Rev. Hiram Collins Haydn (December 11, 1831 July, 31, 1913) was an American minister and the fifth President of Western Reserve University, now Case Western Reserve University.

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Hiram C. Haydn
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5th President of Western Reserve University
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1887–1890
Preceded byCarroll Cutler
Succeeded byCharles F. Thwing
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Born(1831-12-11)December 11, 1831
Pompey, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1913(1913-07-31) (aged 81)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeLake View Cemetery, Cleveland
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Biography

Haydn was born in Pompey, New York, December 11, 1831.[1]

He graduated from Amherst College in 1856 and Union Theological Seminary in 1859. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (Old Stone Church) on Public Square in Cleveland from 18721880 and 18841902.[2]

While president at Western Reserve from 18971890, he most notably ended coeducation, instead creating a coordinate system solution[clarification needed], establishing the College for Women, later named Flora Stone Mather College.[3]

Wrote "The History of Presbyterianism in Cleveland," published in 1893 by Winn and Judson,[4] and wrote much of "Annals of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, 1820-1895," in 1895, also published by Winn and Judson.[5]

Haydn died in Cleveland on July 31, 1913, and was buried at Lake View Cemetery.[6]

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