KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., long-time Kansas City businessman, philanthropist
and civic leader, died at the age of 86 on Jan. 2. Kemper was chairman
emeritus of UMB Financial Corporation and had been serving in various
roles across the company since 1950.
Born in Kansas City, Mo., R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., only son of R. Crosby
Sr. and Enid Jackson Kemper, was born Feb. 22, 1927. Kemper’s banking
career spanned more than five decades from his start at age 22 at his
father’s City National Bank as a night transit clerk—where he met trains
and sorted checks—to senior chairman of the multi-bank holding company
now known as UMB in 2001.
He retired from UMB in 2004, leaving the banking legacy to the next
generation. At that time, his son J. Mariner Kemper became the sixth
Kemper to lead the company.
Kemper had seven children between his marriages to Cynthia Warrick
Kemper and Mary “Bebe” Stripp Kemper and is survived by: R. Crosby
Kemper III, Pamela Kemper Gabrovsky, Sheila Kemper Dietrich, Alexander
C. “Sandy” Kemper, Heather Kemper Miller, J. Mariner Kemper and Mary
Kemper Wolf. By his children, Kemper was often quoted for the importance
of “doing what’s right, not what’s popular,” and served as a role model
for civic activity. He is also survived by 22 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers and in honor of Kemper’s lifelong commitment to
Kansas City, contributions may be made to the Agriculture
Future of America, American
Royal, Phillips
Academy, Kansas
City Symphony and the Kemper
Museum of Contemporary Art.
Please visit the website that has been created in R. Crosby Kemper Jr.’s
honor for a full biography, photos, videos and legacy information: rcrosbykemperjr.com.
About UMB:
UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a diversified financial
holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete
banking services, payment solutions, asset servicing, private wealth
management and institutional investment management to customers. UMB
operates banking and wealth management centers throughout Missouri,
Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. It also has
a loan production office in Texas. Subsidiaries of the holding company
include companies that offer services to mutual funds and
alternative-investment entities and registered investment advisors that
offer equity and fixed income strategies to institutions and individual
investors. For more information, visit umb.com, blog.umb.com or
follow us on Twitter at @UMBBank, Facebook at facebook.com/UMBBank and
LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/umb-bank.
UMB Financial Corporation
Kelli Christman, 816-860-5088
kelli.christman@umb.com
Source: UMB Financial Corporation