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He also won a [[w:Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]] and was a candidate for Vice President of the United States. [[Butler Library]] is named after him.
 
He also won a [[w:Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]] and was a candidate for Vice President of the United States. [[Butler Library]] is named after him.
  
He's also an alumnus: [[Columbia College]] class of [[1882]].
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He's also an alumnus: [[Columbia College]] class of [[1882]].  While at Columbia, Mr. Butler was a member of [[Psi Upsilon]].
  
 
More recently, [[Lit Hum]] professor [[Michael Rosenthal]] wrote a book about him called ''[[Nicholas Miraculous]]''.
 
More recently, [[Lit Hum]] professor [[Michael Rosenthal]] wrote a book about him called ''[[Nicholas Miraculous]]''.

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Nicholas Murray Butler

Ruler of Columbia for over four decades (1902-1945). Accused of suppressing professorial dissent to two world wars, attepting to turn Columbia into the preserve of elite WASPs, trying to erase Columbia College by privileging grad schools, and conferring legitimacy upon Nazi Germany.

He also won a Nobel Peace Prize and was a candidate for Vice President of the United States. Butler Library is named after him.

He's also an alumnus: Columbia College class of 1882. While at Columbia, Mr. Butler was a member of Psi Upsilon.

More recently, Lit Hum professor Michael Rosenthal wrote a book about him called Nicholas Miraculous.

See also

  • Nicholas Miraculous, a biography of Butler by Columbia English professor Michael Rosenthal
Preceded by
Seth Low
President of Columbia University 
1902-1945
Succeeded by
Dwight D. Eisenhower