Background
Flora, Cornelia Butler was born on August 5, 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Daughter of Carroll Woodward and May Fleming (Darnall) Butler.
Flora, Cornelia Butler was born on August 5, 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Daughter of Carroll Woodward and May Fleming (Darnall) Butler.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1970.
Assistant to full professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1970-1989; director population research laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1970-1978; university distinguished professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1988-1989; program adviser, Ford Foundation, Bogota, Colombia, 1978-1980; professor, head department sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1989-1994; director north central regional center for rural development, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1994. Consultant United States Agency for International Development, 1981-1991, Inter American Development Bank, 1992, United Nations, 1992.
Member Agriculture board National Research Council. Board directors Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, since 1994, Agricultural National Research Council, 1996-1998. Member Rural Sociological Society (president 1988-1989, Outstanding Research award 1987), Latin American Studies Association (board directors 1982-1984, president Midwest section 1989-1990), American Sociological Association.
Married Jan LeightonFlora, August 22, 1967. Children: Gabriela Catalina, Natasha Pilar.