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Herman J. Russell, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who turned a small plastering firm into one of the nation's most successful African-American-owned real estate development and construction companies, died Saturday. He was 83. Russell, a lifelong Atlantan who counted among his friends several presidents and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helped shape the city's skyline and wielded influence far beyond his hometown.
With the skills his father taught him, he, with the help of friends, built a duplex on a vacant lot he had saved up to purchase. He saved up enough rental income from that duplex to pay for his college education at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama where he earned his degree in building construction in 1952 and worked as a subcontractor with his brother Roger Russell assisting. This was also the year that Herman founded H. J. Russell Plastering Company in Atlanta, which would later become H. J. Russell & Company.
A quiet, but influential civic leader, Russell worked very closely with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. He became the first black member, and later president, of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
A quiet, but influential civic leader, Russell worked very closely with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. He became the first black member, and later president, of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Herman J. Russell, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who turned a small plastering firm into one of the nation's most successful African-American-owned real estate development and construction companies, died Saturday. He was 83. Russell, a lifelong Atlantan who counted among his friends several presidents and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helped shape the city's skyline and wielded influence far beyond his hometown.
