Patrick Butler a Biography (Hazelden's Pioneers)

197 Pages·1998·1.66 MB·English

by  Ph.D.

Patrick Butler : A Biography Hazelden's
title:
Pioneers
author: McElrath, Damian.
publisher: Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 1568383096
print isbn13: 9781568383095
ebook isbn13: 9780585317397
language: English
Butler, Patrick,--1900-1990, Hazelden
Foundation--Employees--Biography,
Hazelden Foundation--History, Alcoholism
subject counselors--Minnesota--Biography,
Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Minnesota--
History, Substance abuse--Treatment--
Minnesota--History.
publication date: 1999
lcc: HV5281.H39M39 1999eb
ddc: 616.861
Butler, Patrick,--1900-1990, Hazelden
Foundation--Employees--Biography,
Hazelden Foundation--History, Alcoholism
subject: counselors--Minnesota--Biography,
Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Minnesota--
History, Substance abuse--Treatment--
Minnesota--History.
Page i
Patrick Butler
A Biography
Page ii
Page iii
Patrick Butler
A Biography
Damian McElrath, Ph.D.
With a foreword by Gordon Grimm
HAZELDEN'S PIONEERS
Page iv
Hazelden
Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176
1-800-328-9000
1-651-257-1331 (Fax)
www.hazelden.org
©1999 by Hazelden Foundation
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner
without the written permission of the publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McElrath, Damian.
Biography of Patrick Butler / Damian McElrath.
. (Hazelden's pioneers)
P. CM
Includes bibliographical references.
1-56838-309-6
ISBN
1. Butler, Patrick, 1900-1990. 2. Hazelden FoundationEmployees
Biography. 3. Hazelden FoundationHistory. 4. Alcoholism counselors
MinnesotaBiography. 5. AlcoholicsRehabilitationMinnesotaHistory.
6. Substance abuseTreatmentMinnesotaHistory. I. Title. II. Series.
HV5281.H39M39 1998 98-
35226
CIP
03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
Cover design by David Spohn
Interior design by Nora Koch / Gravel Pit Publications
Typesetting by Nora Koch / Gravel Pit Publications
Special thanks to editor Gretchen Bratvold

Page v
Photo Credits:
Frontispiece (Patrick Butler); p. xii (Patrick Butler); p. xvi (Patrick
Butler, 1983); p. 1 (Pat Butler, 1910); p. 6 (Patrick Butler's
grandmother and grandfather); p. 10 (Emmett Butler); p. 12 (Patrick
Butler and siblings, with mother and grandmother, 1905); p. 14
(Hazen and Patrick Butler, 1911); p. 16 (Emmett and Louisa Butler,
1953); p. 24 (Emmett Butler); p. 34 (Aimee Mott Butler; Aimee Mott
Butler and daughter, Kate); p. 36 (Patrick Butler and family, 1941); p.
38 (Patrick Butler, 1935); p. 61 (Pat and Aimee Butler, 1968); p. 94
(the Butlers with Kathy Kusner)
Butler family archives
p. 78 (Fellowship Club, Stewart Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota); p. 86
(Twenty-Four Hours a Day); p. 108 (walking trail at Hazelden); p.
109 (back of Renewal Center); p. 122 (Hazelden architecture)
Dennis Becker
p. x (Gordon Grimm); p. 66 (Old Lodge); p. 78 (early Fellowship
Club, North Dale Street, St. Paul, Minnesota); p. 116 (Dan Anderson);
p. 134 (Harry Swift); p. 150 (Pat and Aimee Butler)
Hazelden-Pittman Archives
Page vii
CONTENTS
Butler Family Tree ix
Foreword xi
by Gordon Grimm
Prologue xvii
Part One: Before Treatment
Chapter 1: Ancestors and Childhood 3
Chapter 2: Butler BrothersMining and Construction 19
Magnates
Chapter 3: Marriage, Family, and Politics 31
Chapter 4: Progression of an Illness 43
Chapter 5: Spiritual Healing 53
Part Two: Recovery
Chapter 6: The Birth of Hazelden 63
Chapter 7: Family Life and Show Horses 89
Chapter 8: Irish Heritage, Catholic Faith 97
Chapter 9: Expansion at Hazelden 105
Chapter 10: Hazelden since 1970 129
Chapter 11: Final Years 147
Bibliography 157
About the Author 158