| Hiram C. Haydn | |
| Order: | 5th |
| President of Western Reserve University | |
| Term Start: | 1887 |
| Term End: | 1890 |
| Predecessor: | Carroll Cutler |
| Successor: | Charles F. Thwing |
| Birth Date: | December 11, 1831 |
| Birth Place: | Pompey, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland |
| Signature: | Signature of Hiram Collins Haydn (1831–1913).png |
Rev. Hiram Collins Haydn (December 11, 1831 - July, 31, 1913) was an American minister and the fifth President of Western Reserve University, now Case Western Reserve University.
Haydn was born in Pompey, New York, December 11, 1831.[1]
He graduated from Amherst College in 1856 and Union Theological Seminary in 1859. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (Old Stone Church) on Public Square in Cleveland from 1872 - 1880 and 1884 - 1902.[2]
While president at Western Reserve from 1897 - 1890, he most notably ended coeducation, instead creating a coordinate system solution, establishing the College for Women, later named Flora Stone Mather College.[3]
Wrote "The History of Presbyterianism in Cleveland," published in 1893 by Winn and Judson,[4] and wrote much of "Annals of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, 1820-1895," in 1895, also published by Winn and Judson.[5]
Haydn died in Cleveland on July 31, 1913, and was buried at Lake View Cemetery.[6]