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  T. Keith Glennan 
  (9/8/1905-4/11/1995)
  
  President, Case Institute of Technology, 9/1/1947-6/30/1966
  
  Education
  
  B.S., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1927, Electrical Engineering 
   

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  University Awards 

  Western Reserve University awarded Glennan the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1960.

  Case Institute of Technology awarded Glennan the honorary Doctor of Engineering, 1960.

  The Case Alumni Association established the President T. Keith Glennan Fund to honor Glennan’s contributions to Case Institute of Technology. The fund supported occasional lectures or lecture series by distinguished speakers selected by the President, 1965.

  Case Western Reserve University dedicated its new engineering research and graduate education building the Glennan Space Engineering Building in recognition of Glennan’s “uncommon and creative leadership in the service of higher education, Cleveland, Case Institute of Technology, and his country," 1969.

  Case Western Reserve University awarded Glennan the University Medal in honor of his significant contributions to the University, higher education, and to society, 1973.

  Gordon and Cora Glennan established the T. Keith Glennan Fund in honor of Glennan’s contributions to the University. The fund was used to provide graduate and undergraduate scholarships or fellowships, 1978.

  The T. Keith Glennan Fund in Suport of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) supported the T. Keith Glennan Fellows and other UCITE programs. The fund was established by T. Keith, Gordon and Cora Glennan, 1995.

  
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  Career

  Installation Manager, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1928-1930

  Assistant Continental Manager, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1930

  Assistant General Service Superintendent (later, Operating Manager), Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1930-1931

  Assistant Manager, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1931-1932

  General Manager, Audio Cinema, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1932-1933

  Vice President, Eastern Service Studios, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1933-1934

  Vice President and General Manager, General Service Studios, Electrical Research Products, Inc., 1934-1935

  Operations Manager, Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1935-1939

  Studio Manager, Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1939-1941

  Executive, Vega Airplane Corporation, 1941

  Studio Manager, Samuel Goldwyn Studios, 1941-1942

  Administrator, U. S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, 1942

  Director, U. S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, 1942-1945

  Assistant Production Manager, Ansco Division, General Aniline and Film Corporation, 1945-1946

  Manager, Ansco Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation, 1946-1947

  Commissioner, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-1952

  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1958-1961

  President, Associated Universities Inc., 1965-1968

  Assistant to the Chairman, Urban Coalition, 1969

  U.S. representative, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1970-1973

  Trustee, Case Western Reserve University, 1970-1978

  Consultant, U.S. State Department, 1973-1980

  Honorary Trustee, Case Western Reserve University, 1978-1995

  
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  University Numbers
  
                                                           1947/48               1965/66
  Enrollment                                          2,458                        2,623
  Number of faculty                                178                            202
  Research contracts and grants    $390,000             $4,810,564
                                                        (approximately)
  Tuition per year                                 $500                         $1,700
  
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  Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
  
  1948   Division of Social-Humanistic studies was organized, including the departments of Social
                Studies and Language and Literature. 
  
  1949   Case joined Western Reserve University in a cooperative University Health Service for
                students of both institutions. 
  
  1950   The United States entered the war in Korea. 
  
  1952   The Diamond Jubilee Campaign began.  It raised over $2 million for building construction,
                operations, scholarships, and other purposes. 
  
  1953   James Watson and Frances Crick identified the structure of DNA. 
  
  1956   Southdale Center, the U.S.'s first fully enclosed shopping mall, opened. 
  
  1957   Building Fund Campaign was launched and ultimately raised $8.3 million for building
                construction. 
  
                University Circle Development Foundation, later University Circle Inc., was established. 
  
                Sputnik I became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. 
  
  1960   Cooperative program established between Case and Western Reserve University.
                Case assumed responsibility for undergraduate and graduate instruction in the field of 
                astronomy, and WRU assumed responsibility in the field of geology. 
  
                First women undergraduates were admitted to Case on a regular basis. 
  
  1961   Establishment of Engineering Division, which combined the former engineering departments 
                into one unit to promote interdisciplinary activity. 
  
  1962   Department of Management was reorganized as the Division of Organizational Sciences with 
                an Operations Research Group, an Organizational Behavior Group, and an Economics
                Group.
  
                John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 
  
  1964   A joint program in philosophy was established between Case and Western Reserve
                University. 
  
  1965   The Case and WRU Trustees authorized establishment of the Case-Reserve Study
                Commission, which ultimately recommended federation of the two institutions. 
  
                First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam. 
  
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  Regional Population
  
                                       1950             1960                  
  Cleveland                  914,808         876,050                                             
  
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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.

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