Clement Stone Dies at 100; Built Empire on Optimism

By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Published: September 5, 2002

W. Clement Stone, who parlayed $100 in savings into an insurance empire that financed millions of dollars of contributions to the campaigns of Richard M. Nixon and hundreds of millions to charities, died on Tuesday in Evanston, Ill. He was 100 and lived in Winnetka, Ill. ...