BOLTON, FRANCES PAYNE (29 Mar. 1885-9 Mar. 1977), served as Republican congresswoman for 29 years and supported projects in nursing, health, and education. Born in Cleveland to banker-industrialist Chas. W.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (abbr. CWRU) is an independent research university located in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE.
CASE, LEONARD, JR. (27 Jan. 1820-6 Jan. 1880), a philanthropist who endowed Case School of Applied Science, was born to LEONARD CASE in Cleveland and educated in law at Yale. Sickly all his life, he neither married nor practiced his profession, but devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. Along with his brother WM.
The CIVIL WAR transformed Cleveland from a commercial village to a city dependent on manufacturing. Migrating Connecticut settlers, one historian holds, transplanted their religious, political, and social ideals to the WESTERN RESERVE, including the abhorrence of slavery.
The CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (incorporated February 5, 1921) is an independent, not-for-profit academic medical center engaged in patient care, research, and education. In 2005, it was the second-largest private medical group practice in America, including 1,400 physicians in 120 medical specialties and sub-specialties, serving more than a million patient visits a year.
CRILE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SR. (11 Nov. 1864-7 Jan. 1943), surgeon, researcher, and a founder of the CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, was born in Chili, Ohio, to Michael and Margaret Deeds Crile. He received his A.B. from Ohio Northern University (1885), his medical degree from Wooster Medical College (1887), and additional training in Europe.
CUTLER, CARROLL (31 Jan. 1829-25 Jan. 1894) presided over Western Reserve College (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE) during that institution's removal from Hudson, O., to Cleveland. The son of Rev. Calvin and Rhoda Little Cutler, he was a native of Windham, N.H.
DOW, HERBERT H. (26 Feb. 1866-15 Oct. 1930), developer of Dow Chemical Co., was born in Belleville, Ontario. The son of Joseph H. and Sarah Bunneil Dow, he moved with his family to Cleveland, and graduated with a B.S. from Case School in 1888. His senior thesis, which he presented that summer at the Cleveland meeting of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, dealt with brines in Ohio.
The ELISABETH SEVERANCE PRENTISS FOUNDATION was founded in Jan. 1939 in Cleveland by ELISABETH SEVERANCE ALLEN PRENTISS, Luther L. Miller, and Kate W. Miller. It began operating after Prentiss's death in 1944. Funds were entrusted to the National City Bank (subsidiary of NATIONAL CITY CORP.).
FAYETTE, JOHN SYKES (1810?
FIGGIE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a diversified operating company, was organized by Clevelander Harry E. Figgie, Jr. in Dec. 1963 when he bought the "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America. Through acquisitions he made Figgie Intl. the 367th-largest corporation in the U.S. "Automatic" Sprinkler originated from the merger of 4 small companies in 1910 and was incorporated in Delaware in 1919. The firm was bought by 1926 by John A.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S VISITS to Cleveland were made in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s to promote equal rights for AFRICAN AMERICANS. While the ex-slave sometimes came to the abolitionist Western Reserve at the bidding of white reformers, he more often came to address African Americans who were active in the movement, to improve their condition. On 11 Sept.
GLENNAN, THOMAS K. (8 Sept. 1905-11 Apr. 1995) was a leading figure in the national scientific community as well as president of Case Institute of Technology (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY).
HARCOURT MANOR, located at 2178 Harcourt Drive in CLEVELAND HEIGHTS in the
HAYDN, HIRAM COLLINS (11 Dec. 1831-31 July 1913), pastor of FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (OLD STONE) and president of Western Reserve University, was born in Pompey, N.Y., to David E. and Lucinda (Cooley) Haydn. He graduated from Amherst College in 1856, and received a D.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1859.
The HESSLER RD. AND HESSLER COURT HISTORIC DISTRICT was dedicated by Cleveland's Landmarks Commission on 1 Nov. 1975. Hessler Court, the only remaining Cleveland street to have wood block paving, had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places 7 months earlier. The Court's distinctive paving was installed by Emery Hessler for his private use ca. 1916.
HORSBURGH AND SCOTT CO. produces gears and industrial transmissions and has prospered over a century of operation. Founded in 1886 by millwrights Frank Horsburgh and Thos. Scott, the company operated a machine shop at 108 Canal St. producing wire trolley switchovers, wire connectors, and allied parts for local streetcar companies. After Scott left the firm in 1899, the company incorporated as the Horsburgh & Scott Co.
HOWE, CHARLES SUMNER (29 Sept. 1858-18 Apr. 1939), college educator and president of the Case School of Applied Science (1902-29) (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY), was born in Nashua, N.H., to William and Susan Woods Howe. In 1878 Howe received his B.S. in Agriculture from both Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University.
The LAKESIDE UNIT, WORLD WAR I, formally designated U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 4, was the first contingent of the American expeditionary forces to be transported to Europe after the U.S. entry into World War I. Based in a British army hospital near Rouen, France, it provided medical care for Allied troops from the spring of 1917 to the winter of 1918-19. In 1915 a surgical team from Lakeside Hospital headed by Dr.
LEUTNER, WINFRED G. (1 Mar. 1879-25 Dec. 1961), classical scholar, educator, and administrator, was born in Cleveland to Frederick M. and Mary Ernst Leutner. He graduated from Adelbert College (See: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY) in 1901.
LUBRIZOL CORP., a diversified chemical company ranked 344th among the Fortune 500 companies in 1985, was founded on 28 July 1928 as the Graphite Oil Prods. Corp. by Francis A. "Alex" Nason, Thos. W. James, and three brothers: KENT H. SMITH, Vincent K. Smith, and ALBERT K. SMITH.
MACLEOD, JOHN JAMES (6 Sept. 1876-17 Mar. 1935), head of the Physiology Dept. at Western Reserve University and later awarded a Nobel Prize as a codiscoverer of insulin, was born in Cluny, Scotland, to Rev. Robert and Jane (McWalter) MacLeod. He received a medical degree with honors from Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1898.
The MALTZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, located in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, is a historic arts and religious venue for a variety of performances.
The MANDEL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS is a group of three foundations, established as supporting foundations of the JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION of Cleveland in 1988 by the families of Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel, founders of PREMIER INDUSTRIAL CORP.
MATHER, FLORA STONE (6 Apr. 1852-19 Jan. 1909), was a philanthropist dedicated to Cleveland religious, educational, and social-reform activities. Flora Amelia Stone, youngest daughter of AMASA STONE and Julia Gleason Stone, was born in the family mansion on Superior Avenue and graduated with honors from CLEVELAND ACADEMY.