[1] He won a $5,000 college scholarship from the New York State Industrial Department, but decided to go traveling abroad with the money.

[1] He built tract homes and neighborhoods that came with churches and shopping centers, mostly in minority areas located in Long Beach, Wilmington, Compton and the San Fernando Valley.

[1][2] The scale of his loans raised suspicions from its CEO, Amadeo Giannini, as his advances reached US$8,000,000, although this only accounted for one fourth of the entire financing of his real estate projects.

[1] He corresponded with President Ronald Reagan, who agreed with him that high interest rates were "the greatest stumbling block to economic recovery" and assured him that they would be lowered.

[1] His private residence in Palm Springs, California was designed by architect Allen Siple.

He was buried in the El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley, San Diego.