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Officer, U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Faculty member, Department of Physics, Brown University, 1949-1966

Chairman, Department of Physics, Brown University, 1960-1962

Dean of the College, Brown University, 1962-1964

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, U.S. Navy, 1964-1966

Professor of Physics, Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University, 1966-1971

Director of Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, 1971-1973

Associate Director, Senior Scientist, and Dean of Graduate Studies, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, 1973-1983

Director, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, 1983

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University Numbers

                                                   1966/67 (CIT)      1970/71 (CWRU) 
Enrollment                                         2,701                            9,209
Number of faculty                               233                              1,157
Operating budget                       $17,449,000             $70,681,000
Operating expense                     $17,093,468             $69,035,000
Full time undergraduate tuition   $2,000                        $2,200

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Milestones 

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

                                     1970                              
Cleveland                  750,879
Cuyahoga County   1,720,835                                                     

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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.