Guy Hutchinson (February 7, 1884 – December 9, 1941) was an American businessman and

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player. Hutchinson was born in

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, and later moved to

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. He was a graduate of

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in 1906. While attending the Yale, Hutchinson was a star

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for the

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team, which earned him the honor of All-American in 1905, as well as a member of St. Elmo, a secret society. At the culmination of his professional career, he was president of Proctor & Schwartz Electric Company, which merged with Silex Company to form

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in 1960. He died due to pneumonia and is buried in the "Garden of Remembrance," in Springvale,

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, Australia.

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