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Imperial Galveston, Texas, November 10, 1955 ars. Westerfield Kimble Prairie View College Box 2391 Prairie View, Texas Dear Madam: I am in receipt of yours of October 29th. As to citing an autobiography, I beg to advise that our Sugar Land interests have been operated under the ownership of my brothers X.d myself, I having been designated by them as the head official there. Each of the others has been designated in other fields. Mdy brother B. W. Kempner has been in charge of our cotton compress and warehouse business and our office building rentals. My brother Lee Kempner has been for years the head of the United States National Bank. lIy brother . . Kempner up to the time of his death was head of the Texas Pru- dential Insurance Company. ky son Harris Keapner has had for a number of years full charge of our export cotton business. .y son Herbert Kempner, who passed away two years ago, took over most of my duties in Imperial Sugar Company. His administration started in about 1930. Ten years later he became more active and succeeded to the presidency. In 1942 he voluntarily enlisted in the Navy, retired with the rank of Commander, and in 1945 received a letter from the Admiral in charge of his section for the work he had done. In 1948 he became President of Imperial ugar Company and under his auspices the plant was thoroughly modernized and practically rebuilt at a cost of several million dollars. His untimely death from cancer occurred in October 1953. if this data is not complete, you might find some further strictly commercial facts and data in WHO'S WHO about the writer and in the reference book of WHO'S 1,hO, DECEASED, about our son. Yours very truly, 11