Irene H. Butter: key obituary facts
Is Irene H. Butter dead? Yes. Irene H. Butter died on October 2, 2026, at age 95.
Cause of death: Irene H. Butter's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Irene H. Butter known for?
She was a German-born American economist, Holocaust survivor (born 1930).
More about Irene H. Butter
Born: 1930.
Place of birth: Berlin.
Gender: female.
Occupation: economist, university teacher, author.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Queens College, Duke University.
Awards: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Also known as: Irene Hasenbrg Butter.
Title: Professor Emeritus of Public Health.
Irene H.
Butter, a German–American academic and Holocaust survivor, died on October 2, 2026, aged 95. Born Irene Hasenberg in Berlin in 1930, she was a public health scholar and professor emeritus of public health at the University of Michigan.
Butter survived the Westerbork transit camp and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a young woman. She later settled in the United States and built a career as an economist, university teacher and author.