| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 3 - 3 |
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Nominee:
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| 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 |
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| 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). |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1863 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Foreign Secretary (1924-1929). Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1925. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1925 |
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| Comments: |
Chamberlain supported the nomination made by Elihu Root and J.B. Scott. |
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