Richard Ammi Cutter served as ALI’s 5th President from 1976 to 1980. In addition to his role as president, he was an active ALI member for more than fifty years, holding numerous offices, and also served on numerous committees. Elected to the Institute in 1938 at the age of 36, he became a member of the Council of the Institute in 1949. Throughout his active and lengthy membership, Cutter served as an Adviser on many projects of the Institute, including the Restatement Second of Property; the Restatement Second of Conflict of Laws; and the Model Land Development Code.

These many years of devoted service prompted the Institute to name its First Reporter’s Chair for Ammi Cutter.

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