Former Texas Tech University Professor Surrenders Medical License

Former Texas Tech University professor Robert Butler, who was convicted in December of embezzlement and fraud charges following an incident last year involving plague samples at Butler’s laboratory, has surrendered his medical license, the Associated Press reported Sunday (see GSN, Dec. 2, 2003).

On Friday, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners approved Butler’s surrender of his medical license, a board spokeswoman said. 

Last month, Butler officially resigned from Texas Tech (Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, Feb. 8). Butler and the university came to an agreement through which he would resign and pay the school a monetary amount in exchange for the university not dismissing him, according to AP.

Butler is expected to be sentenced in March (Betsey Blaney, Associated Press/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jan. 26).

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