For release: Nov. 7, 2001
Contact: Charles B. Henderson, (314) 444-8311

Mueller, Metcalfe Reappointed to St. Louis Fed Board

ST. LOUIS -- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., has re-appointed Charles W. Mueller as chairman and Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr., as deputy chair to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for terms ending Dec. 31, 2002. Mueller was also re-appointed as a director on the St. Louis Fed's board for a term ending Dec. 31, 2004.

Mueller is chairman and chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation in St. Louis. Metcalfe is chairman of the St. Louis-based law firm of Bryan Cave LLP.

Mueller is also president of Civic Progress, Inc., vice chair of the board of directors of St. Louis Children's Hospital, and a member of the board of trustees of BJC Healthcare.

Metcalfe is also a director of the Regional Chamber and Growth Association, a member of the boards of trustees of the Danforth Foundation, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and Washington University in St. Louis, and is a director of the St. Louis chapter of the Boy Scouts of America.

With branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. In addition to serving as a bank for depository institutions and the U.S. government, each Reserve Bank monitors economic conditions in the District, participates in formulating monetary policy, and supervises state-chartered member banks and bank holding companies to foster safety and soundness of the District's banking and financial institutions and to protect the credit rights of consumers.

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