Available Works or Citations from Case Western Reserve University
Daniel D. Fowler, Class of 1914. Mr.. Fowler graduated second in his class from the School of Applied Science. He received his degree in miners/metallurgical engineering. His thesis was “An Investigation of Iron Blast Furnace Slags.” While at Case. Mr.. Fowler was known as the “father” of the Pi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Daniel Robert Fairfax, Class of 1902. Regarded as one of the greatest fullbacks in Ohio, Mr.. Fairfax graduated from Adelbert College, Western Reserve University.
David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Satcher received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Case Western University in 1970. Dr. Satcher assumed Presidency of Meharry Medical College in July 1982. He came to Meharry after serving as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Community and Family Medicine in the School of Medicine at Morehouse College…
Hughie Lee-Smith was born in Eustis, Florida, lived in Atlanta until 1925, when he moved to Cleveland. He began attending art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art and later graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1938. While in Cleveland, he became active at Karamu House as an actor, dancer, set designer, and teacher. He worked in the…
Edith Lousie Wright Rice, Class of 1916. Ms. Rice, a Clevelander, graduated as valedictorian of her class at West High School. She received a scholarship to attend Western Reserve University College for Women where she majored in English/Literature. After graduation, Ms. Rice was employed as a teacher in Piney Wood, Mississippi. She later worked for the YMCA in Newport News,…
Edward C. Williams, Class of 1892. One of the most accomplished scholars to matriculate at Case Western Reserve University, Edward Christopher Williams was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1871. He graduated from Adelbert College in 1832 as valedictorian of his class and member of Phi Betta Kappa national honor society. He was one of the society’s six African-American members. As…
Charles L. Sallee, painter and graphic artist was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1911. He studied at Karamu House, the Institute of Art and earned a B.S. from Western Reserve University in 1939. After teaching in Cleveland Schools he worked on WPA projects as a printmaker and mural painter. During World War II he worked as a cartographer and camouflage…
Dr. Cohen received a B.S. in electrical engineering from MIT. For his bachelor’s thesis, he designed operation amplifiers using discrete transistors, a design later used in the Electronic System Laboratory at MIT. In 1963, large-scale integrated circuit microprocessors did not exist, except as a subject of research. Dr. Cohen was awarded a Masters in Instrumentation from Case Institute of Technology…
Ms. Ethel May Parmenter, Class of 1901. Ms. Parmenter graduated from the College for Women of Western Reserve University
Francis Anderson Gregory, Class of 1928. Mr.. Gregory entered Case Institute of Technology at the age of 16 in 1924. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While at Case, he lettered in cross-country track and was a member of AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers), the YMCA, and the Debating Club. In 1964, he was one of four…