Memorial service will be held in Memorial Chapel at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 17
Hamilton, NY — The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø community will remember and honor the life of President Emeritus Everett Needham Case, who died July 17, 2000, at a memorial service on Sunday, September 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Memorial Chapel. A reception at Merrill House will follow. Both the service and the reception are open to the public.
As ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø’s president from 1942 to 1962, Everett Needham Case achieved distinction for numerous major accomplishments, including bringing the college through the World War II years and on to new heights of academic eminence throughout the following years. The college awarded Everett Case an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 1957 and in 1962 the library was designated the Everett Needham Case Library in his honor.
After leaving ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø in 1962, Case went on to become president and chief executive officer of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He briefly served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before retiring in 1969.
For more information about the memorial service, please contact the chaplain’s office at 315-228-7682.
Founded in 1819, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø is a nationally ranked, highly selective, residential, liberal arts college. Situated on a rolling 515-acre campus in central New York State, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø attracts motivated students with diverse backgrounds, interests and talents from all over the United States.