The prestigious award, which provides a renewable full tuition scholarship to Case Western Reserve University, honors the memory and legacy of Van Tassel, a nationally recognized historian and professor of history. He established National History Day in 1974 at Case with his history department colleagues.
Team of faculty, administrators, and alumni have worked to establish a new endowment fund to keep the 389-acre Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms thriving for research, education and recreational uses for many years to come.
Larry Boyd, a recent graduate of Cleveland's East Technical High School, has been named the first recipient of the Louis Stokes Congressional Black Caucus Scholarship at Case Western Reserve University. Boyd will enroll at the university this fall.
Case Western Reserve and the Cleveland Play House have launched a $10-million fundraising campaign to sustain the Case/Cleveland Play House M.F.A. Acting Program.
