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 	10th		day of 	OCTOBER , 2001	 .


		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)


								(SEC USE ONLY)
	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

General Electric	COM	369604103	671.1 	18,039,200	13,892,400
0	4,146,800
Microsoft	COM	594918104	418.5	8,178,400	6,192,200	0
1,986,200
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	322.0 	5,811,600	4,418,600
0	1,393,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb	COM	110122108	314.1 	5,652,500
4,414,300	0     1,238,200
Coca Cola	COM	191216100	286.5 	6,114,700	4,433,000 	0
1,681,700
Pfizer	COM	717081103	267.4 	6,668,225	5,145,125 	0
1,523,100
Cisco Systems	COM	17275R102	258.1 	21,191,400	16,620,800
0	4,570,600
Tyco International	ADR	902124106	255.3 	5,610,300
4,328,300 	0	1,282,000
Dell Computer Corp.	COM	247025109	229.4 	12,380,000
9,271,900 	0	3,108,100
AOL Time Warner	COM	00184A105	227.5 	6,872,400	5,238,300
0	1,634,100
American Home Products	COM	26609107	223.6 	3,838,200
2,910,600 	0	927,600
Liberty Media (Series A)	COM	530718105	223.3 	17,583,100
13,168,300 	0	4,414,800
Schering-Plough	COM	806605101	209.3 	5,642,700	4,285,700
0	1,357,000
Wal-Mart	COM	931142103	193.6 	3,911,200	3,169,400 	0
741,800
American Intl. Group	COM	26874107	182.4 	2,338,400
1,745,900 	0	592,500
Merck	COM	589331107	171.0 	2,567,500	1,848,300 	0
719,200
Medtronic Inc.	COM	585055106	168.6 	3,876,100	3,012,500
0	863,600
Home Depot	COM	437076102	158.3 	4,126,850	2,990,250 	0
1,136,600
Procter & Gamble	COM	742718109	156.0 	2,142,800	1,747,700
0	395,100
State Street	COM	857477103	154.7 	3,399,500	2,490,000
0	909,500
Comcast Corp.	COM	200300200	152.7 	4,256,000	3,465,800
0	790,200
Sprint Corp. (PCS Group)	COM	852061506	142.3 	5,411,200
4,192,400 	0	     1,218,800
Automatic Data Corp.	COM	53015103	137.6 	2,925,900
2,323,300 	0	602,600
Capital One Financial	COM	14040H105	132.0 	2,868,600
2,119,100 	0	749,500
Amgen	COM	31162100	130.5 	2,220,700	1,646,200 	0
574,500
Kraft Foods, Inc.	COM	50075N104	119.5 	3,476,900	2,590,200
0	886,700
PepsiCo	COM	713448108	119.5 	2,463,820	2,009,150 	0
454,670
Qualcomm Inc.	COM	747525103	112.2 	2,359,500	1,722,100
0	637,400
Forest Labs	COM	345838106	106.0 	1,469,100	1,145,600 	0
323,500
Fifth Third Bancorp	COM	316773100	93.3 	1,517,300
1,220,500 	0	296,800
American Express	COM	25816109	92.4 	3,180,500	2,404,700
0	775,800
GlaxoSmithKline PLC-ADR	ADR	37733W105	85.0 	1,515,500
1,151,300 	0	364,200
Calpine Corp.	COM	131347106	80.1 	3,511,700	2,615,200
0	896,500
Maxim Integrated Products	COM	57772K101	73.4 	2,099,800
1,711,700 	0	388,100
Sun Microsystems	COM	866810104	70.9 	8,577,600	6,994,500
0	1,583,100
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter	COM	617446448	68.9 	1,486,400
1,211,900 	0	274,500
Applera-Applied Bio	COM	38020103	62.3 	2,554,800
2,081,200 	0	473,600
Genzyme General	COM	372917104	62.1 	1,366,266	1,056,466
0	309,800
CVS Corp.	COM	126650100	61.9 	1,863,500	1,326,000 	0
537,500
Solectron	COM	834182107	61.4 	5,273,300	4,301,500 	0
971,800
Linear Technology Corp.	COM	535678106	61.0 	1,859,400
1,515,400 	0	344,000
Enron Corp.	COM	293561106	55.1 	2,023,500	1,650,100 	0
373,400
Intel	COM	458140100	54.6 	2,671,600	2,178,000 	0
493,600
Applied Materials	COM	38222105	53.4 	1,877,700	1,366,800
0	510,900
Veritas Software	COM	923436109	50.9 	2,761,000	1,956,000
0	805,000
EMC Corp.	COM	268648102	49.9 	4,249,800	3,206,200 	0
1,043,600
Serono SA	ADR	81752M101	47.1 	2,481,900	1,987,100 	0
494,800
Siebel Systems	COM	826170102	44.4 	3,409,400	2,780,700
0	628,700
Analog Devices	COM	32654105	33.4 	1,021,700	776,000
0	245,700
Oracle	COM	68389X105	33.3 	2,647,700	2,009,000 	0
638,700
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.	COM	98956P102	32.3 	1,164,460
953,980 	0	210,480
Vodafone AirTouch PLC	ADR	92857W100	30.7 	1,398,300
1,131,800 	0	266,500
Brocade Comm.	COM	111621108	26.3 	1,877,500	1,530,400
0	347,100
Juniper Networks	COM	48203R104	25.3 	2,605,200	1,920,500
0	684,700
Check Point Software Tech	ADR	M22465104	15.8 	715,449
577,200 	0	138,249
Broadcom Corp.	COM	111320107	14.6 	719,700	587,100	0
132,600
Extreme Networks	COM	30226D106	9.9 	1,426,600	1,162,300
0	264,300
Prepaid Legal Services Inc.	COM	740065107	8.1 	468,400
468,400 	0	0
Orthodontic Centers of America	COM	68750P103	6.5
265,700	265,700 	0	0
On Assignment, Inc.	COM	682159108	6.3 	390,500
390,500 	0	0
Amazon.com	COM	23135106	5.5 	928,700	         757,400 	0
171,300
Eli Lilly	COM	532457108	5.4 	66,800	-   	0	66,800
Hollywood Entertainment Corp.	COM	436141105	5.3 	452,700
452,700 	0	0
Carnival Corp.	ADR	143658102	4.4 	198,900	198,900	0	0
Administaff Inc.	COM	7094105	4.1 	159,600	159,600 	0	0
Mentor Graphics Corp.	COM	587200106	4.1 	299,300	299,300
0	0
Insight Enterprises, Inc.	COM	45765U103	4.0 	286,400
286,400 	0	0
NCO Group Inc.	COM	628858102	3.9 	286,000	286,000	0	0
Synopsys Inc.	COM	871607107	3.9 	96,200	96,200 	0	0
Symantec Corp.	COM	871503108	3.9 	111,200	111,200
0	0
Cheap Tickets Inc.	COM	162672109	3.8 	231,600	231,600
0	0
Tetra Tech Inc.	COM	88162G103	3.6 	164,600	164,600
0	0
BEA Systems	COM	73325102	3.5 	369,100	300,100	0	69,000
Forrester Research, Inc.	COM	346563109	3.3 	201,500
201,500 	0	0
Parametric Technology Corp.	COM	699173100	3.3 	631,300
631,300 	0	0
Lincare Holdings Inc.	COM	532791100	2.8 	104,400
104,400 	0	0
Factset Research Systems Inc.	COM	303075105	2.7 	111,800
111,800 	0	0
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.	COM	886101	2.6 	748,600
748,600 	0	0
Corporate Executive Brd Co	COM	21988R102	2.6 	98,500
98,500 	0	0
Actrade Financial Technologies	COM	00507P102	2.5
134,100	134,100 	0	0
F.Y.I. Inc.	COM	302712104	2.5 	65,500	65,500 	0	0
CDW Computer Centers Inc.	COM	125129106	2.4 	66,600
66,600 	0	0
Paychex, Inc.	COM	704326107	2.4 	76,200	76,200 	0	0
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.  Cl A	COM	2896207	2.4 	135,100	135,100
0	0
Waters Corp.	COM	941848103	2.3 	65,500	65,500 	0	0
Dycom Industries, Inc.	COM	267475101	2.2 	188,100
188,100 	0	0
Acxiom Corp.	COM	5125109	2.0 	216,800	216,800 0	0
Factory 2-U, Inc.	COM	303072102	2.0 	142,600	142,600	0	0
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.	COM	12423109	1.9
77,500	77,500 	0	0
Abbott Labs	COM	2824100	1.9 	35,800	-   	0	35,800
Intl Rectifier Corp	COM	460254105	1.8 	65,800	65,800
0	0
Pomeroy Computer Resources	COM	731822102	1.8 	145,900
145,900 0	0
Polymedica Corp.	COM	731738100	1.7 	111,700	111,700
0	0
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	COM	V7780T103	1.7 	157,000
157,000 0	0
National Instruments Corp.	COM	636518102	1.6 	61,400
61,400 	0	0
Renal Care Group Inc	COM	759930100	1.6 	52,100
52,100 	0	0
Neopharm Inc.	COM	640919106	1.4 	99,500	99,500
0	0
Ultimate Software Group Inc.	COM	90385D107	1.3
358,200	358,200 0	0
Lattice Semiconductor Corp	COM	518415104	1.3 	81,000
81,000 	0	0
AmeriPath, Inc.	COM	03071D109	1.2 	46,800	46,800 	0	0
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.	COM	256747106	1.2 	63,300
63,300 	0	0
C&D Technologies, Inc.	COM	124661109	1.2 	64,500	64,500
0	0
Ciber Inc	COM	17163B102	1.2 	186,300	186,300	0	0
Linens N Things, Inc.	COM	535679104	1.2 	62,200
62,200 	0	0
SBS Technologies, Inc.	COM	78387P103	1.2 	103,400
103,400 0	0
Active Power Inc.	COM	00504W100	1.0 	201,700	201,700
0	0
Capstone Turbine Corp.	COM	14067D102	0.8 	136,500
136,500	0
Click Commerce, Inc.	COM	18681D109	0.5 	314,000
314,000 0	0
Align Technology, Inc.	COM	16255101	0.3 	122,000
122,000 0	0
AremisSoft Corp.	ADR	40026106	0.2 	225,700	225,700
0	0
TOTAL	7,834.7