{"id":115054,"date":"2024-09-18T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=115054"},"modified":"2024-09-17T20:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:05:02","slug":"remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham, revered for his public service, kindness, courage and empathy, died Sept. 15 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A seasoned public safety professional, Ingraham spent 46 years with the University of Nebraska Police and Public Safety Department and helped elevate safety and security across the med center campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Ingraham earned UNMC\u2019s Gold U Award<\/a> and was recognized at the NU Board of Regents meeting. His coworkers and colleagues described him as a caring leader who mentored new recruits and promoted a standard of professional excellence in public safety at UNMC. He brought kindness and respect to tense situations, yet could step in as the authority, if necessary, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Evans, associate vice chancellor of public safety and chief of police, lauded Ingraham\u2019s dedication to the campus community and to his team over the decades. She added, \u201cbut more importantly, he was an amazing human being with a heart bigger than most. We will all miss him deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A familiar face across campus, Ingraham acknowledged being a \u201cpeople\u2019s person,” and said he applied for the security position on a lark after earning a college degree in vocal music education. The \u201cdynamic\u201d people he met and worked alongside, he said, were among the reasons he stayed so long at UNMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a UNMC Today comment<\/a> posted after his death, Ingraham\u2019s wife Teresa, who retired as a student coordinator in UNMC\u2019s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2015, said: \u201cI wanted you to know how important everyone at UNMC was to him. He always stood his ground to put your safety first. \u2026Sincere, loving, caring, dependable are words that fall flat of describing how important all of you were to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingraham was a staple in his church, regularly singing in the church choir. He loved dad jokes, spending time as a grandfather and often could be found in the garage working on his 1958 Chrysler Imperial or his 1935 Dodge Brothers sedan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His department colleagues \u2013 in a public tribute Sept. 15 on X (formerly known as Twitter) \u2013 said: \u201cJohn set the example for all of us \u2013 how to be better public servants every day. His lasting impact is nothing short of extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingraham is survived by his wife, three sons and numerous grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 20, from 5-7 p.m. at Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak-Cutler, 7805 West Center Road in Omaha. A graveside service will be Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:30 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 7909 Mormon Bridge Road. The funeral service will follow on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. at Dundee Presbyterian Church, 5312 Underwood Ave. in Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read his obituary online.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":114173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"18965,52498,41036,63911,103181,61233","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-unmc-community","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","author_override-karen-burbach-unmc-strategic-communications"],"yoast_head":"\nRemembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2040\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey Robb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeffrey Robb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeffrey Robb\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\"},\"wordCount\":442,\"commentCount\":11,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg\",\"width\":2040,\"height\":1360,\"caption\":\"Campus Security Sgt. John Ingraham will receive the Gold U award at the Nebraska Regents meeting Thursday, August 8, 2024.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/unmc\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Robb\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/d09bf41544a3365a46c9077ebb5e35c3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham","description":"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham","og_description":"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2040,"height":1360,"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeffrey Robb","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeffrey Robb","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeffrey Robb","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c"},"headline":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham","datePublished":"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/"},"wordCount":442,"commentCount":11,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/","name":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-18T06:59:00+00:00","description":"Ingraham worked in public safety for 46 years at the med center, earning wide respect for his professionalism, kindness and courage.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JohnIngraham2081424.jpg","width":2040,"height":1360,"caption":"Campus Security Sgt. John Ingraham will receive the Gold U award at the Nebraska Regents meeting Thursday, August 8, 2024."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/18\/remembering-unmc-security-sergeant-john-ingraham\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Remembering UNMC security sergeant John Ingraham"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c","name":"Jeffrey Robb","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/d09bf41544a3365a46c9077ebb5e35c3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115054"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115078,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115054\/revisions\/115078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}