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12020-06-23T20:24:25+00:00South Side Dorms8plain2021-06-14T20:19:30+00:00Southside Dormitories Exterior Aerial ViewThe Albert A. Michelson House is named in memory of Case Institute's first physics professor (1880-1889) and Nobel Laureate. His work at Case helped make Cleveland one of the great centers of research in the physical sciences. His interferometer experiments and others related to the velocity of light helped prepare the way for the work of Einstein and the spectacular advances of modern physics.
Polykarp Kusch House is named in honor of Case Institute's second Nobel Laureate...His research has been concerned with the properties of atoms and molecules and the basic interactions between fundamental particles.
Staley House and Tippit House Exterior North and West SidesDonald A. Glaser House honors Case Institute's third...winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He conceived the idea of a bubble chamber to study short-lived particles that take part in nuclear interactions.
Cady Staley House is named for the first president of Case School of Applied Science. An engineer of repute, he carried on a tradition begun by the founders of Case of encouraging appreciation of the humanities in men of scientific bent.
Charles S. Howe House honors the memory of the second president of Case, an outstanding mathematician and astronomer.