John Kennedy Hutchens

Background

Hutchens, John Kennedy was born on August 9, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Martin Jay and Leila (Kennedy) Hutchens.

Education

AB, Hamilton College, 1926. Doctor of Letters, Hamilton College, 1951.

Career

Reporter, Daily Missoulian and Sentinel, Missoula, Montana, 1926-1927; reporter, film critic, assistant drama editor, New York Evening Post, 1927-1928; assistant editor, Theatre Arts magazine, 1928-1929; drama critic, Theatre Arts magazine, 1929-1932; drama staff, New York Times, 1929-1932, 34-38; radio editor, New York Times, 1941-1944; drama critic, Boston Evening Transcript, 1938-1941; assistant editor, New York Times Book Review, 1944-1946; editor, New York Times Book Review, 1946-1948; book news columnist, reviewer, New York Herald Tribune, 1948-1956; daily book reviewer, New York Herald Tribune, 1956-1963; member editorial board, Book-of-the Month Club, 1963-1988.

Achievements

• John Kennedy Hutchens has been listed as a noteworthy journalist, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Authors Guild, Authors League American, Dutch Treat Club (New York City), Sigma Phi.

Connections

Son of Martin Jay and Leila (Kennedy) H. M. Katherine Regan Morris (deceased). Children: Anne, Timothy.

M. Marjorie Kohl Brophy (deceased). M. Ruth D. Brine.

Father:

Martin Jay Hutchens

Mother:

Leila (Kennedy) Hutchens

Spouse:

Ruth D. Brine.

Spouse:

Katherine Regan Morris

Spouse:

Marjorie Kohl Brophy

child:

Timothy Hutchens

child:

Anne Hutchens