The JOHN HUNTINGTON POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE filled a gap in area educational needs for 35 years by giving tuition-free technical training to some 60,000 Cleveland residents. On his birthday in 1889, JOHN HUNTINGTON earmarked $200,000 to fund a technical school to be known as the John Huntington Art & Polytechnic Trust.
JONES, ROBINSON G. (14 Dec. 1871-18 Aug. 1938) was a prominent Cleveland educator who served as superintendent of the Cleveland City School District for thirteen years.
LAKE, CHARLES H. (2 Jan. 1879-14 Dec. 1958), nationally known in EDUCATION, was an administrator in the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS for 21 years and superintendent from 1933-47. During his tenure, the schools initiated a radio station, school safety programs, and classes for the disabled, among other changes.
LANGLEY, JOHN W. (21 Oct. 1841-10 May 1918), chemist, electrical engineer, and teacher, was born in Boston, the son of Samuel and Mary Summer Langley. He received a B.S. degree from Harvard University in 1861, and joined the University of Michigan as a medical student and assistant instructor in chemistry. His brief medical training qualified him as an assistant surgeon in the U.S.
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.
JOANNE MARCIA WAXMAN LEWIS (5 JUNE 1933 - 18 FEBRUARY 2024) was an educator and local historian.
ROBERT L. LEWIS (25 September 1919 - 3 August 2005) was a lawyer and education activist.
Lewis was born in New York City and was a vaudeville performer during his youth. He and his older brother were billed as “The Sunrise Happiness Kids.” At age 16, he entered Hamilton College.
LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES In general, the development of libraries, historical agencies, and archives in the WESTERN RESERVE has followed patterns experienced throughout the Old Northwest Territory. There are some differences, in part dictated by location, population trends, wealth, and select creative individuals.
LIBRARIES, ETHNIC. The large number of immigrant groups that have come to Cleveland have had a profound effect on its libraries, requiring the major public library to evolve a noted collection of works in foreign languages and leading to the establishment of a variety of private libraries by various nationality groups.
LOPEZ, ABELINO "AL", JR. (30 August 1944—28 October 2014) was a career educator and Hispanic community leader who helped to found Esperanza, a mentoring and scholarship organization that became a pillar of the HISPANIC COMMUNITY of North
MARTIN, MARY BROWN (31 May, 1877 – 19 Nov. 1939), the first Black woman elected to the Cleveland Board of Education, was born in Raleigh, N.C. to Winfield Scott and Jane (Curtis) Brown, both former slaves.
The MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT was performed in the basement of a WESTERN RESERVE UNIV. dormitory in July 1887 by ALBERT A. MICHELSON of the Case School of Applied Science and EDWARD W. MORLEY of Western Reserve Univ.
MILLIS, JOHN SCHOFF. (22 Nov. 1903-1 Jan. 1988), president of WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (1949-67), strengthened its teaching of sciences and centralized university services and faculty.
MISS MITTLEBERGER'S SCHOOL (ca. 1877-1908) was one of Cleveland's most prominent schools for young women. The school had its beginnings in Miss Augusta Mittleberger's home, where she began conducting private classes for young women. With the death of her father in 1877, Miss Mittleberger moved to larger quarters. In 1881 she was offered a house owned by JOHN D.
MOLEY, RAYMOND (27 Sept. 1886-18 Feb. 1975), professor, presidential advisor, and director of the CLEVELAND FOUNDATION, was born in Berea, Ohio, to Felix James and Agnes Fairchild Moley. He attended Baldwin University (1902-06) and received an A.M. (1913) from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. (1918) from Columbia University in political science.
The MONTESSORI SCHOOLS in Cleveland offer an alternative education to children ages 3-14. Cleveland was one of the first cities in the U.S. to have a Montessori school, which is based on teaching concepts developed by Dr. Maria Montessori of Italy. In 1907 she established a school for disadvantaged (mostly poor) children in Rome, believing that they could learn more effectively through self-motivation.
MORITZ, ALAN RICHARDS (25 Dec. 1899-12 May 1986), forensic pathologist, was born in Hastings, Nebr., son of Richard Daniel and Genevieve Richards Moritz. He received his B.S., A.M., and M.D.
MORRISON, TONI (18th Feb. 1931 - 5th Aug. 2019) was a renowned and award-winning American author and professor. Morrison wrote extensively about the plight of African Americans and Black people, focusing on the Black female experience.
Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18th, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, to George and Ramah Willis Wofford. Morrison was the second youngest of four siblings.
MULLALLY, EILEEN MURPHY (December 7, 1920 - December 22, 2014) was a nurse and educator before becoming an active civic volunteer. She was the oldest of five children born to William R. and Mary (Kenny) Murphy in St. Louis, MO. Mullally graduated from Trenton College, a high school that later became North Central Missouri College, and attended St. Louis University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, INC., is a competition, originated at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV, that encourages historical research and learning among secondary school students. History Day, which occurs annually in June, is the culmination of a series of contests at progressive levels.
The NORTH EASTERN OHIO EDUCATION ASSN., a voluntary nonprofit service organization primarily for professional educators, at 6500 Pearl Rd., PARMA HTS., was formally instituted on 13 Nov. 1869 at the WEDDELL HOUSE by a group of administrators and teachers under the name of North Eastern Ohio Teachers Assn.
The NORTHEASTERN OHIO INTER-MUSEUM COUNCIL was originally established as the Cleveland Inter-Museum Committee in 1942 to encourage awareness and collaboration among area museums, with a heavy emphasis on museums, libraries, and schools as cooperative educational institutions.
ORTH, SAMUEL PETER (1 Aug. 1873-26 Feb. 1922), attorney, educator, lecturer, author, and historian, was born in Capiac, Mich., the son of German Evangelical clergyman Rev. John and Katharine Troeller Orth. He accompanied Frederick A. Cook on his expedition to Greenland in 1894, graduated from Oberlin College with a B.S. in 1896, and studied law and political science at the University of Michigan from 1896-97.
