Stuart M. Hutchison ’59 *63

Stu died peacefully Dec. 6, 2015, with his daughters at his side, scant days after his diagnosis of advanced colon cancer.

Born in Liverpool, England, he attended boarding school while completing the midshipman training program with the Royal Navy and performing on the vaudeville stage with his father, comedian Harry Tate Jr. After moving to the United States, he completed his secondary education at Southwest High School in Kansas City, Mo., before joining us at Old Nassau.

At Princeton, we all waited for the monthly Tiger magazine, knowing that its art editor would have crafted another delightful cartoon and signed it “Hutch.” Stu dined at Campus Club, majored in architecture, and stayed on campus to garner his MFA. 

He went on to forge a distinguished career, founding Stuart Hutchinson Architects in Kansas City, and then moving the firm to Johnstown, Colo. Along this path he received multiple awards for projects across the country. And, never one to put down his pen, “Hutch” continued to draw cartoons for publications around the world.

Stu is survived by his daughters, Vivian Hutchison and Eliza Ketchum; and his grandchildren, Tyler Barnes and Kelsey Vivian Ketchum. The class sends sympathy to them all.