R.W. and Anna Margaret Butler Scholarship

The family of long-time Harrisburg business leader R.W. Butler endowed the scholarship you are receiving in memory of Mr. Butler and in honor of his wife, educator Anna Margaret Butler. Mrs. Butler died in May 2006. R.W. Butler grew up in a community near Hope, Ark., the oldest of nine children in a farm family. He dropped out of school in the 10th grade, but later returned to his studies. He hitchhiked to college from his home, and put himself through school, working as a local firefighter and earning a football scholarship.
“Earning his way through school instilled in him the power of education,” said his daughter, Patricia Butler Eaton. “The struggle he went through had lots to do with him having a desire to help others.”