Robert Porter Cutler ’40

Bob Cutler MD of Kenilworth, Ill., died Dec. 18, 1998. From New Trier H.S. and Lawrenceville, he majored in biology at Princeton and was a member of the gym team, the Triangle Club, Elm Club, and the Musical Quartet. Among his roommates were Bill Friesell, Karl Norton, and Homer Haggard.

Bob earned his medical credentials at Northwestern U. Medical School and the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis, with an internship at Cook County Hospital and residency in psychiatry at the Illinois Institute for Psychoanalysis. He served in the U.S. Public Health Service as medical director (colonel) of the U.S. Narcotic Hospital in Lexington, Ky., and remained in the medical reserve until 1963. He then returned to practice for 30 years at Evanston Hospital, Skokie Valley Hospital, and Forest Hospital. A member of many professional societies and coauthor of several scientific papers, Bob was a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

In undergraduate days Bob was a popular, personable figure who entertained us with masterful accordion playing at class gatherings and the Triangle Club. He continued his interest in music throughout his life.

Bob is survived by his wife, Patricia, three sons, a daughter, and six grandchildren. The class shares their loss but at the same time finds solace in having had this caring man as a faithful classmate and friend.

The Class of 1940