Elizabeth Anne Waller-Hayes

WALLER-HAYES Elizabeth Anne (Lisa) Waller-Hayes, ('89), born on June 13, 1964, died June 9, at her home in Overveen, The Netherlands, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. An accomplished journalist, she worked for Health Action International, Medecines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and other international organizations devoted to health care and human rights, as a writer, editor, translator and communications strategy advisor. She was 45 years old. Her passion for social justice will live on in her work, and her love of the English language will be reflected in the Elizabeth Hayes and Family scholarships established in her name at the College of the Holy Cross and The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The Lisa Waller-Hayes Foundation, was recently established in The Netherlands to promote research and provide services to patients and families struggling with pancreatic cancer. (www.lisawallerhayesfoundation.com) In addition to her husband of 16 years, Arnoud (Nout) Waller, Lisa is survived by her two children, Bastiaan, 12, and Isabel, 10 of the Netherlands; her mother, Barbara Hayes of Oxford; brother and sister-in-law, Arthur and Lisa J. Hayes of Westport; and sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Robert Saracino of Oxford; Her father, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., MD, died in February of this year. A memorial service was held in The Netherlands on June 16. A Mass is planned at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Oxford on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11 a.m.