About William Y. Hutchinson
Lived 1916 – 2006 (aged 90). William Y. Hutchinson was an inventor and philosopher.
William Y. Hutchinson (4 September 1916 – 4 December 2006) was an American industrialist and philanthropist, and 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.
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American industrialist and philanthropist
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William Y. Hutchinson was born on 4 September 1916.
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William Y. Hutchinson died on 4 December 2006.
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William Y. Hutchinson was an inventor and philosopher.
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