Anne Butler CEng. FIEI served as president for

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in 2005. She was only the second woman to hold this position. Butler was a founding director of the

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Biography

Anne Butler grew up in

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, County Mayo. She studied Civil Engineering in

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in 1976. Butler went on to complete a MSc in Structural Engineering in 1977 and then a Diploma in Environmental Engineering in 1990 from

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. Butler has become a chartered Engineer. She went on to be President of the

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. Butler was a founding Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland and remained on its board for ten years. Butler is on the Board of the

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and on the Governing Body of the

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. Butler was awarded the TBD Alumni Award for her contribution to the field of "Engineering, IT and Mathematics". Butler is also a member of the Irish Academy of Engineering.

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