Burton Wood, an institutional figure with the Mortgage Bankers Association who served in the group’s government affairs department for 33 years, died May 9 from liver cancer. He was 87. Wood Wood’s association career spanned many decades. He joined MBA in 1977 as a senior staff vice president and legislative counselor and was remembered as playing a key role in implementing MBA’s policy on a range of housing issues; MBA President John Courson called him “an MBA treasure.” “For more than 30 years, Burton was the heart and soul of the mortgage banking industry's advocacy efforts,” Courson said in a statement issued after Wood’s death. “He was a tireless advocate… Read More