Leonard Case, Jr.

Leonard Case Jr. (January 27, 1820, Cleveland – January 6, 1880) was a philanthropist who endowed the Case School of Applied Science^[1] (later Case Institute of Technology, later merged with Western Reserve University to become Case Western Reserve University). He graduated from Yale University in 1842. Though ill all his life, he was devoted to academic affairs.

Leonard never married. His father was also named Leonard and he had a brother named William Case.

References

^ "Impact of The Case Bequest". Case Western Reserve University. http://www.case.edu/artsci/isus/bequest.htm. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

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Name	Case, Leonard Jr.
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Date of birth	January 27, 1820
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Date of death	January 6, 1880
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