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BUDDE, Linda
BUDDE, Linda. (Dubuque, IA- ). First female president of the Iowa Bankers Mortgage Association. In 1990 Budde, former president of the Dubuque Chapter of Women in Management, was vice-president and manager of the residential real estate loan department at FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Considered an expert on loans involving the Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration, Budde began in the banking industry as a general bookkeeper. She posted real estate mortgages to ledger cards and calculated interest rates at AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK after graduation from DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. In addition to her career, Budde has served on the boards of the Dubuque Board of Realtors and the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
An activist in community organizations, Budde served as chairwoman of the Trades and Industry Crusade Campaign of the Dubuque County Chapter of the American Cancer Society and was a chapter president. She also served as a member of the RESURRECTION CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Council, management advisory council of the Northeast Iowa Community College, and the Dubuque County Eminent Domain Compensation Board.
An active fund-raiser, Budde has assisted the efforts of the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY, United Way, National Council for Youth Leadership, Stonehill Care Center, Y.W.CA., and the Dubuque Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Respected among her peers in the banking business, Budde received the Charlotte Danstrom Women of Achievement Award in 1986 for the corporate division from the Dubuque Chapter of Women in Management.