- Date Of Birth: April 30, 1928
- Date Of Death: October 23, 2018
- State: Massachusetts
Robert Olin Hutchinson of Duxbury died peacefully on October 23, 2018 at Benchmark – Plymouth Crossing.Robert, known as Bob grew up in Plymouth and graduated with honors from Plymouth High School in 1945. He graduatedfrom Dartmouth College in 1950 and went on to complete his graduate degree at Boston College in Geophysics. He served in the U.S. Naval Aviation Service as a Midshipman in 1950-54, Bob worked for the Geo-Physics Division, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, 29 years he worked for the government at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory at Hanscom AFB. Working as a project scientist for magnetic field measurements made on the ground, from behind ships, military aircraft, sounding rockets, satellites and space probes. He traveled from above the Artic tree line to Ascension Islands in the South Atlantic, across the magnetic equtor in South America and to the South Pacific. Bob’s contributions in geomagnetism are reflected in the scientific literature and in the technical support that he provided to the Air Force Space and Missile System Programs. After retirement he started a second career teaching physics, math and geology at Duxbury High School and especially enjoyed teaching AP avid sailor, he sailed Marshall Catboats along the coast from CT to ME. He was an active member of the North of the Cape Chapter of the Catboat Association and a founding member, boat owner and later Commodore of the Duxbury Frostbite the early 1960’s, Bob served as a sailing instructor and board member for the Duxbury Sea Scouts. Later in life he traded-in the catboat for a 28 ft. Cape Dory motorboat and was a member of the Plymouth Yacht was a past member of the Genesis Amateur (Ham) Radio Society holding an Extra Class license (K1EHJ), the American Legion (50+ yrs.), the Rotary, Kiwanis and the Community Men’s enjoyed cats, birding and nature and went on many elder hostel trips to Mexico the Caribbean, Central America and cruises on the U.S. intercoastal was predeceased by his wife of 50 yrs., Edith Hodgdon Hutchinson of Duxbury. He is survived by his sister,Laura Mowson of Illinois; daughters Joan Thomas of Plano, TX and Deborah (Gerald) Govoni of Duxbury; sons Robert (Annette) Hutchinson of Key Largo, FL and David (Charlotte) Hutchinson of Melbourne, FL and 6 grandchildren, 10 great randchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
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