Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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As president, Fr. Linn met all of the presidential contenders in 1968. In December 1967 he presented a plaque to the then unannounced candidate Richard Nixon, who won the Republican party nomination and presidential election. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Father Linn was bom Oct. 16, 1904. He received his education at St. Louis University from virhich he held the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Doctor of Philosophy. In July of 1952, Father Linn, wrho traveled hundreds of thousands of miles visiting Creighton alumni, w as involved in a near fatal single-automobile accident on a slippery highwray near Valentine, Nebraska, in which he suffered 27 rib fractures and a fractured vertebra. A second severe accident hit Father Linn during a 1967 train ride from Chicago to Omaha, when he received third-degree burns on his left arm. He was ready to go to bed in a roomette when somehow he was thrown against steam pipes and pinned there for 2-1 2 hours. The compartment door was locked and he was unable to attract rescuers. No other person in the history of Creighton has met so many alumni face-to-face. He made annual visits to many alumni centers. His individual achievements in fund raising are nationally recognized as being uniquely successful. At the time Fr. Linn took over as Creighton ' s twentieth president he had logged more than 800,000 miles visit- ing alumni and seeking donations. Fr. Linn traveled over one million miles visiting alumni and raising money for the development fund. 17