Background
Hutchins, Joan Morthland was born on August 8, 1940 in Pasadena, California, United States. Daughter of Andrew and Constance Amelia (Gordon-Grant) Morthland.
farmer manufacturing executive
Hutchins, Joan Morthland was born on August 8, 1940 in Pasadena, California, United States. Daughter of Andrew and Constance Amelia (Gordon-Grant) Morthland.
AB, Radcliffe College, 1961. Degree (honorary), Royal College Music, London, 1979. Associate of Applied Science, State University of New York, Farmingdale, 1985.
Junior mathematician, Shell Development Company (Shell Oil), Emeryville, California, 1961-1963; mathematician, Corporation for Economics and Industrial Research, London, 1964-1965; management consultant, McKinsey & Company. New York City, 1965-1967; vice president development, Compotite Corporation, Los Angeles, 1985-1987; president, Compotite Corporation, Los Angeles, 1987-1989; president, Chief Executive Officer, Compotite Corporation, Los Angeles, since 1989; president, Chief Executive Officer, MBH Farms, Inc., Elizaville, New York, since 1986.
Member board overseers Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994—2000, president, 1999—2000. Member overseers visiting committee Harvard Athletic Department, 1986—1991, Harvard University Arnold Arboretum, 1995—2004, Harvard Graduate School Education, since 1995, Harvard Music Department, 2000—2004. Chairman, Arnold Arboretum Harvard University, 1997—2004, vice chairman, Graduate School Education, since 2003, member nominating committee for overseers and HAA directors, 2000—2004.
Member advisory board Harvard University Committee on Environment, 2001—2004. Board directors, vice president Royal Music Foundation, New York City, 1978—1990. Trustee Bowdoin College Summer Music Festival, Brunswick, Maine, 1978—1988, Long Island Biological Association, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1986—1988.
Member American National Standards Institute (national waterproofing standards committee since 1988), Harvard Alumni Association (board directors 1990-1993, nominating committee overseers and directors, 2000-2003), Harvard-Radcliffe Club Long Island (president 1988-1990).
Children: Andrew Bush, Georgia Bush, Alan Hutchins, Paul Hutchins.