Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.

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name = Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.

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Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., is the current President of St. Petersburg College in the United States.

Kuttler is an alumnus of St. Petersburg College, which he has served at since 1966, He has served as President since 1978. He also earned degrees from Florida State University and Stetson University College of Law. Dr. Kuttler has been honored by many prominent organizations as an outstanding community college president, including the Florida Association of Community Colleges, Phi Theta Kappa, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, the National Association of Community College Trustees in America, and the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Education. The College has also been recognized on numerous occasions for academic achievement. In the 1980s, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges, he developed a series of annual Presidential Leadership Seminars on current issues, first with former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center and then with former President Gerald Ford at the Ford Museum. In 1994, Dr. Kuttler published a book which he co-authored entitled, "1001 Exemplary Practices", which is a compilation of the best ideas used by American community colleges at that time. He also is listed in a number of Who's Who directories.

In September 1990, Dr. Kuttler served in Russia as honorary president (rector) of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University as part of an exchange that brought that university’s rector to St. Petersburg College. While in Russia, Dr. Kuttler worked with President Vladimir Putin, who at that time served as the Assistant to the President for Internal Relations. In October 1992, Dr. Kuttler served in the heartland of China as honorary president of Baoji Teachers College. In May/June 1993, he was selected by the U.S. Information Agency and the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to be the technical advisor to assist in setting up a community college system for the entire nation of Russia. He was then named the "Father of the Russian Community College System." In April 2003, Dr. Kuttler attended an international law summit in St. Petersburg, Russia with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Jacques Chirac, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and in May 2004, he was named Honorary Consul to the Russian Federation by Russia’s Prime Minister.

Other awards received by Dr. Kuttler include the American Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award and the Community Colleges for International Development, Inc.’s Werner Kubsch Award for outstanding achievement in International Education. In 1996 he was named one of nine worldwide judges for the Templeton Prize in Religion.

External links

* [http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/welcome/cmk1.htm Official SPC bio]