Order of St. John. In 1980, he helped to establish the Afghanistan Relief Committee to provide medicine and food to the victims of the Soviet invasion, serving first as its treasurer and later as president. The ARC merged with the International Rescue Committee, whose board he joined. He was an original trustee of the American University in Bulgaria. Personal life Train was a descendant of an old New England family, he was a cousin of the late United States Senator Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and of Russell E. Train, head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Richard Nixon and a founding trustee/former chairman of the World Wildlife Fund. John Train's siblings include ambassadors, military officers and other officials. Train married Maria Teresa Cini di Pianzano; they had two daughters and later divorced. In 1977, he married Francie Cheston. and had two more daughters. One of his children became an active member of his firm. Another daughter was married to Paul Klebnikov, a journalist murdered in Russia. Train died on August 13, 2022, at a hospital in Rockport, Maine, aged 94. Select bibliography Train wrote several hundred columns in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, London's Financial Times, and other publications. Also, about 25 books, translated into many languages, including: Money Masters of Our Time (HarperCollins, ) Investing and Managing Trusts Under the New Prudent Investor Rule: A Guide for Trustees, Investment Advisors, & Lawyers (Harvard, ) The Craft of Investing (HarperCollins, ) The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett "America's Preeminent Investor" (HarperCollins, ) Dance of the Money Bees: A Professional Speaks Frankly on Investing (HarperCollins, ) The Olive: Tree of Civilization (M.T. Train/Scala Books, ) The Orange: Golden Joy (M.T. Train/Scala Books, ) Comfort Me With Apples (M.T. Train/Scala Books, ) He has also written several humorous books, including John Train's Most Remarkable Names (which produced two sequels), Most Remarkable Occurrences, Wit: The Best Things Ever Said, Love, and others (mostly HarperCollins), all in the same format. References External links John Train's The Broadside : Blog, with excerpts from his columns and books Train, Babcock Advisors LLC Civil Courage Prize John Train papers, MSS 58 1928 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American expatriates in France American finance and investment writers American investment advisors