Haynes Endowment gives Northern $660K donation

Montana State Univesity-Northern announced it received a major boost to help students attend the university from a family with a long history of supporting students and higher education in Montana.

The Haynes Foundation gifted Northern with a $661,000 endowment to the MSU­­-Northern Alumni Foundation, the university said in a press release.

The endowment will be used to provide scholarships to undergraduate students who graduated from a Montana high school.

The Haynes Foundation was established in 1958 by Jack Ellis Haynes and Isabel May Haynes, who owned and operated The Haynes Picture Shop in Yellowstone National Park.

Jack Haynes’ father, Frank J. Haynes, opened his photo shop in Yellowstone in 1884.

“The Haynes family photographs, post cards, guidebooks and souvenirs opened the wonder of Yellowstone National Park to generations worldwide,” the release said.

The goal of The Haynes Foundation has been to assist in providing scholarships to deserving Montana students since its inception, the release says.

“Montana and Yellowstone National Park were an integral part of the Haynes family history and Jack and Isabel Haynes demonstrated the strong work ethic, entrepreneurship and commitment to continuing a successful business, which enabled them to establish The Haynes Foundation,” the release said. “The endowment will benefit (Northern) students for many generations to come and continue to ensure that the goals of The Haynes Foundation established in 1958 will continue to be fulfilled in perpetuity.”