The second president of the federated Case Western Reserve University, Louis A. Toepfer (presidency years: 1970–1980) came to the role in October 1970 after serving as dean of the School of Law.
Under his leadership, Adelbert College, Flora Stone Mather College and Cleveland College merged into Western Reserve College. Toepfer oversaw the newly unified institution’s first fundraising campaign, which yielded $215 million over the course of five years.
