Cutter, along with the other students, were evacuated to Paxton House near Coldstream during the Second World War, and were required to shelter in the school's basement when German warplanes flew overhead.
[2] Cutter left the position after she was approached by the University of California, Davis to replace their plant anatomist Katherine Esau.
She became aware that the department need to regain its past reputation although it would require a large amount of work in order for this to occur.
However this had difficulty when the government of Margaret Thatcher reduced the amount of funding for universities which meant Cutter was unable to recruit new staff.
[4] Cutter later retired from her position and settled in Gattonside where she pursued her lifelong hobbies of angling and photography.