Charles Beard
Charles Austin Beard PhD 1904 was a notable professor of American history. He was notable for asserting that the Constitution was the product of the Founding Fathers' economic interests, which drew the ire of University President Nicholas Murray Butler and the trustees. In 1919, angry with Butler after attempts by the University President to stifle his dissent to World War I, Beard left Columbia to help found the New School for Social Research.
