He spent two months in Africa with the Church of Christ. He soon moved his family to Koinonia Farm, a 20-year-old multiracial, religious commune in Americus, and developed business plans for the group. In 1966, Fuller became a fundraiser for Tougaloo College, a small, church-funded and predominantly African-American school in Mississippi. After long discussions, they decided to sell almost everything they owned and give away the proceeds. His wife left for New York and Fuller followed. Success brought stress and tensions in his relationship with his wife, the former Linda Caldwell, whom he had married in 1959. Fuller denied the allegations, and the Habitat board of directors said it could not substantiate the charges. Bush and the Points of Light Foundation with a bronze medallion embedded in the Extra Mile volunteer pathway in Washington, D.C.įuller’s legacy was tainted in early 2005 when a former employee said he sexually harassed her, about 15 years after at least five other former employees made similar claims. In 2005, he and his wife, Linda, who co-founded Habitat, were honored by former President George H.W. In 1996, Fuller received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. “As the founder of Habitat for Humanity and later the Fuller Center, he was an inspiration to me, other members of our family and an untold number of volunteers who worked side-by-side under his leadership.” “He used his remarkable gifts as an entrepreneur for the benefit of millions of needy people around the world by providing them with decent housing,” Carter said. In a statement, Carter called Fuller “one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known.” Would-be homeowners had to make a small down payment and spend a certain number of hours building their home along with volunteers. Hundreds of thousands of families who lived in substandard housing and who did not earn enough to buy a home through conventional channels benefited from Habitat’s policy of no-interest mortgages. The Fuller Center for Housing, founded in 2005, raises money for Habitat affiliates. Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976 and based in Americus, Georgia, built more than 175,000 houses in 100 countries under Fuller’s leadership and attracted prominent volunteers, including former President Jimmy Carter.
3 en route to a hospital in Albany, Georgia.Īn autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death. Millard Fuller, 74, a self-made millionaire who gave away his wealth to start the Christian house-building group Habitat for Humanity and who later started a similar organization after he was fired over disputes with the Habitat board, died Feb. See original: Washington Post obituary (Feb.
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