Perry V. Haines ’67

THE CLASS LOST one of its most interesting members Jan. 6, 1994, when Perry Haines lost a short but characteristically bitter-fought battle with liver cancer. He prepared at Columbus (Ohio) Academy. He had a lifelong disinclination to follow the crowd. After high school, he took a year off to travel. And at Princeton, Perry majored in sociology when most of us didn't know it was a department. He lettered in 150-lb. football, tutored inner-city youth at Blairstown, and served as president of Cap and Gown.

His interest in the lives and activities of friends and new acquaintances was legendary. Talk with Perry for a while and he knew everything about you, while you took away tidbits from this very private person.

After Princeton, Perry attended Harvard Business School, then went to work for the Boston Consulting Group. An assignment took Perry to Sioux City, Iowa, where the management of Iowa Beef Packers was so impressed that they lured most of the young B.C.G. team, including Perry, to leave Boston.

While the culture dash soon sent the others packing, Perry found Iowa conducive to his love of hunting and the outdoors. He stayed at I.B.P. and was executive v.p., a member of the board, and a pillar of the Sioux City community at the time of his death.

Perry's proudest achievement was his family, and, with his widow, Sidonie; daughters Pendery and Caroline; and brothers Peter and Chris, the class shares a deep loss.