On Nov. 12, 1964, Fred Hutchinson, a standout pitcher at Seattle’s Franklin High School and ten year pitching veteran in the majors and later manager of the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, succumbed to cancer in Bradenton, Florida.

In 1965, Dr. William Hutchinson, Fred’s brother, established the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as a division of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, in the Hutchinsons’ home town of Seattle.