Hutson, John B., 1890-

John B. Hutson (1890-1964), a native of Murray, Ky., worked for the United States Department of Agriculture as an authority on agricultural marketing with a specialty in tobacco. He was a marketing specialist for the Foreign Agricultural Service, chief of the Tobacco Branch of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and president of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Hutson was appointed undersecretary of agriculture in 1945 and then became assistant secretary general of the United Nations, with responsibility for financial services. In 1947 he became president of Tobacco Associates, representing tobacco growers in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Government official.

Educator, statesman.

Born near Murray, Ky., Hutson received a teaching degree from Western Kentucky State Teachers College (Western Kentucky University) in 1915, a B.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1917 and a Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1930. From 1919 to 1930 he engaged in research in economics and tobacco, with a stint from 1922 to 1924 as assistant professor of agricultural economics at U.K. In the ensuing years he held several positions in the U.S. government. Just prior to World War II, Hutson became deputy commissioner of agriculture in the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense and was the first head of the office of the Agricultural Defense Relation in the Department of Agriculture.

During the war (1941-1945), he was president of the Commodity Credit Corporation, Director of Food Production in the War Food Administration and deputy director for agriculture in the office of Mobilization and Reconservation. He was under secretary of the Department of Agriculture from July, 1945 to March, 1946. Hutson became Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations during its organization period from March, 1946 until March, 1947. In 1947 he was named president of the Tobacco Associates, Inc., an organization for the promotion of foreign trade, and served there until his retirement.

Educator, statesman.

Born near Murray, Ky., Hutson received a teaching degree from Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1915, a B.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1917 and a Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1930. From 1919 to 1930 he engaged in research in economics and tobacco, with a stint from 1922 to 1924 as assistant professor of agricultural economics at U.K. In the ensuing years he held several positions in the U.S. government. Just prior to World War II, Hutson became deputy commissioner of agriculture in the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense and was the first head of the office of the Agricultural Defense Relation in the Department of Agriculture.

During the war (1941-45), he was president of the Commodity Credit Corporation, Director of Food Production in the War Food Administration and deputy director for agriculture in the office of Mobilization and Reconservation. He was under secretary of the Department of Agriculture from July, 1945 to March, 1946. Hutson became Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations during its organization period from March, 1946 until March, 1947. In 1947 he was named president of the Tobacco Associates, Inc., an organization for the promotion of foreign trade, and served there until his retirement.