…ve University (CWRU) faced a difficult and momentous transition. The chairs of its departments of microbiology, anatomy, pathology and physiology had either resigned or retired. How the vacancies were filled would affect the school’s competitiveness for national science grants well into the next century. The ability of many Cleveland hospitals to attract topflight physicians also depended on the rebuilding of the medical school’s basic sciences…
…accepted an offer to become vice president for business forecasting at Cleveland Trust and served on the board of the Cleveland Foundation. Finished Product: 25 reports, published between the fall of 1915 and January 1917 Recommendations and Outcomes: A new superintendent, Frank E. Spaulding, who formerly headed the Minneapolis public schools, was recruited with Ayres’s assistance in 1917. Spaulding ultimately implemented three-quarters of the…
…Community Homes Founder: North Coast Community Homes, Inc. Jenny Goldman Memorial Nature Outreach Fund Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Galen Foundation Fund Founder: Galen Foundation Betsey C. Kaufman Fund for Planned Parenthood Founder: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio National Black MBA Association Cleveland – NE Ohio Endowment Fund Founder: National Black MBA Association Cleveland Chapter Womankind, Inc. Endowment Fund Founder:…
…s public elementary schools, which did not have these essential learning resources….
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…tion’s directorship after Leyton Carter’s sudden death in 1953 in the hope of returning to his adopted city. Johnson (known as Kim to his friends) had moved to Cleveland in 1911 at age 10. After graduating from Lakewood High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree in metallurgy at the Case School of Applied Science, followed by a master’s degree in civil engineering. His work as a civil engineer for a private contractor specializing in sanitary…
…received, and it rallied the philanthropic community around the venture. With significant ongoing support from the foundation and other private funders, BioEnterprise has created, recruited or grown more than 170 biomedical companies to date, and those companies have in turn attracted more than $1.5 billion in new venture capital. More than 500 technology transfer deals have been arranged with industry partners by BioEnterprise. The nagging…
…performing arts center, $1,000,000 Hawken School, University Circle extension campus, $50,000 2011 LAND Studio, public and green space creation, $325,000 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, redevelopment of three University Circle stations, $175,000 2012 MidTown Cleveland, Health-Tech Corridor creation and administration, $200,000 2013 Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts, design development for new school building, $75,000…
…ed that court-ordered desegregation was the suit’s inevitable outcome. In the hope of preventing the violent protest that had erupted in Boston when the buses finally rolled, the foundation poured more than $1 million into a community-wide awareness campaign. Despite the discomfort certain political and business figures felt over the foundation’s leadership on this volatile issue, the board withstood the heat and maintained its support of three…
…ed Kingdom who has previously assisted the GFCF and WINGS with data gathering, evaluation and knowledge management. This survey was emailed to the field in the fall of 2013. Community foundations that wish to participate may complete the survey online in less than 10 minutes. In addition to requesting basic contact and operational information, the survey solicits information delineating each community foundation’s work and effectiveness. It…