PROFESSOR FRANK R. RUTTER DIES SUDDENLY IN BOSTON

Dr. Frank R. Rutter, Professor of Foreign Commerce in the Amos Tuck School, died suddenly in Boston, May 14. Having completed his courses for the semester with the graduation of the second year Tuck School class, he went to Boston for a brief stay before joining his family in Washington. He was stricken at his hotel and was immediately taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital. Failing to respond to treatment, he suffered a relapse which proved fatal.

Frank Roy Rutter was born in Baltimore, Md„ in 1874. Graduating from Johns Hopkins University in 1894, he continued graduate work in Economics at Johns Hopkins and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1897.

In 1897, Dr. Rutter became connected with the U. S. Bureau of Agriculture. He received successive appointments as special European representative for the Department of Agriculture, 1907-09; chief, division of foreign tariffs, Department of Commerce, 1910-14; assistant chief, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1914-17; commercial attache, Tokyo, Japan, 1917-18; statistical adviser, Department of Commerce, 1919-20.

Retaining his interest in university work, Dr. Rutter was a special lecturer at the University of lowa, 1904; Johns Hopkins, 1910; George Washington University, 1913-17 and Georgetown University, 1920-21. He resigned from government service in 1920 to become Professor of Foreign Trade at the University of Oregon. In 1922 he was appointed to the Tuck School.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters, the latter being members of the freshman classes at Elmira College and Smith College.