A Proud, Business-Savvy Tradition

Case Western Reserve students, faculty and alumni have a long track record of taking their discoveries into the corporate world. Just a few companies with strong connections to campus include:

Dow Chemical

An international specialty chemical powerhouse, founded by Herbert Dow (CSAS 1888) and A.W. Smith (CSAS 1887) in 1897

$60 billion in annual sales (2011)
5,000+ products sold to customers in 160 countries
52,000 employees worldwide

Parker Hannifin

World-leading manufacturer of motion and control technologies, founded by Arthur Parker (CSAS ’07) in 1918

$13 billion in annual sales (2012)
60,000 employees in 48 countries
142 divisions with 311 manufacturing locations

Lubrizol

Specialty chemical manufacturer co-founded in 1928 by Kent H. Smith (CSAS ’17), along with his brothers, Vincent Smith and A. Kelvin Smith (CSAS ’22)

7,000 employees worldwide
$6.1 billion in revenue (2011)
100+ countries where Lubrizol products are sold

Craigslist

Alumnus Craig Newmark (CIT ’75) revolutionized the classified ad when he founded the online service in 1995

50 billion page views per month
60 million users per month in the U.S. alone
60 million ads and 1 million new jobs posted per month

Quality Electrodynamics (QED)

Privately held global developer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced medical equipment electronics founded by alumnus Hiroyuki Fujita (GRS ’98, physics)