Background
Hutchinson, William Burke was born on September 6, 1909 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Joseph Lambert and Nona Bernice (Burke) Hutchinson.
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Hutchinson, William Burke was born on September 6, 1909 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Joseph Lambert and Nona Bernice (Burke) Hutchinson.
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, Seattle, 1931. Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, 1936. HHD (honorary), University Seattle, 1982.
The son of a general practitioner, Hutchinson was raised in Seattle and attended the University of Washington, where he played baseball for the Huskies under head coach Tubby Graves and graduated in 1931. He passed up a professional baseball tryout to attend medical school at McGill University in Montreal and graduated in 1935. After completing his surgical residency in Baltimore, Maryland, Hutchinson returned to Seattle to practice.
His experience as a cancer surgeon led him to spearhead a drive for research and treatment centers for the disease in his native city.
The PNRF, now the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute, was founded in 1956. The FHCRC was created in 1965 and officially founded in 1975.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, King County Medical Society, Seattle Surgical Association, North Pacific Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, Society Surgical Oncologists, National Research Council, Alpha Sigma Phi Clubs: Men's University (Seattle). Seattle Golf and Country.
Married Charlotte Rigdon, March 25, 1939. Children: Charlotte J. Hutchinson Reed, William B., John L., Stuart R., Mary Hutchinson Wiese.