Cady Staley
Cady Staley
(12/12/1840-6/27/1928)
President, Case School of Applied Science, 9/1/1886-6/5/1902
Education
B.A., Union College, 1865
C.E., Union College, 1866, Civil Engineering
Ph.D., Union College, 1886
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University Awards
Western Reserve University awarded Staley the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1901.
The Cady Staley Fund, established by Staley, funded loans to students and supported the Cady Staley Prize, given to the freshman with the highest record for the year, 1902.
Case Western Reserve University dedicated one of the men’s south side residences the Cady Staley House to honor Staley as “an engineer of repute, he carried on a tradition…of encouraging appreciation of the humanities in men of scientific bent,” 1969.
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Career
Wagon train driver and Prospector, 1866
Civil Engineer, Central Pacific Railroad, 1866-1867
Instructor in Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1867-1868
Professor of Civil Engineering, Union College, 1868-1876
Dean of the Faculty, Union College, 1876-1886
Professor of Civil Engineering, Case School of Applied Science, 1886-1902
Professor of Political Economy, Case School of Applied Science, 1907-1914
Professor of Economics, Case School of Applied Science, 1915-1920
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University Numbers
1886/87 1901/02
Enrollment 44 353
Number of faculty 8 27
Tuition per year $75 $100
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1887 Mechanical, electrical, and mining engineering began as separate programs.
1898 The United States fought the Kingdom of Spain in the Spanish-American War.
1899 Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams was published.
1902 Willis Carrier invented the modern air conditioning system.
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Regional Population
1890 1900
Cleveland 261,353 381,768
Cuyahoga County 309,970 439,120
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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.
