Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:3 - 2
 
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:
Name:Andrew J Montague
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the US Congress. Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)