Housing Giants - August 11, 2008 - (Page 7) viewpoint By Bill Lurz, Senior Editor We’ll Miss You, Dave Bill Lurz writes about the passing of David Kimball Hill, chairman of Kimball Hill Homes, philanthropist and friend. tHe entire Housing industry was saddened to learn of the passing of David Kimball Hill, 67, this past weekend (myself, perhaps, more than most) after a long bout with melanoma that was first diagnosed in January 2007. As chairman of Kimball Hill Homes, one of the largest privately held home builders in the country, Dave was among the power elite of our industry, but he made himself accessible to me. In my business, contacts are everything, and Dave was one of my best contacts for more than 20 years. More to the point, I really liked the guy. He was my friend. He wasn’t always a fountain of information. The games we played, dancing around the edges of a subject he didn’t want to fully engage, were often immense fun. He always wanted me to get the story right, even when he didn’t want me to get it from him. He knew more about finance, especially the secondary mortgage market, than any builder I ever met. Why not? He helped found the mortgage finance division of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), viDeo eDitorial Lurz finds optimism in recent listing reports and Florida activity www.Housinggiants.com 8.11.08.Housing giants http://www.housinggiants.com
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