Hutchinson was an American industrialist and philanthropist, the Chairman of the Board of the Continental Scale Corporation,.
He received a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
and also completed course work for a PhD in philosophy from Chicago.
He later received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where he was also chairman of the Board.
The Professorship in Ethics and Public Life at Cornell University is named after him and his wife, Wyn.