Harry Hutchins, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Grand Village. He had courageously fought a mitochondrial disease, MELAS for years. Harry was determined to stay active and could be seen riding his recumbent tricycle on the trails and around town or working out at the YMCA until suffering a stroke last November.
Harry was born in Royal Oak, MI and his love of birds, trees, and the outdoors was awakened by an excellent science teacher at Kimball High School. He attended Michigan State University where he earned two Bachelors of Science, one in Forestry and one in Wildlife Management. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Forest Ecology at Utah State University, studying the interdependence of the Clarkâs Nutcracker bird and the Whitebark Pine tree. He would later travel to Northern China and study the Eurasian Nutcracker and the Siberian Stone Pine.