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Johnston Knolls/Hutain Street


There are a lot of streets in southern California named after the men who built the town. But in Fullerton, there's a pair of streets that honor men who served Orange County one patient at a time.


There's a Johnston Knolls in Fullerton, right down the street from the St. Jude Medical Center. The street's named for Dr. Herbert A. Johnston, a longtime Orange County resident. But it's not likely Dr. Johnston ever practiced at St. Jude's. He was born in 1873. The hospital wasn't built until 85 years later.


But there's another street in Fullerton named after another doctor who does have an active connection to St. Jude's. Ginny King who wrote "The Street Where you Live: Why Did They Name It...?" says Hutain Street is named for Dr. Royce Hutain.


"The attending physician on St. Jude's services to the poor, and he was chosen Fullerton's Man of the Year in 1990."


Dr. Hutain graduated from the UCI medical school. He still practices family medicine in Fullerton, but not on the street that's named for him.


(Airdate: 9/27/2008)


 

 

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