Whitworth Professor Emeritus Ross Cutter, a long-time Jan Term faculty guide for Whitworth students to San Francisco, recently stepped down from that role. Since 1976, Cutter has introduced hundreds of students in Whitworth's "Domain of the Arts" study programs to the wonders of the Bay Area. He has placed them in schools and recreation centers and has served as the essential guide to the best and most economical restaurants in San Francisco (and in numerous other cities). Professor of Education Randall Michaelis says of Cutter, "He knows the best places to 'suck up a cup' of coffee, can figure out the best bus route to anywhere in San Francisco, avoids 'feeblissimo' venues at all costs, and has been a font of knowledge for students, making their 'soirées' in S.F. as 'copacetic' as possible" (and conducting discourse at the operational level as necessary). Cutter has been a regular at the Ansonia Hotel (or, as he calls it, "The Insomnia") since 1978, and has been the faculty guide for education students every Jan Term since his official retirement from Whitworth in 1994.
Michaelis calls Cutter "a wonderful resource and a great mentor to Whitworth students." During Jan Term 2008, his first year of real retirement, Cutter plans to stay home and take it easy with Shirley, his loving and patient wife of many years.
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