STEVEN B. BUTTNER

STEVEN B. BUTTNER ’61, 72, a management consultant and former dean at Wesleyan, died Aug. 1, 2012. He was a member of EQV. He received a master’s in Russian Studies from the University of Wisconsin and was a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University in Eastern European and Russian Medieval History. After teaching at Queens College, he joined the administration at Wesleyan, where he was a lecturer in history and Dean of the Class of 1974. He subsequently built his career as a management consultant, specializing in leadership assessment and coaching. Survivors include his wife, Jeri Butler Buttner; his two children and their mother, Doreen Buttner; his brother; and a large extended family.