Howard J Stoddard was a prominent banker in Michigan. He founded Michigan National Bank

Michigan National Bank

Michigan National Bank was a bank founded in Lansing, Michigan, which was established on 31 December 1940 when Howard J Stoddard consolidated six Michigan banks: First National Bank and Trust Company of Grand Rapids, First National Trust and Savings Bank of Port Huron, Lansing National Bank,...

 by merging several banks in mid-sized Michigan cities.

Biography

Stoddard was born in Baker City, Oregon

Baker City, Oregon

Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker. The population was 9,828 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. His father was George E. Stoddard, a business partner of David Eccles

David Eccles (businessman)

David Eccles was an American businessman and industrialist who founded many businesses throughout the western United States and became Utah's first multimillionaire.-Biography:...

. Eccles' wife was Ellen E. Stoddard, a sister of George Stoddard. Thus Howard Stoddard was the cousin of Marriner S. Eccles.

In 1924 Stoddard married Jennie Creer in the Salt Lake Temple

Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...

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He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and donated the money to build a chapel and apartments adjacent to Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 which became the Latter-day Saint Student Living Center.

Stoddard received the Lansing Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award in 1960.

After Stoddard's death, his son Stanford C. Stoddard took over Michigan National Bank.