Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the
Butler c. 1902
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1921
Bust of Nicholas Murray Butler in the Reading Room of the University Library of the Catholic University of Leuven. As President of Columbia University, Butler was Chair of the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Leuven after the burning of the library during WWI.
Seth Low was an American public figure. He chronologically served as the 23rd mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the 11th president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representat
Low in 1901
Seth Low (seated at right) with other members of the American delegation to the International Peace Conference, 1899
Entrance of Seth Low Intermediate School 96 in Brooklyn