Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonard Case, Jr.

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) v/r - T P 20:28, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Leonard Case, Jr.[edit]

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Delete. Non-notable person. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:23, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 14:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep- Founder of what became Case Western Reserve University; builder (with brother) of Case Hall source Findagrave; School's bio, and listed in Encyclopedia of Cleveland History quoted here. Dru of Id (talk) 18:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Founded Case School of Applied Science which eventually became the engineering school of Case Western. -- Whpq (talk) 16:50, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Founders of significant institutions are generally notable. Qrsdogg (talk) 01:14, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious keep Founder and namesake of a major university. Many references found at Google Books [1] [2] including a biography [3]. --MelanieN (talk) 02:56, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.