Myers University |
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Harvey S. Firestone, Sr., (left) receiving a “Scroll of Distinction” from Spencerian College president Ernest E. Merville, June 24, 1931. Mr. Firestone graduated from Spencerian College in 1887. |
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| Myers University is named for David N. Myers, a 1922 graduate of Dyke College. Before the Institution was renamed in his honor in 1995, Myers had a long and distinguished business career, crediting the education he received at Dyke College. Mr. Myers served as president of the Byerlyte Corporation from 1931-1965 and served as chairman of the board of Consolidated Protective Coatings Corporation and the Hastings Pavement Company. | |
| Myers University was named Spencerian Business College, in honor of the Spencer family, from 1877–1942 when it merged with the Dyke School of Commerce. Platt R. Spencer, Sr. was an early administrator and Platt R. Spencer, Jr. was owner and president of the College from 1877-1881. | |
| Platt R. Spencer, Sr., known as “the man who taught America to write,” was the principle of the penmanship department at Myers University was it was named “Bryant, Lusk and Stratton College”. For more information about Platt R. Spencer, Sr. visit -- http://www.acdl.info/archives/spencer.shtm | |
| Typewriting dictation room. It was in the classrooms of Spencerian College that the first typewriting classes in America were taught. | |
| John D. Rockfeller, Sr., (left) with Spencerian College president Ernest E. Merville (date unkown). John D. Rockefeller is an 1855 graduate of Myers University (then known as Folsom's Mercantile College). Mr. Rockefeller was honored in 1929 as our most distinguished alumni by receiving a "Scroll of Distinction" presented by Merville. | |
| Front lawn of Spencerian College when it was located in the Eells Mansion at 3201 Euclid Avenue. Spencerian was at this location from 1922-1942. | |
| From 1988-1995 the Dyke College Students in Free Enterprise team (SIFE) placed among the top ten colleges and universities in national competition. | |
