Robert is a retired engineering management professor from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s degree in Management Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr Cutler was a policy research analyst at the National Science Foundation (1973-1990) and a Fulbright Fellow at University of Tokyo (1986-1987). He wrote numerous articles in his field and edited three books: Science in Japan, Engineering in Japan, and Technology Management in Japan.
In 1977, he completed a 20-year flying career as a navigator in the US Air Force Reserve. During the Vietnam War, he served as a combat crew navigator on C-141 and C-5A transport aircraft.
In August 1999, he traveled to Australia to conduct research for a book about the US Army Air Forces in Australia during the Second World War. Material for this book was drawn from his published articles: ‘World War II B-17C Air Crash in Australia, Uncovered’, Air Power History (Spring 2003); ‘The World War II Bakers Creek Air Crash’, Journal of Army History (Summer 2010); and Australia’s Worst Aviation Disaster, Boolarong Press, Brisbane (2014).
Books by Robert Cutler
