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  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.