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DEATHS
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KARL H. HINKE
MasterCard Pioneer
Karl H. Hinke, 84, a retired executive of Marine Midland Bank
who also was a former chairman of the Interbank Card Association and
the creator of the MasterCard credit card, died Dec. 22 at his home
in East Aurora, N.Y. The cause of death was not reported.
Mr. Hinke, a former Marine Midland executive vice president,
retired from Marine Midland's board of directors in 1971 and from
the Marine Advisory Council, a group of former Marine Midland
directors, in 1982. He had worked for the bank for 55 years,
MasterCard, originally called Master Charge, was ...
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