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Federation, 1965-1972
On July 1, 1967, Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University (WRU) federated to create Case Western Reserve University. The goal was to develop "a nationally recognized community of academic excellence, building on what has been achieved already." At that time, CWRU was ninth in size of faculty and graduate enrollment, and tenth in endowment book value among all U.S. private universities. The architects of the union characterized it as a federation, not a merger, explaining that a merger would imply absorption of the smaller Case into the larger WRU. Federation was intended to preserve the values, traditions, strengths and the potential of both Case and WRU.
Explore milestones and key documents of Federation planning and implementation.
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