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INCREDIBLE LEGACIES. GUARANTEED INSPIRATION. Honoring exceptional achievement and bold community impact. LARRY COURTNAGE • BRUCE E. GREWCOCK DIANNE SEEMAN LOZIER • DAN O’NEILL DR. MARYANNE STEVENS, RSM

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“A company cannot stand still for long — either it goes ahead or it slides back.”

“If you’re not creative in business, you probably don’t have a very good business.”

“It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”

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25 years. 158 honorees. Incredible legacies. Guaranteed inspiration.

aunched in 1993 as part of the Greater Omaha Chamber’s centennial anniversary, the Omaha Business Hall of Fame celebrates leaders across all industries who have made Omaha — greater; applauding energy, initiative and enterprise; inspiring us to aspire. The inaugural gala honored a class of Business Hall of Fame standouts that included Rose Blumkin, Warren Buffett, John A. Creighton, Robert Daugherty, Peter Kiewit and V.J. Skutt. Twenty-five years later — on Tuesday, April 17 — the Chamber honors five more who have elevated our community and their companies and institutions: Larry Courtnage, C&A Industries, Inc.; Bruce E. Grewcock, Kiewit; Dianne Seeman Lozier, Lozier Corporation and The Lozier Foundation; Dan O’Neill, First National Bank of Omaha; and Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, College of St. Mary.

Each of the hall’s almost 160 honorees have a story, successes, challenges and unique wisdom. Their work is a testament to innovative thinking and a never-say-never commitment to business, industry and community. No coasting allowed, these individuals have chosen more over mediocrity, commitment over complacency and vision over obstruction. But, it’s not just about them; it’s about all of us. Year after year, this tradition reminds us of who we are and who we can be. Today’s start-up business owners and young professionals could be taking the stage 25 years from now. The Omaha Business Hall of Fame: an Omaha institution since 1993, a driver for community honor and impact, an inspiration to us all to keep reaching up and reaching out to make “your” next 25 years — and “our” next 25 years — even better than the last.

2017 Todd A. Becker, Green Plains Inc. Leo Bozell, Bozell & Jacobs Inc. Edson L. Bridges II, Bridges Investment Counsel Inc. Jim Clifton, Gallup Morris Jacobs, Bozell & Jacobs Inc. Jane Miller, Gallup PJ Morgan, PJ Morgan Real Estate 2016 Irving R. Dana Jr., Dana Larson Roubal & Associates and PSI Group Inc. Gary Gates, Omaha Public Power District Fred H. Hawkins Jr., Hawkins Construction Co. Kenneth M. “Kim” Hawkins, Hawkins Construction Co. John J. “Jack” Koraleski, Union Pacific Corp. Steven S. Martin, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska 2015 William A. Cutler, Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Mortuaries, Cutler-O’Neil Mortuaries, Walnut Hill Cemeteries John S. “Sid” Dinsdale, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. Stan Olsen, Stan Olsen Auto Robert A. Reed, Physicians Mutual Insurance Company Lee H. Sapp, Lee Sapp Enterprises William D. Sapp, Sapp Bros. 2014 Irvin Blumkin, Nebraska Furniture Mart Louis Blumkin, Nebraska Furniture Mart Ronald Blumkin, Nebraska Furniture Mart John K. Boyer, Fraser Stryker Paul C. Jessen, Koley Jessen PC, LLO Aldo J. Tesi, Election Systems & Software Inc. 2013 Mogens C. Bay, Valmont Industries Inc. Marshall Faith, The Scoular Company Susan M. Jacques, Borsheims William M. “Willy” Theisen, Business Ventures LLC James R. Young, Union Pacific Corp.

“We weren’t afraid of risk.” — Kim Hawkins

“It’s in your blood. It’s in your heart. It’s your mission; it’s your passion; it’s your purpose.” — Jane Miller

“Work hard and practice humility. The rest will take care of itself.” — Bob Reed

“We are going to march together or fall together. This nation cannot stand unless we stand together.” — Mildred Brown

2012 Mike Fahey, former Omaha mayor Robert Gregg “Bob” Hoig, Midlands Business Journal Lori Hogan, Home Instead Senior Care Paul Hogan, Home Instead Senior Care Jun Kaneko, KANEKO Ree Kaneko, KANEKO Linda Hoeppner Lovgren, Lovgren Marketing Group D.J. Witherspoon, Pamida Inc. See Inductees: Page 15

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Omaha Business Hall of Fame will add five new members The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce will induct five honorees into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame during an April 17 gala at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St. This year’s honorees: Larry Courtnage, owner and chairman of C&A Industries Inc. Bruce E. Grewcock, chairman and CEO of Kiewit Corp. Dianne Seeman Lozier, vice chair of the Lozier Foundation and corporate counsel of Lozier Corp. Dan O’Neill, retired president of First National Bank Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, president of the College of St. Mary

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The gala will include an hors d’oeuvres dinner at 6 p.m., the induction ceremony at 7:30 p.m. and a dessert reception at 9 p.m. Single tickets, available at OmahaChamber.org/BHOF, are $250 for members and $275 for non-members. The reservation deadline is Tuesday. Reserved seating for groups of four is available. Proceeds from the gala help support the chamber foundation’s efforts to drive growth of the region’s economy, help attract and retain young professionals, and maintain the permanent Omaha Business Hall of Fame exhibit at the Durham Museum. The gala sponsors this year are Fraser Stryker, KPMG and US Bank.

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“It all goes back to First National. ... John and Bruce Lauritzen always taught me, the bank is only as successful as your community.”

Dan O’Neill

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training program for one month.” And then a letter from the FDIC — the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — changed everything. “It was asking me to come and interview for a job as a bank examiner. I hate to say that for more money I changed careers, but that’s what I did. I was being paid $9,500 at Sears. The FDIC was going to pay me $10,500. That was a big increase. Also, because I was in the military, I got three weeks’ vacation versus two. So, that’s how I found myself in banking.” After working as a bank examiner for three years, O’Neill sat for a pivotal job interview. It led to a 36-year career with the First National organization as a vice president and then president of Lauritzen Corp., president of First National of Nebraska, and president and chairman of First National Bank of Omaha. One of his proudest accomplishments? Leading First National in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. “Bruce Lauritzen, the owner of the bank, never once pointed fingers, never panicked,” O’Neill recalled. “Given that Bruce had confidence in me and our team to get this job done, I never looked over my shoulder in making decisions.” By 2012, First National was in safe harbors. “Since that time, we’ve been able to grow. The last few

years that I worked, we had really good earnings and really good success,” O’Neill said. “I’ve been blessed with the First National Bank organization and the Lauritzens, who really care about the community.” In recent years, Dan and his wife, Alison, have done their part to care for the community as well, leading major campaigns for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and United Way of the Midlands, and chairing or serving on various boards. “It all goes back to First National,” he said. “It’s in our roots. John and Bruce Lauritzen always taught me, the bank is only as successful as your community.” O’Neill, who has three grown daughters and three grandchildren, retired from First National on April 1, 2017. He said he considers himself an explorer now, always looking for a new adventure. The last one will be hard to top: an incredible 36-year career that sprang from the lure of a $1,000 raise. “I landed with First National Bank and the Lauritzen family. I worked with three generations of that family through John, Bruce and Clark. You don’t find that in banking anymore,” O’Neill said. “It’s really been very, very rewarding.” •

rowing up in Council Bluffs, Dan O’Neill was never at a loss for company. “I was one of 10 children — seven boys and three girls. I was exactly in the middle,” O’Neill said. “It was really church, family and the neighborhood that we revolved around.” After graduating from St. Albert High School in 1971, 18-year-old Dan enlisted in the U.S. Air Force with a plan to see the world. His first duty assignment brought him all the way to Offutt Air Force Base. “So my first travels took me from Pottawattamie County to Sarpy County. I didn’t go very far,” he said. O’Neill discharged in 1974 (after eventually serving in Hawaii) and used the GI Bill to study at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dan O’Neill During his junior and senior years, he worked as the advertising editor for the school newspaper. “I always thought my career was going to be in marketing and advertising. I thought that’s what I was going to do for a living,” O’Neill said. “My first job was at Sears & Roebuck on 72nd and Dodge. I was in the management

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“It’s all about integrity and taking care of the customer. The customer comes first.”

Larry Courtnage Owner and Chairman, C&A Industries Inc.

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intensive training of talented employees, working as a team toward common goals and embracing emerging technology. “I always felt the winner was going to be the person who uses technology,” Courtnage said. “In the 1970s, I was one of the first people in Omaha, Nebraska, to have a fax machine. We were one of the first ones to use computers.” Today, Courtnage continues to serve as C&A’s chairman, but he is no longer “in the trenches.” He leaves that to CEO Scot Thompson and the next generation of C&A talent, including daughter Vicki Witovski and stepsons Craig and Mark Wolf. “I feel family is what life is all about,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to have all of our family involved in the business.” Courtnage’s wife, Kathy, serves as C&A’s vice chair and, he said, an inspiration: “We have a (top) sales award named after her.” Despite all the professional success, life has not been without personal tragedy. Courtnage’s daughter Kim suffered from mental illness and, at age 24, took her

own life. The loss led the Courtnages to found and fund the Kim Foundation. The nonprofit works to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness, ensure communities have necessary resources and connect those impacted by mental illness to the help they need to live a fulfilled life. Beyond the Kim Foundation, Courtnage sets an example for C&A employees through his civic outreach, including various service clubs, the Masonic Fraternity, the Tangier Shriner Center, the Scottish Rite and as a Bellevue University board member. “I’ve found that helping people reach their goals empowers me with a positive attitude and the motivation to think bigger and do more,” Courtnage said. Always striving for better. Always thinking a little bigger. “I firmly believe that if you have faith in God, a strong belief in yourself and the right goal, you can get into what I call the ‘can do box.’ In the ‘can do box,’ you can move mountains.” •

e grew up in small-town Nebraska, learned in a one-room schoolhouse and helped work the small family farm. But Larry Courtnage has always embraced big thinking — the very type of thinking that inspired a young salesman to launch a one-man recruiting firm in 1969. “At the time, the recruiting industry was just evolving … I thought it would be a great fit for me with my sales experience,” he said. “It was me, my desk, my telephone and the Yellow Pages in the phone book. The Rolodex and 3 x 5 cards became very important.” Almost 50 years later, that basement enterprise has grown into C&A Industries, the nation’s 28th-largest staffing firm and an eight-time honoree as one of the Best Places to Work in Omaha. The C&A umbrella now covers seven affiliates, including Aureus Group, Celebrity Staff, AurStaff, FocusOne Solutions and Aureus Medical Group, one of the largest health-care staffing firms in the nation. “We have people working in all 50 states,” Courtnage said. He credits the company’s success to the hiring and

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President, College of St. Mary

rom a very early age, Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, knew exactly what she wanted to do. “Throughout my childhood, I aspired to be a teacher,” she said. And that’s exactly what she was doing — teaching at Creighton University and chairing the Theology Department — when she accepted an offer that would change the trajectory of her life and the College of St. Mary, the region’s only Catholic university for women. “One of the things the Sisters of Mercy are known for and believe in is response to need. I think that’s one of the things that drew me to College of St. Mary — it ‘needed,’ you know? And that’s what draws me to these students; they need something,” she said. Stevens took the helm in 1996. The college was a struggling institution at the time. “We all knew it was a risk,” she said. “We all said, ‘If it doesn’t work, we’ll pay off the debts, sell the assets, and put it into a foundation for women’s education.’” None of that came to bear. More than 20 years later, CSM is debt-free and thriving. “Some of it is just listening to the students and saying, ‘What do they need?’ That can really be a key to success,” Stevens said. “It’s about listening and surrounding yourself with people who will listen as well.” During Stevens’ tenure, CSM has added occupational therapy, graduate and doctoral programs; academic spaces have been upgraded; and “listening” has led to student-centered innovations, including the $10 million Madonna Hall, which allows students who are single mothers to

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live on campus with their children. Current enrollment at the college is more than 1,100 students, almost double what it was 20 years ago. “There is a tremendous amount of energy among our faculty and staff. And I think that’s caught by the students,” Stevens said. The oldest of eight children, Stevens was born in Anchorage, Alaska. Her father’s service in the U.S. Air Force led the family to Riverside, California, and then — during her sophomore year — to Offutt Air Force Base. Straight out of high school, Stevens joined the Sisters of Mercy religious order. “I went to Mercy High School, and the Sisters of Mercy were teaching there. I was just very inspired by them. They were kind. They were attentive to even the student who had the hardest time in class. I was inspired by that, and I wanted to become part of them.” Sister Maryanne began her teaching career at a small Catholic high school in Missouri. She later earned her master’s degree in theology and her Ph.D. in religion and education. She taught at Creighton for 10 years before transitioning to the College of St. Mary. More than 20 years into her presidency, she is optimistic about the future of the college. “Catherine McAuley, who founded the Sisters of Mercy, said nothing is more important to society than the careful education of women,” Stevens said. “Seeing those students walk across the stage, shaking their hand, giving them that diploma and saying, ‘You did it’ — I think that’s the most rewarding moment of every year at the college.”

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“Work really hard. Do what you love a lot. Make a good effort to make a difference in your own way — and the rest of it doesn’t really matter.”

Dianne Seeman Lozier Vice Chair, Lozier Foundation; Corporate Counsel, Lozier Corp.

ianne Seeman Lozier learned the value of integrity and hard work from her parents. “We grew up knowing it’s really important to do what you say you’ll do and follow through,” she said. Her teachers inspired her to unlimited thinking. “Teachers helped me realize how my brain worked, what I liked and what I was capable of. Teachers really were the people in my life who told me I could do whatever I wanted to,” Lozier recalled. “I knew from very, very early on that I was going to get as much from education as I could.” And she has. Lozier was the first in her family of five to go to college. Law school followed, and she has since earned her MBA. “I have stopped going to college, however. I’ve been off that for 15 years,” she laughed. Lozier started her career as associate general counsel for Health One Corporation in Minneapolis. A mutual friend introduced her to her now-husband Allan Lozier, a 1994 Hall of Fame inductee, who brought her to Omaha in the early 1990s. “Omaha was a good fit for me,” she said. Dianne Lozier has served as corporate counsel for family-owned Lozier Corporation for 25 years now. “Working with people and mentoring people and again helping them grow has been really important to me and really valuable,” she said. In addition to her legal work, Lozier is vice chair of the 32-year-old Lozier Foundation, which focuses on underserved populations, education and health. “We do that because we care about people,” she said. “Helping them improve their own lives is so critical to us.”

A key supporter of the Omaha Public Schools, the foundation opened its own free, private school in 2015 — Nelson Mandela Elementary — which serves high-poverty students in north Omaha. Like Mandela, Lozier believes “education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” “What we find at Nelson Mandela is that there are a lot of kids who come from settings where there is little hope their lives can be different,” she said. “Part of what I feel we do at Nelson Mandela is to try to help those kids find that hope. … That’s been an amazing opportunity.” In addition to being a staunch champion of education, Lozier is an active advocate for women and girls. She was involved in launching what’s now the Domestic Violence Council and before that, the Women’s Fund of Omaha. “It was an amazing opportunity for me,” she said. “It really was the perfect place for me to focus from an advocacy-philanthropy kind of perspective.” Lozier served on the College of St. Mary board during a pivotal time in school history — a period that saw the hiring of now-president and fellow Business Hall of Fame honoree Dr. Maryanne Stevens. One of the school’s residence halls bears Lozier’s name. “Maryanne, being incredibly bright and convincing, talked with me about how she thought it would be meaningful for a women’s college to have the name of a living woman, in particular, on the building so we acquiesced to that,” Lozier said. Lozier said she thinks of herself as a collaborative leader, a woman inspired by her own humble upbringing to look out for others: “I grew up in a fairly poor family. … That gave me a perspective that was valuable and important.”

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“Find something you love and have a passion to work hard at — but also be curious about things. When you’re intellectually curious, doors will open for you.”

Bruce E. Grewcock Chairman and CEO, Kiewit Corp.

ruce Grewcock remembers at a very early age telling his dad he wanted to run a company someday. Turns out, that company was Kiewit, a homegrown Fortune 500 and one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. Grewcock became president and chief operating officer in 2000, CEO in 2005 and chairman of the board seven years later. He counts his father, Bill Grewcock, as his biggest influence. Larger than life at Kiewit, Bill led construction and mining operations in the 1980s, “a no-nonsense guy with traditional Midwestern values who believed in hard work and honesty.” His father’s encouragement led Bruce to consider a career in the mining business. He graduated from the rigorous Colorado School of Mines in 1976, took a job at a General Electric subsidiary and then in 1982 came back to Kiewit, where he had interned during college. By 1992, he was president of the Kiewit Mining Group. “Like Kiewit, I’ve always been wired to be opportunistic and willing to consider how we can do things different. As CEO, I saw the chance to grow our business in different, more diverse ways and incrementally ran at those opportunities,” Grewcock said. Along the way, Grewcock has watched the company build a lot of “fantastic things,” engineering and construction marvels like the Hebron GBS (gravity-based structure) oil platform off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Bayonne Bridge in New York City and Rams Stadium in Los Angeles. Grewcock said he is in awe of what Kiewit’s people accomplish, his leadership team and the company’s “best in class” technology tools. “Not only are they changing our business for the better and positioning us for successful years to come, but they’re going to have an impact on the construction industry as a whole.” Grewcock is a founding member of the Construction Industry Ethics and Compliance Initiative (CIECI), a member of Business Roundtable and a trustee with the Colorado School of Mines Foundation. Also a leader in the Omaha community, he serves as a director of the Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University. Set to celebrate 35 years of marriage this year, Grewcock credits his wife, Debra, with helping him stay grounded, and balance work and life. “She used to ask me, ‘When you’re on your deathbed looking up at me, will you say that you wish you would’ve worked more?’ ” The couple’s sons, Keith and Eric, are continuing a family tradition. Both work at Kiewit as well.

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2011 Richard R. Bell, HDR Dan Gordman, Richman Gordman George F. Haddix, Riverton Management Resources LLC John P. Schlegel, S.J., Creighton University Wallace Roger Weitz, Weitz Funds Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, Peter Kiewit Foundation 2010 Erastus A. Benson, E.A. Benson and Son Realtors Pennie Z. Davis, Greater Omaha Packing Co. Samuel D. Mercer, Mercer Management Co. Joseph H. Moglia, TD Ameritrade Theodore M. “Ted” Seldin, The Seldin Company Janice D. Stoney, US West 2009 Robert D. Bates, Lincoln Financial Group Deryl F. Hamann, Baird Holm, LLP Frank L. Hayes, Hayes & Associates, LLC Clarence L. Landen, Securities Acceptance Corp. and Central National Insurance Co. Harold M. Maurer, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center Michael Simmonds, Simmonds Restaurant Management Pamela Watanabe-Gerdes, Tender Hearts Treasures, Ltd. 2008 Tal Anderson, Baxter Auto Anne Stuart Batchelder, community volunteer and philanthropist Clifton B. Batchelder, United States Checkbook Co. Edward H. Harriman, Union Pacific Corp. William McBain Kizer, Central States Indemnity Co. Edward Fred Owen, Owen Industries A.B. Pittman, veterinarian 2007 Chip Davis, American Gramaphone and Mannheim Steamroller Kathleen C. Dodge, NEI Global Relocation N.P. Dodge Jr., NP Dodge Co. Henry Doorly, Omaha World-Herald Richard D. Holland, advertising executive and philanthropist A.F. Jacobson, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company 2006 Edward Creighton, Creighton University Richard K. Davidson, Union Pacific Corp. William A. Fitzgerald, Commercial Federal Corp.

Michael R. McCarthy, McCarthy Group Inc. Alan D. Simon, Omaha Steaks Frederick J. Simon, Omaha Steaks Stephen H. Simon, Omaha Steaks Gilbert C. Swanson, C.A. Swanson & Sons W. Clarke Swanson, C.A. Swanson & Sons 2005 Jack W. Baker, PDM Inc. Charles F. Heider, Charles Heider Co. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Omaha World-Herald Harry A. Koch Jr., Harry A. Koch Co. Robert J. Kutak, Kutak Rock, LLP John Nelson, SilverStone Group Inc. 2004 Hal Daub, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP and former Omaha mayor Bruce R. Lauritzen, First National Bank of Omaha Lee G. Simmons, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo David L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. Robert H. Storz, Storz Broadcasting Co. 2003 C.R. “Bob” Bell, Greater Omaha Chamber The Rev. Edward Flanagan, Boys Town Stanley How, Stanley J. How Architects Inc. Kenneth Stinson, Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. J. Wendell Thomas, Thomas Funeral Home Benjamin Wiesman, Wiesman Development 2002 John D. Diesing, J.L. Brandeis and Sons Inc. and College World Series of Omaha Inc. Howard L. Hawks, Tenaska Inc. Joseph Kirshenbaum, Noddle Development Harlan J. Noddle, Noddle Development Amos T. Pearl, Frontier Bag Co. Alberta F. Pearl, Frontier Bag Co.

John W. “Jack” Weekly, Mutual of Omaha Companies 2001 Perry E. “Bill” Esping, First Data Resources John Gottschalk, Omaha World-Herald Wayne L. Ryan, Ph.D., Streck Laboratories Inc. Maurice M. Udes, Builders Supply Co. Inc. John A. Wiebe, Wiebe Enterprises Inc. 2000 Eugene C. Eppley, Eppley Hotels Co. John C. Kenefick, Union Pacific Corp. Byron Reed, early Omaha real estate developer J. Joe Ricketts, Ameritrade Holding Corp. Phillip G. Schrager, the Pacesetter Corp. Harley D. Schrager, the Pacesetter Corp. 1999 Milton R. Abrahams, Abrahams, Kaslow & Cassman Dr. C.C. Criss, Mutual of Omaha Mabel L. Criss, Mutual of Omaha Fred H. Hawkins, Hawkins Construction Co. William A. Paxton Sr., early leader in banking, real estate, business development and stockyards Charles D. Peebler Jr., True North Communications Inc. Michael B. Yanney, America First Cos. 1998 N.P. “Phil” Dodge, NP Dodge Co. Vinod Gupta, American Business Information George Joslyn, Western Newspaper Union Lester Simon, Omaha Steaks International Roy Smith, Old Mill Toyota 1997 Harold W. Andersen, Omaha World-Herald

George Brandeis, J.L. Brandeis and Sons Inc. William F. Fitzgerald, Commercial Federal Corp. Harry G. Watanabe, Oriental Trading Co. Clarence L. Werner, Werner Enterprises Inc. 1996 Mildred Brown, The Omaha Star Ike Friedman, Borsheims John R. Lauritzen, First National Bank of Omaha Joseph Cullen Root, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society Willis A. Strauss, InterNorth Inc. 1995 Abe Baker, Baker’s Supermarkets Leo A. Daly Jr., Leo A. Daly Co. Joseph Hopkins Millard, pioneer banker and financier John J. Mulhall, Mulhall’s Nursery Walter Scott Jr., Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. 1994 Charles W. Durham, Durham Resources Inc. Samuel M. Greenberg, Philips Department Store Charles “Mike” Harper, RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. and ConAgra Inc. Herman Kountze, pioneer Omaha banker and financier Allan G. Lozier, Lozier Corp. 1993 Rose Blumkin, Nebraska Furniture Mart Warren E. Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway John A. Creighton, leading figure in banking, civic and educational affairs Robert Daugherty, Valmont Industries Peter Kiewit, Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. V.J. Skutt, Mutual of Omaha Companies

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