William B. Hutchinson (September 6, 1909 – October 26, 1997) was an American physician and surgeon, and the founder of both the

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and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in his native

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. The latter facility is named in memory of his younger brother,

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, a

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pitcher and manager whose life and career were cut short by lung cancer in 1964 at the age of 45. The son of a general practitioner, Hutchinson was raised in Seattle and attended the

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, where he played baseball for the

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under head coach Tubby Graves and graduated in 1931. He passed up a professional baseball tryout to attend medical school at

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and graduated in 1935. After completing his surgical residency in

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, Hutchinson returned to Seattle to practice. His experience as a

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surgeon led him to spearhead a drive for research and treatment centers for the disease in his native city. The PNRF, now the

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, was founded in 1956; the FHCC was created in 1965 and officially founded in 1975.Louis Fiset, December 30, 2004 for HistoryLink: The Free, Online Encyclopedia of Washington State Histor
Hutchinson, Dr. William B. (1909-1997)
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References

External links

Pacific Northwest Research Institute web site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, William B. 1909 births 1997 deaths American surgeons Physicians from Seattle McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni University of Washington alumni Washington Huskies baseball players 20th-century American physicians 20th-century surgeons