Alan R. Hinds ’64

Alan R. Hinds ’64, of Oak Park, Ill.; Oct. 10. He worked as a computer scientist for Argonne National Laboratory,  a research programmer for the University of Illinois Chicago Computer Center and School of Public Health, and a computer programmer for several Chicago area companies. He supported progressive causes. During the 1970s he owned and operated a printing press, publishing leaflets for a range of anti-war and civil rights organizations. He gave charitably to numerous social justice causes. In 2007, he was hit by a taxi. He sustained serious injuries, including a spinal cord injury, and he worked hard over the next 15 years, with the help of physical therapists, to be able to walk again and do the things he enjoyed. He is survived by three children, a granddaughter, and nieces and nephews.