Fisher College - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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HISTORY In 1903, two brothers, Myron C. and Edmund H. Fisher, opened a business school in Somerville, known as Winter Hill Business College. The school prospered, and in 1910 a branch school was opened at Dudley Street Station in Roxbury. Both schools were then named Fisher Business College. In 1919, a third school was opened in Central Square, Cambridge, and in 1920 a fourth branch was opened in Waltham, Mr. M. C. Fisher gave general direction to all of the four schools. The Waltham school was merged with the Cambridge school in 1925 and the Roxbury school was moved to a central location in Boston at 30 Franklin Street in 1926. In 1927, the Cambridge students were merged with the students of the Boston School. This now left two schools, one in Boston at 30 Franklin Street and one in Somerville at Winter Hill. In 1939, before Myron C. Fisher retired, his final project was the acquiring of new quarters for the Boston location at 118 Beacon Street — one of the finest mansions in the city owned by Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. King. In the new location a whole new era in education was ushered in at Fisher. Between 1939 and 1965 dormitories and additional classroom buildings were acquired from 102 to 118 Beacon Street, 131 and 133 Beacon Street, 181 and 183 Beacon Street, and 86 Marlboro Street, a total of thirteen buildings with a classroom capacity of 500 students. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts granted the privilege of the name. Fisher junior College in 1952; the awarding of the Associate in Science Degree in 1957; the Associate in Arts Degree in 1963; and the granting of honorary degrees in 1975. In the interest of economy dormitory buildings at 86 Marl- boro Street and 181 and 183 Beacon Street were sold in 1975 and 1976. Today young women study at Fisher in preparation for professional careers. The college has alumni that number into the thousands, perhaps 20,000, that have made their contribu- tion in business and industry, particularly in the greater Boston area.