Winfield F. Hentschel, 68, a Chicago native who was vicepresident and treasurer emeritus of the Purdue University ResearchFoundation, died Friday in Home Hospital, Lafayette, Ind.
Mr. Hentschel received emeritus status when he retired in Juneof 1989. He had served as vice president and treasurer since 1970.Incorporated in 1930, the foundation supports research and scholarlyactivities through real estate and other investments. It alsooperates as a nonprofit fund-raising enterprise.
He became treasurer in 1960. At that post, he was instrumentalin the development and subsequent growth at the Purdue Research Park,a school commercial venture in West Lafayette.
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