The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1930
Number:	3-3
Nominee:
Name:	Nicholas Murray Butler
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1862
Year, death:	1947
Profession/Category:	Professor of Philosophy. President of Columbia University. President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
University:	Columbia
City:	New York City
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Received prize:	Pea 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:	Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Foreign Secretary (1924-1929). Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1925.
City:	London
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Jakob Worm-Müller
Gender:	M
Comment:	Chamberlain supported the nomination made by Elihu Root and J.B. Scott.