DOANE COLLEGE

'' is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, United States, with additional campuses located in Lincoln and Grand Island. It was founded in 1872 as a Congregational institution by Thomas Doane, chief civil engineer of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Doane is the oldest four-year private college in Nebraska. The enrollment is comprised of 1,000 traditional undergraduate students, 750 adult learners, and 1,200 graduate students.
Doane offers 38 undergraduate majors and three graduate programs in counseling, management, and education.

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Alumni

Points of interest

External links

Alumni

★ Henry Pratt Fairchild - distinguished sociologist and educator

★ Zenon C.R. Hansen - former chairman of the board at Doane College and CEO of Mack Trucks, Inc.

★ Weldon Kees - poet

★ John Perry - philosopher

★ Douglas L. Wilson - Two-time recipient of the Lincoln Prize and Professor Emeritus at Knox College

Points of interest

★ Doane College Observatory

★ Doane College Osterhout Arboretum

★ Whitcomb Lee Conservatory

External links

★ Doane College