Agnar Pytte
Agnar Pytte
Pronunciation: PIT-u
(12/23/1932-11/6/2015)
President, Case Western Reserve University, 7/1/1987-6/30/1999
Education
A.B., Princeton University, 1953, Physics
A.M., Harvard University, 1954, Physics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1958, Physics
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University Awards
Student Crew Club christened its boat the Agnar Pytte, 1994.
Case Western Reserve University awarded Pytte the University Medal in recognition of his leadership, dedication and service to the University, to higher education, and to society, 1999.
The Agnar Pytte Center for Science Education and Research was named for Pytte in “appreciation for his distinguished leadership as President of the University from 1987 to 1999,” 2001.
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Career
Research Physicist, Hycon Eastern Inc., 1956
Faculty member, Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, , 1957-1987
Eleanor and Kelvin Smith Professor of Physics, Dartmouth College, 1981-1987
Chairman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Associate Dean, Faculty for the Sciences, Dartmouth College
Dean, Graduate Studies, Dartmouth College
Provost, Dartmouth College, 1982-1987
President Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University, 1999-
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University Numbers
1987/88 1998/99
Enrollment 8,046 9,799
Number of full time faculty 1,571 2,045
Endowment market value $334,029,000 $1.434 billion
Full time undergraduate tuition $10,000 $18,400
Surplus $33,000 $50,069
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1988 The School of Applied Social Sciences was named the Mandel School of Applied
Social Sciences.
1989 Design and construction of phase 1 (16 residence halls) of the all fiber-optic computer
network, CWRUnet, was completed.
Student protestors were killed by the Chinese military in Tiananmen Square.
The Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of crude oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
1990 The Hubble Space Telescope began its observations of the Earth.
Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for, and developed a prototype of, the
World Wide Web.
1993 The Undergraduate Alumni Association was formed, membership including all alumni with
CIT, WRU, CWRU baccalaureate degrees.
1994 The five-year Campaign for CWRU raised $416.5 million, surpassing the original goal of
$350 million.
The Case Western Reserve University web site was launched.
1999 A new Campus Master Plan, under which approximately fifteen new buildings or major
renovations were started or completed, was concluded.
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Regional Population
1990 2000
Cleveland 505,616 478,403
Cuyahoga County 1,412,140 1,393,978
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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.
