Union College (Nebraska)

Union College
Established 1891
Type Parochial
Religious affiliation Adventist
President David Smith
Students 810[1]
Location Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Campus Suburban
Colors Red      and Black     
Sports men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's golf
Nickname Warriors
Website www.ucollege.edu

Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska is a four-year coeducational college owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Midwest. It opened in 1891.

T.R.M. Howard and Sandra Pierantozzi are Union alumni.

Enrollment at Union had dropped by 2% in fall 2011 compared to the previous year falling from 829 to 810 undergraduates.[1]

Presidents

Following are college presidents.[2]

  • W. W. Prescott (1891-1893)
  • J. W. Loughhead (1893-1896)
  • E. B. Miller (1896-1897)
  • N. W. Kauble (1897-1898)
  • W. T. Bland (1898-1901)
  • L. A. Hoopes (1901-1904)
  • C. C. Lewis (1904-1910)
  • Frederick Griggs (1910-1914)
  • H. A. Morrison (1914-1922)
  • O. M. John (1922-1924)
  • W. W. Prescott (1924-1925)
  • Leo Thiel (1925-1928)
  • P. L. Thompson (1928-1931)
  • M. L. Andreasen (1931-1938)
  • A. H. Rulkoetter (1938-1942)
  • E. E. Cossentine (1942-1946)
  • R. W. Woods (1946-1950)
  • H. C. Hartman (1950-1957)
  • D. J. Bieber (1957-1964)
  • R. W. Fowler (1964-1970)
  • R. H. Brown (1970-1973)
  • M. O. Manley (1973-1980)
  • Dean L. Hubbard (1980-1984)
  • Benjamin R. Wygal (1985-1985)
  • John Wagner (1986-1991)
  • John Kerbs (1991-1998)
  • David C. Smith (1998-2011)
  • John Wagner (interim) (2011-2012)

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