DEATHS

The Washington Post | December 25, 1990 | Copyright

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,

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