Background
Hutchinson, William Spencer was born on October 9, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Hannah Amanda (Skinner) Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, William Spencer was born on October 9, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Hannah Amanda (Skinner) Hutchinson.
Graduate Dorchester High School, Boston, 1888. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1892.
Assistant to secretary Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1892-1893. Mining engineer in California, Idaho, and Missouri, 1894-1903. Practicing alone, headquarters in Boston, 1903-1922.
Assignments in Australia, New Caledonia, Peru, Chile, Transvaal, and Southern Rhodesia, 1916-1925.
Member firm Hutchinson and Livermore, 1923-1939. Practiced alone as industrial minerals specialist.
Professor mining, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922-1939, head department of mining and metallurgy, 1927-1937, head department of mining engineering, 1937-1939, professor emeritus.
Member engineering division National Research Council (1924-1925 and 1928-1930). Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (director 1926-1928), Mining and Metallurgical Society America (member of council 1930-1934), Tau Beta Pi, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth East. Baker, August 17, 1898 (died November 27, 1944). Children: Alfred Baker (deceased), Elizabeth Baker (Mistress Edwin Delamater Ryer), Ruth (Mistress Jervis Jefferis Babb), William Spencer, Junior.