First Masters and PhDs in University Departments
The University of Nebraska first Masters of Arts, Masters of Science, and PhD's awarded at Departments, Schools, or Colleges since its beginning in 1871.
Agronomy
- M.A. Leroy F. Snipes, 1930
- PhD. Alfred E. Adams, 1934
Animal Husbandry
- M.A. Frank Alfred Hays, 1912
Botany
- M.A. Roscoe Pound, 1889
- PhD. Roscoe Pound, 1897
Chemistry
- M.A. Samuel Avery, 1894
- M.A. Henry Duncanson, 1894
- PhD. Garland E. Lewis, 1917
Classics
- M.A. W.L. Westermann, 1896
Climatology
- M.A. Charles McIntosh, 1951
- PhD. Charles McIntosh, 1955
Economics
- M.A. Charles E. Tingley, 1891
- PhD. William H. England, 1906
Education
- M.A. Christine Fossler, 1904
- PhD. Frank W. Smith, 1904
Engineering
- M.S. John C. Hoge, 1912
- PhD. Ea-Shy Yang, 1970
English
- M.A. Jospehine Tremain, 1894
- PhD. Benjamin Botkin, 1931
Entomology
- M.A. John T. Zimmer, 1911
- PhD. Kenneth Orwig, 1967
Forestry
- M.F. John Boyce, 1912
- M.F. Otto Swenson, 1912
French
- M.A. Marie Sougey, 1926
Geography
- M.A. Nels Bengston, 1908
- Phd. Rose Clark, 1933
Geology
- M.A. Wilbur Knight, 1893
- Phd. Wilbur Knight, 1901
German
- M.A. Zora Shields, 1904
History
- M.A. Charles S. Lobinger, 1894
- Phd. Charles S. Lobinger, 1903
Horticulture
- Phd. Veron Westgate, 1910
Latin
- M.A. Eva McCune, 1903
Mathematics
- M.A. Carl C. Engberg, 1897
- Phd. Albert L. Candy, 1898
Philosophy
- M.A. Oran Bowen, 1904
- Phd. Bertha Luckey, 1916
Physics
- M.A. John E. Almy, 1897
- Phd. Harold N. Allen, 1896
Psychology
- M.A. Billings Almy, 1898
- Phd. William E. Walton, 1932
Sociology
- M.A. Hazel Snell, 1917
- Phd. Anderson Clark, 1905
Zoology
- M.A. Michael Gayer, 1897
- Phd. Claude Mitchell, 1913
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