Awards & Recognition
★2016 Railroader of the Year - Railway Age magazine (most prestigious railroad industry award)
★2020 Outstanding Philanthropist Award - AFP National Philanthropy Day
★2017 Outstanding Citizen Award - Longhorn Council/Boy Scouts of America
★2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award - Tau Beta Pi (first Kansas State University recipient)
★2024 Kansas State University Athletics Hall of Fame inductee
Notable Facts
→CEO of BNSF Railway (largest freight railroad in North America) from 2014-2020, with $20+ billion annual revenue
→42-year career at BNSF/Santa Fe Railway, rising from intern to CEO
→Led $44 billion sale of company to Berkshire Hathaway in 2010
→Doubled net margin and increased revenues 64% during tenure as CEO
→Has Wikipedia page documenting career achievements
→Kansas State University College of Engineering named in his honor (Carl R. Ice College of Engineering)
→Appointed to Kansas Board of Regents by Governor Laura Kelly in 2021, served as chair in 2025
→Major philanthropist with extensive donations to Kansas State University
→Currently serves as Supply Chain Advisor at Fulcrum Global Capital
→Remains on BNSF Railway Board of Directors after retirement