Rod Aycox is
currently one of America’s most successful business man, with several financial
service companies under his name such as Select Management Resources which is
the operator to LoanMax, North American Title Loans and Midwestern Title Loans.
Rod was just 24 years old when he started his first business in 1990 in the
title loan industry. Now, LoanMax and its affiliated companies operate in more
than twenty states nationwide and have been an ongoing success for over two
decades. However, Rod Aycox stands out from the rest of his fellow businessman.
He is a remarkable philanthropist, Rod contributions focus on how to help those
within and outside of his community.
On December 22, 2010 Rod Aycox
donated through LoanMax and its affiliated companies a considerable amount to
support the building of a memorial to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King Junior. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was an American Baptist minister,
activist, humanitarian and leader in the African- American Civil Rights
Movement. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 serving as its first president. King
also helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his
famous “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he established his reputation as one of
the greatest orators in American History. Rods hefty donation will go toward
helping with the Memorial Foundation “build the dream” of establishing a
memorial commemorating the life work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On
October 16, 2011 they opened the famous monument of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
in a nation park located in Washington, DC. The monument is along the west bank
of the Tidal Basin, near the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and not far
from the Lincoln Memorial, from which King delivered his famous “I Have a
Dream” speech. The centerpiece of the memorial is a 30-foot statue of Dr. King
and is made of pink granite. The total cost of building the memorial was close
to $120 million. It was the first monument on the Mall or in its associated
memorial parks to be dedicated to an African American.
Rod Aycox’s generous donation made
this beautiful Memorial of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. achievable. It was Rods
mission to be a part of a project that is designed to commemorate the life and
work of Dr. King by leading a collaborative funding, design, and construction process
in the creation of a memorial to honor his national and international
contributions to world peace through non-violent social change and in 2011 that
was made possible. Rod Aycox hopes that the memorial will memorialize the great
Dr. King and share his message of Democracy, Justice, Love and Hope for the
future generations.
