BLOSSOM, DUDLEY S. (10 Mar. 1879-7 Oct. 1938), was a Cleveland businessman and philanthropist whose charitable activities eventually led him to civic office as city welfare director. Blossom, the son ...

TIME magazine named Case Western Reserve among the world’s top universities, placing the institution 25th globally in its inaugural World’s Best Universities ranking. The recognition ranks Case ...

The CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 1832 began in May when an immigrant ship landed at Quebec with cases of Asiatic cholera aboard. The disease spread through the city and quickly up the St. Lawrence River valley ...

LUBRIZOL CORP., a diversified chemical company ranked 344th among the Fortune 500 companies in 1985, was founded on 28 July 1928 as the Graphite Oil Prods. Corp. by Francis A. "Alex" Nason, Thos. W.

The CLEVELAND RAMS were the first prolonged and well-financed attempt to establish a professional football team in Cleveland. Damon "Buzz" Wetzel, star fullback at Ohio State Univ., organized the Rams ...

James S. “Great Neck” Richman (ADL ’72) fondly recalls seeing artists such as Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison perform in Cleveland during his time as a student at Case Western Reserve University in the ...

The COLLINWOOD RAILROAD YARDS & Diesel Terminal, one of the principal repair facilities and freight transfer points of the NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD, originated in 1874 when its new subsidiary, the ...

Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, Gait disorders, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, Tremors ...

Our focus is on translational nanomedicine, which encompasses the synthesis of biomaterials, formulation design and development, and evaluation of different biocompatible nanoparticle-based platform ...

The TIEDEMANN HOUSE, 4308 Franklin Ave., is the most noted and one of the most architecturally distinguished residences on Franklin Ave., the west side equivalent of famous EUCLID AVE. Its notoriety ...

The GLENVILLE SHOOTOUT (23 July 1968) was a gun battle between the CLEVELAND POLICE and an armed black militant group called the Black Nationalists of New Libya, led by FRED "AHMED" EVANS. The ...

Cleveland was credited with originating the Block Plan to promote and organize various bond, blood, and scrap drives on the neighborhood level. By the 8th and final war loan drive, county residents ...