| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1848/00/00 | Platt R Spencer's "Spencer and Rice's System of Business and Ladies' Penmanship" is published. Spencer developed a whole-arm movement of penmanship, allowing one to write for hours without tiring with uniformity, speed and beauty. | |
| 1863/00/00 | Robert Spencer establishes the Milwaukee branch of the Bryant and Stratton Company Business School in the Library Block, on the northeast corner of Wisconsin and Broadway (razed). It soon changed its name to Bryant and Stratton College. | East Side Commercial Historic District, Milwaukee |
| 1865/00/00 | In response to mismanagement of the school at the national level, Robert Spencer, arranges a takeover and renames the school after his family, Spencerian Business College. | |
| 1895/00/00 | Edward W Spencer, an attorney, brings his legal expertise into the school curriculum, and authors "Spencer's Manual of Commercial Law". | |
| 1916/00/00 | Robert Spencer operates Spencerian Business College with his son Edward W Spencer until his death in 1916, when Edward assumes control and ownership. | East Side Commercial Historic District, Milwaukee |
| 1923/00/00 | In poor health, Edward W Spencer recruits the head of McDonald College, Miss Ethelyn M Bennett, to buy and operate Spencerian Business College. | |
| 1950/00/00 | Eschweiler and Eschweiler creates new floor layouts for the incoming Spencerian Business College. The open floor plans of the telephone exchange are reconfigured on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors to accommodate classrooms and offices served by corridors. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1951/00/00 | Due to growth in post-war enrollment, Miss Bennett moves the college from Wisconsin and Broadway to the centrally located Telephone-Kilbourn Exchange building. The move permits the school to develop into a 4-year degree institution. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1952/00/00 | Ethelyn M Bennett establishes The Work-Study Program and the Tri-Mester Plan, programs that colleges throughout the United States will adapted. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1955/07/00 | Spencerian Business College is listed in both Lovejoy's College Guide and The College Blue Book. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1961/00/00 | Miss Bennett actively manages Spencerian Business College until she breaks her hip at age 84. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1972/00/00 | Spencerian Business College vacates its Wright Street building. The Milwaukee Public School system acquires the building and uses it for several years as an annex for the Clarke Street grade school located a block north. | Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee |
| 1974/00/00 | Spencerian College becomes the Division of Business Science at Concordia College. Many students are distressed that they will receive Concordia degrees which do not have the cache of Spencerian in the business job market. |
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