He earned his LLB degree from Yale University School of Law in 1931. He then served as secretary to the governor of Puerto Rico and later practiced law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Caracas, Venezuela. Professor Butte spent almost a quarter of a century as an attorney and executive of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, including six years based in London as the company's Middle East representative. Professor Butte joined the faculty at the law school as an expert in civil, comparative and international law, the law of the sea, and the legal systems of Latin America. Additional biographical sources can be found in the Barker Texas History Center.
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