John Wilson Cutler (May 12, 1887 – March 18, 1950) was an American

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player.

Early life

Cutler was born on May 12, 1887 in

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. He was one of five sons born to George C. and Mary F. Wilson Cutler. His brothers were Elliott Carr Cutler, a professor at the

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and a surgeon,

Robert Cutler Robert Cutler (June 12, 1895 – May 8, 1974) was an American government official who was the first person appointed as the president's National Security Advisor. He served US President Dwight Eisenhower in that role between 1953 and 1955 and fr ...

, the first

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, Roger W. Cutler, a U.S. Navy officer and the husband of

Leslie Bradley Cutler Leslie Bradley Cutler (1890-1971) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate. Early life Cutler was born on March 24, 1890, in Boston. She graduated from the Haskell School, and attended Radcliffe College, and the Massachu ...

, and George C. Cutler Jr.

Playing career

Cutler was a prominent

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for the

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team of

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. He was also a member of the rowing team. He led the 1908 Crimson to a win over

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. He was selected second-team All-American by

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. Cutler served on the Class Day Committee for the Class of 1909, although he did not graduate from Harvard until 1911.

Personal life

Cutler married Rosalind Fish on October 22, 1910, in

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. Rosalind was the daughter of

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and the sister of

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, future

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and Cutler's teammate on the 1908 Championship team. The Cutlers had two sons and three daughters. During

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, Cutler was a major with the

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Business career

Cutler worked for Lee, Higginson & Co. and Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co. in

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until 1920, when he moved to New York and became a partner at E.B. Smith & Co. He later became a member of Smith Barney & Co. During the 1930s, Cutler served as chairman of the investment bankers' division of the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee. Cutler was a director of a number of enterprises, including

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, R. Hoe & Company,

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, Ludlum Steel,

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, and

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. He died in New York on March 18, 1950, at the age of 62.

References

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