Case Institute of Technology awarded Leutner the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, 1948.
Western Reserve University awarded Leutner the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1950.
The Emily Payne Smith Leutner Memorial Fund was established by President Leutner and family and friends in memory of President Leutner’s wife. The fund was renamed in 1962 the Winfred George and Emily Payne Smith Leutner Memorial Fund. The fund was used to purchase books in the arts and sciences for the University Library, 1955.
Western Reserve University dedicated the north side dining and recreation commons the Winfred George Leutner Commons, “because he upheld the finest traditions of academic freedom, because of his kindly and sympathetic relations with faculty and students,” 1965.
Career
Instructor in Greek, Western Reserve University, 1903-1904
Acting Professor of Greek, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, 1905-1906
Instructor in Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1906-1909
Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1909-1915
Dean, Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, 1912-1925
Professor of Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1915-1925
Acting Secretary-Treasurer, Western Reserve University, 1917-1918
Dean of University Administration, Western Reserve University, 1925-1934
Acting Director, Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, 1925-1926
President Emeritus, Western Reserve University, 1949-1961
University Numbers
1933/34
1948/49
Enrollment
8,715
18,352
Operating deficit
$2,299,075.21
$352,091.68
Milestones
Continuous Campaign was launched. It included annual gifts, capital gifts, and bequests, and continued throughout Leutner’s tenure.
1933
The School of Nursing was renamed the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of Western Reserve University.
1935
The Faculties of Arts and Sciences was established. Composed of members of the Adelbert, Mather, and Graduate School faculties, it acted on matters of common interest.
1936
1939
Countries around the world were plunged into World War II.
Corporate reorganization amalgamated the separate corporations of Western Reserve University, Case Library, Adelbert College, and Cleveland School of Architecture into a single corporation. Cleveland College was amalgamated with this corporation in 1942.
1941
The Plant Rehabilitation Fund Campaign was intended to raise $300,000 to replace, repair, and renovate facilities. The campaign, which raised $134,000, was abandoned after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1944
GI Bill of Rights (formally: The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) was signed into law.
The School of Education was closed. The Department of Education operated until 1979.
1945
1947
First telecast was made by WEWS, Ohio’s first television station.
The School of Pharmacy was closed.
1949
Regional Population
1930
1950
Cleveland
900,429
914,808
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.
