Claude Burton Hutchison (April 9, 1885 – August 25, 1980) was an American botanist, agricultural economist, educator, and politician who served as the mayor of Berkeley, California, from 1955 to 1963.
Hutchison was born on April 9, 1885, in Livingston County near Chillicothe, Missouri, the son of farmer William Moses Hutchison and his wife Ada Smith.
Hutchison earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri, where he was also a founding member of FarmHouse fraternity.
[3] When he left UC Davis, he served as dean of agriculture at the University of Nevada, Reno until his retirement in 1954.
Hutchison Hall at the University of California, Davis is named for him.