Ambassador Walter Cutler Honored

Georgetown resident, ambassador and past president of the Meridian International Center, Walter Cutler, was honored April 29 with the Distinguished Service Award for the Advancement of Public Discourse in Foreign Policy by the American Committees on Foreign Relations.  Ambassador Cutler served twice as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1984-87, 1987-89); Tunisia (1982-84); and Congo-Zaire (1975-79).  His wife Isabel (“Didi”) is well known for her photographs and books on the Middle East.  The ambassador received the award at the National Press Club from Stuart Holliday, his successor at Meridian and Judy Hill of Santa Barbara, national president of the ACFR.