Charles S. Howe
Charles S. Howe
(9/29/1858-4/18/1939)
Secretary of the Faculty, Case School of Applied Science, 6/4/1902-11/2/1902
Acting President, Case School of Applied Science, 11/3/1902-5/31/1903
President, Case School of Applied Science, 6/1/1903-Summer 1929
Education
B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1878, Chemistry
Ph.D., College of Wooster, 1887
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University Awards
Western Reserve University awarded Howe the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1924.
Case School of Applied Science awarded Howe the honorary Doctor of Engineering, 1929.
Case Western Reserve University dedicated one of the men’s south side residences Charles S. Howe House to “honor the memory of the second president of Case, an outstanding mathematician and astronomer,” 1969.
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Career
Principal, High School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Fall 1879
Principal, Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico, 1879-1881
Assayer for prospectors, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1881-1882
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, 1883-1889
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Case School of Applied Science, 1889-1902
Kerr Professor of Mathematics, Case School of Applied Science, 1890-1908
President Emeritus, Case School of Applied Science, 1929-1939
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University Numbers
1902/03 1928/29
Enrollment 426 679
Number of faculty 27 67
Tuition per year $100 $250
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1902 Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity was published.
1903 The 5-year joint course with Adelbert College, the undergraduate men’s college of Western
Reserve University, was established. The first students of the combined course entered
Case in 1906.
1914 The Cleveland Foundation was established.
Countries around the world were plunged into World War I.
1916 The Cleveland Museum of Art opened.
1918 The influenza epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
1920 First regular commercial radio broadcasts began.
1925 With Western Reserve University, Case established Cleveland College, a pioneering effort
in adult education.
First general campaign for funds raised over $1,600,000.
The Cleveland airport opened.
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Regional Population
1900 1930
Cleveland 381,768 900,429
Cuyahoga County 439,120 1,201,455
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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.
