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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Clipping, John R. Hutcheson Anniversary Dinner, Blacksburg Va., November 11, 1944 (Ms2015-001)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F19_HutchesonJohnDinner_clipping_1944_1111

Clipping, Roanoke Times, May 12, 1937 (Ms2015-001)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F18_RoanokeTimes_clipping_1937_0512

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-001
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...
Dates: 1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)

Souvenir program, John R. Hutcheson Dinner, Blacksburg Va., November 13, 1944

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F19_HutchesonJohnDinner_souvenirprogram_1944_1113