Western Reserve University awarded Howe the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1924.
Case School of Applied Science awarded Howe the honorary Doctor of Engineering, 1929.
Case Western Reserve University dedicated one of the men’s south side residences Charles S. Howe House to “honor the memory of the second president of Case, an outstanding mathematician and astronomer,” 1969.
Career
Principal, High School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Fall 1879
Principal, Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico, 1879-1881
Assayer for prospectors, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1881-1882
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, 1883-1889
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Case School of Applied Science, 1889-1902
Kerr Professor of Mathematics, Case School of Applied Science, 1890-1908
President Emeritus, Case School of Applied Science, 1929-1939
University Numbers
1902/03
1928/29
Enrollment
426
679
Number of faculty
27
67
Tuition per year
$100
$250
Milestones
1902
Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity was published.
The 5-year joint course with Adelbert College, the undergraduate men’s college of Western Reserve University, was established. The first students of the combined course entered Case in 1906.
1903
1914
The Cleveland Foundation was established.
Countries around the world were plunged into World War I.
1916
The Cleveland Museum of Art opened.
1918
The influenza epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
1920
First regular commercial radio broadcasts began.
With Western Reserve University, Case established Cleveland College, a pioneering effort in adult education.
1925
The Cleveland airport opened.
First general campaign for funds raised over $1,600,000.
Regional Population
1900
1930
Cleveland
381,768
900,429
Cuyahoga County
439,120
1,201,455
Caution should be taken when comparing financial data across long periods of time. Accounting practices have changed substantially during CWRU's nearly 200-year history. In compiling these numbers, we have relied on the most authoritative contemporaneous sources available.
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, March 2007.
