Background
Butterfield, Samuel Hale was born on November 8, 1924 in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Son of Rolston Samuel and Leone (Hamilton) Butterfield.
government official and educator
Butterfield, Samuel Hale was born on November 8, 1924 in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Son of Rolston Samuel and Leone (Hamilton) Butterfield.
Student, University Idaho, 1942-1943, 46-47; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1949; Master of Arts in American History, Georgetown University, 1953.
Retail salesman, 1949-1950. Labor economist Department Labor, 1950-1953. Examiner, fiscal economist, international division Bureau Budget, 1953-1958.
With Agency for International Development and predecessors, 1958-1980. Director Office E. and Southern Africa, 1960-1962. Deputy director Mission to Tanganyika, 1962-1964, Mission to Sudan, 1964-1965.
Director Mission to Tanzania, 1966-1968. Member senior seminar in foreign policy Department State, 1968-1969. Associate assistant administrator for technical assistance Agency for International Development, 1969-1976.
Director Mission to Nepal, 1976-1980. Affiliate professor University Idaho, Moscow, 1981-1989. Senior advisor on national conservation strategy International Union Conservation Nature (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Government Botswana, 1985-1987.
Environmental planning consultant Nepal, 1990. Retired, 1990; With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
President Washington-Idaho Symphony Association, 1992-1995. With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Society for International Development (president Palouse chapter 1982-1983), Kalahari Conservation Society, Washington Idaho Symphony Association, Senior Seminar Alumni Association, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Lois Herrington, February 10, 1948. Children: Charles Oliver, Stephen Crandall, Susan Hale (Mrs.Charles P. Waite, Junior).