Background
Butts, Robert Ransdell was born on December 12, 1946 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Charles Allison and Eleanor Ransdell (Stevenson) Butts.
Butts, Robert Ransdell was born on December 12, 1946 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Charles Allison and Eleanor Ransdell (Stevenson) Butts.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1968; Juris Doctor, Cornell Univercity, 1971; M.R.P., Cornell Univercity, 1976.
Staff attorney, New York State Urban Development Corporation, Baldwinsville, 1973-1975; confidential law secretary, New York State Court Claims, Watertown, 1976-1978; associate, Guernsey, Butts & Walsh, Poughkeepsie, 1978-1981; partner, Guernsey, Butts & Walsh, Poughkeepsie, 1981-1990; partner, Guernsey Butts Ostertag & O'Leary, Poughkeepsie, since 1991. Lecturer National Business Institute, Poughkeepsie, 1988, 90.
Member Clinton (New York) Zoning Board Appeals, 1982-1989, Stanford (New York) Planning Board, since 1990. Trustee, secretary Vassar Warner Home, Poughkeepsie, 1982-1989. Treasurer, board directors Rehabilitation Programs, Inc., Poughkeepsie, 1981-1988.
Board directors Cunneen Hackett Cultural Center, Inc., Poughkeepsie, 1982-1988. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Dutchess County Bar Association, Dartmouth Lawyers Association.
Married Anne Brereton, June 24, 1976. 1 child, Lela Anne.