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Dr. Dolores Smith Butt, a long time resident of Albuquerque, passed away on September 7, 2004. She was born on August 3, 1931 to Eunice and Joel Smith in Chicago, Illinois. While attending Albuquerque High School, she met her future husband, Paul L. Butt, whom she married in 1951. She graduated from UNM in 1965 with a PhD in Psychology, and taught at the University for 30 years, retiring as a full professor from the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Upon her retirement, she was awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus. Throughout her teaching career, Dr. Butt shared her knowledge and passion for learning with her students. Her dedication to teaching, her commitment to helping handicapped children, and her relationship with the people of Mexico culminated in the development of a program to bring her students, along with specialized technology, and specialists to the Comunidad Crecer Clinic in Mexico City each year to help the handicapped children of Mexico. The Comunidad Crecer Clinic honored Dr. Butt for her work by naming a new wing for augmentative commmunication after her. Paul and Dolores loved Mexico and its wonderful people, and after many years of vacationing there, the couple retired to San Carlos, in 1995. Dolores was a prodigious reader and a true lover of books on all sorts of subjects. She enjoyed painting, writing, and the opera. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert L. Smith and Joel C. Smith. She is survived by her husband, Paul L. Butt; four sons and their spouses, Paul S. Butt, Martin R. Butt and Willie, Neal T. Butt and Elizabeth, and Dr. Allen E. Butt and Sara Tuttle; her sister, Regina Smith Zudick; seven beloved grandchildren, Eubie, Mana, Nathan, Alex, Morgan, Stephanie, James., Julian and Gus; two great-grandchildren, Mercedes and Andrea; four nephews, Carter Zudick, Patrick Smith, Michael Smith, and James Dalton; five nieces, Claudia Z. Williamson, Regina Z. Earnest, Cynthia Zudick, Katherine Hartung, Marjorie De Martino and husband, Franco; and five great nephews, Jessie Williamson, Wesley Williamson, Kris Hartung, Justin De Martino and Mathew De Martino. Cremation has taken place and a family memorial service will be held at a later date., at which time her ashes will be spread on the Sea of Cortez that she so loved. A bright mind and inquisitive intellect is no longer with us and will be greatly missed.
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