Topping eamned a degree in history and communications from the University of WisconsinMadison. During Worid War 11. he was drafted and served in Army intelligence. When he returned. he founded a store named Topping and Company International House that he ran for over 50 years. The store stocked Greek and Middle Eastern fcod. books. and records from all over the worid. Mr. Topping was one of nine children born to Greek immigrant parents who ran a grocery store at South 4th Street and West National Avenue. Mr. Topping was born Nick Topitzes and changed his name at the age of 18 because of the discrimination Greeks taced at that time.
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