George E. Pierce
George E. Pierce
(9/9/1794-5/28/1871)
President, Western Reserve College, 1834-7/1855
Education
Graduated from Yale University, 1816
Graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, 1821
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University Awards
Western Reserve University named its original men’s residence Pierce Hall to honor Pierce’s service as President of Western Reserve College, 1934.
Western Reserve University named one of the men’s north side residences Pierce House for his “self-sacrifice and devotion, his unyielding honesty, fidelity and untiring perseverance for the College," 1964.
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Career
Principal, an academy in Fairfield, Connecticut, 1816-1818
Pastor, Congregational Church, Harwinton, Connecticut, 2/1822-1834
Mayor, Village of Hudson, Ohio, 1851-1852
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University Numbers
1834/35 1854/55
Enrollment 58 120
Number of faculty 4 14
Tuition $20 $30
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1837 Daguerre invented the first successful photographic process.
1842 The Cleveland Plain Dealer was first published.
1843 The Medical Department of Western Reserve College was established.
1847 Cleveland's first telegraph line (to Pittsburgh) was completed.
1848 The Communist Manifesto was published.
Gold was discovered in California.
1854 The Theological Department was suspended, never to resume.
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Regional Population
1830 1850
Portage County 16,963
Summit County 27,485
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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.
