Goler T. Butcher
Goler Teal Butcher ( born July 13, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † June 9, 1993 in Washington, DC) was an American lawyer of African-American descent. She served from 1973 to 1992 as a professor at Howard University and has taught international law, in particular with a focus on human rights. Named after her is awarded by the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions in the field of human rights Goler T. Butcher Medal -.
Life
Goler Teal Butcher was born in 1925 in Philadelphia and earned an AB degree in 1946 from the University of Pennsylvania. Later she studied until 1957 law at Howard University and earned in 1958 at the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Laws. When Law clerk she assisted 1958/1959 with William H. Hastie, the first African American judge on a federal appeals court in the history of the United States. From 1960 to 1962 she worked for the Legal Aid Society, a New York-based organization for legal assistance for people with low incomes.
After working as an analyst at the Library of Congress in the years 1962/1963 it was from 1963 to 1971 worked as a lawyer in the State Department of the United States. In 1973 she became a professor at the law school at Howard University, where she taught international law with a focus on human rights as well as for foreign students common law and the foundations of the American legal system until 1992. During the presidency of Jimmy Carter and the transition team of the Clinton administration she worked in senior positions at the United States Agency for International Development.
Goler Teal Butcher was a member from 1992 to the Council on Foreign Relations and was also a member of the Executive Board of the American Section of Amnesty International. She died in 1993 in Washington, DC. The American Society of International Law, from which it was made an honorary vice-president, has been giving 1997 Goler T. Butcher - Medal for outstanding contributions to the development or effective implementation of human rights.