CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Omaha, Neb., U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit (Society of Jesus) order of the Roman Catholic church. The university consists of colleges of arts and sciences and of business administration and schools of law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health professions. Graduate degree programs are available in sciences, religion, and professional areas. Campus facilities include a satellite station, an observatory, and an art gallery. Total enrollment is over 6,000. The university opened in 1878 and was named for John and Edward Creighton, builders of the transcontinental telegraph from whose estate came the land and money to create the school. Baseball player Bob Gibson was an alumnus of Creighton University.