Rolf Stoll painting of William E. Wickenden
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William E. Wickenden
(12/24/1882-9/1/1947)
President, Case School of Applied Science, 9/1/1929-8/31/1947
Education
B.S., Denison University, 1904
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University AwardsCase School of Applied Science awarded Wickenden the honorary Doctor of Engineering, 1929.
The Case Alumni Association awarded Wickenden the Meritorious Service Award for leadership of the College, for service to government, for participation in civic and professional affairs, 1941.
Western Reserve University awarded Wickenden the honorary Doctor of Humanities, 1947.
The William L. and Marion L. Wickenden Prize was originally established by President and Mrs. Wickenden. Additional contributions were made by friends as a memorial to President Wickenden. The prize was awarded annually to a senior or junior who showed special proficiency in writing or speaking, 1947.
Case dedicated the William E. Wickenden Electrical Engineering Building to recognize his “unselfish devotion to this College and to engineering education," 1955.
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CareerInstructor, Mechanics Institute, Rochester, New York, 1904-1905
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1905-1909
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1909-1914
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1914-1918
Personnel Manager, Western Electric Company, 1918-1921
Regional Supervisor, Personnel Methods, Student Army Training Corps, 1918
Assistant Vice-President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1921-1923
Director of Investigation of Engineering Education, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, 1923-1929
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University Numbers
1929/30 1946/47
Enrollment 689 2,221
Number of faculty 69 162
Expenditures $420,000 $1,702,783.44
Tuition per year $350 $350
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1929 The mining program was discontinued.
The Great Depression, triggered by the October 29 stock market crash, began a decade of
worldwide economic hardship.
1930 A comprehensive program of graduate studies and degrees was introduced.
New programs in engineering administration, mechanics of fluids, electrical communication
were established.
1932 The humanities programs were reorganized into two departments, Language and Literature
and Social Studies.
1933 A business option was introduced into each curriculum, making Case the first to provide
business training as an option in all its courses of study rather than as a separate program.
The Evening Division was organized and Case’s partnership with Western Reserve University
to operate Cleveland College ended.
1938 Superman comic books were first published.
1939 Countries around the world were plunged into World War II.
1940 Case Building and Endowment Campaign was intended to raise $5 million. The campaign,
which raised less than $1 million, was cancelled because of “uncertainty of the domestic
situation and heightened war unrest.”
1942 The Case Fund was inaugurated as a medium for giving by graduates and friends under the
direction of the Alumni Fund Board.
1944 GI Bill of Rights (formally: The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) was signed into
law.
1947 Case School of Applied Science was renamed Case Institute of Technology.
Bell Labs invented the transistor.
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Regional Population
1930 1950
Cleveland 900,429 914,808
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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.
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1930
William E. Wickenden was inaugurated as Case School of Applied Science's third president.
1931
The College for Women was renamed Flora Stone Mather College in honor of early benefactress, Flora Stone Mather.
1932
Western Reserve University established a chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society.
1933
The Western Reserve University Faculty Club was located at 2035 Adelbert Road.
1934
Winfred G. Leutner was inaugurated as Western Reserve University's eighth president. A graduate of Adelbert College in 1901, he was the only alumnus to serve as president.
1935
Western Reserve University trustees renamed the School of Nursing in honor of U. S. Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton.
1936
Mather House was converted into a cooperative dormitory for the 1935/1936 academic year. Residents worked about 1 hour per day in exchange for a reduction in the usual dormitory fee.
1937
Trustee Andrew Squire (pictured here) and his wife, Eleanor, willed their property, Squire Valleevue Farm, to Western Reserve University.
1938
The School of Pharmacy maintained a drug garden where they grew plants for medicines at Squire Valleevue Farm.
1939
With the construction of a new addition, Eldred Hall's main use changed from a student union to a theatre. The production of Spook Sonata formally opened the new theatre addition.
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