[1] He graduated from Newton High School and in 1908 earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1908.
[2] Hutchinson also served as president and chairman of Boys' and Girls' Camps, Inc. and a trustee of Northeastern University.
He later served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party's finance committee.
He was chairman of the dinner committee for Eisenhower that filled the Boston Garden in 1952.
[2] He was sworn into office on April 30, 1954, by former Governor Robert F. Bradford in a ceremony at the Boston Custom House.