![]() ![]() Targeting Butler was the killer's "fatal mistake," Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Adam Wells said during the trial. ![]() The three other victims - two murdered and one who narrowly escaped - were all sex workers, women on the margins of society, often dismissed by those in authority. Butler, a 20-year-old college student, came from a stable, two-parent household and a community in Montclair that swung into action when she disappeared. "He messed with the wrong girl,” Lavern Butler said at a news conference in December, after a jury declared Wheeler-Weaver guilty. “Sarah was well-loved.” From left, Aliyah Butler, Bassania Daley and Sarah Butler. In June 2016, the Butlers received the prestigious national Champion Award by Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance in America, for their extensive support of aspiring professional dancers through the Ballet Austin II program and the Butler Fellowship Program that provides up to 15 fully funded annual scholarships to post-high school dancers rom accross the United States in their final year of training.Sarah Butler and her sisters at her Sweet Sixteen party. Of all of the awards and accolades bestowed upon the Butlers, perhaps the most unique was in 2010 when a newly discovered Jurassic period dinosaur was named after Sarah, “the Sarahsaurus,” in appreciation of the Butlers’ generous support and fundraising efforts for the Dino Pit. Through the Butler Family Fund, established in 1997, the Butlers have supported some of Austin’s largest arts programs and venues including Ballet Austin’s Butler Dance Education Center and the Butler Center for Dance & Fitness the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music and the Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center at The University of Texas at Austin Focus Gallery at The Blanton Museum of Art the Long Center for the Performing Arts the Austin Opera and the Austin Symphony Orchestra.Īdditionally, their Family Fund has endowed Ballet Austin’s Artistic Director, the Ballet Austin Academy, Night of Community, Ballet Austin II, fully endowed the Butler Fellowship Program, and with their most recent gift, The Butler New Choreography Endowment. Undoubtedly, their passion and philanthropy helped to shape and sustain the arts in Austin. Ernest and Sarah Butler’s contributions to arts organizations have not only allowed Austin to have some incredible spaces for art to be performed, rehearsed or exhibited, but also for Austinites to continue to enjoy art and culture through their consistent and unfailing support. Sarah is the current Chair Ballet Austin’s Board of Directors and the chair of the Ballet Austin Foundation’ s Board of Trustees.ĭr. Throughout the years, they have not only become generous donors, but have also contributed their time and leadership skills as board and committee members. They moved to Austin in 1969 and quickly became involved in many arts organizations. Butler, a retired otolaryngologist and founder of the Austin Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, are native Texans and attended Baylor University. Ernest Butler are one of the most generous couples in Austin. ![]() Through their involvement and philanthropy dedicated to the arts and sciences, Sarah and Dr.
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