Rick Tuttle

Dr. Rick Tuttle
Rick Tuttle in 2015
16th City Controller of Los Angeles
In office July 1, 1985 – July 1, 2001
Preceded by	James Hahn
Succeeded by	Laura N. Chick
Personal details
Born	(1940-01-05) January 5, 1940 (age 77) New Haven, Connecticut
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Muff Singer (1976–2005) Rebecca Rona-Tuttle (2008–present)
Children	Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Parents	Frederick Burton and Mary Emily Tuttle
Residence	Culver City, California
Alma mater	Wesleyan University, University of California, Los Angeles

Rick Tuttle (born January 5, 1940) is an American politician, university administrator and educator from Los Angeles, California.

Rick Tuttle was born in New Haven, Connecticut, one of four children of Frederick Burton Tuttle and his wife, Mary Emily. His father was a descendant of a longtime New England family that originally settled in New Haven in 1638. His mother's family came from Arkansas. Due to his father's service in the U.S. Marine Corps, the family moved to Arkansas, then back to Connecticut and afterwards to Rhode Island before finally settling in Plattsburgh, New York, where he graduated high school.

In civilian life, Frederick, Tuttle's father, was a high school track coach before becoming a school principal in a predominantly African-American New Haven neighborhood. He was also a member of the NAACP, and his involvement in civic affairs made a strong impression on his son.

Tuttle received a Ph.D. in 1975 and an M.A. in history in 1964 from UCLA, as well as a B.A. in history, with honors and distinction, from Wesleyan University in 1962. He worked his way through college by working on various jobs, including at construction sites and as a farm hand.

While an undergraduate at Wesleyan, Tuttle was a member of the university's Civil Rights Committee. Raised as an Episcopalian and Methodist, he served as president of its Alpha Chi Rho chapter and led a campaign to end what was then the fraternity's official policy of restricting membership to Christians.