Background
Butler, Broadus Nathaniel was born on May 28, 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of John Nathaniel and Mary Lillian Butler.
Butler, Broadus Nathaniel was born on May 28, 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of John Nathaniel and Mary Lillian Butler.
Bachelor, Talladega (Alabama) College, 1941; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1952.
Instructor philosophy, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1953; dean guidance, assistant professor humanities, Talladega College, 1953-1956; graduate officer College Liberal Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1957-1968; assistant to dean, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1956-1968; assistant to the United States commissioner education, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1964-1965; special assistant to associate commissioner for higher education, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1965-1966; dean College Arts and Sciences, Texas Southern U., 1969; president, Dillard U., New Orleans, 1969-1973; director, Office Leadership Development in Higher Education, American Council on Education, Washington, 1974-1977; president, Robert Russa Moton Memorial Institute, 1977-1980; director, Office International Affairs and Research, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Special Contribution Fund, Washington, 1981-1996; academic vice president, U. District of Columbia distinguished scholar-in-residence, Kentucky State University, 1984; distinguished scholar-at-large, MacArthur Foundation, United Negro College Fund, 1987-1988; director archives, DeMartin Luther King, Junior Memorial Center, Atlanta, 1988-1989. Board directors New Orleans branch Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta.
Member New Orleans Mayor's Committee on International Trade Relations, Louisiana Commission for Performing Arts. Commissioner Louisiana Educational television Authority, Louisiana Museum Commission. Advisory committee National Science Foundation.
Board directors Association Study Negro Life and History, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, International Trade Mart, New Orleans Philharmonic Society, New Orleans Children's Bureau, CEMREL St. Louis. Trustee Lane College, Center for Study of the Presidency, New York City, International Institute Public Management. Public member Association Foreign Service Selection Boards United States Department of State and United States Information Agency Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Association United States State Department (director), National Urban League, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce (director), History Society Michigan, American Academy Political and Social Science, Association Foreign Service (public member director), American Public Health Association, Tuskegee Airmen World World War II (president East Coast chapter 1994-1996), Omega Psi Phi (Founders award), Sigma Pi Phi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Lillian P. Rutherford, December 27, 1947. Children: Bruce N., Janet Cecile (Mistress Reid).