University of Nebraska–Lincoln

University of Nebraska–Lincoln
(University)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln ; (University)
Formation	15 February 1869
Headquarters	Lincoln, 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

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Warren Buffett	30 August 1930		US	Billionaire Businessperson	One of the world's richest men and a passionate proponent of population reduction.
Floyd Fithian	3 November 1928	27 June 2003	US	Politician	US congressman and one of the fourteen members of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Bob Kerrey	27 August 1943				911 Commission member saying it "was "a thirty year conspiracy"
Philip Klutznick	9 July 1907	14 August 1999	US Israeli?	Deep state operative
John McCarl	27 November 1879	2 August 1940	US	Civil servant	Although 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 Sorensen	8 May 1928	31 October 2010		Politician
Jeff Zeleny	10 June 1973		US		WEF/Young Global Leaders 2015. Corporate senior journalist in Washington DC for CNN.

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