LOESER, NATHAN (8 Aug. 1869-30 June 1953), a founder of one of the city's most prestigious law firms and prime mover creating MT. SINAI HOSPITAL, was born in Cleveland to Moses and Marianna (Loeb) Loeser. Loeser was raised in Buffalo and studied law and journalism at Cornell University.
The LAKE ERIE SCHOOL OF LAW was incorporated in 1915 as the Rufus P. Ranney Law School, with power to grant degrees. It was named after RUFUS P. RANNEY, one of Cleveland's leading lawyers of the 19th century, but who had no connection with the school. The school suspended operations in 1917, probably because of a decline in enrollment brought on by World War I.