The MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION OF DENNIS J. KUCINICH (1977-79) was characterized by disputes and turmoil as the Democratic mayor survived an attempted recall election and was faced with Cleveland's ...

BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT, a municipally operated downtown air terminal, was located on Cleveland's lakefront and was built to relieve CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTL. AIRPORT of the need to handle large numbers ...

FERRO CORP. is a worldwide producer of specialty materials using organic and inorganic chemistry. It operates principal manufacturing facilities either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries or ...

The HULETT ORE UNLOADERS were invented by Clevelander GEORGE H. HULETT in 1898, as a means to quickly unload lake ore carriers. The 100-foot-tall, 800-ton machines were capable of shoveling up to 17 ...

SUN NEWSPAPERS grew from a single weekly into the dominant suburban newspaper chain of metropolitan Cleveland. Its nucleus was the Shaker Sun, founded by Harry Volk in 1946. Within 6 years, Volk had ...

BABIN, VICTOR (13 Dec. 1908-1 Mar. 1972), pianist, composer, and teacher, was the director of the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC for 11 years. Born in Moscow, son of Heinrich and Rosalie (Wolk) Babin, ...

ST. MARY'S ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH was established on 15 Aug. 1904 by 101 ROMANIANS in Cleveland. The church's first structure, at 6201-05 Detroit Ave., cost $10,000 and was dedicated in Aug. 1905.

The OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY can trace its origins to 1853, when Elisha Graves Otis introduced the first safety passenger elevator at the Crystal Palace Convention in New York City. His invention ...

In addition, the university sends emergency text, voice and email messages through Rave alerts. We also encourage the use of the free Rave Guardian smartphone app to report an emergency and help ...

The WILLARD STORAGE BATTERY CO., an early leader in the development and manufacture of automobile batteries, was founded by Theodore A. Willard as the Willard Electric & Battery Co. at 33 Sheriff (E.

Computerized Tomography (CT) is one of the most commonly used tests in neurology and neurosurgery. CT revolutionized neurology and neurosurgery in the 1970s enabling visualization of intracranial ...

LAWSON’S DAIRY STORES. In 1954 there were 25 Lawson Dairy stores with their trademark white milk can against a blue background in the Cleveland area. The stores were replaced by Dairy Mart stores in ...