Don Lathrop Love

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Don Lathrop Love was mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska in two non-consecutive terms, 1909-11 and 1929-31[1]. He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on March 7, 1863[2], and died in Lincoln on September 12, 1940.

He married Julia Larrabee[3], daughter of Iowa governor William Larrabee on August 18, 1891. Though childless, they adopted an orphan boy, Charles Burton Robbins whom they raised as their own son. He is buried with his wife in God's Acre Cemetery in Clermont, Iowa.

The main library of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Love Library, is named for him.

Preceded by Francis W. Brown

Mayor of Lincoln 1909 - 1911

Succeeded by Alvin H. Armstrong

Preceded by Verne Hedge

Mayor of Lincoln 1929 - 1931

Succeeded by Frank Connell Zehrung