Robert Neil Butler
Robert Neil Butler (born January 21, 1927 , † July 4, 2010 ) was an American university professor , physician and gerontologist .
biography
After attending school, he studied medicine and, after earning a Doctor of Medicine (MD), was appointed Professor of Geriatrics at the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development in Brookdale , part of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City . He was also President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Chairman of the Alliance for Health and Future of the International Longevity Center .
Between 1975 and 1982 he was the founding director of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health . In 1982 he founded at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine , the first department of geriatrics at the Medical School ( Medical School ). Furthermore, he was a founding fellow of the American Geriatric Society ( American Geriatrics Society ) and Vice Chairman of the Alliance for Aging Research.
Robert Butler was also an advisor to numerous institutions such as the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, the Brookdale Foundation , the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation , the Physicians for Human Rights , the National Women's Health Resource Center , the Mildred and Claude Pepper Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO).
In 1979 he was elected a member of the Medical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences and was also a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and, from 1986 to 1989, the Physician Payment Review Commission , an agency of the United States Congress for reviewing the payment of doctors.
For his book Why Survive? Being Old in America , he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 . In addition to Myrna I. Lewis, he was also the author of the books Aging and Mental Health and Love and Sex After 60 .
Since 1986 he was until his death a member of the advisory committee of the Foundation ( Foundation ) of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the award of prices for medical research and, most recently from 1994 to 2010 its chairman. In 1995, he also chaired the Advisory Committee of the White House Conference on Aging. He was also a member of the Advisory Committee on the Death in America Project of the Open Society Institute founded by George Soros .
Butler was considered one of the leading gerontologists in the USA. He was not only the leading spokesperson on issues of longevity and age research , but also as the moral voice that society demanded to appreciate the elderly in public policies and programs. In 2004 he received a Heinz Award .
Most recently, in May 2010, he received a special award from the Office for the Aging of the State of New York .
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| SURNAME | Butler, Robert Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medical professional, gerontologist, professor, author, and Pulitzer Prize winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1927 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 2010 |