JAMES MUTRIE JR. ’50

JAMES MUTRIE JR., the former Capitol bureau chief of the New Haven Register, died Oct. 26, 2016. He was 89. A U.S. Army veteran, he received his degree with honors. After working for a few years in Albany, N.Y., he and his family returned to Connecticut when he was hired as a journalist by the New Haven Register. He ultimately became the Capitol Bureau Chief in Hartford, a position he held for many years until his retirement after more than 30 years with the newspaper. He was well known in state political and journalism circles as the Dean of the Capitol Press Corps. Predeceased by his wife, Rose Marie Weller Mutrie, and by his son, survivors include his daughter and her husband, his daughter-in-law, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, his sister, and a large extended family.