RUTH GILLETTE HUTCHINSON
(Mrs. Arthur R.)
1898 - 1936
The Faculty of Vassar College wish to record at this
time their appreciation of the contribution made by
Ruth Gillette Hutchinson to the life of the college.
Fronrthe time of her entrance into the Department of
Economics and Sociology in 1922 she unassumingly but
readily met every demand and carried her full share
of responsibility. Her good judgment and integrity
of purpose won very early the confidence of her stu-
dents and colleagues. The steady development of these
qualities made it possible for her in the year 1934-
1935 to fulfill the duties of the Acting Chairmanship
of the Department with dignity and marked success.
She pursued the advancement of knowledge, both in her
teaching and in her research. Among her publications
"State-Administered Locally Shared Taxes” is accepted
as the authoritative work on this subject. As a
genuine scholar, she had an absorbing interest in car-
rying forward her research work. She never sacrificed
the quality of her teaching, however, always drawing
on her own strength in order that her students might
acquire in full both the methods and the spirit of
real scholarship.
Knowing well that intellectual interest is an integral
part of the entire life of the students, she won their
deepest respect and confidence, through an unusually
sympathetic understanding of their life. Her wise
counsel was sought and accepted as teacher, Resident
and friend. Sensitive balance, gentleness, and clarity,
distinguished her human relationships. As a member of
the Faculty, whether as individual or as committee meme
ber, she gave of herself without limit, always thorough
in her consideration and tolerant in her point of view.
Ruth Gillette Hutchinson lived a gracious and a gener-
ous life. True to herself and to others, she contributed
a fineness and a firmness which has permanently enriched
the life of Vassar College.
Therefore, be it resolved that this minute be placed on
the Faculty records, and that copies be sent to her
family.
RUTH GILLETTE HUTCHINSON (Continued)
1920 A.B. University of Rochester
1921 A.M. Colubia University
1920-21 Courses in New York School of Social Work
1921-22 Federal Reserve Board, Junior Research
Assistant
1922-26 Instructor in Economics, Vassar College
l92h Marriage
1927-28 American Telephone and Telegraph Company,
Economic Statistician
March 1928-30 Assistant Professor of Economics,
Vassar College
1931 Ph.D. Columbia University
1930-36 Associate Professor of Economics, Vassar
College
March S, 1936 Death
Publications:
What's in a College Week? by Ruth Gillette Hutchin-
son and Mary Hayward Connard. School and Society.
December 18, 1926. 24:768-72
State-Administered Locally Shared Taxes: Development
In the State and Local Tax Systems of the United
States. N. Y. Columbia University Press. 1931.
I57p. (Studies in History, Economics and Public
Law, no. 355.)
Taxation of Land Values in Canada by Mabel Newcomer
and Ruth G. Hutchinson. The Journal of Political
Economy. April 1932. 40: 366-78
Occupations of Vassar Alumnae: a Statistical Summary
of a Selected Group, by Mabel Newcomer and Ruth
G. Hutchinson. In College Women and the Social
Sciences, Essays by Herbert Elmer Mills and His
Former Students. N. Y. John Day. 1934. p.309-24
Child Labor Survey of Dutchess County, by Mabel New-
comer and Ruth G. Hutchinson. The American Child
vol. VIII, no. 11. November 1926, p. 6.
Emily Brown
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