26 Facts About Robert Cutler

Robert Cutler was an American government official who was the first person appointed as the president's National Security Advisor.

Robert Cutler served US President Dwight Eisenhower in that role between 1953 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1958.

Robert Cutler was born on June 12,1895, in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Robert Cutler was the youngest of five sons born to George C and Mary F Wilson Cutler.

Robert Cutler's brothers were Elliott Carr Cutler, a professor at the Harvard Medical School and a surgeon, Harvard quarterback Johnny Cutler, Roger W Cutler, a US Navy officer and the husband of Leslie Bradley Cutler, and George C Cutler Jr.

Robert Cutler was class poet, wrote the baccalaureate hymn, and graduated second in his class in 1916.

Robert Cutler served in France as a first lieutenant with the 76th Division.

Robert Cutler served as treasurer of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and as president of Community Chests and Councils, Inc.

On October 25,1940, Cutler was appointed corporation counsel for the city of Boston by Mayor Maurice J Tobin.

On July 28,1942, Robert Cutler resigned as corporation counsel to join the US Army.

Robert Cutler was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in December 1944.

On January 9,1946, Cutler succeeded Channing H Cox as president of the Old Colony Trust Company.

Robert Cutler was later elected president of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

In 1952, Robert Cutler served as Eisenhower's personal secretary on the campaign train, a position that had him perform a number of tasks, including speechwriting and advising.

In that position, Robert Cutler played a major role in turning the National Security Council into a top policy making body.

Robert Cutler tendered his resignation on March 8,1955, and was succeeded by Dillon Anderson on April 1.

Robert Cutler oversaw the drafting of Eisenhower's Executive Order 10450, signed on April 27,1953, contributing language that identified "sexual perversion" as grounds for exclusion from employment by the federal government.

Robert Cutler resigned his post in 1955 apparently for fear that the disclosure of his secret homosexuality might harm the Eisenhower administration.

In May 1955, Robert Cutler returned to the National Security Council as a part-time consultant and took its leadership position, then called the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, on January 6,1957.

Robert Cutler was succeeded by Gordon Gray on June 24,1958.

In 1958, Robert Cutler was nominated for a seat on the Massachusetts Board of Regional Community Colleges by Governor Foster Furcolo.

On October 14,1959, Eisenhower announced that he would nominate Robert Cutler to serve a three-year term as an executive director of the new Inter-American Development Bank.

Robert Cutler was sworn in by Eisenhower on February 2,1960.

Robert Cutler published his memoirs, No Time for Rest, in 1966.

Robert Cutler died on May 8,1974, in Concord, Massachusetts.

Never married and predeceased by all of his brothers, Cutler left no immediate survivors but was survived by several nieces and nephews, including Elliott C Cutler Jr.