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Frederick H. Buttel
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Frederick Howard Buttel (October 15, 1948, Freeport, Illinois – January 14, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin) was the William H. Sewell Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A prominent scholar of the sociology of agriculture, Buttel was well known also for his contributions to environmental sociology.
Buttel was "born on a dairy farm [in northwestern Illinois] to Heye R. and Marian (Highbarger) Buttel". His father was a farmer, his mother a school teacher.
Buttel earned his B.S. (1970) and M.S. in Sociology (1972) degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, his master's degree in forestry and environmental studies at Yale University and his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Prior to returning as a faculty member to Wisconsin, he served as a member of the faculty at Michigan State University and Cornell University. At the latter, he directed the Biology and Society Program.
Buttel was editor of the journal, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, and co-editor of Society & Natural Resources. Buttel was a scholar in rural sociology whose research focused on four major areas of study: the sociology of agriculture, environmental sociology, technological change in agriculture, and national and global activism relating to environmental and agricultural policies.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1987
President, Rural Sociological Society, 1990–1991
Excellence in Research Award, Rural Sociology Society, 1993
Distinguished Contribution to Environmental Sociology Award, Section on Environment and Technology, American Sociological Association, 1994
Chair, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998–2002
President, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, 1998–1999
President, Research Committee on Environment and Society (RC24), International Sociological Association, 1998–2002
Merit Award, Natural Resources Research Group, Rural Sociology Society, 1999
Spitz Land-Grant Faculty Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
Distinguished Rural Sociologist Award, Rural Sociology Society, 2004
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2004
After his death, the Research Committee on Environment and Society (RC24) of the International Sociological Association established in his honor the Frederick H.
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