Robert N. Butler

Robert N. Butler
Butler in 2004
Born	Robert Neil Butler (1927-01-21)January 21, 1927 New York, New York, US
Died	July 4, 2010(2010-07-04) (aged 83) New York, New York, US
Alma mater	Columbia University (BA, MD)
Awards	Pulitzer Prize (1976)
Scientific career
Fields	Gerontology psychiatry

Robert Neil Butler (January 21, 1927 – July 4, 2010) was an American physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging. Butler is known for his work on the social needs and the rights of the elderly and for his research on healthy aging and the dementias.