SHELDON KNICKERBOCKER HINES

1949 - 2021

HINES, Sheldon Knickerbocker Age 72, of Concord, Massachusetts, and Little Deer Isle, Maine, December 1, 2021. Beloved husband of Virginia Ruth Bradley Hines; loving father of Sarah Thompson Hines of Norman, Oklahoma, Atulananda Dasa (Andrew Matchett) Hines of Los Angeles, California, and Anna Viele Hines of Trumansburg, New York. Devoted brother of Hadley Hines Chianese of Belmont, Massachusetts, and the late Julian Bigelow Hines of Boston, Massachusetts. Loving grandfather of Ananda Bradley Schaff, Maia Wara Camacho Hines, and Nina Aysel Camacho Hines. Loving uncle of Noe Chianese and Emma Ruth Knickerbocker Chianese. Loving cousin of Catherine Viele and husband Michael Delaney of Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, Lucy Viele of Santa Fe, New Mexico, John Viele of Kittery, Maine, Amy Viele and husband Rob van Os of York, Maine, Helen Hinshaw Crary and husband Miner Crary of Sudbury, Massachusetts, John Hinshaw and wife Beth Hinshaw of Portland, Oregon, Julia Hinshaw Williamson and husband David Williamson of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, Josephine Jacob and husband James Adams of Deer Isle, Maine, William Jacob and wife Paula Jacob of Rockville, Maryland, the late John Jacob of Thomaston, Maine, Cameron Crary, Alyssa Crary, Eva Hinshaw, James Williamson, Jake Adams, Esther Adams, Anna Jacob, Andrew Jacob, Caleb Jacob, Kaitlin Jacob, Annabel Coogan, and Josie Coogan. Sheldon grew up in Summit, New Jersey, and Weston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Noble and Greenough School and received a bachelor's degree in History from Yale College in 1971 and a master's degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1977. Sheldon rowed for both Nobles and Yale and continued relationships with friends from his school days, attending reunions and most recently, Zoom get-togethers with a group of friends from Nobles. Sheldon worked as a management consultant in information technology, beginning at Coopers and Lybrand, in Washington, D.C., in 1978. He worked domestically and internationally as a financial analyst and senior project manager in information technology for many companies, including the U.S. Postal Service, ICON Clinical Research, Chiltern International, ASG Inc., and Phase Forward (now a division of Oracle Corporation). Most recently, as a self-employed project manager, he researched the feasibility of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) concept for collecting data directly from subjects in clinical trials for a consortium of service providers. Sheldon served as a board member and the treasurer for the EMR Network: Citizens and Professionals for the Responsible Use of Electromagnetic Radiation, a national not-for-profit environmental organization, for the past twenty-three years. He was also a member of Concord Safe Technology (Concord, Massachusetts). Sheldon had a love of sailing and the sea beginning in childhood. After retiring in 2014, Sheldon realized his life-long dream of building boats in his beautiful barn on Little Deer Isle, Maine. He took classes at the Wooden Boat School in Annapolis, Maryland, and Brooklin, Maine, and built three wooden boats, a dory, a dingy, and an Ebihen traditional sailboat designed by Francois Vivier, Naval Architect of Pronichet, France. Sheldon named his dory the Calliope and his sailboat Thetis. He especially loved taking his family sailing on Eggemoggin Reach, off Little Deer Isle, and beyond. A Memorial Service to celebrate Sheldon's life will be held in Concord, Massachusetts, in the spring of 2022. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Sheldon's memory may be made to Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (www.doctorswithoutborders.org). For his online guestbook, please visit www.DeeFuneralHome.com Dee Funeral Home of Concord 978-369-2030 Caring for families since 1868