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Robert N. Butler

American academic (1927-2010) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 83

Robert Neil Butler was an American physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging. Butler is known for his work on the social needs and the rights of the elderly and for his research on healthy aging and the dementias.

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Awards

Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction1983
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1976

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2010 · aged 83