Mr. Stinson (65 years of age) is Chairman of the Board of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. (construction and mining). He served as Chief Executive Officer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. from 1998 until 2004. Mr. Stinson is also a director of Kiewit Investment Fund LLLP and Valmont Industries, Inc. Kenneth E. Stinson was born in San Francisco, California on September 22, 1942. He earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1964. From 1966 to 1969, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps, including two and one half tours of service in Vietnam as a Company Commander in the MCB5 Seabee Battalion. He then attended Stanford University where he received an M.S. Degree in Civil Engineering.