Case Western Reserve University Archives

South Side Dorms

Southside Dormitories Exterior Aerial ViewThe Albert A. Michelson House is named in memory of Case Institute's first physics professor (1880-1889) and Nobel Laureate.  His work at Case helped make Cleveland one of the great centers of research in the physical sciences.  His interferometer experiments and others related to the velocity of light helped prepare the way for the work of Einstein and the spectacular advances of modern physics.

Polykarp Kusch House is named in honor of Case Institute's second Nobel Laureate...His research has been concerned with the properties of atoms and molecules and the basic interactions between fundamental particles.

Staley House and Tippit House Exterior North and West SidesDonald A. Glaser House honors Case Institute's third...winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.  He conceived the idea of a bubble chamber to study short-lived particles that take part in nuclear interactions.

Cady Staley House is named for the first president of Case School of Applied Science.  An engineer of repute, he carried on a tradition begun by the founders of Case of encouraging appreciation of the humanities in men of scientific bent.

Charles S. Howe House honors the memory of the second president of Case, an outstanding mathematician and astronomer.

Students Relax in the Dormitory LoungeAlumni House is named in honor of the many dedicated and loyal graduates of Case Institute of Technology.

-Dedication, Residence Houses, 1969


Tippit House, named in honor of Hassel Tippit, Case trustee...who quietly and effectively helped build the Case which you see around you.

-Dedication, 1964

Carlton Road Dormitories Exterior North and West Sides
Alumni House and Howe House Exterior South and West Sides
Staley House Exterior East Side
Michelson House Exterior Front and Side
Murray Hill Dormitories Exterior Aerial View"...each student has his own private study-bedroom, and a small living room and bath which he shares with five others...Maximum storage space in the bedrooms is provided by cleverly designed beds with large clothes storage drawers underneath...The rooms in the houses were pretested by members of Case's student body and staff in mock-ups in the basement of Pardee Hall...Provisions have been made for future use of a variety of learning aids such as closed-circuit television, teaching machines, and computer input and readout units.

-Murray Hill Dedication, 1964

Carlton Road Dormitories Howe House and Alumni House Exterior Aerial View
Students Relax in a Dormitory Suite
Alumni House Exterior North Side

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