Frederick H. Buttel, age 56, died on Jan. 14, 2005. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the UW-Madison, followed by a doctorate in sociology at UW-Madison. He joined the UW-Madison faculty nearly 13 years ago. He was a leading scholar in rural sociology who was devoted to four major areas of study including the sociology of agriculture, environmental sociology, technological change in agriculture, and national and global activism relating to environmental and agricultural policies.
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