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BUTTRICK,
John
Arthur
John Arthur
BUTTRICK,
Professor of Economics, died in an auto
accident on Gabriola Island, British Columbia on July 15, 2007.
He was 87 years old. John
BUTTRICK was born September 12, 1919
in Rutland, Vermont, first
son of George and Agnes
GARDNER)
BUTTRICK. He grew up in New York City, where his father was a
Presbyterian minister and taught at the Union Theological Seminary.
John graduated from the Collegiate School in New York and received
his B. Sc. in economics from Haverford College (1941), and his
M.A. (1947) and PhD (1950) in economics from Yale University.
John began teaching economics at Northwestern University (1949-53),
and became Professor in the Economics Dept. at the University
of Minnesota (1953-73), where he served as Department Chair (1961-63)
and headed the Minnesota-Universidad de los Andes Project (1965-66).
From 1967-69 he served as Director of Graduate Studies. In 1970,
he joined the Economics Department at York University in Toronto,
where he directed the Graduate Program in Economics (1979-83).
In 1986-89 and 1992 he was Coordinator of York's Centre for Research
on Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1989, he was awarded the
title of Professor Emeritus. He held visiting professorships
at the following universities: Stanford, Vanderbilt, University
of California Berkeley, Harvard, the Universities of Tokyo and
Singapore, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), University of
Toronto, Huazhong University of Science and Tech and People's
University (China), North-South University (Bangladesh), and
University of the West Indies and the University of Technology
(Jamaica). Throughout his career, John's research interests reflected
his political and social engagement, ranging from development
issues to education, discrimination, and economic inequities.
He coauthored the books Economic Development (with H.F. Williamson),
1954 (Spanish and Japanese editions, 1958); Theories of Economic
Growth (with B.F. Hoselitz et al), 1960 (Spanish edition, 1964)
and Producer, Consumer, and Social Choice (with O.H. Brownlee),
1968. Some of his journal articles included: Who Goes to University
from Toronto (1977), Educational Problems and Some Policy Options
(1977), Two Views of Aid and Development (1979), and Economic
Discrimination in Toronto (1987). John was a member of Canadian and
American Economic Associations, the Canadian Civil Liberties
Association, and the Planning Advisory Committee of the City
of Toronto. In retirement, he was consultant to the Jamaican
Ministry of Finance, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, and
the Planning Institute of Jamaica. As well, John helped advise
President Cheddi Jagan's government of Guyana on university education.
John is survived by his first wife Doctor Shirley
(MILLER)
BUTTRICK
of Washington, D.C., and his second wife, Ann
(TATLOW;) by children
Dr. Peter BUTTRICK
(Anne
WATTENBERG) of Denver, Colorado; Hilary
BUTTRICK (Dr. Ted
LO) of Toronto, and Michael
BUTTRICK of Tokyo.
His three grandchildren are Nicholas and Alice
BUTTRICK, both
at Yale University, and Nina
BUTTRICK in Japan. He has two living
brothers, Rev. G. Robert
BUTTRICK of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Prof. David
BUTTRICK of Nashville, Tennessee. John was a Conscientious Objector
during World War 2. He was posted to the Forestry Department
as a wildfire fighter and Ski Patrol member. He held memberships
in the American Civil Liberties Union and the Canadian Civil
Liberties Union, Jamaicans for Justice, the Minnesota Democratic-FarmerLabour
Party, Science for Peace, and the New Democratic Party of Canada.
John reached beyond himself with an easy grace, and lived a life
of committed usefulness to others near at hand and all over the
world. A memorial gathering will be held at Friends' (Quaker)
Meeting House (60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto) at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
September 8. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Doctors
Without Borders.
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