| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Myers, David N. |
| Title: | David N. Meyers Papers |
| Dates: | 1932-2001 |
| Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract: | David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts. |
| MS Number | MS 5039 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
David N. Myers (1900-1999) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, Robert H. Myers, owned a barrel business and was one of the original founders of the Hebrew Orthodox Old Age Home in 1906. Robert H. Myers served as President of the Home from 1921 to 1924. David N. Myers worked his way through high school and earned a degree in accounting in 1922 from Dyke College, a local business college. Upon graduation, he accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, the company that invented the process of making asphalt from petroleum. He ultimately became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He was also chairman of Hastings Pavement Co. in New York. He married Inez Pink (1907-2002) in 1929, and the couple raised two sons, Hal and Dieter. Myers is widely recognized as a philanthropist whose financial contributions benefited the health and welfare of the citizens of the greater Cleveland area and the larger Jewish community. His primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. Myers was instrumental in the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged (the former Hebrew Orthodox Old Age Home, today known as the Menorah Park Center for Senior Living) from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the building of new housing for aging men and women still independent enough to live in their own apartments, opened in 1978 as R.H. Myers Apartments. Myers contributed substantially to the development of medical research facilities at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Myers served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and as a trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital. Myers was also a trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society. In 1981 he established a permanent endowment fund at the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland in support of the Cleveland Jewish Archives. The David and Inez Myers Foundation remains an influential charitable foundation in the Cleveland area. David N. Myers received a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from Dyke College in 1982 and a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from Cleveland State University in 1987. In 1995, Dyke College was renamed the David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The school became Chancellor University in 2008. A street in Beachwood near the Menorah Park Center for Senior Living, the direct successor of the Hebrew Orthodox Old Age Home his father helped to found, was dedicated as the David N. Myers Parkway in 2001.
The David N. Myers Papers (1932-2001) consist of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts.
This collection is of value to researchers studying Jewish entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, care of the aging and elderly, and institutions such as Mount Sinai Hospital and the Menorah Park Center for Senior Living. This collection is also of value to researchers studying the history of Chancellor University (Myers University) and higher education in the city of Cleveland.
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Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to PG 547 David N. Myers Photographs. All motion picture film has been removed to the WRHS Audio-Visual Collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5039 David N. Myers Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Dieter Meyers, 2002 and 2004
Processed by Audrey Hudak and Sean Martin in 2010
David N. Myers Papers 1932-2001 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Certificates, (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1932-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Certificates (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1985-2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence 1958-1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Financial report, David and Inez Myers Foundation 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Interview transcript, with J. Rubinstein 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Invitations 1979-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Minutes, David and Inez Myers Foundation 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Newsletters, including Mt. Sinai Hospital and Jewish Welfare Fund 1978-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Newsletters, including Mt. Sinai Hospital 1993-1998 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Newspaper clippings 1941-1996 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Press release, renaming of Dyke College 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Programs, including R. H. Myers Apartments 1963-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Speech text, Tribute by David N. Myers to S. Lee Kohrman 1991 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Speech text, The Myers Professorship in Hematology, Case Western Reserve University 1991 | |||||||||