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Harte-Hanks Taps Pharma Executive Charles R. Struby, Ph.D., to Lead Its Kansas City Direct Marketing Operations

Expertise in Pharmaceuticals to Serve Company's Database, Fulfillment, Rx Sampling and Contact Center Customers

Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS), a worldwide provider of direct and targeted marketing solutions, has announced the appointment of Charles R. Struby, Ph.D., as a new managing director, direct marketing. Dr. Struby will direct the Shawnee, KS, facility which provides a full range of direct marketing services for multiple industries, among them the pharmaceutical/life sciences sector.

Dr. Struby is a 23-year pharmaceutical executive, having served more than two decades in a variety of management positions at Aventis Pharmaceuticals, and its legacy firms Hoechst Marion Roussel, Marion Merrell Dow and Marion Laboratories. Most recently, he served as a pharmaceutical consultant with The Mattson Jack Group. He initiated his career as a certified public accountant and auditor with KPMG.

"Charles has handled a diverse range of assignments in his career, among them corporate training and leadership development, overseas commercial operations, new product development, business alliances and global licensing," said Tann Tueller, corporate officer and vice president, Harte-Hanks, Inc., who made the announcement. "To have his pharmaceutical knowledge, from the client's perspective, on our management team reflects in large part our company's vision for aligning our products and services around the client and around the vertical markets in which they operate."

The Harte-Hanks location in Shawnee, KS, serves as a core center for excellence in pharmaceutical marketing for the company, and is a licensed (U.S.) Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) facility. The facility also supports a variety of other functions -- fulfillment, contact center and data center -- for a range of direct marketing clients.

"Clients want and demand greater productivity and efficiency, greater return on marketing investment, and 'trusted partner' status in the companies with which they do business," Dr. Struby said. "I welcome building the relationships and earning this trust from them, both as a Harte-Hanks representative, and as a problem solver and opportunity finder on each client's behalf. Harte-Hanks has much to offer companies as they investigate further data-based marketing."

Dr. Struby is a 1999 recipient of an Excellence in Leadership Award presented by Hoechst Marion Roussel and holds a doctor of philosophy degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He also holds a master of science degree in accounting and finance from Louisiana State University, and a bachelor of science degree in business and accounting from Kansas State University.

His position is effective immediately. Dr. Struby is relocating to the Kansas City area.

Editor's Note: A digital photo of Charles Struby is available upon request. Contact Chet Dalzell at (212) 520-3232, or chet_dalzell@harte-hanks.com.

About Harte-Hanks, Inc.

Harte-Hanks, Inc., San Antonio, TX, is a worldwide, direct and targeted marketing company that provides direct marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to a wide range of local, regional, national and international consumer and business-to-business marketers. Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing improves the return on its clients' marketing investment with a range of services organized around five solution points: Construct and update the database -- Access the data -- Analyze the data -- Apply the knowledge -- Execute the programs. Expert at each element within this process, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing is highly skilled at tailoring solutions for each of the vertical markets it serves. Harte-Hanks Shoppers is North America's largest owner, operator and distributor of shopper publications, with shoppers that are zoned into more than 1000 separate editions with circulation of 12 million in California and Florida each week. Visit the Harte-Hanks Web site at http://www.harte-hanks.com or call (800) 456-9748.

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