Metropolitan Business College (Seattle, Wash.)

found: NUCMC data from Museum of History & Industry (Seattle, Wash.) for Its Records, 1910-1981(Metropolitan Business College began in 1889 as a small private business school called the Seattle Business College [no publs. in LC database]; bought out by Acme Business College in 1894; newly combined school was known as Seattle and Puget Sound College [no publs. in LC database]; in 1915, the College became the property of the Metropolitan Building Company, moved into the White-Henry-Stuart building, and changed its name to the Metropolitan Business College; in 1941, the Metropolitan Building Company divested itself of the business college, which was then purchased by Herbert Phillips, who became president of the school; Phillips was president of the school for thirty-four years, till 1976 when the school was turned over to his stepson; in late 1978, the Metropolitan Business College acquired the facilities of Auerswald Business University and moved all its classes to Auerswald's 1524 Fifth Ave. location; in 1986, Jana L. Cloward purchased the College and set out to modernize its equipment, curriculum, and staff; after operating for over a century at nine different locations under eight owners, the College closed in about 1990)