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	America 1920-1929: Education History: Nicholas Murray Butler \| American Decades
		Nicholas Murray Butler was instrumental in remaking Columbia College into Columbia University during his tenure as a philosophy professor (1885-1901) and as the university's president (1902- 1945).
		Butler founded the Teachers College as a key part of the university in 1889, and during the 1920s he hired John Dewey, William Heard Kilpatrick, and George S. Counts to teach in the Teachers College.
		Butler was a proud man, and he took great pains to ensure that his biographical entry in Who's Who remained the longest entry, surpassing the biographies of Benito Musso.....
	www.bookrags.com /history/america-1920s-education/sub16.html (494 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Cadet Tells About Journey to Air Force Academy
		Butler was tapped to speak to the sixth annual conference of the Military Child Education Coalition held in Colorado Springs, Colo., earlier this summer.
		Butler, an English major with a special emphasis in film production and criticism, acknowledged that he didn't know anything about the organization when we was invited to speak about his education experiences.
		Butler told the audience that he figured out through other students what school clubs there were, where to sign up for sports, what classes he could take, and who to hang out with.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Aug2004/n08312004_2004083108.html (1303 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Butler was educated at Columbia College, which became his intellectual and occupational home for the rest of his life.
		Butler was appointed an assistant in philosophy at Columbia in 1885, becoming professor of philosophy and education in 1890 and president of the university in 1901.
		Butler was a champion of international understanding, helping to establish the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of which he was a trustee and later president (1925-45).
	peace.nobel.brainparad.com /nicholas_murray_butler.html (334 words)

	Columbia News ::: Michael Rosenthal Pens First-ever Biography of Nicholas Butler
		He adds that he found Butler's story particularly compelling as he wondered how a man once touted as "the most decorated person in the world" could today be known to so few people.
		As jobs were scarce and competitive offers rare, the faculty excellence that Butler had helped stock during the previous two decades tended not to migrate elsewhere.
		The praise Butler frequently received for running Columbia like a railroad was serious indeed at a time when the organization of railroads gave America a perfect metaphor for its growing efficiency and industrial might.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/06/01/butler_michaelRosenthal_profile.html (1100 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler - Biography
		In 1882, at the age of twenty, he received his bachelor's degree, in 1883, a master's degree, in 1884, a doctorate - all from Columbia College; in 1885 he studied in Paris and in Berlin where he began a lifelong friendship with Elihu Root, who was also destined to become a Nobel peace laureate.
		Butler moved in the realm of politics as easily as he did in that of education.
		Meanwhile, Butler sought to unite the world of education and that of politics in a struggle to achieve world peace through international cooperation.
	www.nobel.se /peace/laureates/1931/butler-bio.html (848 words)

	Early Settlers of Edgartown: Nicholas Butler
		The ship's list names Nicholas Butler with three children and five servants as coming from Eastwell, Co. Kent, in that year, of whom John, who came here, probably with his father, and Lydia who married John Minot of Dorchester, May 19, 1647, are two.
		Nicholas is first mentioned in the records under date of May 8, 1653, when he participated in one of the divisions of land.
		Two years prior to that, on Oct. 15, 1651, he had made his "well-beloved sonne John Butler" his attorney to collect and pay debts, which may be the most probable indication of the time of his leaving Dorchester and entrusting the settlement of his affairs there to his son.
	history.vineyard.net /nickbutler.htm (1052 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Butler, Nicholas Murray 1862-1947, American educator, president of Columbia Univ. (1902-45), b.
		An advocate of peace through education, Butler helped to establish the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of which he was a trustee and later president (1925-45).
		Though a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, he refused to join the Progressive movement of 1912, and that year Butler received the Republican electoral votes for vice president after the death of Vice President James S. Sherman, the regularly nominated candidate.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-butlrn.html (633 words)

	Dianne Elizabeth's Family History Website
		The most remote of the known Butler lineage was believed to be a man named Herveius Fitz-Walter, the Count of Brion in Normandy, who came into England in 1066 with William the Conqueror.
		Nicholas Butler sailed on the ship "Hercules" from Sandwich, England in June 1638 with 3 children and 5 servants.
		Captain John Butler in 1812 was granted permission to raise a company of light dragoons among neighbors on 23 Jul 1812 by president Madison.
	www.dianneelizabeth.com /butler.html (964 words)

	History of Southern Illinois ~ Biography of Hon. William Nicholas Butler
		William Nicholas Butler is presiding judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Illinois, with which section he has been identified since childhood, and his participation in the public affairs of this portion of Illinois and of Alexander county, his home, has been varied and important.
		His father was Comfort Edgar Butler, whose native place was Ithaca, New York, being born there October 23, 1824, the family having been founded at that locality by Daniel Bayard Butler, the father of Comfort E., and the community of Stratford, Connecticut, furnished this bit of human migration.
		In the fall of 1884 Judge Butler entered politics actively as a candidate for state's attorney, was nominated by the Republicans of Alexander county and elected for a term of four years, and was three times reelected to the office.
	www.memoriallibrary.com /IL/South/Bios/B/Butler~William.htm (987 words)

	Nicholas M. Butler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Butler was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Mary Murray Butler and manufacturing worker Henry Butler.
		Butler wrote and spoke voluminously on all manner of subjects ranging from education to world peace.
		When the University of Heidelberg protested Butler's selection of a Jewish delegate to represent Columbia at Heidelberg's 550th anniversary celebration, Butler indignantly replied that at Columbia, delegates were selected on the basis of merit, not race.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicholas_M._Butler (1753 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler Elementary School No. 23 Named 2005 Governor’s Schools of Excellence Award Winner
		ELIZABETH- November 22, 2005 – Nicholas Murray Butler School No. 23 was one of 22 schools in the State of New Jersey to be awarded with the 2005 Governor’s Schools of Excellence Award winners.
		The main criterion met by Nicholas Murray Butler School No. 23 according to the Department of Education is consistent improvement on standardized test.
		“Nicholas Murray Butler serves as an example for all of our district’s schools by showing the capability for consistent improvement as well as the potential for achieving excellence,” said Muñoz.
	www.elizabeth.k12.nj.us /board/butler/index.htm (514 words)

	Smith - Tilton Genealogy - Person Page 69
		A biographical sketch of Nicholas Butler, the first of his name on t he V in eyard, may be read in Vol.
		The ship's list names Nicholas Butler with three children and five servan t s as coming from Eastwell, Co. Kent, in that year, of whom John, who came here, probably with his father, and Lydia who married John Minot of Dorchester, May 19, 1647, are two.
		Two years pr io r to that, on Oct. 15, 1651, he had made his 'well-beloved sonne John Butler' his attorney to collect and pay debts, which may be the most probable indication of the time of his leaving Dorchester and entrusting the settlement of his affairs th er e to his son.
	www.mindfreedom.net /gen/t-s-p/p69.htm (1870 words)

	Smith - Tilton Genealogy - Person Page 68
		Nicholas BUTLER, the first of h is na me on t he Vineyard, may be read in Vol.
		NOTES: Captain John Butler was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and was brought to Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts in infancy by his parents.
		I John Butler of Edgartown in Dukes County in his Majesty's Province of the Massachusett s Ba y in New England Gen't: Calling to mind the mortallity of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye.
	www.mindfreedom.net /gen/t-s-p/p68.htm (2038 words)

	The BUTLER Family of Martha's Vineyard (Banks Vol. III, pp. 47 - 66.)
		NICHOLAS BUTLER, the first of his name on the Vineyard, may be read in Vol.
		Her father was a miller of Ashford and the family had resided in Kent for many generations.
		He is the ancestor of all the Vineyard Butlers, as his only brother Henry returned to England and descendants of him now reside there.
	history.vineyard.net /butler.htm (2063 words)

	Nicholas Butler - Moviefone
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	movies.aol.com /celebrity/nicholas-butler/475208/main (93 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Butler, Nicholas Murray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		Between the retirement of Nicholas Murray Butler (1945) and the installation of General Eisenhower as president (1948), Dr. Fackenthal
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/02069.html (570 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler Winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Peace
		Nicholas Murray Butler Winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Peace
		Nicholas Murray Butler - President of Columbia University (submitted by Shannon)
		Nicholas Murray Butler Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
	www.almaz.com /nobel/peace/1931b.html (54 words)

	Quote Details: Nicholas Butler: The one serious conviction... - The Quotations Page
		Quote Details: Nicholas Butler: The one serious conviction...
		The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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	www.quotationspage.com /quote/32857.html (74 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Those who do not watch “The West Wing,” or who remember the 1912 election, will remember that Taft’s VP candidate, James Sherman, died shortly before Taft was elected.
		After the November election, Republicans urged their electors to vote for Butler, who went on to become vice president.*
		Correction, April 28, 2006: Vice-Presidential candidate James Sherman died and was replaced by NIcholas* Butler during Taft's second and unsuccessful campaign for president in 1912, not his first successful one.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.social,pubID.24286/pub_detail.asp (639 words)

	I12186: NICHOLAS BUTLER (1678 - JAN 1772) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		To make additions, corrections, or comments, contact the author, Rich Wendling
	members.tripod.com /richwendling/d0025/I12186.html (41 words)

	Nicholas Murray Butler Quotes
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	Nicholas Butler quote - America is the best half-educated country in the world. - Quotations Book
		Nicholas Butler quote - America is the best half-educated country in the world.
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		Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 December 7, 1947) was the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
	www.quotationsbook.com /quotes/2160/view (241 words)

	Textbooks by S W Nicholas - Direct Textbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Author: Arthur; Pedro Pablo Kuczynski; Richard H Ullman; Robert S McNamara; William Diebold Jr; Nicholas Butler; Edson W Spencer; Eric Rouleau; Ali L Karaosmanoglu; Valery Giscard d'Estain Schlesinger
		Author: Nicholas S., Editor with (Joseph F. Scheuer, Preface) Timasheff
		Authors: PLS Greg L. Ash, Esq., RPG Nicholas G. Maloof, Esq.
	www.directtextbook.com /author/s-w-nicholas (534 words)

	The Rise of Nicholas Butler (The Nation, March 23, 1932)
		The Rise of Nicholas Butler (The Nation, March 23, 1932)
		Reviews the book "Looking Forward," by Nicholas Murray Butler.
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