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Carroll Cutler
4th President of Western Reserve College
In office 1871–1886
Preceded by	Henry L. Hitchcock
Succeeded by	Hiram C. Haydn
Personal details
Born	(1829-01-31)January 31, 1829 Windham, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	January 25, 1894(1894-01-25) (aged 64) Talladega, Alabama, U.S.
Resting place	Markillie Cemetery Hudson, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse	Frances E. Gallagher
Alma mater	Yale University Yale Divinity School

Rev. Carroll Cutler (January 31, 1829 - January 25, 1894) was the fourth president of Western Reserve College, now Case Western Reserve University.

Cutler was born January 31, 1829, in Windham, New Hampshire. He attended high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1847 to 1850. Cutler graduated from Yale College in 1854. While at Yale, Cutler became a member of the elite secret society of Skull and Bones in 1854. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1858. On August 10, 1858, he married Frances Elizabeth Gallagher. That same year, he with his wife left for Germany to study philosophy for a year, interacting with such philosophers as August Tholuck, Hermann Hupfeld, and Hermann Ulrici.

Cutler came to Western Reserve College in 1860 as a professor of philosophy and rhetoric, teaching for 29 years until 1889. After the resignation of President Henry L. Hitchcock, Cutler served as president of Western Reserve College from 1871–1886.

In 1882, Cutler moved Western Reserve College from Hudson, Ohio, to its current location in the University Circle neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, under the new name, Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. Mandated in the gift by Amasa Stone, new trustees were appointed after the move, including John Hay, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James A. Garfield.

Cutler resigned from the presidency in 1886 under pressure and disagreement of ending coeducation. Revisiting his abolitionist beliefs, he spent his remaining years teaching at small all-black colleges in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Talladega, Alabama. He died in Talladega from pneumonia on January 25, 1894, and his body was returned to Hudson, Ohio, for burial.

References

1. "Address in Memory of Rev. Carroll Cutler, D. D., Fourth President of Adelbert College of Western Reserve University" (1894)
2. "Membership of Yale's Skull and Bones Society". Archived from the original on 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
3. Hamerla, R. R. (2006-01-27). An American Scientist on the Research Frontier: Edward Morley, Community, and Radical Ideas in Nineteenth-Century Science. Springer. ISBN 9781402040887.
4. "Cutler, Carroll". 11 May 2018.

External links

• Case Western Reserve University bio
• Carroll Cutler at Find a Grave

• 1829 births
• 1894 deaths
• Case Western Reserve University faculty
• Yale College alumni
• Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
• Yale Divinity School alumni
• Presidents of Case Western Reserve University
• People from Windham, New Hampshire
• Members of Skull and Bones