Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, JAGC, USN (Ret.) served in the U. S. Navy from 1973 to 2000. He was the Navy's Judge Advocate General from 1997 to 2000. He is Dean Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire School of Law in Concord, New Hampshire, where he served as Dean & President from July 2000 through January 2011.