Creighton University
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| Creighton University link () Website | |
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| Headquarters | Omaha,Nebraska,USA |
| Type | Private Research |
| Other name | Bluejays |
| Private, Jesuit university in Nebraska. | |
Creighton University is a private, Jesuit university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergraduate students on a 140-acre (57 ha)[1] campus just outside Omaha's downtown business district.
History
The university was founded as Creighton College on September 2, 1878, through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton. Edward's brother, John A. Creighton, is credited with fostering and sustaining the university's early growth and endowment. In 1958, the college split into a prep school and the present-day Creighton University.[2]
Notable alumni
There are more than 68,470 living alumni of Creighton University in 93 countries. Nearly 30 percent live in Nebraska. The largest number of alumni outside the United States reside in Canada, Japan, and Malaysia
Politics, military, and law
- Donald O. Aldridge, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
- Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American female to attain rank of major general in the USAR
- Brad Ashford, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Merton W. Baker, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Frank A. Barrett, former governor of Wyoming
- Patrick Bourne, former member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Mike Boyle, former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
- Albert Brown, 1927, oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March
- John Cavanaugh III, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Ernie Chambers, member of the Nebraska Legislature
- William M. Connolly, justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
- Barbara Cubin, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Alfonza W. Davis, Tuskegee Airman
- Robert E. Davis, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
- Robert V. Denney, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Leo J. Dulacki, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General
- Mike Fahey, former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
- Mike Friend, former member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Paul Gosar, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Roman Hruska, former senator of Nebraska
- Mike Johanns, former Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, former governor of Nebraska, former United States Senator
- Philip M. Klutznick, former United States Secretary of Commerce
- John A. Knebel, former Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
- Steve Lathrop, member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Lormong Lo, former city council president of Omaha City, Nebraska
- Ray Madden, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Francis P. Matthews, former secretary of the U.S. Navy
- Michael McCormack, justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
- John McKay, former United States Attorney
- Jack R. Miller, former senator of Iowa
- Michael R. Murphy, circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Jeremy Nordquist, member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Eugene O'Sullivan, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Mike Reasoner, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Seth Rich, DNC operative
- Leo Ryan, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Symone Sanders, Democratic strategist and spokesperson
- J. Clay Smith Jr., former deputy chief of the Federal Communications Commission, former interim head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and former dean of Howard University School of Law
- Patrick Sullivan, former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Doug Struyk, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Lee Terry, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Nancy Thompson, former member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Tom White, member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Edward Zorinsky, former senator of Nebraska
Authors, media, and entertainment
- Ron Hansen, novelist, essayist, and professor
- Paul Henderson, reporter for The Seattle Times, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 1982
- Rachelle Hruska, founder of Guest of a Guest
- James Keogh, executive editor of Time magazine; head of the White House speechwriting staff under Richard M. Nixon
- Matt Maginn, bass player of Cursive
- Michael MacCambridge, author
- Matt Peckham, critic for Time
- Colleen Williams, Los Angeles news anchor
- Mary Alice Williams, former co-anchor of Weekend Today
Business
- Jackie Gaughan, former casino owner
- Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, first African American woman to head a publicly traded corporation, namesake of Howard University's School of Communications
- Don Keough, former president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola
- Mary Pat McCarthy, former vice chair of KPMG
- Joe Ricketts, founder and former chairman of TD Ameritrade and owner of the Chicago Cubs
- Virginia Lamp Thomas, director of executive branch relations of the Heritage Foundation
- Mark Walter, chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Science and medicine
- Michael P. Anderson, former NASA astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Religion
- Curtis Guillory, boards of commissions member within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Nancey Murphy, Christian theologian and writer