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John q hammons biography of william

          According to his biography, John Q. started investing in land.!

          Long before John Quinten Hammons became a millionaire and shaped the city of Springfield, he was a young man in pursuit of adventure.

        1. Long before John Quinten Hammons became a millionaire and shaped the city of Springfield, he was a young man in pursuit of adventure.
        2. With over 50 years of experience in the hotel industry, John Q. Hammons has built and developed nearly two hundred hotels across the nation.
        3. According to his biography, John Q. started investing in land.
        4. Born in Fairview, MO in to.
        5. Hammons, who died Sunday at age 94 in a Springfield nursing home, built more than hotels nationwide, including Embassy Suites, Marriotts, Radissons and.

          6. 'The Classic Entrepreneur'

          John Q. Hammons stands outside the $32 million Hammons Field in August 2004. Hammons built the field to attract the St. Louis Cardinals' Double-A affiliate.

          Brian Brown

          Posted online

          Springfield business icon and philanthropist John Q.

          Hammons died May 26 at his residence at the Manor at Elfindale, and has been buried in a private ceremony. He was 94.

          The founder of John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts developed 210 hotel properties in 40 states throughout his 50-plus year lodging career.

          JQH Hotels CEO Jacquie Dowdy did not respond to requests for an interview.

          Hammons, a former junior high school teacher and Springfield-area real estate developer, began his career in the hotel industry in 1958 when he worked with Roy Winegardner to purchase their first 10 properties under the Holiday Inn franchise.

          Winegardner & Hammons would construct nearly three dozen Holiday Inns before Hammons formed JQH Hotels in 1969