July 1, 2011
Aging Today
Robert Butler’s Legacy Lives On
By Andrew Achenbaum
Dr. Robert Neil Butler (1927–2010) was aging’s visionary—a giant among luminaries in the American Society on Aging’s Hall of Fame. His enthusiasm for life was infectious, his affability appealing and his lively turn of mind stirred imaginations.
“I always thought Bob Butler would live forever,” wrote Trudy Lieberman in the July 2010 Columbia Journalism Review. “After all, he was Mr. Live a Long Life, and preached the gospel of helping Americans do just that." ...
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