James Herbert Case Jr.

James Herbert Case Jr.


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, U.S.
Died	July 11, 1965(1965-07-11) (aged 58) New York, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University

James Herbert Case Jr. (1906–1965) was the 8th president of Washington & Jefferson College^[1] and the 12th President of Bard College.

Life and career

Case was born on October 26, 1906, in Plainfield, New Jersey He graduated from Princeton University in 1929 and served with the United States Navy 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. Fall 1946 saw the largest student body on record, 1047, with 75% of the students veterans of World War II The college added a Division of Engineering in the former Catholic Church on the corner of Wheeling and South Lincoln Streets. On October 29, 1949, the college dedicated Mellon and Upperclass Dormitories. 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. On March 25, 1950, before the end of his leave, he resigned to take the presidency of Bard College.

He died in New York Hospital on July 11, 1965, after a long illness.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "James Herbert Case Jr. (1946-1949)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. 2003-09-04. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013.

Academic offices
Preceded by Ralph Cooper Hutchinson	President of Washington and Jefferson College 1946–1949	Succeeded by Boyd Crumrine Patterson

Presidents of Washington & Jefferson College

Founding and early leadership
John McMillan Thaddeus Dod Joseph Smith

Jefferson College
John Watson (1802–1802) James Dunlap (1803–1811) Andrew Wylie (1812–1816) William McMillan (1817–1822) Matthew Brown (1822–1845) Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1845–1847) Alexander Blaine Brown (1847–1856) Joseph Alden (1857–1862) David Hunter Riddle (1862–Union of the Colleges)

Washington College
Matthew Brown (1806–1817) Andrew Wylie (1817–1828) David Elliott (1830–1831) David McConaughy (1831–1849) James Clark (1850–1852) James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1852–1853) John W. Scott (1852–Union of the Colleges)

Washington & Jefferson College
Jonathan Edwards (1866–1869) Samuel J. Wilson (Pro Tem. 1869) James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1870) George P. Hays (1870–1881) James D. Moffat (1881–1915) Frederick W. Hinitt (1915–1918) William E. Slemmons (Pro Tem. 1918–1919) Samuel Charles Black (1919–1921) Simon Strousse Baker (1922–1931) Ralph Cooper Hutchinson (1931–1945) James Herbert Case, Jr. (1946–1950) Boyd Crumrine Patterson (1950–1970) Howard Jerome Burnett (1971–1998) Brian C. Mitchell (1998–2004) G. Andrew Rembert (Pro Tem. 2004) Tori Haring-Smith (2005–2017) John C. Knapp (2017-present)

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