Hutchinson, Eric, 1980-

The pattern, Compton, was commissioned in 1896 by Laurence Hodson for his house Compton Hall, Wolverhampton. It was used both for paper and chintz.

Professor of Chemistry at Stanford Univ., amateur calligrapher.

Eric Hutchinson, born in England in 1920, was educated at the University of Cambridge (1938-1945), earning all three of his degrees in chemistry. He taught at Sheffield University and Fordham University, before joining the Stanford faculty in 1949. In addition to his research and teaching duties, he served a term as academic secretary to the University; designed the shields and flags that represent the University, the Office of the President, the graduate division and the seven schools; and wrote a history of Stanford's department of chemistry. He became emeritus in 1983 and died on November 14, 2005.

Hutchinson, professor of chemistry at Stanford, designed the official shields and flags that represent the university, the Office of the President, the graduate division and the seven schools (medicine, engineering, earth sciences, education, law, business, and humanities and sciences).