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Marshall Hatch (1918–2008) was a prominent collector of Northwest art, a strong supporter of local and regional art institutions, and a friend and patron of Northwest artists. A native of Seattle and fourth-generation Washingtonian, Hatch attended Garfield High School and the University of Washington. In 1945 he and Jack Kirk started Hatch & Kirk, Inc., a supplier of heavy-duty diesel equipment to companies in the railroad and marine industries. The company became very successful and Hatch continued to be involved even after the company was sold in the early 2000s.

Marshall Hatch and his wife, Helen Rupp Hatch, met in high school and married in 1939. They began to collect art in the 1960s, inspired in part by Helen Hatch’s friendship with the artist Morris Graves. The couple went on to amass a very highly regarded collection of Northwest art, acquiring some of the best examples of works by important artists such as Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, George Tsutakawa, Guy Anderson, Leo Kenney, Richard Gilkey, and Kenneth Callahan.

Hatch was a long-time supporter of both the Seattle Art Museum, where he served as president of the board of directors from 1982–1986, and the Museum of Northwest Art, which he helped establish and later served as an honorary trustee.