markets under similar circumstances, such as the 1913 rescue of the Indian Specie Bank.[15]

During his involvement with the Mocatta Group, Jarecki served as a director of the Futures Industry Association, the National Futures Association, COMEX and the Chicago Board of Trade[17][18] and was an adviser to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission[19] in the years following its establishment. Jarecki was also the founder of a number of other business ventures, notably Brody, White & Co., a brokerage firm that is now a part of Newedge Group.[20]

Jarecki was known for pioneering the use of computers in the commodities markets,[14] for making Mocatta the first prominent Wall Street firm to employ ethnic minority and female traders[21] and for introducing exchange-traded options to the American futures markets.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]

After his divestiture from Mocatta, Jarecki was the Chairman and lead investor in the pioneering movie information and ticketing company Moviefone,[32] which he sold to American Online in 1999.[18]

Career as a producer

Henry Jarecki has also been a motion pictures and theater producer, with credits including Gardeners of Eden (2004), Cuba: Island of Music (2005),[33][34] Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (2007), The Third Wave (2008),[35][36] Tyson (2009),[37] and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009).[37] Jarecki also makes an appearance as himself in the Melvin Van Peebles biopic, How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005).[38]

Philanthropy

Jarecki serves as Vice-Chairman of the Institute of International Education (IIE)'[39] He is the founding Chairman of the IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund[2] about which he, with Daniela Kaisth, has written a book entitled Scholar Rescue in the Modern World.[40]. In January 2011 Jarecki and Kaisth talked about Scholar Rescue Fund and its mission to the anchors of Newsbutterfly TV (http://digg.com/news/world_news/henri_jarecki_chairman_of_the_iie_s_scholar_rescue_fund_champions_the_cause_of_women_news_butterfly_tv_blip_tv). In 2004, he co-founded the Gloria and Henry Jarecki School[41] in Ratanakiri, Cambodia. Previously, he served as a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History[42] and the Classical Theatre of Harlem.[43]

Jarecki is a member of the Advisory Council at the Department of German at Princeton University'[44] He presently serves as a Governor of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, as a trustee of the Island Resources Foundation,[44] and is on the board of a number of cultural and charitable organizations in New York and the British Virgin Islands.

Family

Jarecki is the husband of Gloria Jarecki,[44] formerly a film critic at Time magazine. Together, they "were nominated for the Travel Industry of America's Hall of Leaders for their environmental work in ecotourism on Guana Island."[44] He is the father of four sons; the finance executive Thomas A. Jarecki,[44] and the filmmakers Andrew Jarecki, Eugene Jarecki and Nicholas Jarecki. He is the brother of Dr. Richard W. Jarecki, also a physician and formerly on the faculty of the University of Heidelberg, who is noted for the development of statistical analysis of gambling facilities.[44][44][44]

Residences

Jarecki has a home in Rye, New York[2] and is also a part-time resident of the British Virgin Islands, where he owns two islands within the archipelago: Norman Island and Guana Island. Jarecki was made an honorary Belonger of the BVI.

In 1978, Jarecki bid on the former Stuyvesant Fish mansion at 19 Gramercy Park South on the corner of Irving Place in Manhattan, New York City, but was outbid. When the property – which has more than 37 rooms on six floors for over 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) of living space – became available again in 2000, he was able to purchase it, with plans to use it as both a home and the headquarters of the family foundation, the Timber Falls Foundation.[2]

Awards and honors

In 2005, the Futures Industry Association launched a "Hall of Fame" to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary and to honor "the accomplishments and recognize the significant contributions individuals have made to the futures and options industry."[45] For his contribution to the industry, Jarecki was one of the initial 55 honorees, among whom were also Alan Greenspan, Senator Robert Dole and Leo Melamed.[46]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who, Inc. 1999. Who's who in finance and industry 2000-2001. New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. Page 401. – Who’s Who
  2. ^ a b c d Schoeneman, Deborah and Netburn, Deborah. "After Pining for It, Investor Jarecki Gets 19 Gramercy Park" New York Observer (December 24, 2000)
  3. ^ http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/flags/de~hfk.html#wkun : Flags of the World – German Shipping Companies - W. Kunstmann Shipping of Stettin, Germany
  4. ^ Shipbuilding and shipping record. 1922. The directory of shipowners, shipbuilders and marine engineers. London: Tothill Press.; Lloyd's register of shipping. 1901. London: Wyman and Sons.
  5. ^ American Board of Medical Specialties. 1979. Directory of certified psychiatrists and neurologists. Chicago: Marquis Academic Media. Page 378.
  6. ^ http://scripts.its.yale.edu/cgi-bin/ph/directory.yale.edu?Query=jarecki : Yale University Directory
  7. ^ "Modern psychiatric treatment (Book, 1971)". [WorldCat.org]. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  8. ^ http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=1964-08815-001 : American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Vol 33(4),1963, 690-700.
  9. ^ http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/summary/4/4/340 : Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4(4):340-356.
  10. ^ http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Citation/1963/05000/Psychiatric_Services_in_General_Hospitals__A.8.aspx : The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease: May 1963 - Volume 136 - Issue 5 - ppg 475-484
  11. ^ http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/120/2/189.pdf : COMBINED AMITRIPTYLINE AND PHENELZINE POISONING JARECKI Am J Psychiatry.1963; 120: 189
  12. ^ Detre, T., and Jarecki, H.: Conn. Med., 25: 533, 1961.
  13. ^ Streeter, W. J. 1984. The silver mania: an exposé of the causes of high price volatility of silver. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Pub. Co. Page 36
  14. ^ a b Business Week, “Keith Smith: Gold’s Raging Bull.” June 22, 1987.
  15. ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158965/ : Internet Movie Database – Henry Jarecki
  16. ^ http://www.catwestend.com/artists/creative/dr_henry_jarecki/ : Novello Theatre, London. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Artists and Creative Team – Dr Henry G. Jarecki – Co-producer.
  17. ^ http://www.futuresindustry.org/henry-g.-jarecki.asp : Futures Industry Association – Hall of Fame entry for Dr Henry G. Jarecki
  18. ^ a b http://money.cnn.com/1999/02/01/deals/moviefone/ : CNN – Moviefone sale to AOL
  19. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=R3eMEZxHLBEC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=cftc+jarecki&source=bl&ots=pBEbtw2LHR&sig=9-in6A0oBmd047ib-nd763BL8t8&hl=en&ei=XKIyS5omzpKUB4GR6JQH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=cftc%20jarecki&f=false : Google Books – preview of Melamed, Leo, and Bob Tamarkin. 1996. Leo Melamed: escape to the futures. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  20. ^ http://www.newedgegroup.com/web/guest/about_us/our_company/history : History of the Newedge Group
  21. ^ Van Peebles, Melvin. 1986. Bold money: a new way to play the options market. New York, NY: Warner Books.
  22. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “Understanding the Silver Market (Silver Threads Among the Gold)”. Euromoney, March 1979.
  23. ^ Rowan, Roy. “Who Guards Whom at the Commodity Exchange?” Fortune. July 28, 1980.
  24. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “Silver Market Mechanics, Squeeze, Present Economics.” Silver Users Association. January 8, 1981.
  25. ^ “Jarecki, Ex-Yale Professor, Now World Leader in Precious Metals.” The Psychiatric Times. February 1, 1986.
  26. ^ Business Week. “Commodity Trading-From corn to call options, it's razzle-dazzle action at the Chicago Board of Trade.”. March 15, 1976.
  27. ^ Business Week. “How To Trade in Commodities”.
  28. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “Will the Futures Exchange Links Work?” Euromoney. May 1985.
  29. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “A squeeze in silver: How likely?” Commodities Magazine. March 1981.
  30. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “Silver in backwardation? (or, The Last Contango)”. Euromoney. March 1973.
  31. ^ Jarecki, Dr Henry G. “Speculation and the Silver Market”. Lugano Financial Times. June 22, 1983.
  32. ^ http://sec.edgar-online.com/moviefone-inc/def-14a-proxy-statement-definitive/1998/04/30/Section4.aspx : Proxy Statement for Moviefone, Inc.
  33. ^ http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/820 : Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA - Special Screening: Cuba, Island of Music
  34. ^ Jarecki, Henry G., and Daniela Zane Kaisth. 2009. Scholar rescue in the modern world. New York: Institute of International Education.
  35. ^ http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937184.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 : Variety magazine – Review - The Third Wave
  36. ^ http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodiaschools/school_map3/school_227_open.htm : The Cambodia Rural School Project - The Gloria and Henry Jarecki Special Skills School
  37. ^ a b American Museum of Natural History. 1997. Annual report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, page 48. and in http://www.tiger21.com/Presenterdtl.aspx?ID=873 : TIGER 21
  38. ^ Princeton University Register: http://www.princeton.edu/pub/register/advisorycouncils/
  39. ^ http://www.irf.org/about/trustees.php : Islands Resources Foundation - Trustees
  40. ^ http://www.ewire.com/display.cfm/Wire_ID/1072 - E-Wire press release – “Legendary Jean-Michel Cousteau Tours British Virgin Islands National Parks; Undertakes Physical Survey of BVI Marine Life”
  41. ^ http://sec.edgar-online.com/moviefone-inc/def-14a-proxy-statement-definitive/1998/04/30/Section4.aspx - Moviefone, Inc. - Proxy Statement
  42. ^ http://www.roulette-winning-secrets.com/ - Roulette Winning Secrets – Dr Richard Jarecki
  43. ^ http://www.casinoplayer.com/archive/0105cp/legend.html - Casino Player – Dr Richard Jarecki
  44. ^ a b c d e f g h http://books.google.com/books?id=TNhDPtsaHKUC&pg=PA90&dq=richard+jarecki&ei=FKoyS5DQDaqGyQTVm9DZAQ&cd=2#v=onepage&q=richard%20jarecki&f=false – Google Books – preview - Barnhart, Russell T. 1992. Beating the wheel: the system that has won over six million dollars from Las Vegas to Monte Carlo : biased-wheel play, wheel-watching systems, electronics, cheating methods, mathematics, anecdotes. New York: Carol Pub.
  45. ^ http://www.iie.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_IIE1/Governance/Board_of_Trustees1/BoardofTrustees.htm : International Institute of Education – Board of Trustees.
  46. ^ http://www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/about-us/board-of-directors.php : Scholar Rescue Fund – Board of Directors.

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