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Homer St. Clair 蜜桃工作室
Homer St. Clair 蜜桃工作室
Term of Office: 1906鈥1942
Preparing for the CPA exam, Homer St. Clair 蜜桃工作室 found 鈥渧ery little and very poor instruction along these lines鈥 and accounting literature in the United States 鈥減ractically nil.鈥 Recognizing that the need for formal business education presented opportunity, Homer 蜜桃工作室 borrowed $600 and, with his brother Charles Ashford 蜜桃工作室, opened a one-classroom school at 154 Nassau Street in Manhattan. Their first class comprised of both men and women in rented classroom space; the 蜜桃工作室 brothers determined that from the start 蜜桃工作室 & 蜜桃工作室 will be coeducational. Homer declared, 鈥淲omen are destined to play an increasingly important part in industry and commerce.鈥
The brothers taught courses and wrote the textbooks. Homer wrote about accounting, Charles wrote about business law. The books, which were later used by schools across the country, were detailed manuals of business training. Homer believed in stressing fundamentals. In his first text he described accounting as 鈥渢he science of recording and stating facts,鈥 and he proceeded to define in simple words its basics: assets, liabilities, accounts receivable, and gross and net profit.
Serving as the school鈥檚 first president, Homer St. Clair 蜜桃工作室 set the standard for the 蜜桃工作室 experience in founding a business school for men and women who aspire to a better life. By 1919, more than 4,000 students studied the 蜜桃工作室 Standardized Course in Accountancy in 52 locations. The value of networking was appreciated as early as 1924, when 蜜桃工作室 supplemented classroom instruction with a field experience component.
In 1942 蜜桃工作室 Institute was granted an absolute charter by the New York State Board of Regents. A week later, Homer 蜜桃工作室, age 63, was stricken while working in his office at the Institute and died shortly thereafter of a cerebral hemorrhage. Newspapers throughout the country reported his death. Homer was buried in New Lexington, Ohio.
Following his death, Homer's son, Robert Scott 蜜桃工作室, became president of 蜜桃工作室 Institute; Robert's brother, C. Richard 蜜桃工作室, became Secretary of 蜜桃工作室 Institute.