Jacobus Franciscus Haccoû

In the late 1950s Haccoû was on the short list for the new Rector of the University of Amsterdam, but this position was granted to the former minister Joris in 't Veld.

[5] Haccou did get appointed president the National productivity center for fishing companies in 1959 (see image), one of his many other positions.

A 1966 review in Acta Historiae Neerladica summarized, that Haccoû had dealt with: ... the question of the significance of the government's economic policy and the role of private enterprise, establishing the fact that two important production factors, management and capital, had to be introduced from outside.

Newly-established concerns, in taking advantage of the new opportunities thus offered, established the basis for the economic growth of the Indies.

It facilitated the opening-up of the country, increased employment opportunities and stimulated education and public health care, all of them points essential for development.