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• 1 2020-01-30T16:08:27+00:00 200 Events in 200 Years: 1950s 8 This section provides detailed information about the university from 1950-1959 plain 2025-04-21T12:38:33+00:00 1950 1950
  John S. Millis was inaugurated as Western Reserve University's last president.
  
  
  1951
  Western Reserve University became the first American university to offer regular university courses for credit in a combination of television broadcast and home study.
  
  
  1952
  Western Reserve Trustees established the School of Business, later renamed Weatherhead School of Management. Pictured here is Clarence H. (Red) Cramer, first dean of the School.
  
  
  1953
  Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the William E. Wickenden Electrical Engineering Building at Case Institute of Technology. A closed-circuit television system provided a new teaching tool.
  
  
  1954
  Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, Western Reserve University professor of pediatrics, received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. Robbins was later dean of the School of Medicine and University Professor.
  
  
  1955
  From the basement of the Mather Memorial Building, Western Reserve University's student radio station, WRAR-AM, went on the air for the first time.
  
  
  1956
  The first class using the newly revised Medical School curriculum graduated. The new curriculum introduced a first year student to patient care and the clinical setting.
  
  
  1957
  Camp Case, in Mohican State Forest near Loudonville, Ohio, closed. It served as a summer surveying camp for Case Institute of Technology students for 21 years.
  
  
  1958
  Case President T. Keith Glennan became the first administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Alumnus and trustee, Kent H. Smith (pictured here), was named acting president of Case.
  
  
  1959
  Center for Documentation and Communication Research, part of the School of Library Science, conducted an extensive program of research in the development of devices and methods for information storage and retrieval. Pictured are Eric Pietsch (L) and James Perry (R), director of the Center, in front of the Searching Selector, the machine used to perform searches.