Kempner then earned his bachelor's degree in business at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1928.
[1] While serving in that role, Kempner oversaw a campaign to modernize Imperial Sugar's business activities.
He launched a $4 million expansion that sought to tap into the high demand for sugar following the end of World War II.
[5] Kempner led work to improve the quality of housing for nonwhite residents in the company town of Sugar Land;[6] he led their Belknap realty company to offer lots to both employees and non-employees.
The collection also includes papers from his son, Isaac Herbert Kempner III, his father, and his mother.