Windsor C. Cutting

Windsor Cooper Cutting (July 30, 1907–May 29, 1972) was an American physician and researcher from California. His research focused on cancer, fertility, and chemotherapy of viral infections. He was the founding editor of two medical journals: the Annual Review of Medicine and the Annual Review of Pharmacology.

Early life and education Windsor Cooper Cutting was born on July 30, 1907, in Campbell, California to parents May and Theodore Cooper, both graduates of nearby Stanford University.

Career After graduating from medical school, he worked in a variety of medical disciplines as he sought to discover his interests. He spent a year under Henry G. Mehrtens of the psychiatry division of Stanford School of Medicine before pursuing internal medicine under Arthur L. Bloomfield. He then spent a year abroad at the Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry in London with Charles Dodds. Following that, he worked at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore from 1936 to 1938 with E. K. Marshall, where he cemented his interest in pharmacology. He accepted an assistant professor position at Stanford in 1938, teaching in the department of pharmacology, ultimately becoming the chair of the department in 1950. His research interests centered on chemotherapy of viral infections, reproductive medicine and fertility, and cancer. He resigned as dean in 1957. Similarly, he was the first editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology, first published in 1961. He held that editorship until 1970. He was on the board of directors of Annual Reviews from 1957–1970. He married Mary ; together they had six children.