John Redd Hutcheson

John Redd Hutcheson (January 13, 1886 – January 23, 1962) was the ninth president of Virginia Tech.

Early life and education Hutcheson was born to Robert Francis Hutcheson and Mary Claiborne Barksdale on January 13, 1886, near Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia. He earned a B.S. in 1907 and M.S. in 1909, both from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI; later Virginia Tech). Hutcheson also attended field artillery officer training school during World War I.

Career Hutcheson taught and served as principal in schools in Virginia and Mississippi and taught at the University of Virginia before joining VPI at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service as a livestock specialist in 1914. He became its director in 1919, serving until his appointment as executive assistant to President Burruss in 1945.

John Redd Hutcheson and his brother Thomas Barksdale Hutcheson inherited the Barksdale family's farm, Edgemont Farm. John supervised the farm, along with other family members, from 1950 until 1962, when full supervision was turned over to T. B. Hutcheson Jr.

Honors

Hutcheson Hall, an academic building on the Virginia Tech Campus is named in honor of Hutcheson and his brother Thomas B. Hutcheson.