What does a man do when he retires after running a company for 25 years? If you are like Wallace R. (Buck) Persons, former chairman and chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Co. here, you keep busy at a dozen or more private and public projects - any one of which would satisfy the ordinary retiree.
The St. Louis-based diversified manufacturer of electrical-electronic products has demonstrated a proven track record of making its 5-year goals since W. R. Persons took command in 1954.
W. R. Persons, president and chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company, has volunteered to serve the Unite Fund for the second consecutive year as chairman of the Sponsors Committee in the annual fall drive, according to Harry F. Harrington, general campaign chairman.
