Albany College of Pharmacy - Alembic Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Desmond A. Siddon 1922-1945 What makes the great oak bend with an ill-tempered wind? What is it that draws back a risen sea, Only to let wash once more each shore with unerring consistency? Is it not the same force that stirs men to yearn for liberty; And to fight until death that which can be held only by living fearlessly ? With this thought foremost in our minds We must dedicate our lives. Let us be charitable, And let us be just. Let us serve mankind; Let not mankind serve us. We must trust in God, Since to Him we must pray For lasting peace and good will in our day. We must never again sacrifice our sons For a cause that is borne of a cause that was lost. Above all, we can never forget those who have passed, Leaving us so monumental a task Of building anew that which was known to so few. And to those young men who have given their all, Look up ! We must, Lest we shall fall. Ten R. R. J. D.

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Pharmakoiti Union Umbersttp Benjamin Whitaker, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. . . Acting Chancellor Albany College of Pharmacy Founded 1881 Francis J. O’Brien, Dean Union College Founded 1795 Charles F. F. Garis, Dean Albany Law School Founded 1851 Harold D. Alexander, LL.B., A.M. Dean Dudley Observatory Founded 1852 Benjamin Boss, Director Albany Medical College Founded 1839 Robert S. Cunningham, M.D., Dean Nine

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Pfiarmakoin Dixon Ryan Fox, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Chancellor of Union University, 1934-1945 In the sudden death of our Chancellor, Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox, on January 30, 1945, the Albany College of Pharmacy lost a true leader and understanding friend. For over ten years, he served Union with distinction, carrying on with honor all that was best in her tradition. As a great educator and renowned historian, he worked with tireless energy in ever expanding the name and the prestige of the University. One of his most outstanding projects was the Mohawk Drama Festival which, with Charles Coburn, he inaugurated to make Union the first American college to carry out a cooperative enterprise with the professional stage. Another project w'as the Town Meeting of the Air broadcast over WGY from the Old Chapel each Sunday afternoon. Dr. Fox was a man of broad interests. He contributed much to the intellectual life of his country. He was a scholar with a wide knowledge of American history and literature, and he contributed much to both. Union University and the nation have lost a fine administrator and wise advisor. The quality of his leadership, his poise and dignity under all and varied circumstances, and his gentlemanly kindness to all will be long remembered by those whose good fortune it w'as to know him. Eleven