Peter Kiewit

(1900-1979) born in Omaha. Contractor, investor, philanthropist, developed Peter Kiewit Sons Company into Fortune 500 organization, established one of the large foundations in the nation. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine, April 12, 1959, pp. 14-15 and Sunday World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, December 28, 1980, pp. 4-6 and Omaha World Herald, November 3, 1989, pp. 17, 19 and Dictionary of American Biography, Sup 10 (1995) 413-414.

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