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NEW TRUSTEES. On February 28, 1907, Governor Harris appointed Hon. Myron T. Herrick Trustee of the Society to serve for three years. This appoint- |
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in the second war with England, as his great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Governor Herrick therefore descends from doubly patriotic stock. Myron was educated in the district school at Huntington, the union schools of Wellington, and later was a student in Oberlin College and the Ohio Wesleyan University. He was prac- tically self-educated, sustaining himself in collegiate studies by engaging in various occupations, such as assisting on the neighboring farms and acting as book agent. In 1899 Ohio Wesleyan University in recognition of his former connection with that institution, conferred upon him the emeritus degree. At the age of thirty-one Mr. Herrick took up his resi- dence in Cleveland, where he entered the law offices of J. F. & G. E. Herrick, being admitted to bar in the year 1878. He was successful in his chosen profession, which however, in a few years became secondary to his business and financial enterprises. He became especially profici- ent in the banking field, served as chairman of the Executive Council of the American Bankers' Association and became largely identified in vari- ous manufacturing, industrial and building projects in Cleveland. He reorganized the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., placing the property upon a paying basis. His first vote was cast for President Rutherford B. Hayes in the Fall of 1876, at which time Mr. Herrick became inter- ested in politics. He was a member of the Cleveland City Council in (257) |