Theron H. Butterworth ’27

Theron H. Butterworth died in his sleep in Hershey, Pa., July 27, 1996.

Butts came to us from Montclair Academy and Princeton Tutoring School. At Princeton he was a member of the freshman crew squad, the university band, Whig Hall, and Gateway Club. After graduation, he earned an MS and PhD at the U. of Wisconsin in bacteriology and dairy science.

He then became a professional milk sanitarian, serving with the Texas Dept. of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service in Houston and Washington, D.C. From 1951-55, he worked in the secretariat of the World Health Organization in Geneva, earning assignments in India, Libya, and Liberia.

He retired from the U.S. Public Health Service in 1972. He was chairman of the American Public Health Assn.'s public health section, and a trustee of the Society of Public Health Educators and of the American Natl. Council for Health Education of the Public. Many of his articles on public health education were published in magazines. He married Alice Sumner in 1931 and had four children: Nancy, Shirley, Charles, and Mary Elizabeth; a grandchild, and three great-grandchildren. In his later years, he became separated from his wife and lived at 451 Sandhill Rd., Apt. 223, Hershey, PA 17033. To his children, the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1927