Charles B. Storrs
(5/23/1794-9/15/1833)
President, Western Reserve College, 1830-6/26/1833
Education
Attended College of New Jersey, 1810-1813
Graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, 1820
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University Awards
Western Reserve University named one of the men’s north side residences Storrs House “because of his scholarship and his sincerity of purpose in guiding Western Reserve College in its beginning days,” 1964.
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Career
Teacher, a school in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, ca.1815-ca.1817
Evangelist, Missions in Georgia and South Carolina, 1821-1822
Temporary Pastor, Church in Ravenna, Ohio, 1822-1828
Professor of Sacred Theology, Western Reserve College, 1828-1830
Professor of Christian Theology, Western Reserve College, 1830-1833
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University Numbers
1830/31 1832/33
Enrollment 25 58
Number of faculty 5 5
Total endowment funds received to date $1,745.25 $5,319.25
Tuition $20 $20
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1830 Fundraising campaign commenced to raise $50,000 for the endowment of the presidency
and of the four existing professorships.
1832 The Ohio and Erie Canal was completed.
Western Reserve College was plunged into the colonization vs. abolitionism debate.
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Regional Population
1830
Portage County 16,963
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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.
