Louis A. Toepfer
Louis A. Toepfer
Pronunciation: TEP-fer
(8/31/1919-3/6/2000)
Acting President, Case Western Reserve University, 10/6/1970-9/12/1971
President, Case Western Reserve University, 9/13/1971-6/30/1980
Education
A.B., Beloit College, 1940
LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1947
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University Awards
The Toepfer Room in Adelbert Hall was named for Toepfer to recognize his many contributions to Case Western Reserve University, 1984.
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Career
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
Assistant Dean, Harvard Law School, 1947-1959
Director of Admissions, Harvard Law School, 1947-1966
Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1959-1966
Vice Dean, Harvard Law School, 1959-1966
Dean, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 1966-1971
Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 1966-1980
Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, Ohio, 1980-1986
President Emeritus, Dean Emeritus of the School of Law, and Professor Emeritus of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 1980-2000
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University Numbers
1970/71 1979/80
Enrollment 9,209 8,104
Operating expense $69,035,000 $112,948,000
Full time undergraduate tuition $2,200 $4,250
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Milestones
1966 National Organization for Women was formed.
1967 Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University federated.
1968 Urban and Environmental Studies Program, the first new post-Federation undergraduate
program, was established.
A successful two-year $5 million campaign for a new Law School building was started.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
1969 The first University Undergraduate Student Government was elected.
The Case Western Reserve University faculty constitution was approved.
The military draft lottery was held for the first time since World War II.
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
1970 The $17 Million Capital Campaign was successfully concluded, at that time CIT's largest
fundraising effort.
The first Earth Day, featuring nationwide demonstrations about environmental problems,
was celebrated.
Four students were killed and nine wounded by members of the Ohio National Guard on
the campus of Kent State University.
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Regional Population
1970 1980
Cleveland 750,879 573,822
Cuyahoga County 1,720,835 1,498,400
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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.
