Andrew N Baur

Chairman of the Board of Southwest Bank of St. Louis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since October 2002; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company, and its subsidiary, Southwest Bank of St. Louis, from 1984 to September 2002. Also a director of Bakers Footwear Group, Inc., Wausau Paper Corp., Orgill, Inc. and St. Louis Cardinals, L.P. A Director since October 2002. Bill DeWitt Jr became friends with Mr. Baur in high school and they remained close. Mr. Baur's connections with the St. Louis banking community served him well when he helped organize a group of investors who assumed control of the Cardinals in March 1996. Along with longtime friend and fellow Cardinals board member Fred Hanser, Mr. Baur put together a deal that formed Mississippi Valley Bancshares, a bank holding company, in 1984. Southwest Bank of St. Louis became one its subsidiaries. Mr. Baur served as chairman of Southwest Bank and held a similar position with Country Bank of St. Louis. He also was a former president and chairman of Commerce Bank in St. Louis and Mercantile Trust Co. Southwest Bank merged into M&I Bank in 2010. Mr. Baur was born and raised in St. Louis and attended St. Louis Country Day School before graduating from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va., then earning an MBA at Georgia State University. Among the survivors are two sons, Andrew Baur and Todd Baur, both of Ladue; a daughter, McKay Mills of Ladue; his mother, Florence Baur, of Ladue; a brother, Edward "Tee" Baur of Naples, Fla.; a sister, Barbara Dunlap of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and his former wife, Catherine Shelton of Ladue.