James Herbert Case Jr.
James Herbert Case, Jr. | |
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| Eighth President of Washington & Jefferson College | |
| In office May 4, 1946 – June 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Cooper Hutchinson |
| Succeeded by | Boyd Crumrine Patterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1906 Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Died | July 11, 1965 (aged 58) New York, New York |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
James Herbert Case, Jr. was the 8th president of Washington & Jefferson College.[1]
Case was born on October 26, 1906 in Plainfield, New Jersey.[1] He graduated from Princeton University in 1929 and served with the United States Navy.[1] Later, he served as secretary of Brown University.[1]
He was elected president of Washington & Jefferson College on May 4, 1946 and inaugurated October 25, 1946.[1] Fall 1946 saw the largest student body on record, 1047, with 75% of the students veterans of World War II.[1] The college added a Division of Engineering in the former Catholic Church on the corner of Wheeling and South Lincoln Streets.[1] On October 29, 1949, the college dedicated Mellon and Upperclass Dormitories.[1] In June 1949, the Board of Trustees granted Case a one-year leave of absence to study the problems of small, independent, liberal arts colleges.[1] On March 25, 1950, before the end of his leave, he resigned to take the presidency of Bard College.[1] He died in New York Hospital on July 11, 1965, after a long illness.[1]
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