Category: Education

EAST TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, a comprehensive coeducational high school, was the first public trade school in the Greater Cleveland area. The new enterprise was one of only 5 technical high schools in the country when it opened as Technical High School on 5 Oct. 1908 in a brick building with Gothic facade at 2470 E. 55th St. East Tech, as it was called after 1910, was originally coeducational.

EDUCATION. The early history of education in Cleveland paralleled developments in Ohio and America, since education was a state initiative and local efforts reflected those of the state. The immigration of the 1830s and 1840s aroused feelings of nationalism and patriotism. The Catholic population grew rapidly and provided for a separate system of education during the 19th century.

The EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF AMERICA was an independent, not-for-profit, nongovernmental research and development center located in the ROCKEFELLER BLDG. Originally known as the Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland, it was founded in 1957-58 by Dr. Geo. H.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND HISTORY is a collaborative effort between CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY, THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY and the northeastern Ohio community.

FAYETTE, JOHN SYKES (1810?

FENN COLLEGE, the private college predecessor of CLEVELAND STATE UNIV., was originally part of the Cleveland YMCA's educational program, begun in the 1880s. In 1906 a newly instituted day school program joined the evening school program as the Assn. Institute.

FOLSOM'S MERCANTILE COLLEGE was the first college founded in Cleveland. R. C. Bacon opened the college on W. 3rd St. in 1848, and Ezekiel G. Folsom, who had taught penmanship in common school in Cleveland, became sole owner a few months later. In 1850 it became known as E. G. Folsom's Commercial College.

FRIEDMAN, MAX R. (11 November 1918-24 September 1993) was a prominent civic leader, civil rights advocate, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Friedman Buick Co., one of the nation's most successful Buick dealerships.

GLEN OAK SCHOOL was founded in 1969 as an all-girls' school by the Religious of the Sacred Heart (Madams of the Sacred Heart). It was the order's first school in the Cleveland area, where they had been encouraged to establish one by a number of area women who had been educated by the Madams.

GREENLEE, HUGH T. (28 Sept 1927 - 3 Nov. 1997) was an industrial designer, teacher, and chair of the department of industrial design at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was born in Columbus to Mary Elizabeth Rodefer and Wayne T. Greenlee. He graduated from Bellaire High School in 1945 and earned a degree in industrial design from the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART in 1949.

GUTHRIE, WARREN A. (30 June 1911-25 February 1986) used his academic background as a teacher of speech to set an unsurpassed standard as a pioneer television newscaster. A native of Syracuse, Nebraska, he earned degrees from Nebraska Wesleyan University, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University.

HAGAN, JOHN RAPHAEL (26 Feb. 1890-28 Sept. 1946), auxiliary bishop of Cleveland and first president of Sisters' (later St. John) College, was born in Pittsburgh to Katherine (Foley) and John Hagan. He was brought to Cleveland at age 2 and after graduation from St. Ignatius High School, he began studies at North American College in Rome and was ordained in 1914.

HARPER, WILLIARD FLEMMETT (1 August 1922-23 November 2015), was an educator, United Nations diplomat and administrator, and philanthropist.  He was born in Conyers, Georgia, and moved to Cleveland with his parents, Annie Mae Veal Harper and Huel Harper.

HAWKEN SCHOOL was founded in 1915 with the motto "That the better self shall prevail and each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life." Originally located at 1572 Ansel Rd. in Cleveland, Hawken was a boys' elementary school with 19 students and 3 teachers. The school strongly reflected the educational philosophy of its founder, James A.

HELMUTH, RUTH WALTER (29 Aug 1918-16 July 1997) founded the Western Reserve University archives, which rose to national prominence under her direction; pioneered methods for preserving institutional records and memorabilia; and developed a program for training archivists which became a model for similar efforts nationwide. She was born in Cleveland to Carl Frederick, a salesman, and Leda A.

HIGHER EDUCATION. The origins of the institutions of higher education in Cleveland can be traced in many respects to the needs and belief systems of their early founders, often reflecting the larger society.

HOLY NAME HIGH SCHOOL opened in September 1914 as part of the Holy Name Church at 8328 Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Holy Name was one of the first coeducational, private, Catholic schools in Cleveland. 

The HUMISTON INSTITUTE, also known as the Cleveland Institute, was a private coeducational school for secondary education during the 1860s. Prof. Ransom F. Humiston, an accomplished Cleveland teacher, founded the school in 1859, when it opened in the unused CLEVELAND UNIV. Bldg.