UniGroup president to resign

Richard McClure, president of the $1.61 billion transportation and relocation company UniGroup, will resign in early 2015, the company said Thursday.

McClure, who joined the Fenton-based company in 1995, did not reveal his plans. He became president of the company in 2002, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

A Springfield native, McClure served as deputy chief of staff for Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson 1980-84. McClure then served as chief of staff for Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft 1985-92.

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