John C. G. Hutchison closes a 42 year career at this year’s Workboat Show in New Orleans. Born in Philly on April Fool’s Day 1941, John Hutchison played collegiate golf at Duke University and Moravian College, and coached the golf team at Lehigh University before being drafted in 1966. A Viet Nam vet, 2nd LT, Infantry Branch, John returned home in 1970 and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Corporate Office in Bethlehem, PA, and other Bethlehem offices in Burns Harbor IN, Johnstown PA, and Sparrows Pt., MD. John was a consultant to Marvin Miller in Washington DC followed by Hopeman Brothers, Waynesboro, VA. He became the Swiss Keller Vermipan agent, and later the Thermax agent in North America. John joined Panel Specialists as an employee in 1985 as their Marine Sales Manager.
Visit Thermax Marine Panel Specialists’ at Work Boat Booth 218 to bid John adieu. Panel Specialists supplies USCG approved decorative interior wall panel systems and furniture throughout The America’s.