Myers, J. Arthur (Jay Arthur), 1888-1978

Jay Arthur Myers was born on 25 November 1888 on a farm near Hartford, Ohio to Charlie and Clara (Baker) Myers. He was home schooled until the age of 7 when he was enrolled in public school. He graduated from Hartford High School in 1906 and from the Doane Academy preparatory department of Denison University in 1907. He attended Ohio University, receiving a B.S. degree in 1912 and M.S. degree in 1913. In 1914 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He married Faith McCracken on 23 June 1909.

In 1914 Myers accepted an instructorship under Clarence Martin Jackson, professor and director of the Department of Anatomy and dean of the Medical School at the University of Minnesota. In 1915 Myers contracted tuberculosis. He was initially treated at Ohio State Sanatorium at Mount Vernon and later at Agnes Memorial Sanatorium. After returning to the University of Minnesota, Myers made the decision to devote his professional life to the treatment of tuberculosis. He spent summers studying at the Glen Lake Sanatorium (1918) and the Trudeau School, Saranac Lake, New York (1920). He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in June 1920.

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