The RELIANCE ELECTRIC CO., a leading manufacturer of electrical products for industry, was founded in 1905 by Cleveland industrialist Peter M. Hitchcock and his cousin, inventor John C. Lincoln. Originally founded as the Lincoln Electric Manufacturing Co., with offices in the CAXTON BUILDING, the company was incorporated in 1907 as the Lincoln Motor Works Co.
The RENNER FOUNDATION, incorporated in 1947 in Ohio as the Renner Clinic Foundation, was founded by R. Richard Renner, M.D. (d. 1979), founder of HILLCREST HOSPITAL.
REVELT, RICHARD D. (27 Apr. 1932-7 Nov. 1992), though a photographer by trade, was better known as "The Deaf Advocate" because of his lifelong commitment to the hearing impaired.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Revelt contracted spinal meningitis when he was three, and the disease left him deaf. He attended Alexander Graham Bell School in Cleveland, and then St. Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo, NY.
REVOLUTION BOOKS was founded by the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) and other local supporters to provide an outlet for communist literature as well as a meeting space for events and groups organizing for revolutionary change. Cleveland's chapter of the RCP was one of the founding chapters when the party was formed in 1975.
ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D. (8 July 1839-23 May 1937), industrialist and philanthropist, rose from his position as an assistant bookkeeper for a Cleveland commission merchant to become one of the wealthiest men in the U.S. through his efforts in developing the STANDARD OIL CO. Born on a farm near Richford, NY. Rockefeller was the son of Wm. A. and Eliza Davison Rockefeller.
ROGERS, MARGARET MARIE HARDEN (30 March 1914-26 April 1993) was a Cuyahoga County welfare administrator who, in 1965, became the first African American in the department to become a caseworker supervisor.
The ROSE-MARY CENTER, which began in 1922 as a home for crippled children, has provided residential evaluation and treatment for physically disabled children ages 3-12. Before 1922 Catholic disabled children were cared for at the Episcopal HOLY CROSS HOUSE.
The ROTARY CLUB OF CLEVELAND is a civic-service club formed by 25 charter members on 1 Dec. 1910. By 1935 the club had 400 members and was second in size only to the 550-member original club in Chicago (est. 1905).
ROUSE, REBECCA CROMWELL (30 Oct. 1799-23 Dec. 1887), leading social-services organizer and reformer, was born in Salem, Mass., to John and Rebecca Elliot Cromwell. Rouse was educated in religion and the classics and acquired worldly knowledge through her extensive travels abroad.
RUSSIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE. See JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSN.
RUTHENBERG, CHARLES (9 July 1882-3 Mar. 1927), prominent in the Cleveland Socialist and, later, Communist parties, was born in the CUDELL neighborhood of Cleveland to German immigrants August and Wilhelmenia (Lau) Ruthenberg.
The S. LIVINGSTON MATHER CHARITABLE TRUST was founded in 1953 in Cleveland by CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO. vice-pres. SAMUEL LIVINGSTON MATHER.
The SAINT ANN FOUNDATION, sponsored by the SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, was established in 1973 with the income gained from the sale of St. Ann's Hospital to KAISER PERMANENTE.
SALTZMAN, MAURICE (25 May 1918-21 Jan. 1990), businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist in Cleveland and Israel, received the Human Relations Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1966) and the Charles Eisenman Award from the JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION (1974).
The SALVATION ARMY in Cleveland, first known as the Christian Mission, represented the organization's first U.S. outpost, operating from 1872-76 and reorganized 29 Oct. 1883. Formed in England in 1865 by Rev. Wm. Booth, the Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian denomination organized along military lines.
SAMPLINER, HERMAN (8 Nov. 1835-5 Dec. 1899) was an activist in the Cleveland Jewish community and the founding president of the B'NAI JESHURUN congregation, the third oldest Jewish congregation in Greater Cleveland.
SCHMITT, DOROTHY PRENTISS (24 June 1897-29 Dec. 1985) served on the board of trustees of Western Reserve University (1953-67), was the only woman charter member of the board of the federated CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (CWRU, 1967), and was made honorary board member in 1969.
SCHMITT, RALPH S. (1894-1 Sept. 1974), with his wife DOROTHY PRENTISS SCHMITT, received both the Charles Eisenman Award (1951) and the Public Service Medal from the Cleveland CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (1962) for their PHILANTHROPY and community service.
SCHOTT, HAROLD C. (6 Jan. 1907-28 Feb. 1977) was an industrialist and financier who, along with his brothers, created a business empire of companies in Cleveland and throughout the Midwest.
SEARS FAMILY FOUNDATION. See SEARS-SWETLAND FAMILY FOUNDATION.
The SEARS-SWETLAND FAMILY FOUNDATION was created in 1949 as the Sears Family Foundation in Cleveland by TOWMOTOR CORP. founder LESTER SEARS (1888-1967). The foundation supports health, education, and environmental research but does not grant to individuals nor for scholarships, fellowships, or loans.
The SECOND FOUNDATION, established in 1984, is an organization that awards grants. It is a sister fund to the 1525 FOUNDATION, and assets for both come from the same donor, KENT H. SMITH.
SECOND STEP. See CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SETTLEMENT HOUSES. Cleveland, along with Chicago, Boston, and New York, was one of the centers of the U.S. settlement-house movement. Local settlement work began in the late 1890s, and within a decade a half-dozen settlements operated in Cleveland neighborhoods.
SHERWIN, BELLE (20 Mar. 1868-9 July 1955), was a notable reform activist and a suffragist who led the national LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (LWV) during 1924-1934.
