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- Niagara Gazette - 9/24/1932
Mrs. Alice K. Hutchinson, Rochester,
one of the principal beneficiaries under
the will of. the late George Eastman,
multimillionaire Kodak magnate
of Rochester, Is well-known in this city,
where she has several relatives and at
one time lived with her uncle, John
Whitney, and his family on the Lockport
road, .about two and one-half
miles east of Hyde Park boulevard. She
came to this locality from the Middle
West, .where she was born.
Mrs. Hutchinson is a daughter of the
late Ami Whitney, brother of John
Whitney. Her parents died when she
was quite young and she made her
home for., a-few years with her uncle
and his family on the Lockport road.
She studied stenography and business
administration in Buffalo and later
went to Rochester, where. she lived
with friends and entered the employ, of
the Eastman Kodak company, working
up to the position of private secretary
to the" founder and head of the company,
George Eastman. She held this
position at the time of Mr. Eastman's
death.
According to'Mr. Eastman's will, Mrs.
Hutchinson was bequeathed $100,573.
represented by $100,000 bonds of Jersey
City, N. J., with accrued interest.
She also was left a trust fund out of
which she was Instructed to pay $20.-
000 to the organization promoting the
13-month calendar and finance the
care of a second cousin of the philanthropist
now living in Los Angeles and
the education, of two sons of another
cousin.
Mrs. Hutchinson now lives with her
husband, Charles F. Hutchinson, in
luxury in Rochester," in a handsome
residence not far from the Eastman
home, in contrast to the modest farm
homes she knew when a girl In Michigan
and Ohio and while a resident of
the Niagara district.
As Mr. Eastman's secretary. Mrs.
Hutchinson was called upon to handle
large details of the Eastman business
and philanthropies. - Since his death
her time has been'quite fully occupied
with administering details of the estate
and looking after legacies and trust
funds left In her care. Mrs. Hutchinson
is a cousin of Miss Eliza B. Whitney,
and Miss Emma E. Whitney, 552
Seventh street, this city.
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