Newsday: The Rev. Calvin Butts, influential Harlem pastor and former SUNY Old Westbury president

By Robert Brodskyrobert.brodsky@newsday.com

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers from across the globe to Harlem's landmark Abyssinian Baptist Church, and who was the longest serving president at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, transforming the school's infrastructure and boosting enrollment, died Friday at age 73, the church announced.


Read more