Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange act of 1934,
the undersigned institutional investment manager has caused this
report to be signed on its behalf in the City

of		CHICAGO		and State of		ILLINOIS

on the 	11th		day of 		OCTOBER ,	2000	 .


		LINCOLN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY
		(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)


		(Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized
		to Submit This Report)

Name and 13F file numbers of ALL Institutional Investment Managers
with respect to which this schedule is filed (other than the one filing
this report):  (List in alphabetical order).

13F File Numbers will be assigned to Institutional Investment Managers
after they file their first report.

Name:		13F File No.:	Name:		13F File No.:
1.				7.
2.				8.
3.				9.
4.				10.
5				11.
6.  				12.
SEC 1685 (5-85)





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	FORM 13F			Name of Reporting Manager:  LINCOLN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO.
							Item 8:
							Voting Authority
Item 1:	Item 2:	Item 3:	Item 4:	Item 5:			(Shares)
Name of Issuer	Title of	CUSIP	Fair Market	Shares or
	Class	Number	Value	Principal	(a) Sole	(a) Sole	(b) Shared	(c) None
				Amount

Cisco Systems COM	17275R102 2,379.26 43,063,600	43,063,600	28,398,100	0
	14,665,500
General Electric	COM	369604103 2,200.70 38,148,600	38,148,600	25,072,600	0
	13,076,000
Pfizer COM	717081103 2,063.41 45,917,400	45,917,400	30,138,150	0	15,779,250
EMC Corp.	COM	268648102 1,715.34 17,304,800	17,304,800	11,408,600	0	5,896,200
Sun Microsystems	COM	866810104 1,513.27 12,961,600	12,961,600	8,520,400	0
	4,441,200
Oracle	COM	68389X105 1,343.59 17,061,500	17,061,500	11,257,800	0	5,803,700
Nortel Networks	ADR	656568102 1,274.27 21,393,800	21,393,800	14,985,300	0
	6,408,500
Texas Instruments	COM	882508104  1,266.06 26,830,400 26,830,400	17,639,300	0
	9,191,100
Juniper Networks	COM	48203R104 1,265.06 5,778,200	5,778,200	3,805,500	0
	1,972,700
Veritas Software	COM	923436109	1,245.60 8,771,800 8,771,800	5,760,800	0
	3,011,000
America Online	COM	02364J104	1,240.37 23,076,600 23,076,600	15,148,100	0
7,928,500
Applied Materials	COM	038222105	892.74 15,051,400	15,051,400	9,996,600	0
	5,054,800
CVS Corp.	COM	126650100 869.42 	18,772,900	18,772,900	12,326,300	0	6,446,600
Corning	COM	219350105	  835.25 	2,812,300	2,812,300	1,833,700	0	978,600
Xilinx	COM	983919101	771.91 	9,015,000	9,015,000	5,891,800	0	3,123,200
American Home Products	COM	026609107 745.41 	13,178,500	13,178,500	8,666,000
	0	4,512,500
Network Appliance	COM	64120L104	723.38 5,679,100	5,679,100	3,785,900	0
	1,893,200
Tyco International	ADR	902124106 709.16 	13,670,500	13,670,500	9,349,400	0
	4,321,100
Eli Lilly	COM	532457108	708.95 8,739,000	8,739,000	5,676,200	0	3,062,800
Charles Schwab	COM	808513105	684.74 19,288,550	19,288,550	12,513,050	0
	6,775,500
Palm	COM	696642107	659.68 	12,461,500	12,461,500	8,099,300	0	4,362,200
PepsiCo	COM	713448108	632.25 	13,744,600	13,744,600	9,130,200	0	4,614,400
Home Depot	COM	437076102 620.35 	11,690,850	11,690,850	7,670,750	0	4,020,100
BEA Systems	COM	073325102	614.15 	7,886,300	7,886,300	5,154,400	0	2,731,900
Solectron	COM	834182107	599.38 	12,994,700	12,994,700	8,478,500	0	4,516,200
Capital One Financial	COM	14040H105 581.30 	8,296,900	8,296,900	5,523,600	0
	2,773,300
Comcast Corp.	COM	200300200	  577.06 	14,096,100	14,096,100	9,295,100	0
	4,801,000
Amazon.com	COM	023135106	549.88 	14,305,700	14,305,700	9,432,400	0	4,873,300
American Express	COM	025816109 534.81 	8,803,500	8,803,500	5,644,200	0
	3,159,300
Pharmacia	COM	71713U102	526.43 	8,746,499	8,746,499	5,716,399	0	3,030,100
Ciena Corp.	COM	171779101 511.24 	4,162,800	4,162,800	2,714,700	0	1,448,100
Redback Networks	COM	757209101 501.17 	3,055,900	3,055,900	1,983,900	0
	1,072,000
AT&T Liberty	COM	001957208 483.24 	26,846,600	26,846,600	17,895,200
	0	8,951,400
Applied Micro Circuits Corp.	COM	03822W109	473.28 	2,285,700	2,285,700
	1,481,600	0	804,100
Broadcom Corp.	COM	111320107	448.50 	1,840,000	1,840,000	1,217,200	0	622,800
Brocade Comm.	COM	111621108	441.20 	1,869,500	1,869,500	1,225,400	0	644,100
Intel	COM	458140100	  439.95 	10,585,200	10,585,200	6,927,700	0	3,657,500
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	439.31 	4,676,600	4,676,600	3,030,500	0
	1,646,100
State Street	COM	857477103	430.53 	3,311,800	3,311,800	2,213,800	0	1,098,000
Inktomi	COM	457277101	  427.75 	3,752,200	3,752,200	2,455,600	0	1,296,600
Sprint Corp. (PCS Group)	COM	852061506	415.88 	11,861,100	11,861,100
	7,741,400	0	4,119,700
Clear Channel Comm.	COM	184502102	412.19 	7,295,400	7,295,400	4,780,000	0
2,515,400
Nokia	ADR	654902204	370.33 	9,301,800	9,301,800	6,318,800	0	2,983,000
PE Corp. - PE Biosystems	COM	69332S102	354.08 	3,039,300	3,039,300	1,995,500
0	1,043,800
Forest Labs	COM	345838106	329.93 	2,876,800	2,876,800	1,879,200	0	997,600
Vodafone AirTouch PLC	ADR	92857W100 320.09 	8,651,000	8,651,000	5,904,500
	0	2,746,500
i2 Technologies	COM	465754109	303.02 	1,619,900	1,619,900	1,086,300	0	533,600
Coca Cola	COM	191216100	259.23 	4,702,600	4,702,600	3,059,100	0	1,643,500
Yahoo!	COM	984332106 256.20 	2,815,400	2,815,400	1,840,100	0	975,300
Infinity Broadcasting	COM	45662S102	256.02 	7,758,100	7,758,100	5,048,200	0
2,709,900
Ariba Inc.	COM	04033V104	233.37 	1,628,900	1,628,900	1,089,400	0	539,500
Bed Bath & Beyond	COM	075896100 214.13 	8,779,200	8,779,200	5,452,100	0
	3,327,100
Gap	COM	364760108	209.32 10,400,900	10,400,900	6,767,400	0	3,633,500
Walt Disney	COM	254687106	208.84 	5,459,900	5,459,900	3,473,000	0	1,986,900
Illinois Tool Works	COM	452308109  198.26 	3,548,300	3,548,300	2,327,500	0
	1,220,800
Sealed Air Corp.	COM	81211K100	166.66 	3,683,142	3,683,142	2,484,600	0
	1,198,542
Amgen	COM	031162100	160.93 	2,304,600	2,304,600	1,506,500	0	798,100
Calpine Corp.	COM	131347106	158.07 	1,514,400	1,514,400	986,000	0	528,400
SDL	COM	784076101	145.90 	471,700	471,700	307,100	0	164,600
JDS Uniphase	COM	46612J101	 142.92 	1,509,400	1,509,400	982,700	0	526,700
Sealed Air Pref Conv Ser A	COM	81211K209	129.83 	2,885,073	2,885,073
1,748,400	0	1,136,673
UnitedHealth	COM	91324P102	  95.79 	970,000	970,000	617,100	0	352,900
Broadvision	COM	111412102	70.83 2,757,300	2,757,300	1,825,800	0	931,500
Corvis Corp.	COM	221009103	15.26 250,000	250,000	250,000	0	0
Merck	COM	589331107	9.32 	125,200	125,200	125,200	0	0
Microsoft	COM	594918104	8.88 	147,300	147,300	0	0	147,300
Synopsys Inc.	COM	871607107	7.24 	191,200	191,200	0	0	191,200
Prepaid Legal Services Inc.	COM	740065107	7.14 	220,900	220,900	0	0	220,900
Lincare Holdings Inc.	COM	532791100	6.87 239,600	239,600	0	0	239,600
Tech Data Corporation	COM	878237106	6.69 	156,600	156,600	0	0	156,600
Omnicare Inc.	COM	681904108	  6.29 389,980	389,980	0	0	389,980
VoiceStream Wireless	COM	928615103	5.86 	50,500	50,500	0	0	50,500
Insight Enterprises, Inc.	COM	45765U103	5.72 	209,900	209,900	0	0	209,900
Mentor Graphics Corp.	COM	587200106	5.64 	239,400	239,400	0	0	239,400
Pomeroy Computer Resources	COM	731822102	5.49 	289,700	289,700	0	0	289,700
Orthodontic Centers of America	COM	68750P103	5.29 	158,900	158,900	0	0
	158,900
Carnival Corp.	COM	143658102	5.21 	211,700	211,700	0	0	211,700
Dallas Semiconductor Corp.	COM	235204104	5.12 	155,700	155,700	0	0	155,700
Lucent Technologies	COM	549463107	5.06 	165,400	165,400	0	0	165,400
Nova Corp/GA	COM	669784100	4.96 	289,400	289,400	0	0	289,400
Neopharm Inc.	COM	640919106	4.86 	123,100	123,100	0	0	123,100
F.Y.I. Inc.	COM	302712104	4.79 	128,100	128,100	0	0	128,100
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.	COM	307000109	4.71 	244,600	244,600	0	0	244,600
Parametric Technology Corp.	COM	699173100	4.66 	426,300	426,300	0	0	426,300
NCO Group Inc.	COM	628858102	4.64 	391,000	391,000	0	0	391,000
Health Mgmt Assc	COM	421933102	4.41 	211,800	211,800	0	0	211,800
Cerus Corporation	COM	157085101	4.38 	78,900	78,900	0	0	78,900
Renal Care Group Inc	COM	759930100	4.34 	233,100	233,100	0	0	233,100
Hollywood Entertainment Corp.	COM	436141105	4.28 	575,800	575,800	0	0	575,800
Plexus Corp	COM	729132100	4.23 	60,000	60,000	0	0	60,000
Concord EFS Inc.	COM	206197105	3.94 	111,000	111,000	0	0	111,000
DSET Corporation	COM	262504103	3.60 	174,400	174,400	0	0	174,400
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.	COM	286082102	3.35 	132,600	132,600	0	0	132,600
Cardinal Health Inc.	COM	14149Y108	3.18 	36,100	36,100	0	0	36,100
Click Commerce, Inc.	COM	18681D109	3.15 	73,800	73,800	0	0	73,800
CDW Computer Centers Inc.	COM	125129106	3.14 	45,500	45,500	0	0	45,500
Millenium Cell Inc.	COM	60038B105	3.06 	138,000	138,000	0	0	138,000
Harte-Hanks	COM	416196103	3.03 	111,300	111,300	0	0	111,300
Profit Recovery Grp Intl Inc.	COM	743168106	2.77 	280,800	280,800	0	0	280,800
Whole Foods Market, Inc.	COM	966837106	2.49 	46,300	46,300	0	0	46,300
Nvidia Corp	COM	67066G104	2.29 	28,000	28,000	0	0	28,000
Fiserv Inc.	COM	337738108	2.07 	34,500	34,500	0	0	34,500
Lowe's	COM	548661107	2.01 	44,900	44,900	0	0	44,900
CoSine Communications Inc.	COM	221222102	1.94 	35,000	35,000	0	0	35,000
Knight Transportation, Inc.	COM	499064103	1.88 	120,600	120,600	0	0	120,600
Fastenal Co.	COM	311900104	1.87 	32,500	32,500	0	0	32,500
Power Integrations, Inc.	COM	739276103	1.72 	123,100	123,100	0	0	123,100
National Instruments Corp.	COM	636518102	1.69 	38,250	38,250	0	0	38,250
Adtran, Inc.	COM	00738A106	1.56 	36,700	36,700	0	0	36,700
Ultimate Software Group Inc.	COM	90385D107	1.42 	159,100	159,100	0	0	159,100
Staples, Inc.	COM	855030102	1.40 	98,500	98,500	0	0	98,500
Crown Castle Intl Corp	COM	228227104	1.18 	38,100	38,100	0	0	38,100
Proton Energy Systems, Inc.	COM	74371K101	 1.15 	40,000	40,000	0	0	40,000
Vastera Inc.	COM	92239N109	0.66 	30,000	30,000	0	0	30,000
Southern Energy Inc.	COM	842816100	 0.63 	20,000	20,000	0	0	20,000
Inrange Technologies Corporation	COM	45769V206	0.53 	10,000	10,000	0	0	10,000
Nanophase Technologies Corp.	COM	630079101	0.44 	32,500	32,500	0	0	32,500
Avaya	COM	053499109	0.32 	13,783	13,783	0	0	13,783
			$40,568.97