David Miller

https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.96.48

Otto Hutter turns 90

One of the Society’s longest-standing and most distinguished members, Otto Hutter, celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year. He was elected a member in 1953 and an Honorary Member in 1991. Otto, who now lives near Bournemouth, enjoyed what was mainly a large family gathering, surrounded by children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and close friends. But he and Yvonne had also invited his ‘young student’, Denis Noble, as well as Tom Sears, a friend since the 1940s as they met at (the then) Burroughs & Wellcome labs in Beckenham, Kent, and me, one of his former Glasgow staff.

A particular pleasure was witnessing the amazement and interest of some of the younger members of Clan Hutter as they listened to Denis explaining to the gathering something of why their grandfather is held in such esteem in the community of physiologists. For all those who wonder at it, Otto’s vivacity is better understood when we remember that, as a 29th February child, he is actually still only 22½. Many happy returns.