Dr. Kent Robertson died Feb. 24

Dr. Kent Robertson, speaker at the Hutchinson Downtown Association's first annual Downtown Gathering in 2005, died Feb. 24. He was a professor at St. Cloud State University, and nationally-known expert on downtown revitalization. He brought several classes of students to Hutchinson on field trips to study successful revitalization efforts. Dr. Robertson was 53 years old. He died of complications from diabetes.