Breech was drafted by the St. Louis Browns but opted to attend Drury College instead.
Then in 1960, he was a member of the three-person trust overseeing Trans World Airlines' jet financing plan.
The Breech School of Business at Drury University is named in his honor due to his donation.
The Louise G. Wallace Hospital in Lebanon, Missouri was renamed Breech Medical Center in 1979.
A Great Lakes freighter acquired by the Ford Motor Co.'s dedicated fleet was renamed in his honor until the ship's sale in 1988.