Reflections Magazine Issue #69 - Spring 2009 | Page 22

Feature Article

In fact, he said that philosophy was a factor in
his decision to attend Siena Heights.
“I had worked on campus with the food service,”
Butler said of his high school job. “There were
catering events at places like the president’s
house, with all the ‘movers and shakers.’ To me,
they always treated me with a lot of respect. Just
because I was a dish washer or some runner
at some event, that didn’t matter. They always
treated me as a colleague, really, in a lot of ways.
Not a subordinate. … That really stuck out.”
Butler now has had a chance to “pay it forward.”
After spending a year as a DVUSA volunteer
working with middle school students, last summer he was appointed to lead DVUSA, an organization placing women and men in year-long
service to some of America’s poorest families.
He credits Siena Heights for putting him on
his current career path.

Anthony Butler ’04
Recent Graduate Award Winner
Tony Butler remembers the first time he heard
the mission of Siena Heights.
“It was my first time on campus,” Butler said
of the freshman student orientation event he
attended as a Deerfield High School senior.
“Immediately the first presentation was about
the mission. Every time there would be a large
gathering of students, it would be the Z\