Henry L. Hitchcock
Henry L. Hitchcock
(10/13/1813-7/6/1873)
President, Western Reserve College, 7/1855-6/27/1871
Education
Graduated from Yale University, 1832
Graduated from Lane Theological Seminary, 1837
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University Awards
Western Reserve University named its Euclid Avenue library building Hitchcock Hall in honor of Hitchcock’s service as president, 1934.
Western Reserve University named one of the men’s north side residences Hitchcock House in honor of his “patience, his independence of thought and action, his skill in attracting competent colleagues and his financial judgment,” 1964.
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Career
Principal, Burton Academy, Burton, Ohio, 1832-1834
Pastor, Congregational Church, Morgan, Ohio, 1838-1840
Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1840-1855
Professor of Christian Theology, Western Reserve College, 1855-1873
Mayor, Village of Hudson, Ohio, 1861
Trustee, Western Reserve College, 1871-1873
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University Numbers
1855/56 1870/71
Enrollment 137 168
Number of faculty 13 22
Endowment $60,000 $143,000
Tuition $30 $30
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1859 Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
1861 The United States was plunged into Civil War.
1864 Western Reserve College erased the $25,000 debt that had threatened to close the college in
the 1850s.
1869 The Cleveland Public Library was established.
The Union Pacific met the Central Pacific, completing the country's transcontinental
railway.
1870 John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company.
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Regional Population
1850 1870
Hudson 1,457 1,520
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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.
