Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Alice Dittman, has served the Cornhusker bank for more than 50 years and is well known around the country for both her knowledge of the community banking and her participation in community affairs. Alice had a business-oriented education, first with a BS at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and subsequently with an M.A. in Finance and Management from the same school. In between, she attended a graduate business program at Radcliffe, in the days before women were admitted to Harvard University. She returned to the Lincoln area in 1953 to work in her father's bank - then situated in Davey, Neb., and known as the Farmer's State Bank - taking the post of cashier. She became president and CEO of the family bank in 1975. The bank averaged a steady 10% asset growth for 22 years. Alice believes that this is best for the bank and its customers. Steadiness, for the customer, means the ongoing opportunity to maintain contact with management.