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.

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.