President Clinton personally presented Butterfield with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, an award for work in particular with women and minorities. After meeting with and speaking to the 10 award recipients in the Oval Office, the president presented the awards in the Roosevelt Room. Since Butterfield came to the University in 1975, he has advised about 40 doctoral and master's degree candidates, worked with more than 70 undergraduates in his laboratory and overseen about 100 students as director of the UK Center of Membrane Science. Those students, many of whom have been women and minorities especially from the Appalachian region, have been involved in Butterfield's study of the effect of antioxidants such as vitamin E on Alzheimer's disease.
Chemistry is extremely difficult, and many times it scares students.
One thing you have to do is get them in the lab and doing experiments. Allan does that. By Doug Tattershall New director committed to helping UK students While working as a youth program director at an Episcopal church outside Washington, D.C., in 1985, Mary Bolin-Reece made a decision that changed her professional life. For a year, she planned ski trips and retreat weekends for adolescents. She led weekly group meetings, helped teens find volunteer opportunities and listened.