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F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Ba nk of St. L o u i s P r e s s R e l e a s e (Official A nnouncem ent) F o r i m m e d i a t e r e l e a s e M a y 25, 1956 M r . W i l l i a m E. P e t e r s o n , V i c e P r e s i d e n t of th e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B an k of St. L o u i s , h a v in g r e a c h e d r e t i r e m e n t a g e , w i l l r e t i r e on Ju n e 1, 1956 a f t e r m o r e th an 38 y e a r s in the s e r v i c e of th e b a n k . W h i l e he h a s s e r v e d in v a r i o u s c a p a c i t i e s , m o s t of M r . P e t e r s o n ' s e f f o r t s h a v e b e e n in the f i e l d of ba n k s u p e r v i s i o n , w h e r e he h a s r e n d e r e d d i s t i n g u i s h e d s e r v i c e . In M ay of 1934 he w a s a p p o i n t e d C h i e f E x a m i n e r and s i n c e M a y of 1944 h a s b e e n a V i c e P r e s i d e n t c f t h e ban k. M r . G e o r g e E. K r o n e r h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d b y the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s a s a V i c e P r e s i d e n t of the bank e f f e c t i v e J u n e 1, 1 9 5 6 . He h a s h e l d the o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n of C h i e f E x a m i n e r s i n c e J u l y 1 9 5 2 , an d a s V i c e P r e s i d e n t w i l l h a v e c h a r g e of th e b a n k ' s E x a m i n a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t , w i t h w h i c h he h a s b e e n c o n n e c t e d s i n c e 1936. M r . K r o n e r j o i n e d the b a n k ' s s t a f f in 1918. M r . O r v i l l e O. W y r i c k h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d b y the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s to th e o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n of C h i e f E x a m i n e r e f f e c t i v e J u n e 1, A s s i s t a n t Chief E x a m in e r sin c e J a n u a ry 1954. 19 56. He h a s b e e n M r . W y r i c k j o i n e d th e b a n k ' s s t a f f in 1943 and h a s b e e n a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the E x a m i n a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t s i n c e that t i m e .
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