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Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1975) IEEE Edison Medal (1981) – "For his creative contributions to microwave electronics, space communications, and technology of communication systems" Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1982) IEEE Centennial Medal (1984) IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1991, with John O. Limb and Arun N. Netravali) – "For the invention and development of predictive coding of pictures and picture sequences" He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1970 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of Sigma Xi.
== Personal life == In the summer of 1934, while working as a chauffeur for a lawyer in Worcester, Cutler drove to Waterford, Maine, where he noticed two young women in bathing suits buying fish from a traveling fishmonger. He later met them at a party at the local community house, where he was particularly taken with Virginia Tyler, the pianist for the local orchestra. On September 27, 1941, Virginia Tyler and Chapin Cutler were married in Waterford, Maine, with about 100 people present including most of the village. Cutler greatly enjoyed outdoor activities and was a Boy Scout leader who loved taking his children on adventures and teaching them survival skills. He hiked much of the Appalachian Trail with his childhood friend and climbed Mount Rainier with hiker Milt Boone. His most strenuous climb was to the summit of the Matterhorn with a Swiss team. He also took many adventurous hiking trips with Quate, including climbs of Mount Katahdin and Mount Banner in California, where they once had to sleep exposed on a slab of solid rock during a lightning storm. Shortly after receiving the Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1991, Cutler said in the WPI Journal: "I don't think I'm really that smart. I just think my imagination got turned on at an early age and that gave me tremendous motivation." Cutler died on December 1, 2002, in North Reading, Massachusetts, at age 87. He was survived by his wife Virginia; son C. Chapin Cutler Jr.; daughter Virginia Raymond; and four grandchildren.
== Selected publications == Cutler, C. C. (1947). "Parabolic antenna design for microwaves". Proceedings of the IRE. 35 (11): 1284–1294. doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1947.232106. Cutler, C. C.; Quate, C. F. (1950). "Experimental verification of space charge and transit time reduction of noise in electron beams". Physical Review. 80 (5): 875–878. Bibcode:1950PhRv...80..875C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.80.875. Cutler, C. C. (1951). "The calculation of traveling-wave-tube gain". Proceedings of the IRE. 39 (8): 914–917. doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1951.273730. Crawford, A. B.; Cutler, C. C.; Kompfner, R.; Tillotson, L. C. (1963). "The research background of the Telstar experiment". Bell System Technical Journal. 42 (4): 747–751. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1963.tb00530.x. Bond, W. L.; Cutler, C. C.; Lemons, R. A.; Quate, C. F. (1975). "Dark-field and stereo viewing with the acoustic microscope". Applied Physics Letters. 27 (5): 270–272. Bibcode:1975ApPhL..27..270B. doi:10.1063/1.88446.
== References ==
== External links == Biography at the Engineering and Technology History Wiki Oral History interview (1993) National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir National Academy of Engineering Memorial Tribute