Edgar E. Rand
| Edgar E. Rand | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1905 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 1955 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Resting place | Bellefontaine Cemetery |
| Education | Webb School |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Net worth | US$2,523,854 |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Frances Moore (divorced) |
| Parent(s) |
Frank C. Rand Nettie Hale |
| Relatives |
Philip Henry Hale (maternal grandfather) Henry Hale Rand (brother) William R. Orthwein, Jr. (brother-in-law) J. Washington Moore (father-in-law) |
Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905-1955) was an American heir, business executive and philanthropist. He served as the President of the International Shoe Company from 1950 to 1955.
Edgar E. Rand was born circa 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Frank Chambless Rand, served as the President of the International Shoe Company. His mother was Nettie Hale, the daughter of British-born Texas rancher, publisher and composer Philip Henry Hale.
Rand was educated in public schools. He went to Webb School, a prep school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Rand traveled in Europe and studied in Lausanne, Switzerland from 1922 to 1923. He returned to the United States and enrolled at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1923, graduating in 1927.
Rand started his career at the International Shoe Company in 1927. He initially worked at their plant in Sikeston, Missouri. In 1939, he was elected to their Board of Directors.
At the outset of World War II, Rand joined the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board, where he worked until 1944. From 1945 to 1946, he was an assistant to Democratic Senator Stuart Symington, the head of the War Assets Administration.
Rand returned to the International Shoe Company in 1947. He served as its Vice President from 1947 to 1950, and as its President from 1950 to 1955. In his first year as President, in 1950, he was forced to raise all prices up 10% for women's and children's shoes and up 20% for men's shoes due to the higher cost of raw materials. Meanwhile, in 1953, he decided to close down their plant in St. Charles, Missouri and restructure their operations in Flora, Illinois, Windsor, Missouri and Kirksville, Missouri. However, that same year, the company sales had gone up by 22% under his leadership. That same year, he opened a new plant in Bryan, Texas. A year later, the company acquired Savage Shoes Limited, a Canadian shoe manufacturer, in 1954. However, by 1955, members of the United Shoe Workers of America and the Boot and Shoe Workers of America, two labor unions, were striking against the company, demading a 12% wage increase.
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