- R. Crosby Kemper Jr.
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. (born 1927) was born into an influential banking and railroading family in
Kansas City, Missouri . His father wasR. Crosby Kemper .He attended Southwest High School in Kansas City, then transferred to
Phillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts where he graduated in 1945.After graduating from prep school, he served his country during
World War II . After returning home, Mr. Kemper enrolled in theUniversity of Missouri and became a member of theZeta Phi chapter ofBeta Theta Pi [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=savitar;cc=savitar;sid=bfbda456ae637097ccd859f5c74918b8;q1=Crosby%20Kemper;rgn=full%20text;idno=sav1947;view=image;seq=179] .In 1950, he went to work for the United Missouri Bank, which is now
UMB Financial Corporation . He later became president in 1959. He retired as chairman in 2004.He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1962 on the Republican ticket and in the same year chaired the
Kansas City Industrial Committee . He remains active in the running of theKemper Museum of Contemporary Art , which was named for him.Kemper's college fraternity brother
Sam Walton often referred to Mr. Kemper as his "personal banker."External links
* [http://www.students.missouri.edu/~beta/articles/wall_main.htm University of Missouri biography]
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/10/04/daily1.html Bizjournals profile]
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