Years: 

Unknown

Year Hutchinson Medal awarded:

1953

Oakley V. Morgan was a notable horticulturist and former superintendent of the Elmhurst Park District in Illinois. He is best known for designing award-winning exhibits at the 1933–1934 Chicago World's Fair.

Key contributions:

• The Century of Progress Exhibition: Morgan designed a celebrated model garden for the 1933–1934 World's Fair. Following the fair, structural elements of his model—including an outdoor stone fireplace—were relocated to Wilder Park in Elmhurst.
• Horticultural leadership: He was a founding member of the Men's Garden Clubs of America and frequently lectured on ornamental horticulture in the Chicago area.
• Elmhurst parks: He served for years as the park district's superintendent, helping develop local public green spaces

Morgan majored in horticulture at Purdue University and received a master's degree from the University of Illinois. He taught botany then became the horticulturist for the Commonwealth Edison Company.

He was an active leader in the victory garden program during World War II. He helped form the Men's Garden Club of the Chicago Region and later, the Men's Garden Clubs of America.