Dorris Hutchison (October 31, 1918 – May 9, 2007)[1][2] was an American scientist primarily known for her studies on the development of cancer chemotherapy drugs.
[6][7] Working with Waksman, Hutchison devised methods for the production and isolation of streptomycin[8] and neomycin[9] as anti tuberculosis agents.
At Russel Sage, Dr. Hutchison met Dr. Selman Waksman who urged her to teach at Vassar College and later offered her a position as a graduate student in his laboratory.
Hutchison began her career at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1951 as only the second female faculty member and held several faculty positions at the Sloan-Kettering Division, Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Cornell University (now Weill Cornell Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science), including associate dean from 1978 to 1987.
[13] Working with June Biedler, Hutchison's lab determined the chromosomal abnormalities associated with resistance to anti-folate agents.