Nethercutt-Richards family

The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar

Known family members are shown below:[6]

• Melvin Nethercutt (1865-1951) m. Emma Cotner (1866-1962)
  • Glen Nethercutt (1885-1968)
  • Merle Norman (1887-1972) m. Andrew Norman (1882-1959) Founder of Merle Norman Cosmetics, philanthropist, and chemist.
  • Carl Nethercutt (1888-1961) m. Florence Titus (1889-1923)
    • J.B. Nethercutt (1913-2004) m. Dorothy Sykes (1914-2004) - Founder of the Nethercutt Collection and a director of Personal Care Products Council.
      • Jack Nethercutt II (Born 1936) m. Helen Richards (Born 1952) - Businessman, former professional racecar driver.
        • Travis Richards (Born 1970) m. Christi Mathison (Born 1971)[7] - Businessman, former vice-president of Newport Meat Company.[8]
          • Cameron Richards (Born 1997) - Football player.[9][10]
          • Carson Richards (Born 2000) - Tennis player.[11]
          • Caden Richards (Born 2005)
      • Robert Nethercutt (Born 1939)
    • Dorris Nethercutt (1917-1979)
    • Carl Nethercutt, Jr. (1921-1989)

Collection's Louis XV dining room

The family has over 250 prestigious, exotic and antique vehicles, some of which are competed in international concours d'Elegance shows.

Racing

Jack and J.B. Nethercutt at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring award ceremony

Jack Nethercutt II raced professionally in the 1950s and 1960s, notably including a victory at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring in his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, finishing 1st in class and 3rd overall.[23][24] He finished 3rd in the 1960 USAC Road Racing Championship behind Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles.[25] In the mid 1960s Nethercutt would create his own custom racecar, called the "Mirage".[26]

12 Hours of Sebring Results:

Year	Class	No	Car	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1960	S3.0	8	Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 Ferrari V12 2996	Pete Lovely	186	3rd	1st
1961	S3.0	9	Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 Ferrari V12 2996	Pete Lovely	1	DNF Oil Pump

USAC Road Racing Championship results:

Season	No	Series	Car	Laps	Position
1959	102	USAC Championship Pomona[27]	Ferrari 500	69	12th
1960	102	USAC Championship Riverside[28]	Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa	62	3rd

Merle Norman has been credited of being ahead of her time, laying out the foundations for franchises before they were properly defined.[29][30] Norman would be described as a pioneer entrepreneur and an inspiration for women of the time, with the majority of Merle Norman Cosmetics franchise studios being owned by women by 1934.[4] Her company was one of the few examples of success through the Great Depression.[30] Norman's Santa Monica estate would become a historic landmark in the city.[31]

The Nethercutt Collection has been named by the The New York Times and Los Angeles Times as one of the finest car collections in the world, including one of America's five greatest automobile museums by Autoweek.[32][33][34] Jay Leno described J.B.'s collection as a “Smithsonian-style effort on the history of transportation in America." and "the hall of fame for cars.”[14] Originally designed for the Nethercutt's secondary residence, it was tied for the 25th largest house in the United States.[17] With the cars, the family holds the most Best of Show titles at the pinnacle Pebble Beach and Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.[20][21]

Merle Norman Stadium at the University of Southern California and the $36 million six-story Merle Norman Pavilion at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica are both named after Merle Norman.[35][36] The Nethercutt Emergency Center also at the Santa Monica medical center and a street in front of the Lake Of The Woods District Hospital in Kenora are named for J.B. and Dorothy Nethercutt.[37] A court at the Faith Lutheran $3.4 million tennis facility is named after Carson Richards.[11]

Merle Norman founded Merle Norman Cosmetics in 1931 by opening her first studio in Santa Monica, California for $150. The company would expand to a retail chain and encompassed dozens of studio outlets across the contiguous United States, predominately of which were owned by women. Norman was a pioneer of the "Try Before You Buy" philosophy.[38][4]

In 1969, the company went public on the American Stock Exchange and sold 400,000 shares at $25.[39][4] In 1974, the family bought back all the public stock at $10 million, $55 million adjusted for inflation (2020) and the company reverted to being privately held.[39][40] By 1981 the company encompassed thousands of studios across North America, Europe, and Asia.[41]

The family owned a chemistry laboratory called Nethercutt Laboratories Inc.[42]

The family has donated several million to charities, medical institutions, veterans, and churches.[43][44]

In 1985 J.B. donated $1 million to the town of Kenora, Canada for a new emergency department.[45] In 1986, the family donated several million which led to the construction of $36 million six-story Merle Norman Pavilion at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. In 2007 the Nethercutt Emergency Center was opened at the hospital.[46][47] Helen Nethercutt has funded research for autism programs.[48][7]

The family is a major donator to the University of Southern California, including the Merle Norman Stadium, Uytengsu Aquatics Center, and the Spirit of Troy marching band.[49][50][51]

The Nethercutt Collection and Museum is free of charge and contains the Nethercutt Automotive Research Library, which is considered one of the greatest in the world.[52]

• https://www.nethercuttcollection.org/