Remembering Garry Myers 
Garry C. Myers III, 59, Chief Executive Officer of Highlights for 
Children, Inc., died unexpectedly on January 26 in Columbus, Ohio. 
He was a friend and patron and champion, instrumental in helping 
to launch Stenhouse with conversations that began twelve years ago 
at the IRA conference in San Antonio. Stenhouse would not have got 
started, much less be where it is, without him.

He was a grandson of Garry Cleveland Myers, Ph.D., and Caroline 
Clark Myers, who founded Highlights for Children magazine in 1946. 
His association with Highlights started in his early teens when he 
worked with the address-o-graph machine labeling magazines under 
the supervision of the late Jess Anderson, a longtime Highlights 
employee. Myers was the early model for Gallant, the much-loved 
brother in the popular Highlights feature Goofus and Gallant®.

His parents, Garry C. Myers Jr. and Mary M. Myers, were critically 
important in the magazine's success in the marketplace. They 
served as president and vice president, respectively, of the 
company until their deaths in an air disaster in 1960.

After growing up in Columbus, Myers moved to Austin, Texas, with 
his four siblings following the death of their parents. They lived 
with their uncle and aunt, Jack and Evelyn Myers, and their family 
in Texas.

In 1964, Myers entered Allegheny College in Meadville, 
Pennsylvania, and the next year enlisted in the U.S. Army for four 
years. He graduated from U.S. Army Language School in Monterey, 
California, and served as a Spanish language specialist in Panama. 
He received a bachelor's degree in International Affairs at George 
Washington University in 1972 and then earned a M.B.A. in 
marketing from the University of Michigan.

In 1971 at age 24 and while still in the Army, Myers was elected 
to the board of directors of Highlights for Children, Inc. He 
joined Highlights in 1975 as a management information analyst.
In 1978, he became vice president of mail sales and promotion and 
in 1980 was named president of the Highlights corporation. Myers 
had been chief executive officer since 1981.

He was a tireless advocate for business ethics, innovative and 
wholesome educational publishing, and family-owned corporations.
Myers was active in the educational publishing industry, serving 
on the board of the Direct Marketing Association, Classroom 
Mailers Association, Classroom Publishers Association, and Direct 
Selling Association. He chaired the Ethics Committee of the Direct 
Marketing Association for a number of years.

Surviving are sons, Gregory, 17, and Garry Myers IV, 29, and their 
mother, Melanie Myers, all of Columbus; two sisters, Patricia 
Mikelson, of Columbus, and Marie Jolene Rich, of Maine; two 
brothers, Tom and Fred Myers, of Austin, Texas; his paternal 
uncle, Jack Myers, and numerous cousins.

Highlights for Children, Inc., publishes Highlights for Children 
magazine and a variety of offerings for children. Subsidiaries 
include Zaner-Bloser, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Boyds Mills Press, 
Honesdale, Pennsylvania; Teaching K-8 magazine, Norwalk, 
Connecticut; Stenhouse Publishers, Portland, Maine; SDE, 
Peterborough, New Hampshire; and Highlights-Jigsaw Toy Factory 
Ltd., and Highlights Catalog, Columbus, Ohio.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Garry C. Myers III 
Scholarship Fund, Highlights Foundation, 814 Court Street, 
Honesdale, PA 18431.