John Tinney McCutcheon (May 6, 1870 – June 10, 1949) was an American newspaper political cartoonist. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
McCutcheon was born near South Raub, Tippecanoe County, Indiana to Captain John Barr McCutcheon and Clara Glick McCutcheon. South Raub was a small town on the border of Randolph and Wea Townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Tippecanoe County is a county located in the US state of Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Sigma Chi ( ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male college Greek-letter social fraternities and a Secret society. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common At Purdue, he worked with typographer Bruce Rogers on the student newspaper and yearbook. Bruce Rogers ( May 14, 1870 - May 18, 1957) was an American Typographer born in Lafayette Indiana. There is now a dormitory at Purdue university and McCutcheon High School, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, was named in his honor. Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for McCutcheon High School is located in Lafayette Indiana, off of Old 231 South Tippecanoe County is a county located in the US state of Indiana.
He worked at the Chicago Morning News (later called the Chicago Record) and then at the Chicago Tribune from 1903 until his retirement in 1946. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Cartoons in 1932. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Often called the "Dean of American Cartoonists", McCutcheon died June 10, 1949 in Lake Forest, Illinois. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lake Forest is a city known for its affluence located in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
He was the younger brother of novelist George Barr McCutcheon, writer of the "Graustark" books. George Barr McCutcheon ( July 26, 1866 –1928 was an American popular Novelist and Playwright.
On the Purdue Campus, McCutcheon is memorialized in a coeducational dormitory, John T. McCutcheon Hall. The lobby displays an original of one of his drawings, a nearly life-size drawing of a young man.
Works
- Cartoons: A Selection of One Hundred Drawings (1903) - with introduction by George Ade
- Bird Center Cartoons; A chronicle of social happenings at Bird Center Illinois 1904
- The Mysterious Stranger and Other Cartoons (1905)
- Injun Summer (1907)
- T. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting George Ade ( February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American Writer, newspaper Columnist, and Playwright. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year R. in Cartoons (1910)
- Drawn from Memory - The Autobiography of John T. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting McCutcheon, The Bobbs-Merrill Company (1950)
External links
- McCutcheon High School
- McCutcheon Digital Exhibit - Purdue University Libraries Archives and Special Collections
- Syracuse University Libraries
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