Awards & Recognition
★Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
★Horatio Alger Award (1997)
★Norman Vincent Peale Award (2009)
★Walter Scott Jr. Visionary Leadership Award created in his name
Notable Facts
→Died September 25, 2021 at age 90
→Chairman of Level 3 Communications (major telecom/internet backbone)
→CEO of Kiewit Corporation 1979-1998
→Net worth $4.2 billion at death
→Childhood friend and business partner of Warren Buffett
→Founded one of world's largest Tier 1 internet backbones
→Major philanthropist with $220+ million in donations
→Civil engineer who built major telecom infrastructure