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Why Survive?: Being Old In America|Robert N Butler, [The Chronological Historian Or, A Record Of Public Events Illustrative Of The History Of Great Britain And Its Dependencies From The Invasion Of Julius CÃ|sar To The Present Time.]|William. Toone, The Haunted House|Charles Dickens, Ninth Annual Report Of The Association For The Religious Instruction Of The Negroes, In Liberty County. Dr. Robert Butler ( - ), a world-renowned gerontologist and psychiatrist, founded the International Longevity Center (ILC) in and was its director for 20 years. Dr. Butler dedicated his life's work to advocating for the needs and rights of elderly persons through research and social action, and he worked tirelessly for decades to raise societal awareness of issues. Robert N. Butler, M.D., is president and chief executive officer of the International Longevity Center-USA and professor of geriatrics at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. From to he was the founding director of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.

Being Old in America Robert N. Butler, Chairman and Brookdale Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development and Director of the International Longevity Center Robert N Butler, MD Harper Row, - Old age assistance - pages. In , Dr. Butler became the founding director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health, and one year later, in , the publication of his Pulitzer-prize-winning “Why Survive? Being Old in America” solidified his reputation as a visionary who foresaw the impact that population aging would have on American society. Why Survive?: Being Old in America by Robert N. Butler | ,Buy new second-hand (used) books online with Free UK Delivery at www.doorway.ru