Raymond H. "Ray" Lapin was and American

United States

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 mortgage banking executive known as the father of the secondary mortgage market

Secondary mortgage market

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. He served under President Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

 as creator and fiurst president of president of the Government National Mortgage Association

Government National Mortgage Association

The Government National Mortgage Association , or Ginnie Mae, was established in the United States in 1968 to promote home ownership. As a wholly owned government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development , Ginnie Mae’s mission is to expand affordable housing in the U.S. by...

 (GINNIE MAE) and the Federal National Mortgage Association

Federal National Mortgage Association

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 (FANNIE MAE) from 1967 to 1969.

Lapin earned his bachelor's degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1942 and MBA from University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 in 1954. He founded Bankers Mortgage Co. in 1954, which was sold to Transamerica Corporation

Transamerica Corporation

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 in 1963.

Because of his connections with Johnson, he made the master list of Nixon political opponents

Master list of Nixon political opponents

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Lapin died of complications from heart disease

Heart disease

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 at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California

Greenbrae, California

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