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After his discharge from the Army in
1959, Mr. Mills eventually earned his B.A.
from New York University in 1964 and
worked for several years for Oxford Uni-
versity Press. During his travels for the
job, he discovered the town of Ann Arbor,
Mich., and settled there for the next 25
years. In 1975, he received his Ph.D. in
linguistics from the University of Michigan.
His main professional interest involved
the historical/comparative study of lang-
uages of the Indonesian area. In 1976,
Mr. Mills created his first conlang (a con-
structed language) and remained inter-
ested in conlanging throughout his life.
Along with teaching and writing poetry,
Mr. Mills devoted much of his time to
home carpentry, first in Ann Arbor, and
later, in Saugatuck. He enjoyed spending
time in Saugatuck, on the shores of Lake
Michigan.
In an obituary published in Michigan’s
Holland Sentinel
, friends recalled Mr. Mills
as “kind-hearted, generous, and loyal.”
He was a hymnist, he loved cats, loved to
cook, and was a faithful and enthusiastic
viewer of
Jeopardy! –
the television quiz
show.
Mr. Mills is survived by his nephews,
Mark, John, and Steve Raymond, and
their children; and his best friends, Kim
Shotwell and Matt and Brenda Bulthouse.
He was predeceased by his sister, Nancy
E. Raymond.
1953
George Cass “Hutch”
Hutchinson III
who maintained a happy balance between
objectivity and idealism, died in New York
City on June 26, 2015, after a long illness.
He was 79.
Born on July 25, 1935, to Barbara West
and George Cass Hutchinson II of the
Form of 1928, Mr. Hutchinson grew up in
Sewickley, Pa., with his brothers, John ’57
and Christopher.
Known as “Hutch” to friends, he came
to St. Paul’s in 1949 and quickly became
known as an excellent student and active
participant in the community. Mr. Hutch-
inson was a member of the Glee Club,
the Acolyte Guild, the Cadmean Literary
Society, and the Cum Laude Society. He
also served as co-editor of
The Pelican
as
a Sixth Former. He also served as a house
supervisor and competed in soccer, squash,
and crew. His teachers praised him for
his “good sense of humor and excellent
manners” and noted his warm and giving
personality.
Mr. Hutchinson attended Yale Univer-
sity, graduating with the Class of 1957
with a degree in American studies. As a
college undergraduate, he was known for
his “wry, crusty sense of humor” and his
storytelling ability. He stayed close to the
school, supporting the Yale University Art
Gallery and traveling on a regular basis
with classmates.
In 1961, Mr. Hutchinson met and
married Jane Elizabeth Ames, an artist
and art teacher. The couple raised three
children, Elizabeth, Geoffrey, and David.
They later divorced.
A businessman, Mr. Hutchinson worked
first for Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati
and then in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in
England, before returning to the U.S. to
work for Burry Biscuit, a division of Qua-
ker Oats, based in New Jersey. Later, Mr.
Hutchinson started his own homecare
medical business, Allied Health Care Serv-
ices, serving as the company’s president.
After retiring, Mr. Hutchinson ener-
getically supported the arts, especially
the Metropolitan Opera and the New Jersey
Center for the Visual Arts. He was also
active in his local community of Summit,
N.J., serving on the City Zoning Board and
the state Board of Mental Health.
Mr. Hutchinson leaves behind his child-
ren, Elizabeth, Geoffrey, and David.
1953
Jeremy Patrick Miller
a brilliant man, who loved mathematical
theorems, art, literature, poetry, and music,
died peacefully on September 11, 2015,
at the Truro, Mass., home of his sister,
Madeline Miller, and her husband, Den-
nis Clark. He was 79 and a resident of
Philadelphia, Pa. The cause of death was
pancreatic cancer. Beethoven’s “Ode to
Joy” was playing as he took his last breath.
Mr. Miller was born in Cleveland, Ohio,
on March 17, 1936, the first of eight child-
ren of the late Anna “Patrilla” Miller and
William Johnson Miller of Truro. His father
was a journalist who wrote for
Newsweek
and
Time
, among other publications. The
doctor who delivered Mr. Miller into the
world came to the hospital from a party,
wearing a tuxedo. “Pat” Miller grew up
with his large family in Cleveland Heights,
Ohio, and Chappaqua, N.Y.
Having attended Horace Greeley High
School in Chappaqua, Mr. Miller arrived
at St. Paul’s School as a Third Former in
the fall of 1949. He competed in football,
hockey, and baseball for Old Hundred and
was a member of the Shattuck Boat Club.
He sang in the Glee Club, and was active
in the Cadmean Literary Society and the
Scientific Association. He expressed early
interest in philosophy, enjoying the works
of Plato. Mr. Miller earned two Dickey
Prizes in science and in 1953 was awarded
the Vanderpoel Science Prize. He grad-
uated
cum laude
with First Testimonials.
Mr. Miller attended Harvard, where he
earned his A.B. in mathematics with the
Class of 1957. According to his obituary
on WickedLocal.com, “as a freshman at
Harvard, he showed such promise that
his professor took him to meet Albert
Einstein at his home in Princeton, N.J. A
photo taken by his father of the young
mathematician with Einstein appeared in
the May 2, 1955, edition of
Life
magazine,
along with Einstein’s advice to him: ‘One
cannot help but be in awe when he con-
templates the mysteries of eternity, of
life, of the marvelous structure of reality.
It is enough if one tries merely to com-
prehend a little of this mystery each day.
Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to
become a man of success, but rather try
to become a man of value. He is considered
successful in our day who gets more out
of life than he puts in. But a man of value
will give more than he receives.’”
A gifted pianist, Mr. Miller began play-
ing at the age of eight and composing his
own music before he turned nine. In a
letter of recommendation from his father’s
friend and longtime editor-in-chief of
Newsweek
, Osborn Elliott ’42, Mr. Miller
was praised for giving “indications of
being something by way of a genius.”
