Richard C. Haines *59

Richard Haines, a data-processing pioneer, died peacefully Nov. 23, 2018, at age 82.

Haines graduated in 1957 from the University of Delaware with a degree in chemical engineering. He earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton in 1959. Though trained as a chemical engineer, DuPont hired him for its newly formed data-processing group at the beginning of the information-technology age.

From this start, Haines built a long and productive career in the IT field. Leaving DuPont in 1968, he joined Dun & Bradstreet in New York City and led its efforts to connect its paper-based business records system (one of the largest in the world) to a computer-based system. In 1977 he joined the publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich as senior vice president of information systems and operations.

In 1981 he founded Arch Associates, a consulting firm on IT strategy and project execution, which he led for more than 20 years.

In 1960 Haines married Denise Games. They had three children before divorcing in 1984. Haines then married Janet Miller in 1988 and retired to New Hampshire in 2005. Haines is survived by his wife, Janet; three children; and six grandchildren.

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