Arthur Elliott Carlisle

1926 - 2017

LEVERETT - Arthur Elliott Carlisle died at Linda Manor, July 24, 2017.
Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1926, he was the son of the Right Reverend Bishop Arthur Carlisle and May Emery Carlisle. He attended school in Montreal until his secondary education at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. He graduated from McGill University in 1948, having served in the Canadian Navy for two years. He was married in 1949 to his wife Betsy with whom he celebrated his 68th anniversary in July of this year.
Their married years began in Windsor, Ontario, where he worked briefly for the Ford Motor Company and for the Windsor Daily Star. He then worked in the Personnel Department at Bendix of Canada and subsequently at the Stroh Brewery in Detroit, Michigan. After nine years in business, he decided to pursue a Masters Degree in Business Administration at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, completing his doctoral studies there in 1966. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Elliott joined the Management Department of the Business School at the University of Massachusetts in 1966. His book Cultures in Collision was published in 1967 and "Mac": Conversations About Management published in 1983. The latter provided extensive material for the authors of the popularized One Minute Manager. He wrote numerous articles, among them "Organizational Dynamics, " particularly influential in the field of Management.
While Elliott enjoyed these writing projects, his time in the classroom was what he valued the most. He loved teaching and his students appreciated, not only his keen sense of humor, his ability to add his fourteen years in business to his academic training at the University in Michigan. His extensive consulting during his years at the University helped to validate the theories that he was teaching his students. Outside of the classroom, Elliott directed many doctoral dissertations.
For a number of years Elliott served as Director of the North American Institute for Trade and Economics, which brought him back to his interest in Canadian-American relations in the fields of economics and trade.
Elliott loved to travel, beginning with a bicycle trip with Betsy through Britain in the second year of their marriage. Sabbaticals and summer vacations took him to France and enriched his love of photography. His camera went with him on walks through New England, Europe and a trip with students to the Far East and to Russia.
During retirement he served on several boards in the Greenfield area. One that he found particularly engaging was Channing Bete. He also welcomed the opportunity to participate in the Restorative Justice Program and the Community Meals, both in Greenfield. He had a special interest in the Turners Falls Survival Center.
Elliott's passion for classical music sustained him during these last years of his debilitating illness.
Elliott leaves his wife, Betsy and their children, Cynthia, Christopher and Nathalie Carlisle, Mark and Susan Carlisle, Elizabeth Bartow, Timothy and Karen Carlisle, his grandchildren, Ashley and Andrew Trafford, Caroline Carlisle and Tracey Ross, William Carlisle, Chloé Carlisle, Heather Carlisle, Meredith and Jared Colicchhie, Andrew and Meg Carlisle, Elliott, Timothy, Katherine and Samantha Bartow, Jack, Catherine and Paige Carlisle. He felt blessed to have lived long enough to know his eleven great-grandchildren. He also leaves his sister, Patricia Carlisle States of Prouts Neck, Maine, and four nephews, Brooke States of Gloucester, Massachusetts and Capel States of Pittsboro, North Carolina, Joshua Hirsch of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, and David Hirsch of Woodbine, New Jersey.
The celebration of Elliott's life will take place on Friday, August 4th at St. James and St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Greenfield at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Episcopal Church of St. James and St. Andrew, Greenfield or the Franklin Area Survival Center of Turners Falls.
Memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com