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  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 (non-university-related events are in italics)
  
  1971    The three undergraduate colleges of Western Reserve University, Adelbert College,
               Flora Stone Mather College, and Cleveland College, were merged into Western 
               Reserve College. 
  
               The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, lowering the 
               voting age to 18. 
  
  1972   First ARPANET email messages were transmitted. 
  
               Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became law. 
  
               Five operatives for the Committee to Re-elect the President were arrested for
               burglarizing the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
               complex, eventually leading to the resignation of President Nixon. 
  
  1973    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade overturned state bans on abortion. 
  
  1974    The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act became law. 
  
  1975    The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon was captured by the North Vietnamese,
                ending the Vietnam War. 
  
  1976    CWRU's first university-wide fundraising campaign, Resources, was launched.  It raised
                $215 million in five years. 
  
                Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the Apple Computer Company. 
  
  1979    Three Mile Island nuclear power plant suffered a partial core meltdown. 
  
  1980   The University experienced the eighth consecutive year of operating budget surpluses. 
  
                The School of Management was named the Weatherhead School of Management.  
  
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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.

• 1 2020-01-30T16:08:27+00:00 200 Events in 200 Years: 1970s 8 This section provides detailed information about the university from 1970-1979 plain 2025-04-21T12:38:48+00:00 1970 1970
  Reflecting trends nationally, student protests had erupted on campus several times. The largest demonstration blocked the intersection of Euclid and Adelbert Roads.
  
  
  1971
  Louis A. Toepfer was inaugurated as CWRU's second president.
  
  
  1972
  Greek Week continued as a campus tradition. Pictured here is the bed race on the Case Quad.
  
  
  1973
  The Intersession special Studies Program (known as Intersession) was held in the 4-week period between the Fall and Spring semesters. First held in January 1970, Intersession offered some experimental courses. Pictured is a student in the Circus Techniques class.
  
  
  1974
  Faculty member C. Donald Johanson discovered "Lucy," the bones of a new early-man species, Astralopithecus afarensis, 3.01-3.25 million years old.
  
  
  1975
  A flash flood dumped over 4 feet of water into the basement of Sears Library, and over 6 feet into the Wickenden Building, causing nearly $1 million in damage.
  
  
  1976
  Summer Renaissance offered special programs, workshops, and conferences, with topics ranging from management to modern dance.
  
  
  1977
  Nine faculty members discussed the energy crisis in a series of 5 television programs produced by the University for NBC-TV.
  
  
  1978
  One hundred four acres of Valley Ridge Farm were added to Squire Valleevue Farm in Hunting Valley. The combined farms were used for recreation, research and the President’s residence.
  
  
  1979
  The Persistence of Surrealism Festival was held over 2 months. Numerous University Circle institutions presented lectures, music, film, plays, exhibits, mini-courses that demonstrated how the spirit of the Surrealist movement continued to influence thought and the arts.
  
  
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