The story
The university was founded as Creighton College on September 2, 1878, through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, Omaha businessman Edward Creighton. The college began with 120 students, taught by five Jesuits and two lay teachers. Edward's brother, John A. Creighton, is credited with fostering and sustaining the university's early growth and endowment. In 1878, the College of Arts and Sciences was established, and it remains Creighton's largest college. In 1885, the Creighton University Observatory was built on campus. Women were first admitted in 1913.
In 1958, the college split into Creighton Preparatory School and Creighton University. The university ran a four-year series of celebrations from 2012 to 2015 commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. In 2021, the university opened its Phoenix Health Sciences Campus.
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