Background
Butler, Robert Allan was born on March 29, 1923 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Arthur and Beulah Adeline (Combs) Butler.
Butler, Robert Allan was born on March 29, 1923 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Arthur and Beulah Adeline (Combs) Butler.
Bachelor of Arts, University Florida, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1951.
Instructor department psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1951-1953;
research psychologist, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, 1953-1957;
research associate department surgery, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, 1957-1965;
associate professor departments behavioral science and surgery, University of Chicago, 1965-1972;
professor, University of Chicago, 1972-1993;
professor emeritus departments psychology and surgery, University of Chicago, since 1993;
divisional fellow, department chairman behavioral science, University of Chicago, 1979-1982;
acting chairman of the section otolaryngology department surgery, University of Chicago, 1983-1984;
Chairman of the Board school athletics and recreational sports, University of Chicago, 1988-1989;
divisional fellow, University of Chicago, since 1993. Visiting professor Erlangen (West Germany) U., 1966-1968. Member deafness and other committee disorders programs advising committee National Institute Deafness and other Comm.
Disorders, 1991-1994.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow Acoustical Society of America. Member Association for Research in Otolaryngology (past president), American Otological Society.
Married Caroline Laura Emery, January 19, 1952. Children– Amy, Ann, Catherine, Elizabeth.