Susan Butts (G77, 80)

In this edition of 'Cat Tales, Susan Butts (G77, 80) reflects upon a time at Northwestern when the football team wasn't known for racking up the winning seasons it boasts today. (This was the era that ushered in the tradition of "laking the posts" in Lake Michigan.)

Butts serves as senior director of external science and technology programs at the Dow Chemical Company. She was a cofounder and is currently the president of the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, an organization that works within the National Academies of Science and Engineering to strengthen communications in the field and to remove certain barriers to industry-sponsored research at academic institutions. In recognition of her distinguished career, Traber received an Alumni Merit Award from the NAA at the 2008 Alumni Awards in Chicago.

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Posted: February 24, 2009