Walter Scott Jr.

(1931- ) born in Omaha. Civil engineer, philanthropist, former CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons, which has built more miles of the U.S. Interstate Highway System than any other contractor, recipient of 1997 Horatio Alger Award, ranked among wealthiest 400 Americans by Forbes, September 30, 2002. Consult Engineering News-Record, Vol 230 (March 22, 1993) 24-28 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, May 21, 2000, pp. A-1, A-6 and December 31, 2000, pp. A-1, A-2.

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