1883: Nicholson takes Harvard's Summer Short Course in Chemistry, subsequently lists Harvard among his academic credentials
1884: Nicholson publishes the results of his organic chemistry experiments during the Summer Short Course, which makes it the first published chemical research from Nebraska
1885: Nicholson travels during the summer to visit chemistry laboratories in Berlin and Heidelberg to help him design the campus's second building, notes that the Northern German soil is similar to Nebraska's and decides to embark on sugar beet agriculture and industry upon his return, subsequently lists Berlin among his academic credentials
1886: GB Frankforter earns first Chemistry BSc
1886: Chemical Laboratory building is completed, Nicholson writes letter to Science describing its features that is published in early 1887
1887: RA Lloyd is hired, which makes her the world's first woman chemistry professor, she had already become the first American woman to earn a PhD in chemistry and the first woman to publish her organic chemistry research
1888: GB Frankforter earns first MA, becomes chair at Univ Minn
1889: GN Lewis, 13 years old, enrolls in the Univ Nebr Latin School, his family moved back to Massachusetts in 1892, he would have been taught Freshman and Sophomore chemistry by Dr. Lloyd
1890: The Nation's first Beet Sugar Refinery is constructed in Grand Island, mostly due to the efforts of local farmer citizens but in collaboration with Lloyd who assayed the beets for sugar content and Nicholson who led the value-added agricultural research effort
1891: RA Lloyd becomes first regular woman member of ACS
