Background
Hitchner was born in New Jersey in 1882 and raised in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
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Hitchner was born in New Jersey in 1882 and raised in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
He attended Rutgers University and graduated in 1904 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
He was the head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team in 1904. He later worked for many years for Westinghouse Electric Company in Pennsylvania and California. He also played at the right tackle and right end positions for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team in 1902 and 1903.
After graduating from Rutgers, he was hired as the school"s head football coach for the 1904 season.
In his one season as the head coach, the Rutgers football team compiled a record of 1–6. After his coaching career, Hitchner spent two years working in an apprenticeship with the Baldwin Locomotive Works and three years with the Link-Belt Company on construction projects.
In 1909, he began a long association with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company He began work for Westinghouse as an industrial salesman in Philadelphia.
At the time of the 1910 United States Census, he was living in Philadelphia and working as an electrical engineer
In 1912, he became a sales representative in the Pennsylvania coal fields and as manager of the office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In a draft registration card completed in 1918, Hitchner indicated that he was living in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, and was employed by Westinghouse in Wilkes-Barre. In 1919, Hitchner became the manager of the Westinghouse"s mining section of the Industrial Sales Department in East Pittsburgh.
Hitchens moved to southern California in 1926.
He became the Los Angeles district manager for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company In 1942, he was promoted to assistant to the manager of Westinghouse.
Hitchner was married. Hitchner died in California in December 1959.
He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
While attending Rutgers, he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity and the Cap and Skull Secret Honor Society.