Frank Chambless Rand

Frank C. Rand (February 25, 1876 – December 2, 1949) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as the President of the International Shoe Company, the world's largest shoe manufacturer, His father was Henry Oscar Rand and his mother, Ada Elizabeth Norfleet. One of his paternal great-grandfathers, John Rand (1786–1865), was a planter in Colbert County, Alabama, in the Antebellum South. Another paternal great-grandfather, Moses Carlock, was a large planter in Marshall County, Mississippi. His paternal grandfather, Jesse P. Norfleet, was a cabinetmaker from Suffolk, Virginia, who lived at the historic Dunvegan cottage in Holly Springs, Mississippi, until 1861. In 1928, as president, Rand reported strong, steady growth. The company, which became the world's largest manufacturer of shoes, He served as its chairman from 1921 to at least 1940. and installed chancellors Oliver Carmichael in 1938 and Harvie Branscomb in 1946.

Rand also served on the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis from 1928 to 1940. They had six children, including Henry Hale Rand (1909–1962), and Laura Hale Rand Orthwein, 1938 Queen at the Veiled Prophet Ball and married to William R. Orthwein Jr.

Death and legacy Rand died on December 2, 1949, at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

The dining hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University, Rand Hall, is named in his honor.