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House Beat

Paul Deffenbaugh
The editor's spot at a Professional Builder offers the best armchair view of the housing industry. In this blog, I hope to take you inside that view, presenting the industry to you in new ways that are fun, surprising, eye-opening, and -- I hope -- refreshing.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A Housing Giant Passes

Jul 30 2008 8:59AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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David Hill, one of the leading lights of the home building industry, passed away last Saturday. Dave founded Kimball Hill in 1969 and grew the company to be one of the largest privately held home building companies in the country.

There's little I can say about what a fine man Dave was that hasn't been said elsewhere. Here's a link to the Chicago Tribune obituary. Here. But for a truly wonder testament to him, read Bill Lurz blog entry. Here.


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