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Ruth and Bill Scott
Ruth and Bill Scott are deeply rooted and invested in the Omaha community, contributing to its health and vitality in a quiet but exceptional way. Bill Scott is a 1953 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. The Ashland, Neb., native was vice president of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from 1959 until the early 1990s. Prior to that, he was with the trust department at U.S. National Bank’s Investment Division; a money manager in Detroit, Mich.; with the investment department at Banker’s Life in Des Moines; and a state bank examiner with the Nebraska Department of Banking. Ruth Scott earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1952. A professional bridge player, she owns and operates the Omaha Bridge Studio. Their gift establishes the Scott Neuroscience Research Laboratories on the third floor of the Durham Research Center. Other donors Two other major donations were made to support the Durham Research Center. They were made by Fred Hawkins Jr. and Kim Hawkins, brothers who head Hawkins Construction Company in Omaha, and Shirley and Leonard Goldstein of Omaha, generous benefactors of the University of Nebraska. |
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