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  1. September-12-13, 09:13 PM #4
    davewindsor
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    Quote Originally Posted by gnome View Post
    Does anyone know who David Stott was and why there is a building named for him. I assume he wasn't a WABX AirAce.
    David Stott founded the David Stott Flour Mills in Detroit in 1879. In 1916, he passed away and left his $10m estate to seven children, one being David Stott Jr, who speculated in real estate and built the David Stott Tower in 1929.

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