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Accession No. 56/134: Guy Hutcheson, 2003 May
[identification of item], Guy Hutcheson Oral History, SPEC.PA.56.0134, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
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Guy Carlton Hutcheson (1911-2004) graduated from Texas A&M University in 1933 with a degree in radio engineering. He then wrote to Admiral Richard E. Byrd expressing interest in his Antarctic exploration, and joined the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II from 1933 to 1935 as a radio operator. Following the expedition, Hutcheson moved to New York and worked for CBS News for a decade. In 1945 he moved back to his home state of Texas, established an engineering company, and became heavily involved in the Arlington City School Board, where a junior high school was named for him. The Hutcheson Nunataks in the Phillips Mountains in Antarctica were later named in Hutcheson's honor.
The Guy Hutcheson Oral History, dated May 6, 2003, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Guy Hutcheson and Robert Rutford conducted on May 6, 2003. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics discussed include Hutcheson's trip to Antarctica in 1933 on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, his career as a radio operator, and memories of other members of the expedition.