List of presidents of Case Western Reserve University

The president of Case Western Reserve University is the principal executive office for Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, Ohio.^[1]

Adelbert Hall, location of the university president's office.

Founded in 1826, Western Reserve College appointed its first president in 1830, Rev. Charles Backus Storrs. With its Presbyterian origins, the school's first eight presidents carried the title Reverend. With roots of being located in the old Connecticut Western Reserve, the college held strong influences from Yale College, with four of its first five presidents—Pierce, Hitchcock, Cutler, and Hayden—being Yale alumni.

Founded in 1880, Case School of Applied Science appointed its first president in 1886, Cady Staley.

In 1967, Case Western Reserve University was created through the federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. Robert W. Morse became the first president of the newly combined university.

List of presidents of Western Reserve College/University

The following ten persons had served as president of Western Reserve College/University from 1830 to 1967:^[1]

#	Image	Name	Term	Notes
1		Rev. Charles Backus Storrs	1830–June 26, 1833	First president of Western Reserve College[2]
2		Rev. George Edmond Pierce	1834–July 1855	Founded the School of Medicine and constructed the Loomis Observatory[3]
3		Rev. Henry Lawrence Hitchcock	July 1855–June 27, 1871	President during the Civil War[4]
4		Rev. Carroll Cutler	Fall 1871–June 23, 1886	Moved the college to Cleveland and renamed to Western Reserve University[5]
5		Rev. Hiram Collins Haydn	1887–November 1890	[6]
6		Rev. Charles Franklin Thwing	November 1890–November 11, 1921	[7]
7		Rev. James DeLong Williamson	November 11, 1921–June 12, 1923	Acting President[8]
8		Rev. Robert Ernest Vinson	June 13, 1923-December 4, 1933	[9]
–		Winfred George Leutner	December 4, 1933–June 11, 1934	Acting President[10]
9			June 12, 1934-June 30, 1949
10		John Schoff Millis	September 1, 1949–June 30, 1967	[11]

List of presidents of Case School of Applied Science / Institute of Technology

The following five persons had served as president of Case School of Applied Science / Institute of Technology from 1886 to 1967:^[1]

#	Image	Name	Term	Notes
1		Cady Staley	September 1, 1886-June 5, 1902	First President of Case School of Applied Science [12]
–		Charles Sumner Howe	November 3, 1902-May 31, 1903	Acting President[13]
2			June 1, 1903-Summer 1929
3		William Elgein Wickenden	September 1, 1929–August 31, 1947	[14]
4		Thomas Keith Glennan	September 1, 1947–June 30, 1966	Oversaw name change transition to Case Institute of Technology[15]
5		Robert Warren Morse	September 1, 1966–June 30, 1967	[16]

List of presidents of Case Western Reserve University

The following persons had served as president of Case Western Reserve University since 1967:^[1]

#	Image	Name	Term	Notes
1		Robert Warren Morse	September 1, 1967–June 30, 1970	First president of Case Western Reserve University[16]
2		Louis Adelbert Toepfer	September 13, 1970–June 30, 1980	[17]
3		David Vincent Ragone	July 1, 1980–June 30, 1987	[18]
4		Agnar Pytte	July 1, 1987–June 30, 1999	[19]
5		David Henry Auston	July 1, 1999–April 27, 2001	[20]
6		James W. Wagner	May 3, 2001–July 30, 2002	Interim[21]
7		Edward M. Hundert	August 1, 2002–June 2, 2006	[22]
8		Gregory L. Eastwood	June 2, 2006–June 30, 2007	Interim[23][24]
9		Barbara Rook Snyder	July 1, 2007–September 30, 2020	First female president[25]
10		Scott Cowen	October 1, 2020–June 30, 2021	Interim[26]
11		Eric William Kaler	July 1, 2021–present	[27][28]

Note: Unlike other academic institutions, Case Western Reserve University includes interim presidents in their official count of presidents. For example, Eric Kaler is consider their 11th president and not their 8th when interim leaders are excluded.^[29]

See also

• List of Case Western Reserve University people