Richard S. Welsh, a staff member with more than 25 years at Pitt—for the last 17 years as development manager in the Financial Information Systems department of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer—died Nov. 19, 2019.
Rich Welsh was born on March 1, 1963. After studying computer science at Pitt, his first University job was student programmer in the housing services department in 1993. He was hired as a full-time programmer analyst there the next year, then joined Financial Information Systems in 2002, where he worked as a developer and manager. A statement from his department called Welsh “a well-respected, excellent leader and an innovative developer."