Awards & Recognition
★Golden Plate Award from American Academy of Achievement (1991)
★Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
★Silver Buffalo Award for service to youth
★CSU Honor Alumnus (1982)
★Honorary doctorate from CSU (2003)
★William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award (2014)
★Founders Day Medal - CSU's highest honor (2018)
★Horatio Alger Association member and board chairman
Notable Facts
→Billionaire businessman with $4.2 billion net worth at death in 2021
→CEO of Kiewit Corporation from 1979-1998
→Chairman of Level 3 Communications from 1998-2014
→Childhood friend and business partner of Warren Buffett
→Berkshire Hathaway board member from 1988-2021
→Major philanthropist who signed the Giving Pledge
→Donated over $220 million to University of Nebraska Omaha
→CSU's largest donor with $64.2 million in giving