James W. Wagner
James W. Wagner
Interim President, Case Western Reserve University, 5/3/2001-7/31/2002
Education
B.S.E.E., University of Delaware, 1975, Electrical Engineering
M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1978, Clinical Engineering
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1984, Materials Science and Engineering
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Career
Electronics Engineer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 1975-1984
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1984-1988
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1988-1993
Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1997
Chairman, Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1997
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1998-2003
Dean, The Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1998-2000
Provost, Case Western Reserve University, 2000-2001, 2002-2003
President, Emory University, 2003-
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University Numbers
2000/01 2001/02
Enrollment 9,614 9,530
Number of faculty 2,124 2,203
Operating expenses $472 million $509 million
Full time undergraduate tuition $20,100 $21,000
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
2001 The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by al-Qaeda terrorists.
2002 The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
was created, the first class scheduled for fall 2004.
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Regional Population
2000
Cleveland 478,403
Cuyahoga County 1,393,978
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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.