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Olin Mott (March 5, 1921 – July 2, 2013) was the founder of Olin Mott Tire Stores and a philantrhopist in Tampa, Florida.〔Andrew Meacham (Tire store owner and philanthropist Olin Mott dies ) July 2, 2013 Tampa Bay Times〕 Mott was born March 5, 1921, in Coffee, Georgia and was one of eight children.〔Ray Reyes (Olin Mott ) July 2, 2013 Tampa Tribune〕 He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Kamehameha in Hawaii. He was injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.〔 After the war he moved to Tampa. He worked for a tire business that did retreading before starting his own tire business, Olin Mott Tire store, in 1955 at 3741 East Hillsborough Avenue.〔 He eventually expanded the business to six locations.〔(Tampa's Olin Mott dies at 92 ) July 2013 Tampa Biz Journal〕 His office was decorated of photos of Mott with notable friends including George Steinbrenner, Lee Roy Selmon, and Billy Martin as well as every Republican president of the United States since Richard Nixon.〔 He served on the Florida State Fair board from 1998 to 2012,〔 developed the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Fairgrounds with Bob Thomas,〔 and helped bring a football program to University of South Florida.〔 He also started the Tutor-a-Bull school tutoring program in 2007.〔 In 2011, Lee Roy Selmon presented Mott with the Tampa Metro Civitan Club Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award.〔 Mott married Doris Albright in 1946.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olin Mott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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