List of University of Nebraska–Lincoln people

The list of University of Nebraska–Lincoln people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

A total number of 3 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.

Contents

Nobel laureates

Name Class year Notability References
George Beadle (born 1903) B.S. 1926; M.S. 1927 Scientist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1958);
7th President of University of Chicago (1961—1968).
[1][2]
Donald Cram (born 1919) M.S. 1942 Chemist; Nobel Prize for Chemistry winner (1987). [3]
Alan Heeger (born 1936) B.S. 1957, Honorary Doctorate 1999 Chemist; Nobel Prize for Chemistry winner (2000). [4]

Pulitzer Prize

Academics

College founders, presidents and deans

Name Class year Notability References
Roscoe Pound B.A 1888; M.A 1889; Ph.D 1897 4th Dean of Harvard Law School (1916–1936);
Namesake of 'Pound Hall' at Harvard Law School.
[5][6]
Alvin Johnson M.A. 1898 Founder of the New School.
Gene Budig M.A. 1963, Ed.D 1967 Chancellor of the University of Kansas (1980–1994);
President of West Virginia University (1977–1980);
President of Illinois State University (1973–1977)
Edith Abbott 1901 Founder of University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. [7]
John Jasinski Ph.D 1996 President of Northwest Missouri State University. [8]
William Ruud B.A.; Ph.D. President of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
Miguel Escotet Ph.D Dean of College of Education at University of Texas at Brownsville;
Emeritus UNESCO and United Nations University Chair on History and Future of University.

Professors and scholars

Name Class year Notability References
Alan Berger B.S. 1986 Associate Professor of Architecture at MIT. [9]
Hartley Burr Alexander Wrote symbolism and inscriptions in the Nebraska State Capitol; conducted the first study of ritual, symbolism and philosophy of the native peoples of the Americas between 1908 and 1929 and a Professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska.
Rollins A. Emerson B.S. Former Professor of plant breeding at Cornell University.
Derrick Lehmer B.A. 1893; M.A. 1896 Former Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley.
Donald Cox B.S. 1959; M.S. 1960 Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. [10]
Londa Schiebinger B.A. 1974 Professor of History of Science at Stanford University. [11]
Jay Keasling B.S. 1986 Professor of Engineering at University of California, Berkeley. [12]
Larry D. Johnson B.A. 1967 Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School;
Former UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs.
[13]
John Norman B.A. 1953 Former Professor of Philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York.
Nancy Andreasen B.A Chair of Psychiatry at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. [14]
Harold 'Doc' Edgerton B.S. 1925 Former Institute Professor at MIT;
Namesake of 'Edgerton Center' at MIT;
Took the first photographs of the atomic bomb.
[15]
Robert A. Alberty B.S. 1943; M.S. 1944 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at MIT. [16]
Dirk Obbink B.A. 1978 Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature at Oxford University.
Norma Cantú Ph.D. 1982 Professor of English at University of Texas at San Antonio. [17]
Edwin Colbert B.A. Former Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. [18]
George Andreasen B.S; M.S Former Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. [19]
Loren Eiseley BA/BS 1933 Former Professor at University of Pennsylvania;
Writer and poet best known for explaining complex scientific concepts in poems.
Joseph Hunt B.A. Former Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [20]

Art and entertainment

headquarters in Atlanta

Business

Name Class year Notability References
Warren Buffett (born 1930) B.S.B.A. 1950 Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. [21]
Jordan Behrens (born 1978) B.S.B.A. 2000 Founder of Hilltop Hotel Conglomerate.
Vinod Gupta (born ) M.S. 1969; M.B.A. 1971 Founder and Chairman of infoGROUP;
Founder Namesake of Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Karagpur.
[22]
Howard L. Hawks B.S.; M.B.A Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Tenaska Energy, Inc. [23]
Jack Cole B.S.B.A. Founder of Cole Information Services, Inc.
C. Edward McVaney B.S. Founder of JD Edwards Corporation.
JoAnn M. Martin B.S. 1975 President and CEO of UNIFI Companies. [24][25]
Harry Culver (born 1880) Founder and Namesake of Culver City, California.
Ted Hustead Founder of Wall Drug. [26]

Law and politics

Heads of state

Name Class year Notability References
Karlis A. Ulmanis (born 1909) B.S. 1st Prime Minister of Latvia and 4th President of Latvia. [27]

[28]

U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries

Name Class year Notability References
Clayton Yeutter (born 1930) B.S 1952; J.D 1963; Ph.D 1966 23rd United States Secretary of Agriculture.
Claude M. Bolton, Jr. (born 1969) B.S. 1969; Honorary Doctorate 2007 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
Richard Lee McCall, Jr. (born 1942) Attended College but did not graduate 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.

U.S. Senators

Name Class year Notability References
Elmer Burkett (born 1867) Law 1893 United States Senator [29]
Hazel Abel (born 1888) 1908 United States Senator [30]
James Abdnor (born 1923) 1945 United States Senator [31]

U.S. Governors

Name Class year Notability References
Arthur J. Weaver (born 1873) 22nd Governor of Nebraska
Elmer Holt (born 1884) 1902 10th Governor of Montana
Charles Thone (born 1924) 34h Governor of Nebraska
Stanley K. Hathaway (born 1924) Law 1950 27th Governor of Wyoming
Ben Nelson (born 1941) B.A.; M.A.; J.D. 37h Governor of Nebraska; Current United States Senator

U.S. House of Representatives Members

Name Class year Notability References
Howard Miller (born 1879) Law 1900 U.S. Representative from Kansas.
John A. Maguire (born 1870) Law 1899 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
Thomas F. Konop (born 1879) Law 1904 U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Fred Johnson (born 1876) Law 1903 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
George H. Heinke (born 1882) Law 1908 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
Jackson B. Chase (born 1890) LLB 1912 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
Harry B. Coffee (born 1890) U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
Howard Buffett (born 1903) 1925 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
John Henry Kyl (born 1919) 1947 U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Jan Meyers (born 1928) B.A. 1951 U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Hal Daub (born 1941) J.D. 1966 U.S. Representative from Nebraska.
Chris Carney (born 1959) Ph.D. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.

Legal Figures

Name Class year Notability References
Robert Pelt LLB 1922 U.S. District Judge in the District of Nebraska.
James Lee Rankin LLB 1930 31st United States Solicitor General;
General Counsel to the Warren Commission.
Herbert Brownell, Jr. B.A. 62nd United States Attorney General.
John R. Brown B.A. 1930 United States federal judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Theodore (Ted) Sorensen J.D. 1951 8th White House Counsel;
Special Counsel and Speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy.
Kenneth C. Stephan B.A.; LLB Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Mark Quandahl Law 1987 Chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party (2005-2009).
Laurie Camp Law 1977 Judge in United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Laurie Camp J.D. 1948 United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Donald Ross J.D. 1948 United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
William J. Riley B.A.; J.D. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
John Pickett LLB 1922 United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Richard G. Kopf J.D. 1972 Federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Harvey M. Johnsen B.A. 1921; LLB 1919 United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Kristine Cecava Law 1976 Judge in United States District Court for the District of Nebraska..
William G. Cambridge B.S. 1953; J.D. 1955 United States federal judge.
Clarence Beam B.S. 1951; J.D. 1965 United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Political figures and activists

Name Class year Notability References
Jesse Stearns Buscher Member of the White House Press Corps and First woman member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Grace Abbott Director of Immigrants Protective League of Hull House and Chief of the United States Children's Bureau, where she administered the first federal child labor law and the Maternity and Infancy Act.
Debra Powell (born 1985) B.A. Mayor of East St. Louis.
Matthew Landis BA 2004 Board Member Antelope Valley College Board of Trustees.

Military

Name Class year Notability References
John J. Pershing (born 1860) LLB 1893 General of the Armies of the United States Army;
Led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I;
Awarded GCB, Legion of Honour, CH and 1932 Pulitzer Prize.
[32]
Carl R. Yost 1938 Colonel of the United States Army;
Awarded Legion of Merit.
Paul B. Kappelman 1973 Colonel of the United States Army. [33]
Douglas J. McAneny B.S 1978 Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. [34]
Lloyd M. Bucher (born 1927) B.S. 1953 Commander of the United States Navy
Captain of the USS Pueblo (AGER-2).
Maynard Nichols (born 1925) Captain in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
Chief Engineer and Overseer of 125,000 Chinese farm workers for the construction (entirely by hand, without any heavy equipment) of an air base at Kiunglai in China.
Bruce P. Crandall (born 1933) B.A. 1969 Colonel of the United States Army;
Awarded Medal of Honor.
[35]
Steven W. Flohr B.S. 1971 Brigadier General of the United States Army.
Galen B. Jackman (born 1951) B.A. 1973 Major General of the United States Army.

Literature

Science and Technology

Name Class year Notability References
Bion J. Arnold Father of the third rail;
Designed New York's Interborough Rapid Transit subway system.
Henry Beachell Leading 20th century rice breeder;
Co-pioneer of Asia's Green Revolution in rice;
Winner of 1996 World Food Prize and 1987 Japan Prize of the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan.
[38]
Frederic Clements B.Sc. 1894; M.A. 1896; Ph.D. 1898 Pioneer ecologist. [39]
Gladys Dick B.S. 1900 Co-inventor of vaccine for scarlet fever. [40]
Leta Hollingworth B.A. 1906 Wrote first comprehensive text on the gifted;
Commenced one of the first systematic studies of children with intelligence quotients (IQ) above 180.
[41]
Charles H. Purcell B.S. 1906 Chief designer and Engineer of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge;
One of the 20th century’s most distinguished civil engineers.
[42]
Richard Hamming B.S. 1939 Founder and President of Association for Computing Machinery.
Kim B. Blair B.A; B.S Founding Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Sports Innovation. [43]
A.A. Luebs Pioneered the field of air conditioning;
Developed the procedure used for measuring winter temperatures that meteorologists call "degree days".
William A. Mueller Produced sound technology for early motion pictures;
Pioneered the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer.
Donald Othmer Co-editor of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology;
Has held more than 150 U.S. and foreign patents.
[44]
Gerry Thomas Inventor of TV Dinner.
Gene V Glass Inventor of the statistical technique Meta-analysis.

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Other sports

Faculty

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