 AKA Earl Lauer Butz
Born:3-Jul-1909
Birthplace:Albion, IN
Died:2-Feb-2008
Location of death:West Lafayette, IN
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, IN
Gender: Male
Religion:Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ford's disgraced Secretary of Agriculture Resigned as Secretary of Agriculture after telling this joke toJohn Dean andPat Boone:"I'll tell you what the coloreds want. It's three things: first, a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit." Newspapers reported that he had said a racist remark, but few were actually willing to report the remark itself. TheSan Diego Evening Tribune offered to mail interested parties the uncensored text of the remark, a service requested by several thousand. While cleaning out his office, Butz lamented to aTime magazine reporter: "You know, I don't know how many times I told that joke, and everywhere -- political groups, church groups -- nobody took offense, and nobody should. I like humor. I'm human." Father: Harman Lee Butz (farmer)
Mother: Ada Tillie Lower
Brother: Verlo R. Butz
Brother: Dale E. Butz
Sister: Ruth E. Buffenbarger
Sister: Marie M. Howard
Wife: Mary Emma Powell (m. 22-Dec-1937, d. 1995, two sons)
Son: William Powell Butz
Son: Thomas Earl Butz
High School: Wawaka High School, Wawaka, IN (1927)
University:BS Agriculture, Purdue University (1932)
University:PhD Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (1937)
Professor:Agriculture, Purdue University (1937-67)
Administrator:Dean of Agriculture, Purdue University (1957-67)
US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76)
US Agriculture Department Asst. Secy. for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture, USDA (1954-57)
Member of the Board ofRalston Purina (as Chairman, -1971)
Brookings Institution
4-H Club
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Tax Evasion $74,057 in back taxes, pled guilty (22-May-1981)
King Corn (13-Apr-2007) · Himself
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