Other Relationships: Football Player, United States Department of Agriculture

Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Lifespan: 1917/2002

Race: White

Sex: Male

Relationship(s) to University: Alumni

Era(s): 20th Century Modernization, World War II

Involvement(s): Progressivism

Narrative: https://unchistory.web.unc.edu/building-narratives/the-love-house-and-hutchins-forum/

More info: http://south.unc.edu/programming/hutchins-lectures/james-a-hutchins/

Latitude/Longitude: 36.100113, -80.271269

James Alexander Hutchins Jr. (1917-2002) first came to UNC-Chapel Hill in 1933 where he joined the football team and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees under the direction of Howard Odum. Hutchins served in the Navy during World War II, but dedicated most of his life toward fighting world hunger. He is a creator of school lunch programs, a founder of CARE, and helped regulate farm prices and commodities both domestically and internationally.