William Joseph Butler

Background

Butler, William Joseph was born on March 22, 1924 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Lawrence and Delia (Conley) Butler.

Education

Student, Harvard University, 1946. Student, New York University, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1988.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington Jefferson College, 2007.

Career

Associate Hays, St. John, Abramson & Schulman, New York City, 1949-1953. Partner Butler, Jablow & Geller, since 1953. A founder Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties program New York University School Law, 1958.

Special counsel in landmark case on school prayer tried in Supreme Court American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, 1962. Lecturer Practicing Law Institute, 1966. Secretary, director, general counsel Walco National Corporation, Food and Agriculture Organization Schwartz, New York City, 1961—1985.

International legal observer to South African Elections, 1994. Member faculty Salzburg Seminar, Austria, 1989, United Nations Development Program, Poland, 1992, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2000—2001. Special regional advisory for North America on human rights United Nations High Commissioner Mary Robinson, 1998.

With United States Merchant Marine Service, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• William Joseph Butler has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Human rights and the legal system in Iran: Two reports
  • Palau: A Challenge to the Rule of Law in Micronesia

Membership

Member commission urban affairs American Jewish Congress, 1965-1970. Director emeritusN.Y. Civil Liberties Union, International League for Human Rights. Exec.com. League to Abolish Capital Punishment.

Standing committee human rights World Peace Through Law Center, Geneva. Chairman advising committee Morgan Institute Human Rights, U. Cincinnati School Law. International legal observer International Human Rights Organisation, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia in the Hague, The Netherlands, since 1996, various conferences and seminars.

Member of faculty Salzburg (Austria) Seminar, 1989. United Nations Development Progressive (United Nations Development Programme) toPoland, 1992. With United States Merchant Maritime Svc., 1942-1945.

Member International Commission Jurists (Geneva) (chairman of the executive committee, director, pres.Am. Association, United Nations representative), Council on Foreign Rels., American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York (board directors center international policy, Chairman of Commission international human rights), Inter-American Association Democracy and Freedom, International Law Association (American branch), American Society International Law, HArvard Club (New York City) (Boston).

Connections

Married Jane Hays, December 22, 1945. Children: Arthur Hays, Patricia.

Father:

Patrick Lawrence Butler

Mother:

Delia (Conley) Butler

Spouse:

Jane Hays

child:

Patricia Butler

child:

Arthur Hays Butler