University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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Group.png University of Nebraska–Lincoln  
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Formation15 February 1869
HeadquartersLincoln, Nebraska
Type•  public
•  land-grant
•  research
University in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, UNL, or NU) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the University of Nebraska system. The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act of 1862, two years after Nebraska became a state.

Three alumni have won the Nobel Prize, one has won the Turing Award, eight have won the Pulitzer Prize, 22 have been selected as Rhodes Scholars, one has been selected as a Marshall Scholar, 29 have been selected as Goldwater Scholars and 15 have been selected as Truman Scholars. In 2010 NU was named a Truman Scholarship Honor Institution.[1]


 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Warren Buffett30 August 1930USBillionaire
Businessperson
One of the world's richest men and a passionate proponent of population reduction.
Floyd Fithian3 November 192827 June 2003USPoliticianUS congressman and one of the fourteen members of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Bob Kerrey27 August 1943911 Commission member saying it "was "a thirty year conspiracy"
Philip Klutznick9 July 190714 August 1999US
Israeli?
Deep state operative
John McCarl27 November 18792 August 1940USCivil servantAlthough McCarl had no financial training or experience whatsoever, he was appointed the first Comptroller General of the United States, working from 1921 to 1936
Theodore Sorensen8 May 192831 October 2010Politician
Jeff Zeleny10 June 1973USWEF/Young Global Leaders 2015. Corporate senior journalist in Washington DC for CNN.
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