Martin Jischke, who had been president of two land-grant universities, talked about the 150-year history of land-grant universities, specifically the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which established the land-grant university system. After his speech, he was presented with a set of pins from the symposium.
“The Morrill Land Grant Act: Investing in America’s Future” was a luncheon speech, in the Nebraska Union Ballroom, of the 2012 Symposium at the University of Nebraska, “1862-2012, The Making of the Great Plains.”