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Dorothy Jo Butler, '82
Motivational facilitator, speaker, and retired educator, Dorothy Jo
Butler, ’82 earned her bachelor’s degree in 1967 from Arkansas
Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal (AM&N) College in Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. She continued her education at Grand Valley State
University where she earned her master’s in secondary education in
1982.
Her community involvement includes volunteering for
Urban League and Mel Trotter Mission, memberships in that National
Business Education Association, Negro Business and Professional Women
Club, and the board for Camp Tall Turf. She has also served as the
Vice President of Michigan’s NAACP and helped plan the organization’s
Tutorial Program for grades 1st through 12th.
Butler has
received many teaching awards including the Metropolitan Women's
Magazine Michigan's Top Teacher Award, the NAACP Community Service
Award, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Teacher Excellence
Award, and the Community Service Award from the Negro Business and
Professional Club.
She retired in 2008 from the Grand Rapids
Public Schools. She currently resides in Grand Rapids.
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