1. Frederick Gary Dutton was a lawyer and Democratic Party power broker who served as campaign manager and Chief of Staff for California Governor Pat Brown, Special Assistant to US President John F Kennedy, and went on to manage Robert F Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency.
Between 1960 and 1972 Dutton played a role in every Democrat's quest for the White House.
Fred Dutton graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1946 and from Stanford Law School in 1949.
Fred Dutton had two stints of military service in both World War II and the Korean War.
Fred Dutton was executive secretary to California Governor Pat Brown in 1959 and 1960.
Fred Dutton was the deputy national chairman of Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson in 1960.
Fred Dutton was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, from 1961 to 1964.
Fred Dutton was a political adviser and campaign aide to Robert F Kennedy.
Fred Dutton travelled with Kennedy during much of his 1968 presidential campaign from his 1968 presidential election.
Fred Dutton was at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California when the Senator was shot at the kitchen hotel, and rode in the ambulance with him at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Fred Dutton was credited with originating the idea for Earth Day.
Fred Dutton was credited with helping his client Mobil Oil develop its "advertorial" marketing strategy.
Fred Dutton later married attorney Nancy Hogan Fred Dutton and they had two children together.
Frederick Dutton died on June 27,2005, aged 82, of undisclosed causes.
Fred Dutton was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.