Clyde Hutchins:  

After graduating from Fitchburg High, I attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. I majored in Chemistry and was able to play Division III football while attending. I started at defensive tackle as a sophomore, and was able to start both ways at tackle as a senior. Unfortunately, I broke my arm in our third game against Amherst and had to miss the rest of my senior year. In 1972, I married Donna DuBois (also a member of the FHS class of ’69; Steve Holt – FHS ’69 was our best man) while still attending Wesleyan. After graduating in 1973, Donna and I moved to Ithaca, New York where I attended Cornell University. I received my PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from Cornell in 1978. I joined the DuPont company at their Experimental Station Laboratory in Wilmington, Delaware in late 1978. Over the next 36 years, I worked in a variety of both technical and managerial positions at laboratories located in Philadelphia, PA, Parkersburg, WVA, Memphis, TN, and Buffalo, NY. I retired from DuPont as a Technology Fellow at the end of 2014. Donna and I have three children. We were married for 12 years before our daughter Kristel was born. Kristel was joined by two sons Jeffrey and Andrew over the next few years. Kristel now has identical twin girls (2 yrs old), and Jeffrey a five year old son. All of our children and grandchildren currently live in Western New York (Buffalo / Rochester) area. Donna and I have l...Expand for more