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UWF announces gift honoring local musician Larry Butler

   June 10, 2015

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Press release: Yesterday, the University of West Florida announced a new fund in memory of Pensacola native and celebrated musician Larry Butler.

Gifts made by Butler’s family and friends led to the establishment of the Larry Butler Memorial Music Award. This award will be used to support UWF music students in academic competitions or performance-related travel.

Butler was an award-winning songwriter and producer who worked with top-recording artists such as Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers. Yet as successful as his career in Nashville became, his love for his hometown was evident in the ways he gave back – including the benefit concert he produced to raise money to rebuild following Hurricane Ivan.

“Larry Butler was a great musician, but he was an even better person,” said Dr. Brendan Kelly, vice president for University Advancement. “Now his memory will live on in new generations of musicians, as our students benefit from this legacy gift.”

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