Case School of Applied Science - Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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future administration was entrusted. He was chosen one of its Trustees, and continued such as Well as Secretary and chief agent of its fiscal affairs till his death in 1887. ' That no one contributed so much to the perfection and success of this great and beneficent project was apparent to all who knew him. He was an indefatigable student, and shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Case mastered all the knowl- edge of languages, mathematics and science, which tended to fit him for 'the great responsibility which had been imposed upon him. The Trustees, in assuming to execute the im- portant trust of establishing and maintaining a scientific school of this high standard, were largely dependent upon Mr. Abbey'slong association and knowledge of the founder's ideal, and they found him not only wise as a man of financial and business affairs, but a person fully equipped by experi- ence, observation and study, to determine the requisites of a truly effective and successful school of science. When its great calamity of fire came to bring dismay to the Trustees, his calm determination and hopefulness shown in his quotation from Prof. Huxley that 'fbricks and mortar do not constitute colleges and schools, and his own words, that the School still survived in its faculty and students, were contagious, and helped to fortify all who had the duty of restoration of the institution. He had the satisfaction of seeing this accomplished, but it was at the expense of his health, and he died in June, 1887, before he could see its full fruition as a school of applied science, but not before his faithful stewardship, his high attainments and his admirable traits had accomplished splendid results, to his great gratification and to the educa- tional distinction of the city in which he had spent the greater part of his life. Mr. Abbey married Miss Amelia Johnstone, daughter of Dr. Robert Johnstone, a leading physician of this city, who, with a son and four daughters, survived him. In his conversation, his humor and his reminiscences of travel and life in 'Wisconsin and California made him a most charming companion., His reading of both English and French literature enriched his thoughts and made his talk always entertaining and suggestive. He was exceedingly modest and retiring in habits, but his affections were strong and his hospitality delightful to his familiar friends. .,.16..

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HENRY Gi. ABBEY. TRUSTEE OF THE COLLEGE FROM T881 TO 1887. N E of the most important instruments in the plan- ning and organization of the Case School of CSQQJQ Applied Science was Henry G. Abbey. His emi- nent fitness for this duty, and the incidents of his education, training and association with Leonard Case, will appear from the following incomplete sketch. Henry G. Abbey was born in Watertoxxfii, Jefferson County, New York, in January, 1822. His father came with his family to Cleveland about the year 1830. Henry studied the classic languages and mathematics under Mr. Beattie, who prepared students for college, and then studied law in John Barr's office, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He then settled in the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wis., with Mr. Randall as his senior partner, and served as Clerk of the House of Representatives of Wiscoiisiii. In 1849 he went overland to California with a party from Milwaukee, and occupied several years in placer mining O11 the Sacramento and its tributaries, with success. There are old pioneers in San Francisco still living, who remember him with the warmest respect and love. . He returned to Cleveland in 1851, and, after assisting his father in the sheriifis oiiice, resumed his profession. As a Master in Chancery he was highly esteemed for his integrity, sagacity and learning in the law. In 1866 he was engaged by Leonard Case to become his business manager, confidential adviser and financial agent. From that time to Mr. Case's death in 1880, his ability, faithfulness, high accomplishments, advice and personal intimacy made him an inexpressible comfort to Mr. Case. And when the latter developed his project to found a scientinc school, he assisted, by his experience, practical knowledge and correspondence with scientists in this country and England, to perfect the plan. He was made the trustee to take lands which formed the foundation of the trust, and on the death of Mr. Case organized this corporation, The Case School of Applied Science, to which the title and ..15..

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EDWIN B. HAI.-E. TRUSTEE or THE COLLEGE FROM 1881 TO 1891. QKPQ DWIN B. HALE was a descendant of an old English E family, whose members have held many positions Cftoffd of trust and honor in England since as early as the thirteenth century. Some members of this family settled in New England in 1640, and were as prominent in the affairs of this country as their ancestors had been in those of England. Edwin B. Hale was born in Brooklyn in 1819, but received his early education in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where his parents had removed during his infancy. He prepared himself for Yale College, but four deaths which occurred in the family within a short time compelled a change to be made in his plans, and he came to Gambier, Ohio, where he entered Kenyon College in 18 37. He devoted himself to his studies, and carried off the 'honors of his class when he graduated in 1841, at the age of 'twenty-two. He had strong literary tastes and desired to follow the life of a scholar, in which he would have earned great honorsg but at his father's request he took up the profession of law, and began its study with the Hrm of Goddard 81 Con- verse, of Zanesville. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and for a number of years resided in Illinois, having landed interests in that state which demanded attention' a great deal of the time. Mr. Hale came to Cleveland in 1852, and with Mr. Stephen Sturges began business as the Hrm of Sturges and Hale, private bankers. Soon after he bought out the share of Mr. Sturges, and continued business alone fora few years, when Mr. VV. H. Barriss, who had been in the office since 1859, became a partner, the firm now being E. B. Hale and Company. In 1879, Mr. Hale made an extended trip abroad and formed the personal acquaintance of the ofhcers of ma11y 17..