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Richard Edmund Butler (1926 - 2012)

Richard Edmund "Dick" Butler
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Husband of — married 1951 in Victoria, Australiamap
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Died at age 86 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Richard Edmund "Dick" Butler was born on 25 March 1926 in Black Rock, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Florence Margaret (Harrick) Butler and Claude Butler.[1]

Dick married Patricia Carmel Kelly in 1951 in Victoria.[2] Their children were:[1]

  • Brendan Butler
  • Gerard Butler
  • Paul Butler
  • Jennifer Butler
  • Helen Butler

Dick was a career Australian public servant, and from 1968 to 1989 he was the highest-ranked Australian in the United Nations system, in the International Telecommunication Union. He was elected Deputy Secretary-General of the Union in 1968, and Secretary-General in 1982, serving in the top role until 1989.[1][3][4]

Dick died on 23 June 2012 at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Melbourne, aged 86 years.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gerard Butler and Mark Hoven (16 July 2012). "Telco pioneer championed the poor." The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2021 by Clare Spring from https://www.smh.com.au/national/telco-pioneer-championed-the-poor-20120715-2242p.html. Archived 24 June 2020 at https://web.archive.org/web/20200624091936/https://www.smh.com.au/national/telco-pioneer-championed-the-poor-20120715-2242p.html.
  2. ↑ Marriage record: 13853 / 1951. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
    (Richd Edmund BUTLER and Patricia Carmel KELLY)
  3. ↑ "High honour for Australian P.O. official." 21 June 1968 The Beverly Times (Western Australia), page 5. Retrieved 19 July 2021 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201778153.
  4. ↑ "Tireless work recognised." 8 March 1984. The Canberra Times, page 3. Retrieved 19 July 2021 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124994788.




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