Bob Cutler

Robert Bradley Cutler (November 8, 1913 – September 1, 2010) was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was also a conspiracy theorist who founded The Conspiracy Museum in Dallas.

Early life Cutler was born in Charles River, Massachusetts, 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. During his freshman year, Cutler was the No. 2. He stroked the JV boat during his junior year. In 1935, Cutler was promoted to varsity pace setter after team captain Sam Drury was demoted to No. 2 following the Syracuse-Cornell-Tech-Harvard regatta. Cutler graduated from Harvard University in 1935.

In 1936, Cutler was a member of a Riverside Boat Club crew, which consisted of himself, his brother Roger, 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 four, the Riverside Boat Club was eliminated in the semi-finals. Marion Cutler was granted a divorce on September 25, 1944, on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment. She was granted custody of their two children. On November 24, 1945, he married Claire Demmer in San Francisco. The couple had two children and resided in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, Grafton, Massachusetts, and Whitinsville, Massachusetts.

Cutler researched extensively the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. He was known for constructing one of the most detailed maps of Dealey Plaza. He also believed that Lee Harvey Oswald was actually a C.I.A. spy named Alek Hidell.

Professionally, Cutler worked as an architect. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. He was a member of the Riverside Boat Club from 1921 until his death in 2010. Cutler died on September 1, 2010, aged 96, in Whitinsville, Massachusetts.