Background
Butts, Hugh Florenz was born on December 2, 1926 in New York City. Son of Lucius Cornelius and Edith Eliza Butts.
physician psychiatrist Psychoanalyst
Butts, Hugh Florenz was born on December 2, 1926 in New York City. Son of Lucius Cornelius and Edith Eliza Butts.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1953.
Intern Morrisania Hospital, 1956. Resident Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital, 1958. Psychiatry instructor Columbia University, New York City, 1962-1965, associate professor psychiatry, 1965-1967, assistant clinical professor psychiatry, 1967-1974.
Member faculty Columbia Psychoanalytic Clinic, 1962-1987, supervising and training analyst, 1968-1987. Lecturer Columbia College, 1969-1971. Instructor Seek program City College of New York, 1972-1974.
Professor psychiatry Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1974-1981. Consultant Altanta University School Social Work, 1970-1974. Visiting professor psychiatry Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1980-1982.
Director Bronx Psychiatric Center, 1974-1979. 1st department commissioner New York State Office Mental Health, Albany, New York, 1975-1976. Chairman advisory board The Medical Herald, 1991-1902.
Presenter and lecturer in field. Honoree, guest speaker Vassar College Program on African Studies, 2007.
With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945. Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences, American Psychiatric Association (Distinguished Life fellow 2003). Member: American Psychoanalytic Association.
Married June Dobbs, June 9, 1953 (divorced December 1971). Children: Lucia Irene, Florence, Eric Hugh. Married Clementine Riggsbee, December 11, 1971.
Children: Sydney Clementine, Samantha Florenz, Heather Marguerita.