Lincoln Business College

Lincoln Business College was a business college located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It was founded in 1884, and by 1925 had merged with the Nebraska School of Business to become the Lincoln School of Commerce. It later became Hamilton College, Kaplan University, and its ultimate successor is now the Lincoln branch of Purdue University Global.

Lincoln Business College in 1915 at Fourteenth and P Streets

History

The school was founded in 1884 by F.F. Roose.^[1] Its original location was in an office building at the corner of Eleventh and O Streets. It subsequently moved to the Oliver Building at Thirteenth and P streets, where it remained for 16 years. In 1914, it moved to a new building on the northwest corner of Fourteenth and P Streets.^[2][3] E.C. Bigger was president of the college in the 1910s.^[4]

By 1925, the Lincoln Business College and Nebraska School of Business (a former location of Brown's Business College) were merged and became the Lincoln School of Commerce.^[5][6] The school's old building on 14th Street was still standing as of 2010 and was occupied by a printing business.^[5]

Later history

In April 1997, many years after the school relocated to K Street in the 1960s, the Lincoln School of Commerce was acquired by Educational Medical, Inc.^[7] Educational Medical (renamed as Quest Education Corporation) was acquired by Kaplan, Inc., in 2000, and in 2004 the school was renamed the Lincoln campus of Iowa-based Hamilton College.^[8][9] In October 2007, all of the Hamilton campuses were merged into Kaplan University.^[10]

Athletics

The Lincoln School of Commerce competed in college athletics as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association.^[11] Following the name change to Hamilton College, the school's teams were known as the Hamilton Aliens.^[12]

Notable alumni

• Samuel Roy McKelvie (1901), Governor of Nebraska (1919-1923)
• Theodore C. Diers, Wyoming state representative and senator

References

1. Hayes, A.B. and Sam D. Cox. History of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, p. 243 (1889)
2. Sawyer, Andrew J. Lincoln: the capital city and Lancaster County, Nebraska, Volume 1, p. 234 (1916)
3. (2 September 1915). Lincoln A Great Center for Educational Activities, Omaha Bee, p.2
4. Patterson's American Educational Directory, Vol. 18, p. 287 (1921)
5. Lincoln School of Commerce , Nebraska Memories, Retrieved March 14, 2013
6. Lincoln School of Commerce History, lscadvantage.com (July 16, 1997 page via archive.org)
7. (1 April 1997). Educational Medical, Inc. Acquires Two Schools In a Pooling of Interests, PR Newswire
8. (2 February 2004). Lincoln School of Commerce Changes Name to Hamilton College – Lincoln Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today, Kaplanhighered.com (Kaplan press release)
9. Recent Acquisitions^[usurped], Nebraska History, Retrieved March 14, 2013 ("The Lincoln Business College was the predecessor to the Lincoln School of Commerce, which is now Hamilton College.")
10. (30 October 2007). Hamilton, Kaplan merge, Boston Globe (Associated Press)
11. Patterson, Aaron (March 23, 2006). "Hamilton, Hill bring hoops to Nebraska". Danville Commercial-News.
12. Hambleton, Ken (February 6, 2005). "Hamilton's Hill reclaims his life, career". Lincoln Journal-Star.