Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:3 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Nicholas Murray Butler
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1862
Year, Death:1947
Profession:Professor of Philosophy. President of Columbia University. President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
University:Columbia University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1931
 
Motivation:Butler advocated peace, international cooperation and arbitration. He supported the Briand-Kellogg Pact, and he promoted international understanding. Butler also assisted in the establishment of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of which he was a trustee and later president (1925-45).
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Elihu Root
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1845
Year, Death:1937
Profession:Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1912
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:James Brown Scott
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1866
Year, Death:1943
Profession:Member of the Institute of International Law
Country:UNITED STATES (US)