Lucian W. Dressel
American investor, entrepreneur, and businessperson
Lucian W. Dressel is an American winemaker and viticulturist. Dressel wrote the application to have Augusta, Missouri, designated as America's first officially recognized wine district by the federal government.
Augusta and Mt. Pleasant
After earning an MBA from Columbia, Dressel initially worked at the family Aro-Dressel Dairy in Granite City, Illinois. He was also teaching at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where after a year he was promoted to be the first Assistant Dean of the Business School. Dressel then moved on to become the first Director of Development for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In 1966, Dressel bought the property of the old Mt. Pleasant Wine Co. in Augusta, Missouri, which was forced to close in 1920 with the advent of prohibition.
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