Robert A. Butz ’40

Retired medical doctor Robert Butz died Mar. 30, 1996, of Alzheimer's disease in Boise, Idaho.

Bob grew up in New Jersey and came to Princeton from Blair Academy. He was active in sports, the Triangle Club, and a member of Tower Club. Graduating with honors in chemistry, he went on to receive his medical degree at Columbia and served a radiology internship at NYC Presbyterian Hospital. With the Army medical corps in Japan after WWII, Bob was involved in the translations into English of the Japanese medical findings concerning victims of the atom bomb which became an important official document of record. Bob moved to Idaho Falls in 1956 and practiced at the Sacred Heart Hospital for some 30 years where he headed the radiology department and was chief of staff. He also served a oneyear term as president of the Idaho Medical Assn. He retired in 1987 and moved to Boise in 1990.

Bob is survived by his daughter, Susan Munson, three sons, Steven, Byron, and Robert Jr., and seven grandchildren. He was deeply loved and will be missed by his family and friends. The class offers its deepest sympathy to them all.

The Class of 1940