Nicholas Murray Butler
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947)
Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the late James S.
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Butler in 1916
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1921
Bust of Nicholas Murray Butler in the Reading Room of the University Library of the Catholic University of Leuven. As President of Columbia University, Butler was Chair of the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Leuven after the burning of the library during WWI.Awards 6
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James Bryant ConantAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloAlso won Nobel Peace Prize
Daniel BovetAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
Alexander R. ToddAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
André Frédéric CournandAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy
Alfonso García RoblesAlso won Nobel Peace PrizeAbout this person
Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the late James S. Sherman's replacement as William Howard Taft's running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election. The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation for many years during the 1920s and 1930s.
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