Francis Whiting Hatch (January 9, 1897 – May 14, 1975) was an American businessman, writer, poet, playwright, composer, performer, and philanthropist.
The ceremony was performed by Charles Brent, Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York.
[1] Hatch served as the New England Chairman and was a member of the national board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America.
[1] Hatch also served as a trustee of the Noble and Greenough School, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory of Music, member of the corporation of the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, chairman of the Harvard Fund, president of the Harvard Alumni Association, and president-general of the Society of the Cincinnati.
[1] In 1955, Hatch was described in The Boston Daily Globe as a "writer of short, mostly humorous, verses and occasional prose articles".
", "Henry Thoreau Fell in Love with a Pond", and "God Save the Bricks on Beacon Hill".
[1] In Castine, Hatch had an outdoor theater on a bank above a beach, where he wrote, produced, directed, and occasionally performed in plays based on the town's legends and history.