[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 115 (Tuesday, August 16, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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              EVERETT HUTCHINSON--SERVED THREE PRESIDENTS

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                            HON. J.J. PICKLE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 16, 1994

  Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, the dedicated life of Everett Hutchinson, 
the first Deputy Secretary of Transportation, has enriched in the lives 
of every citizen of our country.
  During his years of service as Commissioner of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission and later as Chairman of the ICC, followed by his 
appointment as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation and 
finally as a prominent attorney of Washington, DC, Everett Hutchinson 
has been one of Washington's leading attorneys, as well as been a 
generous public servant and civic leader.
  My friendship with this good man goes back to my University of Texas 
days when I was fortunate to be associated with Everett Hutchinson, as 
well as his energetic and dynamic wife, Elizabeth Stafford Hutchinson. 
Together these two individual have been prominent citizens of the 
Washington community for over 40 years.
  An evening with Everett Hutchinson is an experience of history, 
literature and high humor. There just hasn't been a better man born 
than Hutch, as we affectionately called him, and it is a good feeling 
to know that this graduate of the University of Texas would be 
recognized by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Hutch was 
old reliable, a steadfast individual, and Elizabeth Hutchinson has been 
the Pearl Mesta of our town.
  Mr. Speaker, I am attaching the program from the services of this 
good man held on Sunday, April 10, 1994 at St. Alban's Episcopal 
Church, Washington, DC.

                           Everett Hutchinson

       Everett Hutchinson, 79, a partner since 1968 in the Texas 
     law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., who served three 
     Presidents in various capacities, died of a heart attack 
     April 6, 1994, at his home in Bethesda, MD. A native of 
     Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, who received his B.B.A. and 
     J.D. degrees at the University of Texas, Hutchinson was 
     appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as the first Deputy 
     Secretary of Transportation when the Department was created 
     in 1967. He was president of the National Association of 
     Motor Bus Owners at the time of the appointment. Prior to his 
     assignment with the motor bus industry, Hutchinson served as 
     Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission for 10 
     years, first appointed by President Eisenhower in 1955, and 
     became Chairman of the ICC in 1961, under President Kennedy.
       In April, 1961, President Kennedy appointed Hutchinson a 
     member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. 
     In 1962, he was appointed to the President's Special 
     Committee to study passenger transportation in the Boston-
     Washington corridor and later served on the High Speed Ground 
     Transportation Advisory Committee. In October, 1961, he 
     headed the U.S. Delegation to the International Conference on 
     River Navigation in Paris, France.
       Hutchinson served in the United States Navy during World 
     War II, including active service in the South Pacific, and 
     held the rank of Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve (Ret.), as a 
     Judge Advocate. He was a member of the 1941 and 1943 sessions 
     of the Texas Legislature and, in July, 1949, was appointed 
     Assistant Attorney General of Texas. Hutchinson was president 
     of the Texas Breakfast Club in 1970 and was 1964-65 president 
     of the Texas State Society of Washington.
       While at the University of Texas he was a member of Friars, 
     a group which annually honors the eight outstanding members 
     of the senior class. As a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon 
     Fraternity, ``Hutch'' was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 
     1981.
       Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Elizabeth Stafford 
     Hutchinson; a son, Stafford, of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, 
     Ann Hutchinson Slattery of Corpus Christi, Texas; a 
     granddaughter, Chantal Slattery of Corpus Christi, Texas; and 
     a sister, Mrs. Lois H. Cullen of Houston, Texas.

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