LI-COR founders among Business Hall of Fame honorees

Article by Lincoln Journal Star’s Matt Olberding
Bill and Elaine Biggs, co-founders of LI-COR Biosciences, a member of Bio Nebraska, are among the 2021 Nebraska Business Hall of Fame honorees. Article by the Lincoln Journal Star.

The husband-and-wife team that helped found Lincoln’s LI-COR Biosciences is among this year’s Nebraska Business Hall of Fame honorees.

Bill Biggs, who grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School, founded Lambda Instruments Corp. in 1971, along with his wife, Elaine, and two colleagues. The company formally became LI-COR in 1978.