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1934 – 1986 · born and raised in South Bend
The fame: Lloyd Haynes starred for five seasons (1969–1974) as Pete Dixon, the history teacher at the center of ABC's Room 222 — one of the first American television series built around a Black professional as its lead character, and an Emmy-winning program that treated an integrated urban high school seriously. Haynes played the role in 113 episodes, was nominated for an Emmy for it, and was named Television Teacher of the Year in 1970. Star Trek viewers know him earlier and smaller: he was communications officer Alden in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," the second pilot. He later played Mayor Hen Morgan on General Hospital, and his film work includes Madigan and Ice Station Zebra (both 1968) and Good Guys Wear Black (1978).
The tie, exactly: This one is a birth and a raising both. Samuel Lloyd Haynes was born in South Bend and graduated from the former Central High School in 1952 — the same school that produced the Rivieras a decade later. He left for the Marine Corps (1952–1964, including Korean War service), took an engineering degree at San Jose State, later served as a Naval Reserve public-affairs officer at the rank of commander, and studied acting in Los Angeles. The South Bend Tribune's obituary tribute called him, flatly, "a South Bend native," and the record sustains the word.
Conflicts in the record: Two small ones ride with this entry. Reference works split on his birth date: October 19, 1934 (the date the Tribune obituary and the standard references give) against September 19, 1934 (several database listings). They split likewise on the death date: December 31, 1986, against January 1, 1987 — both at Coronado, California, of lung cancer, at 52. This section prints October 19 and December 31, the better-attested pair, and carries the variants here rather than hiding them.
Sources:
- South Bend Tribune obituary tribute (January 3, 1987), as preserved in the TogetherWeServed memorial record — the South Bend birth, Central High School class of 1952, the Marine and Naval Reserve service, the Coronado death.
- Internet Movie Database and standard television references — Room 222 (113 episodes), the Star Trek pilot, the 1970 Television Teacher of the Year award, the filmography.
- TMDB and TV Insider listings — the September 19 birth date and January 1 death date variants, carried as conflicts.