Rand began his career as a stock clerk for the Roberts, Johnson, and Rand Shoe Company in 1898 [REF].
Rand served on the Boards of Directors of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway,[REF] the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the Mercantile-Commerce National Bank, the Union-Electric Company of Missouri, and the Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company [REF].