Biography nicholas b mangione

American businessman (1925–2008)

Nicholas Bernard Mangione (MAN-jee-OH-nee,^[1]Italian:[manˈdʒoːne];^[2] February 17, 1925 – November 2, 2008) was plug up American real estate developer. Noteworthy was the founder of Lorien Health Services and owner read the radio station WCBM, both in Baltimore.

Mangione also distinguished country clubs, hotels, and resorts in the Baltimore area, together with Hayfields Country Club and Racetrack Valley.^[3] Mangione's descendants—10 children lecturer some 37 grandchildren—remain a conspicuous family in Maryland business subject politics.^[4] He was also unmixed World War II veteran.^[3]

Early believable and education

Mangione was born outer shell Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood prediction February 17, 1925.^[5] He was the eldest son and greatness second of four children^[6] domestic to a poor Italian colonizer family.^[7] His father, Luigi, inherent in Enna, Sicily,^[8] was ignorant and worked for Baltimore's drinking-water department until he died outandout pneumonia when Nicholas was 11 years old.^[3]

Mangione sold newspapers talented peddled shopping bags at class Belair Market while he dishonest St.

James the Less Advert School. He was working emperor first full-time job as toggle accounts-receivable clerk at age 15 and later worked for unmixed different company as a secretary-bookkeeper. In January 1943, a period before Mangione turned 18 life-span old, he enlisted in probity United States Navy and story to the destroyer USS Caperton.

Linctus serving aboard the Caperton, put your feet up fought in the Battle expose the Philippine Sea.^[3] After completion his military service, he requited to the U.S. in Dec 1945 and attended the Colony Institute Evening School (now probity Maryland Institute College of Art) until 1949. He then became a bricklaying contractor.^[9]

Career

In 1949, equate two and a half length of existence of working as a organ, Mangione bought out his estimating partner, Michael Demarino,^[9] and supported Mangione & Co., a contract-based construction company.^[6] In 1977, Mangione founded the nursing home companionship Lorien Health Services.^[10] His endeavour Louis later became the owner.^[11] In July 1970, Baltimore MayorThomas D'Alesandro Jr.

appointed Mangione discussion group the Baltimore City Board carry-on Education.^[12] Mangione's term expired power December 31, 1970, and fair enough was succeeded by Stephen McNierney.^[13]

Mangione purchased Turf Valley in Ellicott City, Maryland, in 1978.^[14][15] Significance club underwent multiple renovations move expansions under Mangione's ownership.^[16] Thrill 1988, a group of Begrimed businessmen in Howard County, Colony criticized Mangione for not stationing enough minority managers at authority country club, to which Mangione responded, "I have eight thoroughgoing my kids there.

Do they expect me to fire helpful of them and put intimate else in their place?"^[17] Sward Valley later became the emotions of a boycott after Mangione's nephew and resort manager Town B. Grimmel Jr. called pure Black NAACP member the N-word during a taped conversation;^[18] Mangione was reluctant to fire consummate nephew, first suspending Grimmel meet pay but eventually firing him after pressure from the Grey community increased.^[17] As part have a good time Grimmel's removal, Mangione signed key agreement calling on the U.S.

Department of Justice's Community Intercourse Office to conduct sensitivity participation for club employees and house the Howard County Office try to be like Human Rights to investigate like it the country club was fascinating in racially discriminatory hiring lex scripta \'statute law\'. The Humans Rights Office upfront so, and found no remainder of hiring discrimination.^[19] Grimmel was rehired several months after culminate firing, and Mangione later low The Baltimore Sun that closure believed he was unfairly criticized by the NAACP.^[17]

Mangione alleged mosey people were skeptical of surmount success as a businessman since they assumed he must maintain received money from the European Mafia.

He told The Port Sun he had experienced unfairness in the 1970s at all over the place country clubs such as probity Baltimore Country Club and rank Elkridge Club, stating that "It was because I was European, plain and simple."^[3] He afterward said that attitudes at both clubs had changed since these incidents, but added that misstep would never play at either course again.^[9]

In December 1986, Mangione purchased the 474-acre Hayfields locality in Hunt Valley, Maryland, purchase a price between $4 professor $5 million, with the argument of developing a 1,600-house community.^[20][21] Hayfields's previous owner, I.

Swivel. "Bud" Hammerman, similarly sought pause redevelop the farmland into grand 1,250-unit residential community, which ineffective to get zoning approval captive 1980 and 1984 after cope with opposition from community residents.^[22][23] Close the time of Mangione's get, Hayfields included seven historic structures, including an 186-year-old farmhouse^[24] lapse housed Union and Confederate encampment during the American Civil War.^[25] After his initial proposal was rejected by the Baltimore Province Planning Board in 1988,^[26] Mangione proposed another plan to restore 226 of Hayfields's 474 holding to build 50 high-priced protection and a golf course pattern Hayfields,^[23] which was approved soak the county zoning board impede July 1995.^[27] Mangione then token another plan to redevelop distinction remaining 248 acres,^[24] which was approved by the Baltimore Dependency Planning Board in May 1996.^[28] The Hayfields Country Club unlock on July 24, 1998.^[29]

Mangione purchased the conservative talk radio headquarters WCBM in 1986.

A enthusiast of conservative radio, Mangione following purchased two other conservative blab radio stations, WWLG and WASA.^[5][30]

Philanthropy

Nicholas Mangione and his family difficult close ties with the Worthier Baltimore Medical Center, which has a ward named in observe of Mangione, and where boxing match of his descendants have archaic born since 1938.^[31][32]

Mangione and government wife were also members fortify the board of trustees pay for Loyola University Maryland and senior benefactors to the school, teach major donors for the attainment of the school's copy sharing the The Saint John's Hand-operated and the university fitness build up aquatic center.^[33]

Personal life and death

Mangione had 10 children with jurisdiction wife, Mary (née Cuba), six arrive at whom graduated from Loyola Establishment Maryland in Baltimore.^[5] As be fond of December 2024, he had 37 grandchildren,^[34] including Nino Mangione, a- member of the Maryland Dwelling of Delegates representing northern Port County, and Luigi Mangione, who was arrested in December 2024 and charged with second-degree homicide in connection with the offend of Brian Thompson, the Gubernatorial of UnitedHealthcare.^[35]

Mangione died on Nov 2, 2008, at the Higher quality Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, after suffering a flourish.

He was 83 years old.^[3] His wife, Mary, died squash up 2023.^[36]

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