FAIRFAX, FLORENCE BUNDY (24 Dec. 1907-6 Mar. 1970), a long-time AFRICAN AMERICAN employee of the city's Recreation Dept., who became assistant commissioner of recreation in 1966, was born in Cleveland to George and Florence (Wilson) Bundy.
The FAIRHILL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (1959-Dec. 1983, originally Fairhill Psychiatric Hospital) was a state psychiatric facility in Cleveland dedicated to intensive, short-term care. It opened as one of 5 state psychiatric facilities in Cleveland in the former U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL on Fairhill Road.
The FAIRMOUNT FINE ARTS CENTER offers instruction in dance, theater, music, crafts and visual arts, and gymnastics in its main campus at 8400 Fairmount Rd. in Russell Twp. It originated in a dance studio added to the home of businessman Ron Kumen for the use of his wife, Jan, a professional dancer, who began giving lessons there.
FAIRMOUNT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in CLEVELAND HEIGHTS was chartered in October 1916 and incorporated on 7 December 1917. One of the largest Presbyterian churches in Cleveland, it grew out of Sunday school classes organized by Dr. PAUL F. SUTPHEN , of Second Presbyterian Church and his assistant, Rev. Edward C. Young.
FAIRMOUNT THEATRE OF THE DEAF. See CLEVELAND SIGNSTAGE THEATRE.
FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS. Fairs and expositions have always provided an outlet for the public expression of the fundamental temper and economy of a community. As a midwestern county seat, Cleveland participated early in the enthusiasm for agricultural fairs, which were so much a part of 19th-century rural life.
FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL, formerly Fairview General Hospital, in 2006 was located at 18101 Lorain Avenue. The hospital was founded in July 1892 as the Society for Christian Care of the Sick and Needy (also known as the Bethesda Deaconess House) by a group of local ministers and laymen of the Reformed church. It was created as a training school for religious sisters to provide care and religious instruction to the community.
FAIRVIEW PARK, originally part of ROCKPORT TWP., was incorporated as the village of Fairview in Sept. 1910, following the formation and subsequent division of the hamlet of Goldwood. Most of Goldwood was subsumed into Rocky River.
FAIST, RUSSELL (6 Sept. 1922-5 Jan. 1990) spent the greater part of his journalistic career of 4 decades as an editor with the CATHOLIC UNIVERSE BULLETIN. The Cleveland native was the son of Edward and Helen Bringman Faist. After graduating from ST.
FAMILY PLANNING. Cleveland's first documented program to control childbearing, the privately funded Maternal Health Assn. (MHA, see PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER CLEVELAND, PPGC), began in 1928 to provide birth control (but not abortion) to married women only.
The FAMILY SERVICE ASSN. OF CLEVELAND, established 14 Nov. 1945, evolved directly from Associated Charities Institute of Family Service (see ASSOCIATED CHARITIES). It attempted to improve and preserve family life through financial assistance, counseling (individual, marital, and financial), help with household management, and other services.
FARAGHER'S BACK ROOM was a catalyst for the local folk music scene in the early 1960s. It was located at 1945 South Taylor Rd. in CLEVELAND HTS. In the spring of 1961, Bill Faragher opened a music room called the "Rising Moon Room" in a storefront next door to his bar.
FARLEY, JOHN HARRINGTON (5 Feb. 1846-10 Feb. 1922), a member of city council (1871-77) and Cleveland mayor (1883-85, 1899-1901), was born in Cleveland to Patrick and Ann Schwartz Farley. He received a public-school education. Interested in politics, he was elected to city council in 1871 as a Democrat and served 3 terms. Known as "Honest John" Farley, he was elected mayor in 1883.
FARMER, JAMES (19 July 1802-17 March 1891) was a businessman closely identified with Cleveland's earliest manufacturing, mining, railroad, and banking interests.
FARMER, MERIBAH BUTLER (14 July 1805-4 April 1898) was a Quaker minister and philanthropist who, together with her husband, JAMES FARMER, helped found Cleveland's original evangelical Quakers organization and the First Friends Church.
FARRELLY, JOHN PATRICK (15 Mar. 1856-12 Feb. 1921), fourth bishop of Cleveland, was born in Memphis, Tenn., to John Patrick and Martha Moore Clay Farrelly. He converted to Catholicism as a child. Farrelly was educated at Georgetown University, the Jesuit College at Nemur in Belgium, and North American College in Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood on 22 May 1880 in Rome, then studying 2 years in Palestine.
The FATHER MATHEW TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY, organized in Cleveland in 1851, had its roots in the Catholic Total Abstinence Society founded at ST. MARY'S ON THE FLATS in 1840 by Rev. Peter McLaughlin. Fr. Theobald Mathew's TEMPERANCE work in Ireland inspired a revitalized movement among local Catholics; Bp.
FATIMA FAMILY CENTER (formerly Our Lady of Fatima Center), 6600 Lexington Avenue, has been a unique inner-city Roman Catholic social service facility founded in 1970. Br. Anselm Deehr from Our Lady of Fatima Parish, a member of the religious order Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, opened Our Lady of Fatima Center to feed the hungry and to handle material crises.
FAVALORO, RENÉ GERÓNIMO (12 July 1923-29 July 2000) was an Argentinian-born surgeon known for his work developing the coronary bypass surgery. After creating a strong legacy and career in the United States, Favaloro returned to Argentina to create his own hospital, which trained Latin American doctors and provided healthcare to countless patients, often free of charge.
FAWICK, THOMAS L. (14 Apr. 1889-8 Jan. 1978), industrialist, inventor, and art collector, was born in Sioux Falls, S.D., son of Thomas and Lena Fawick. He quit school at 15, and at 20 built what was reportedly the first 4-door touring car in America. Throughout his life, Fawick patented over 250 inventions, disparaging the use of books as an impediment to ingenuity.
The FAWICK-AIRFLEX STRIKE, 8 Mar.-6 June 1949, was called by Local 735 of the United Electrical Workers (UEW), an allegedly left-wing CIO union. At issue was the union's failure to sign non-communist affidavits as required by the Taft-Hartley Act.
FAYETTE, JOHN SYKES (1810?
FAZIO, VINCENT WARREN III (2 Feb. 1940-5 July 2015) was an Australian-born colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. His work primarily focused on colorectal cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. Fazio was one of the youngest department chiefs in Cleveland Clinic history, serving as the head of colorectal surgery when he was only 35 years old.
FEATHER, WILLIAM A. (25 Aug. 1889-7 Jan. 1981) founded a successful printing business but was best known as editor of the company's, The William Feather Magazine. A native of Jamestown, N.Y., he was brought to Cleveland in 1903 and graduated in 1906 from South High School. After earning an A.B. from Western Reserve Univ.
FEDER, MARK (7 July 1907-3 July 1992) was a leading figure in Cleveland theatrical circles. He was the founder of the Jewish Community Theatre of the JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (JCC), serving as its drama director from 1948 until retirement in 1972.
The FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND was established in 1914 as part of the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States. It is one of twelve regional reserve banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System.
FEDERATED CHURCHES OF GREATER CLEVELAND. See INTERCHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER CLEVELAND.
FEDERATED GERMAN AMERICAN RELIEF FOR EXPELLEES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. See GERMAN AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT SERVICES, INC.
The FEDERATION FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING. See CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
FEDERATION FOR JEWISH CHARITIES. See JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION.
FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES. See CATHOLIC CHARITIES SERVICES CORP.
The FEDERATION OF GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND is the fourth such organization to act as the official voice of the numerous German-American groups in Cuyahoga County. Formed in 1890 as Der Bund der Deutschamerikaner von Cuyahoga County, it was an outgrowth of the committee that sponsored the first German Day Celebration in Cleveland that year. It dissolved shortly before the turn of the century.
The FEDERATION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF NORTHERN OHIO is a service organization whose mission is to coordinate the work of local Italian societies, award scholarships, and to work on behalf of the area's Italian community. The federation had its roots in the Columbus Day Parade Committee, established in 1951. It formally incorporated in 1963.
The FEDERATION OF ORGANIZED TRADES AND LABOR UNIONS OF THE U.S. AND CANADA'S SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION was held in Cleveland 21-24 Nov. 1882, the first such meeting held in the city. The federation, formed in Pittsburgh in 1881, was the precursor of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Of the 19 delegates, 3 were from Cleveland: George A.
The FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS OF GREATER CLEVELAND was a voluntary nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonsectarian association made up of the leaders of Cleveland's women's clubs. The Federation was supported by membership dues and contributions.
FEIGHAN, MICHAEL ALOYSIUS (16 Feb. 1905-19 March 1992) was a 14-term Democratic congressman for the 20th District of Ohio and the chief architect of the Federal Immigration Act of 1965 which abolished the system of quotas by national origin.
FEIKERT, WILLIAM FREDERICK (8 June 1851-7 Oct. 1896) and ADELAIDE DYBALL (ca. 1860-3 Jan. 1942) were both active in the confectionary and chewing gum business in Cleveland. William Feikert was born in Cleveland, the son of Christian and Sadie (Fuchs) Feikert; attended public schools here and graduated from University school.
FEISS, PAUL LOUIS (3 June 1875-20 Jan. 1952), business executive and bibliophile, pioneered methods of scientific management as vice-president and general manager of JOSEPH AND FEISS clothing store. Kent State University acquired his 5,000-volume library in 1952; his 450 rare books formed the basis for the university library's department of special collections.
FELLER, ROBERT WILLIAM ANDREW “BOB” (3 November 1918-15 December 2010) was a Hall of Fame pitcher, and possibly the greatest player ever to put on a CLEVELAND INDIANS uniform.
FELTON, MONROE H. (30 Mar. 1902-22 Jan. 1989) was an entrepreneur in Cleveland's AFRICAN-AMERICAN community following WORLD WAR II. He was active in both the real estate and entertainment fields.
The FEMALE PROTECTIVE UNION was a labor union organized in Cleveland in late 1850. The union, which had features of a mutual-aid society, was formed by about 50 sewing women to combat long hours, low wages, and merchants who refused to accept payment on orders at face value.
FEMINISTS FOR LIFE, OHIO CHAPTER, was founded in 1989 to promote gender equality for women but oppose such things as abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty. The organization is also concerned with issues such as family leave, child care, sexual harassment, and abuse. The organization's most significant accomplishment has been the initiation of "common ground" discussion with pro-choice groups.
The FENCE WAR OF PUBLIC SQUARE arose between Cleveland residents, who wanted the entire PUBLIC SQUARE fenced in as a central park, and the local commercial interests, who felt that the closing of Superior and Ontario streets at the Square hindered the area's commercial development. By 1839 the city had fenced in each individual quadrant of Public Square.
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.
FENN, SERENO PECK (25 Apr. 1844-3 Jan. 1927), prominent in the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO., was born in Tallmadge, Ohio, to Sereno and Elizabeth Carrothers Fenn. He arrived in Cleveland in 1862 to attend HUMISTON INSTITUTE. In 1864, he served 4 months in the Ohio 164th Infantry.
FENSTER, LEO (12 Aug. 1910-22 Sept. 1984), a UAW activist, was born in New York, the son of Polish immigrants Samuel and Jennie Fenster. He moved to Cleveland as a child and attended a year at WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. As a clerk at the Coit Rd.