Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film). Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia
Robert J. LeRoy Robert J. LeRoy Dr. Robert J. Le Roy (September 30, 1943 – August 10, 2018) was one of Canada's leading chemists who held the distinguished title of "University Professor" at the University of Waterloo. Le Roy attended Allenby Public school in North Toronto up to grade 8 and North Toronto Collegiate until 1961. He then received the BSc and MSc degrees from University of Toronto in 1965 and 1967, respectively, and a PhD degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971. Le Roy is renowned for two major achievements in the field of chemistry: the development of the Leroy-Bernstein theory, alongside