1628) James A. Reed

James Alexander Reed (1861 – 1944). American Democratic Party politician from Missouri.

Reed served as a city councilor of Kansas City from 1897 to 1898 and as prosecutor of Jackson County from 1898 to 1900. He unsuccessfully prosecuted Jesse E. James, son of the bandit Jesse James, for train robbery in 1899. He was elected Kansas City mayor from 1900 to 1904.

In 1910, he was elected to the US Senate from Missouri as a Democrat. He served in the Senate for three terms, from 1911 to 1929, when he decided to retire. Unlike many members of his party, he opposed the League of Nations. He sought and failed to receive the Democratic nomination for president. He served as chairman of the Committee on Weights and Measures from 1917 to 1921.

One of his biggest contributions to the State of Missouri came in 1913 when as a member of the Senate Banking Committee, he changed his vote to break a deadlock to pass the Federal Reserve Act, which resulted in Missouri getting 2 of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks (in St. Louis and Kansas City). Missouri is the only state with multiple headquarters of the Federal Reserve. Reed was very involved in the Senate Banking Committee's work to improve the Federal Reserve Act, including amendments to strengthen the power and independence of the Federal Reserve Board. President Wilson acknowledged the value of Reed's contributions in a letter sent to him while the bill was pending in committee.

 

- "In the spring of my senior year a little one-room law office sprang up among the sand burrs opposite the college to house a tall virile, red-headed young attorney we knew as “Jim” Reed... Soon he removed to Kansas City and eventually became for eighteen years United States senator from Missouri." http://digamoo.free.fr/ross1936.pdf

 

 

1627) Arthur Harrison “Red” Motley

Arthur Harrison “Red” Motley (1900-1984). American salesman and publisher.

He began his business carreer with an advertising position with Crowell-Collier Publishers in 1928, moved on to become the Detroit Manager in 1935, and then in 1941 he became publisher of American Magazine.

 His success at American Magazine led him to become the president of Parade Magazine (1946–76), where he revived the business by following the recipe for success he developed at American. In 1946 Parade was 5 years old, losing money, and had a circulation of about 2.1 million. When he retired, it was distributed by 116 newspapers, and had a circulation of about 21 million.

He raised millions of dollars for his favorite causes, including the Desert Hospital Foundation in Palm Springs, the Palm Spring Boy’s Club, United Way and his alma mater, University of Minnesota. He was also a hardworking member of Alcoholics Anonymous.

He is the namesake of the Arthur Motley Exemplary Teaching Award at the University of Minnesota. This award recognizes faculty who exemplify the highest standards of teaching and scholarship and who have enhanced the lives of the University’s Liberal Arts students. Red received the University of Minnesota’s highest honor, the Regents Award, and was a charter member of the University of Minnesota Foundation.

He was an important member of the Zeta Psi collegiate fraternity.

In 1985, he was Inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame.

His motto was “Nothing Happens Until Somebody Sells Something.” 

 

- "Red, who earned his nickname for his thatch of flaming red hair..." https://zetapsi.org/phi-alpha.../arthur-harrison-red-motley/