Homer Pace
Homer St. Clair Pace (April 13, 1879 – May 22, 1942) was an American CPA and innovator in the field of accounting. Jointly with his brother Charles Ashford Pace, he advanced the field of business education, opening a string of vocational institutes that offered a standardized course in accounting and business law. The original one, in New York City, evolved in time into Pace University, which today offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in some 100 majors spread over six campuses. Biography Early life A native of Rehoboth, Ohio, Homer Pace first worked as an assistant to his father, John Fremont Pace, a Civil War veteran, in editing and publishing a weekly newspaper. He left journalism at 17 following his father's death in 1896. Accounting career After working as a secretary and bookkeeper in Michigan, Texas, and Minnesota, he secured a position with the Chicago Great Western Railroad. In January 1901, he was transferred to New York to serve as manager of the New York City office and, in 1902, became the Secretary of the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad, an affiliated line. In 1904 he passed the New York State CPA examination. Educational career In 1906, Pace left the