A Life of Many Facets Frank E. Case was a man of many identities, a figure whose life moved through the disparate worlds of law, industry, and the canvas. Born on a farm in Ashland, his early years were rooted in the soil before he transitioned into the structured life of a lawyer in Stark County. He was a man of restless invention and enterprise, accumulating a diverse list of roles that spanned from educator and banker to real estate developer and businessman. His most enduring contribution to the physical world, however, was not found in a courtroom or a bank, but in the invention of the f…