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  Cady Staley 
  (12/12/1840-6/27/1928)
  
  President, Case School of Applied Science, 9/1/1886-6/5/1902
  
  Education
  
  B.A., Union College, 1865
  
  C.E., Union College, 1866, Civil Engineering
  
  Ph.D., Union College, 1886

  
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  University Awards 

  Western Reserve University awarded Staley the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1901.

  The Cady Staley Fund, established by Staley, funded loans to students and supported the Cady Staley Prize, given to the freshman with the highest record for the year, 1902.

  Case Western Reserve University dedicated one of the men’s south side residences the Cady Staley House to honor Staley as “an engineer of repute, he carried on a tradition…of encouraging appreciation of the humanities in men of scientific bent,” 1969.

  
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  Career

  Wagon train driver and Prospector, 1866

  Civil Engineer, Central Pacific Railroad, 1866-1867

  Instructor in Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1867-1868

  Professor of Civil Engineering, Union College, 1868-1876

  Dean of the Faculty, Union College, 1876-1886

  Professor of Civil Engineering, Case School of Applied Science, 1886-1902

  Professor of Political Economy, Case School of Applied Science, 1907-1914

  Professor of Economics, Case School of Applied Science, 1915-1920

  
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  University Numbers
  
                                               1886/87             1901/02
  Enrollment                               44                            353
  Number of faculty                    8                              27
  Tuition per year                    $75                          $100
  
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  Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
  
  1887   Mechanical, electrical, and mining engineering began as separate programs.
  
  1898   The United States fought the Kingdom of Spain in the Spanish-American War.
  
  1899   Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams was published.
  
  1902   Willis Carrier invented the modern air conditioning system.
  
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  Regional Population
  
                                       1890             1900                  
  Cleveland                   261,353          381,768
  Cuyahoga County    309,970          439,120                                                
  
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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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