Education
Wesleyan University.
Wesleyan University.
Cutler was previously a career diplomat, serving twice as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1984-1987, 1987-1989). Ambassador to Tunisia (1982-1984). And Ambassador to Congo-Zaire (1975-1979).
He was Ambassador-Designate to the Islamic Republic of Iran before diplomatic relations were broken in 1980.
Other foreign service included opening the first American post in Yaounde, Cameroon. Political officer in Algiers just after Algeria"s independence.
Consul in Tabriz, Iran. Political-military officer in Seoul, of Korea, at the time of North of Korea"s capture of the United States intelligence ship Pueblo.
And political officer in Saigon during the Vietnam war.
At the Department of State he served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State. Special Assistant for Vietnam Negotiations;Director of Central African Affairs. And Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations.
In 1987-1988 he was a research professor of diplomacy at Georgetown University.
From 1989 to 2006, Cutler was President of Meridian International Center, a not-for-profit institution in Washington, District of Columbia dedicated to promoting global understanding through the exchange of people, ideas and the arts He now serves as President Emeritus.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy. He served two years in the United States. Army.
