Scott S. Cowen
Scott S. Cowen
Interim President, Case Western Reserve University, 10/2/2020-6/30/2021
Education
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1968
M.B.A., George Washington University, 1972
D.B.A., George Washington University, 1975
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CareerAssistant Professor of Management, Bucknell University, 1974-1976
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1976-1978
Associate Professor of Accountancy, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1978-1982
Associate Dean, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1979-1982
Professor of Accountancy, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1982-1994
Vice Dean, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1983-1984
Dean, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1984-1998
Albert J. Weatherhead Professor of Management, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1994-1998
President, Tulane University, 1998-2014
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
2020 The CWRU Film Society celebrates its 50th anniversary. A permanent display for the
Film Society is installed in Strosacker.
CWRU holds its first virtual-only Homecoming/Alumni Weekend.
2021 The United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. is attacked during an
insurrection conducted by some American citizens on January 6th.
CWRU launches COVID-19 vaccination clinics in 2 campus gymnasiums and
successfully administers doses to 15,000+ people between March 1st and June 30th
with the aid of 1,491 students, faculty, and staff who volunteered to work the clinics.
CWRU alumna Bianca Smith (LAW '17, MGT '17) makes history by becoming
the first black woman to coach a professional baseball team (the Boston Red Sox).
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Regional Population
2020
Cleveland 372,624
Cuyahoga County 1,264,817
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Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, October 2022.