In 1913 Floyd Starr purchased forty acres on Montcalm Lake and founded Starr Commonwealth for Boys, a nonprofit home and residential school for wayward, delinquent, and neglected boys. At first, the only building on the property was an old barn, where Starr and the first two boys stayed until the first structure was completed. The institution later grew into a 300-acre campus serving 155 boys in facilities built with private contributions, expanded its services with a campus in Van Wert, Ohio, in 1951, and merged with the Hannah Neil Center for Children in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. Focused on positive support in the character development of troubled children through academic, social, and spiritual exposure, Starr Commonwealth became a nationally recognized child care organization. Floyd Starr, born in Decatur, Michigan, on May 1, 1883, worked for several years in a half-way house in St. Louis, Missouri, after graduating from Marshall High School, then returned to Michigan and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Albion College in 1910. Guided by his credo, “There is no such thing as a bad boy,” and by a lifelong dream of adopting fifty boys, he founded Starr Commonwealth for Boys in 1913. Affectionately known as “Uncle Floyd,” he earned the respect of court officials, coworkers, and students for his successful work with homeless, neglected, and delinquent boys, received numerous citations for his humanitarian efforts, retired from active leadership in 1967, continued to provide guidance, and died on August 27, 1980, at the age of 97.