The Nobel Peace Prize 1931
Awarded on: 1931-12-10
"for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind"
Affiliations:
- Columbia University – New York, NY, USA
Nicholas Murray Butler
Born: 1862-04-02 in Elizabeth, NJ, USA
Gender: male
Field: American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862–1947)
Biography
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.