Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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3. OR this university . . . born in their thoughts . . . realized through their industry and benevo- lence ... we honor Edward and Count John Creighton . . . pioneers in the development of the West . . . through trade, communications, and ranching . . . converted their self-made fi- nancial success into foundations for mid -west education . . . the very institution under their name . . . which stands today as a haven of learning . . . where East meets West on a world- wide scale ... a reality for surpassing the dreams and plans ... of Creighton ' s two first citizens . . . to them . . . this book . . . a tribute . . . Page 4

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JV, or for themselves but for their influence on days to come . . . so at Creighton . . . build- ings tell a story ... a seventy-five year history has been made within their walls . . . since 1878 when the arts college . . . mother of the university . . . first opened its doors to students . . . making a hilltop a summit of learning . . . the un ' .versity has progressed and expanded . . . to the eye advancement appears in material facilities . . . to the mind its roots are deeper . . . in the thoughts and deeds of men . . . the Creighton dedication for seventy-five years of yesterday . . . and for tomorrow . . . Page 3

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Ji ONORED for his prudence, prescience, and enterprise . . . beloved for his sympathy, geniality, and generosity . . . Edward Creighton helped Omaha grow from trading post to in- dustrial city . . . constructed the first telegraph from the Missouri to the Pacific . . . thus laying the route for future railroads . . . organized the first ranching projects, potential mainstay of the cattle country . . . at his request, his wife Mary Lucretia founded Creighton college with an en- dowment in her will ... a vigorous, energetic man whose life was replete with contributions to Creighton, Omaha, and the United States . . . Edward C. Creighton (1820-1874) FURTHER extension of Edward ' s virtues . . . John followed the industrial paths marked by his elder brother . . . forced to leave college because of his mother ' s death ... he joined Edward on telegraph construction . . . engineered wagon trains for westward travel . . . promoted both mercantile and grocery business . . . in exe- cuting his brother ' s will, selected the site for Creighton college . . . utilized his own profits in building Creighton medical school, Dowling hall, St. John ' s church, St. Joseph ' s hospital. Poor Clares ' convent . . . Notre Dame University in 1900 recognized his philanthropy by awarding him the Laetare medal . . . from Pope Leo XIII came the greatest distinction . . . the title of Count of the Holy Roman Empire . . . acknowl- edging his benefaction toward religious educa- tion . . . in the products of his diligent applica- tion, commercial aptitude, and noble purpose Count John lives today . . . Count John A. Creighton (1831-1907) Page 5