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

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, formerly known as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and also known as Fred Hutch or The Hutch, is a cancer research institute established in 1975 in Seattle, Washington. History The center grew out o ...

in his native Seattle,

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

Fred Hutchinson Frederick Charles Hutchinson (August 12, 1919 – November 12, 1964) was an American professional baseball player, a major league pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and the manager for three major league teams. Born and raised in Seattle, Washi ...

, a Major League Baseball 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 McGill University in Montreal and graduated in 1935. After completing his surgical residency in

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, 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

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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