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James B. Nutter, Sr. (born January 23, 1928) is the founder and chairman of James B. Nutter & Company, a privately owned mortgage banking firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. It is one of the oldest and largest family-owned and operated mortgage lending firms in the United States, servicing billions in mortgages and making home loans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.〔Kansas City Star Magazine, 8/20/12, by Cindy Hoedel, “Mr. Mortgage: As James B. Nutter prospers, so does Kansas City,” http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-08-17&val=392347&cat=finance〕 The Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation named a section of street adjacent to many of the James B. Nutter and Company corporate offices and old homes revitalized into business offices, James B. Nutter Way in October 2013.〔http://kcparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/BOARD-PACKET-OCTOBER-29-2013.pdf〕Nutter was recognized as a Kansas City philanthropist by the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine in May 2014 with an honorary doctorate for a promoting health in Kansas City, advocating for safe and affordable housing, and community revitalization and philanthropic efforts. Nutter is credited for refusing to adhere to the discriminatory lending practices of the day and the company was one of the first to make home loans in black neighborhoods and to single women on a large scale. 〔 http://med.umkc.edu/school-of-medicine-recognizes-kansas-city-philanthropist-james-b-nutter-with-honorary-doctorate/〕 Nutter was named 2012 Kansas Citian of the Year by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.〔Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce release, http://www.kcchamber.com/Programs-Events/Awards/Kansas-Citian-of-the-Year-Award.aspx〕 ==Early life== Nutter and his family lost their home in 1940, amid the Great Depression, and moved into a rental house. At age 12 Nutter was delivering fliers for local politicians. At 13 he was working 30 hours a week at a library – re-shelving books and cleaning up – for $30 a month. He opened a savings account with $50 after his second paycheck.〔Kansas City Star Magazine http://www.jamesbnutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NuttersTown-8_12.pdf Copyright permission.〕 Nutter earned a business degree from the University of Missouri in 1949, after serving 1½ years in the U.S. Army at Camp Stoneman near San Francisco.〔Kansas City Star Magazine〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James B. Nutter Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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