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List of presidents of Case Western Reserve University

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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.

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"Presidents, 1830-2007". Case Western Reserve University. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.

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"Meet the President". Case Western Reserve University. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

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#	Name	Years in office	Notes
1	Rev. Charles Backus Storrs	1830–1833	First president of Western Reserve College
2	Rev. George Edmond Pierce	1834–1855
3	Rev. Henry Lawrence Hitchcock	1855–1871	President during the Civil War
4	Rev. Carroll Cutler	1871–1886	Moved the college to Cleveland and renamed to Western Reserve University
5	Rev. Hiram Collins Haydn	1887–1890
6	Rev. Charles Franklin Thwing	1890–1921
7	Rev. James DeLong Williamson	1921–1923
8	Rev. Robert Ernest Vinson	1923–1933
9	Winfred George Leutner	1933–1949
10	John Schoff Millis	1949–1967

#	Name	Years in office	Notes
1	Cady Staley	1886–1902	First President of Case School of Applied Science
2	Charles Sumner Howe	1902–1929
3	William Elgein Wickenden	1929–1947
4	Thomas Keith Glennan	1947–1966	Oversaw name change transition to Case Institute of Technology
5	Robert Warren Morse	1966–1967

#	Name	Years in office	Notes
1	Robert Warren Morse	1967–1970	First president of Case Western Reserve University
2	Louis Adelbert Toepfer	1970–1980
3	David Vincent Ragone	1980–1987
4	Agnar Pytte	1987–1999
5	David Henry Auston	1999–2001
6	James W. Wagner	2001–2002	Interim
7	Edward M. Hundert	2002–2006
8	Gregory L. Eastwood	2006–2007	Interim
9	Barbara Rook Snyder	2007–2020	First female president
10	Scott Cowen	2020–2021	Interim^{[citation needed]}
11	Eric William Kaler	2021–Present	^[2]

List_of_presidents_of_Case_Western_Reserve_University

List of presidents of Case Western Reserve University

List of presidents of Western Reserve College/University

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

List of presidents of Case Western Reserve University

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