Irving S. Cutter

Irving Samuel Cutter (December 5, 1875 - February 2, 1945). Dr. Irving Samuel Cutter was a doctor, medical teacher, and medical journalist from Keane, New Hampshire. He was born in New Hampshire and was educated in the Midwest, graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1898. He received a medical degree from the same institute in 1910 and a doctorate in 1925. Cutter became a high school teacher in Humboldt, Nebraska in 1896 and was the principal of Beatrice High School in 1898-1900. He taught physiological chemistry at the University of Nebraska in 1910-1913 and continued to teach biochemistry, in 1913-1915 he worked as professor of biochemistry and director of laboratories. From 1915 to 1925, he worked as Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska and editor of the State Medical Journal of Nebraska. In the same period, he was a member of the editorial board of the Chronicles of the medical history. After a decade in Nebraska, Cutter was appointed dean of Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1925, and in 1941 received the title of Honorary Dean. During his stay in Evanston, Cutter participated in several Chicago newspapers. In 1934, he was appointed editor of the Chicago Tribune magazine for health and wrote an article, "How to Feel Good." In addition to being a published author, he was also a passionate collector of very rare books, such as Harvey's De Generatione, published in Amsterdam in 1645.