James Madison Kemper

Background

Kemper, James Madison was born on November 14, 1894 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Thornton and Lottie (Crosby) Kemper.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1916.

Career

; married 3d, Ruth Dennis, July 7, 1943 (deceased May 1951). 1 son, William Thornton World War II Married 4th, Sallie McAlester, September 6, 1958.

Employed as clerk Oklahoma State Bank, Enid, 1916. Clerk Commerce Trust Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1917.

With National City Company of New York, 1919-1920.

With Commerce Trust Company, Kansas City, since May 1920, president since 1925, Chairman of the Board since 1939. Chairman of the Board Pickering Lumber Corporation, Keystone Corporation. Director, chairman finance committee West. South. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company.

Director Kemper Investment Company, Gas Service Company, Maryland.

Casualty Company, General American Life Insurance Company (Saint Louis), Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation President, Kansas City Clearing House Association, 1936-1938. Chairman advising committee Kansas City Agency, R.F.C., 1933-1939.

Chairman Social Security Commission Missouri, 1937-1938. Chairman for Western Missouri, United States Treasury War Finance Committee 1943.

Chairman Downtown Committee, president, director Downtown Redevelopment Corporation.

Achievements

• James Madison Kemper has been listed as a noteworthy banker. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Second lieutenant AS, United States Army, World War I. Trustee Kansas City U. (Executive Committee), Kansas City Museum Midwest Research Institute (member Executive Committee), United Funds, Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, Conservatory of Music, Liberty Memorial Association, Federal Advisory Council. Federal Reserve Board governments. Member Kansas Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Phi Delta Theta.

Mason (32°, Shriner).

Clubs: University, Kansas City, Kansas City Country, Mission Valley Hunt, Master of Foxhounds Association of America.

Connections

Married Gladys Woods Grissom, July 24, 1917 (died January 1931). Married second, Eleanor Velie, January 19, 1933 (divorced 1943). Married 4th, Sallie McAlester, September 6, 1958.

Children: David Woods (officer United States Army, killed in action April 1945), James, Julianne.

Father:

William Thornton Kemper

Mother:

Lottie (Crosby) Kemper

Spouse:

Gladys Woods Grissom

Spouse:

Sallie McAlester

Spouse:

Eleanor Velie

child:

James Kemper

child:

David Woods (officer United States Army Kemper

child:

Julianne Kemper

child:

killed in action April 1945) Kemper