Winfred G. Leutner
Winfred G. Leutner
Pronunciation: LOIT-ner
(3/1/1879-12/25/1961)
Acting President, Western Reserve University, 12/4/1933-6/11/1934
President, Western Reserve University, 6/12/1934-6/30/1949
Education
A.B., Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, 1901, Classical Language and Literature
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1905
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University Awards
Case Institute of Technology awarded Leutner the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, 1948.
Western Reserve University awarded Leutner the honorary Doctor of Laws, 1950.
The Emily Payne Smith Leutner Memorial Fund was established by President Leutner and family and friends in memory of President Leutner’s wife. The fund was renamed in 1962 the Winfred George and Emily Payne Smith Leutner Memorial Fund. The fund was used to purchase books in the arts and sciences for the University Library, 1955.
Western Reserve University dedicated the north side dining and recreation commons the Winfred George Leutner Commons, “because he upheld the finest traditions of academic freedom, because of his kindly and sympathetic relations with faculty and students,” 1965.
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Career
Instructor in Greek, Western Reserve University, 1903-1904
Acting Professor of Greek, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, 1905-1906
Instructor in Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1906-1909
Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1909-1915
Dean, Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, 1912-1925
Professor of Greek and Latin, Western Reserve University, 1915-1925
Acting Secretary-Treasurer, Western Reserve University, 1917-1918
Dean of University Administration, Western Reserve University, 1925-1934
Acting Director, Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, 1925-1926
President Emeritus, Western Reserve University, 1949-1961
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University Numbers
1933/34 1948/49
Enrollment 8,715 18,352
Operating deficit $2,299,075.21 $352,091.68
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Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
1933 Continuous Campaign was launched. It included annual gifts, capital gifts, and bequests,
and continued throughout Leutner's tenure.
1935 The School of Nursing was renamed the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of
Western Reserve University.
1936 The Faculties of Arts and Sciences was established. Composed of members of the Adelbert,
Mather, and Graduate School faculties, it acted on matters of common interest.
1939 Countries around the world were plunged into World War II.
1941 Corporate reorganization amalgamated the separate corporations of Western Reserve
University, Case Library, Adelbert College, and Cleveland School of Architecture into
a single corporation. Cleveland College was amalgamated with this corporation in 1942.
The Plant Rehabilitation Fund Campaign was intended to raise $300,000 to replace, repair,
and renovate facilities. The campaign, which raised $134,000, was abandoned after the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
1944 GI Bill of Rights (formally: The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was signed into
law.
1945 The School of Education was closed.
The Department of Education operated until 1979.
1947 First telecast was made by WEWS, Ohio's first television station.
1949 The School of Pharmacy was closed.
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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.
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, March 2007.