Michael Young

Young was on Myers\u27 search committee and the two following. Young began collecting after Myers\u27 death and may have been influenced by Myers\u27 example. Young recalls the so-called U-Haul collection from the Corn Belt library system and a discussion with Myers about their potential value for IWU. He speculates how Myers would have felt about IWU\u27s library changes. Young shares his opinions about libraries and disagrees with how Myers\u27 collection was dispersed. Young recalls asking Myers to keep an eye out for a specific set Young was interested in; Myers called him about a year later when he spotted it in a local store. He tells a story of wanting to acquire a book from the auction that Myers once loaned him and how he couldn\u27t buy the lot then but that he was eventually given a chance to buy it later. Young tells a stiry of a student researcher that Myers loaned books to (see also Sarah Vales Florentine interview). The interview concludes with several observation about Myers\u27 and other presidents\u27 leadership and personal characteristics over the time he\u27s been at IWU