Robert Owen Hutchins (September 25, 1939 – October 9, 2009) was an American organic chemist and educator.
His research focused on new hydride reagents for asymmetric reduction, and the conformational analysis of phosphorus containing heterocycles.
The ISI web of knowledge lists 96 publications and presentations at national meetings by Professor Hutchins and his co-workers, 2962 citations without self-citations, and a Hirsch index of 32.
[1] The Constantine Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel has an organic chemistry teaching laboratory named in memory of Hutchins.
[2] Hutchins received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback distinguished teaching Award from Drexel in 1980.