Background
Meissner, Edwin Benjamin was born on December 27, 1918 in St. Louis. Son of Edwin B. and Edna R. (Rice) Meissner.
Meissner, Edwin Benjamin was born on December 27, 1918 in St. Louis. Son of Edwin B. and Edna R. (Rice) Meissner.
Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1940.
Joined, St. Louis Car Company, 1934; assistant to president, vice president, executive vice president, St. Louis Car Company, 1950-1956; president, general manager, St. Louis Car Company, 1956-1961; president, St. Louis Car division General Steel Industries, Inc., 1961-1967; senior vice-president, director, General Steel Industries, Inc., 1968-1974; vice president, Bakewell Corporation, 1974-1985; real estate broker, vice president, Hilliker Corporation, St. Louis, 1985-1996. Director First Illinois Bank.
Member president' county St. Saint Louis University. Board directors Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation, Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital. Past board directors JamesS. McDonnell United Service Organizations.
Trustee, board directors Washington University Task Force. Committee, board directors St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. Outreach committee St. Louis Symphony Society.
Honorary director Humane Society Missouri. Vice president Gateway Center Metropolitan St. Louis. Chairman Ladue (Missouri) Police and Fire Commission.
Member Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Commission. Military affairs committee Regional Commerce. Member American Ordnance Association (life), International Association Chiefs of Police (associate), Missouri Alliance Arts Education, Missouri Athletics Club, Westwood Country Club, Bridlespur Hunt Club, St. Louis Club, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Nina Renard, December 17, 1946. Children: Edwin Benjamin III, Wallace, Robert, Donald.