John Ripley Myers
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John Ripley Myers (October 8, 1864 – December 22, 1899) was a co-founder (along with William McLaren Bristol) of the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers.
John Ripley Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 8, 1864.[1][2] His father was John J. Myers (1831–1883), the first president of the Vermont Marble Company, and his mother was Helen Ripley.[3][4] The extended Ripley family were active in several Rutland-area businesses and banks, and were wealthy as a result.[5]
Helen Ripley (1836–1865) was the half-sister of poet Julia Caroline Dorr and sister of American Civil War officers William Y. W. Ripley and Edward H. Ripley.[6][7]
John Ripley Myers graduated from The Morgan School in Clinton, Connecticut, and then attended Hamilton College. He graduated in 1887, and was a member of Sigma Phi.[8][9] Myers pursued several business ventures, and then partnered with William McLaren Bristol to purchase the Clinton Pharmaceutical Company in Clinton, New York. Myers and Bristol decided to rename the company Bristol, Myers and Company in 1898.[10]
Myers lived in Brooklyn, New York, while working to make Bristol, Myers profitable. While living in Brooklyn, he was also noted for his philanthropic activities, including contributions to charities sponsored by the New York Herald and New York Tribune, as well as donations to Hamilton College.[11][12]
Bristol, Myers and Company was not instantly profitable, and was still struggling when Myers died of pneumonia in New York City on December 22, 1899.[13]
Myers never married, and had no children.[14]
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