Roger W. Cutler Jr.

Roger Wilson Cutler Jr. (January 13, 1916 – May 31, 1986) was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He also served as an assistant state attorney general and held executive positions at State Street Bank and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

Cutler was born in Boston to Roger W. and Leslie Bradley Cutler. His father was a noted rower who had been captain of the Harvard Crew in 1911 and competed in the 1914 Henley Royal Regatta as a member of the Union Boat Club.

Cutler attended the Noble & Greenough School, but later transferred to Kent School. He did not make the Kent varsity crew as a starter, but in 1932 went to the Henley Royal Regatta as a substitute. He went on to Harvard College. During his sophomore year (1935) he was promoted from No. 2 on the junior varsity crew to varsity pace setter. He returned to the JV squad in 1936, but was promoted to varsity No 2. in May. That same year, Cutler was also a member of a Riverside Boat Club crew (which consisted of himself, his brother Robert, William Haskins, J. Paul Austin, and Edward Bennett) that sought to make the U.S. Olympic team. On July 4, 1936, The Riverside Boat Club qualified for the Olympics by defeating the Washington Huskies. In the Olympic men's coxed fours, the Riverside Boat Club was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Cutler graduated from Harvard College in 1937 and Harvard Law School in 1940.

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