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

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[20] % KENNETH EDWARD AMStER, JR. “Ken” Albany, New York After graduation from C more or less walked across to the halls of A.C.P. sociated with the camera first two years. What hap] Ken? During the second his Senior year he was about his forthcoming m Easter Sunday. His other tivities included membership Ph. A. and the Newman club. B.A., Ken campus in- was as- for his 1cned then, semester of a dither arriage on school ac- in the A. He club a 1 EUGENE C. BALDWIN K'F “Gene” Albany, New York In our Freshman year there was quite a bit of confusion between Gene and a certain Prof. There was one great difference though; Gene couldn’t com- prehend College Algebra. In his sec- ond year he was pledged to Kappa Psi and has been an active member ever since. As a member of the Junior Prom Committee, Gene made sure that his little “scotch” friend wasn’t left idle. This same little friend was also pres- ent with him on the Eli Lilly Trip. Gene was a member of the A.Ph.A. PATRICIA BARRY “Pat” Utica, New York Pat is the younger member of the Barry family who, following in her sister’s footsteps, came to A.C.P. to obtain her degree in Medical Tech- nology. She found it not too dif- ficult to get into the swing of things, and before long became a member of the Girl’s Club. Serving on the Jun- ior Prom Committee, Pat helped in selecting the favors for the dance. In her Senior year Pat joined the New- man Club. ROBERT H. BAUMAN K'P “Bob” Port Jervis, New York After saying good-bye to all the Ad- mirals for awhile, Bob decided to be- come a pharmacist. His first activity at A. C. P. was to become a member of Kappa Psi, and since then supported all their “Finer” functions. As one of the chairmen of the Junior Prom, Bob helped organize a very success- ful dance. In the following year he spent many long hours helping to lay out the yearbook as Associate Editor- in-Chief. Bob also was a member of the A.Ph.A. and the Newman Club. UChg Sternal proDidentc

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HISTORY lege life arid starting the year with much enthu- siasm. Everyone walked into his first pharmacology class wondering just what to expect from the de- mon who taught this course. (To those who have never been exposed to a pharmacology course at A.C.P., demon refers to Prof Hanmer). For two years we had been hearing vicious rumors concern- ing this roan and his courses. It didn’t take us long to find out that if you didn’t have paper and pencil all ready to commence when Prof started to lecture, you were hopelessly lost for the rest of the period. If you were one of lire fortunate ones who could keep up with him. you couldn't take time to cross a “l”, or dot an“i”, or even bother with a period. The word was confusion when notes were recopied. We all blossomed out with 3 by 5 cards on knowledge in pharmacognosy was amazing to see how much of which all our written. It was it sunk in. Some doses, uses, common names, and B.O.’s became as common lo us as our own names, while others were as foreign to us as the meaning of the Thing”. The junior prom was the biggest project of the year. The committees worked very hard and llieir efforts were appreciated by all who attended. It was held in the main hall room of the DeWitt Clinton Hotel on May 5th. The dance was a rol- licking success, as proved by the fact that the dan -e floor was filled to capacity at all limes. If you couldn t get on the dance floor, it was just a short walk to the floor below where you could still have something cool and soothing at your linger tips. hs, Again we gathered together for class electio and after the smoke cleared out of the air. Ken Gustafson was elected president; Jerry (no relation to Prof. Hammer’s dog) Mastrianni, vice-president; Shirley (let’s play pinochle) Hickey, secretary; Jean (what’s trump) Berke, historian. It was during this year that many of us took the advantage of the offer to go to Indianapolis as the guests of Eli Lilly and Company. Remember the joker who went through the car hollering “ham sandwiches” every hour on the hour after midnight. Lilly fed us well while we were there. They had to because they walked it all off us dur- ing those excursions through their plants. Have you ever eaten a mortar and pestle? Just ask anyone who took this trip about it. and they will let you In on a little secret. Finals stared us in the face again. Result- one hundred of us became seniors. THE SENIOR YEAR And so on the last lap of our journey through the halls of A.C.P., we were at last seniors (in spirit (?) anyway). The first few- days, we were in a fog as far as bacteriology was concerned. We knew- we were looking for something on those slides, but the only person who knew what was Prof. Swift, who paced the floor rubbing his chin and exclaiming, “ver-r-r-ry interesting.” It is quite strange how some drugs effect the human (?) body. An extensive experiment was carried on at Med School with us as the guinea pigs and. oh my, the conclusions that were drawn. For example—sodium amytal seems to keep John Ritchie wide awake, whereas benzedrine can he used very freely to induce sleep upon Jeanne Burns. On the other hand, lactose (a very powerful med- icament) produced reddening of the ears, itchy eyes, and drowsiness in certain individuals in the class. Prof. Singer always had a hard time taking attendance in 303 on Thursday mornings, it seems that the new wing is some distance from Rope Hall, especially at 8:45 A.M. He would always automa- tically skip over Bloom’s seat because he knew, as everyone else, that in about five minutes, Irv would come stumbling in. With book in one hand. Bloom would quietly say. “Gotta pencil, Sam?” Class would then start with one of Prof. Singer's “quickies”. This year found Herb (papa) Savage trying to calm down the 100 components of our homo- geneous mixture. Howard Rich, as his able as- sistant, took the reins as “Veep.” Jerry Nelligan was elected to the post of Secretary-treasurer. (Did anyone ever find out just what was in his treas- ury?) Ann Marie Richardson took over as histor- ian. Mr. Dan Cupid shot a lot of arrows in our direction during the year, with most of the wed- dings taking place in the summer months. Some of the braver ones were Jerry Mastrianni, Lou Fiore, Bill Steckel, Ken Gustafson, Anne Keeler, and Nancy Palmer. It looked like a diamond Barryp Eileen Wallher, Claire Desparte arid Ann Marie Richardson got together to compare notes, started to realize what the future has in store for As we look back over the years, there have been many trials and errors, but as yet we haven’t really studded review in the girls’ room whenever Pattv us. Upon graduation, we will go our separate ways, but one thing will always bind us together. We were from the class of ’51, and when the going gets rough, we can still have a chuckle over the many things that happened to us during our college day's. Farewell and good luck to all. Ami Marie Richardson [19]

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JOSEPH HENRY BERGERON KW “Joe” Ogdensburg, After being Joe took u time has bsi Nurse’s Res thci Jbe tention, man Joe into Freshman aide seat ir caught up during his t New York [down back from Okinawa, P ranks at A.C.P. Joe’s en divided between the dcnce and Watervliet-in- iage. Kappa Psi welcomed r ranks when he was a found a very comfort- Bac “T” where he got on all the sleep he lost ravels. JEAN HELEN BERKE ‘Jean” Albany, New York J ean is one of the local girls who Sought out her career at Pharmacy. In her Sophomore year she was elected President of 'the Girl’s Club, and in 1 er Junior year, class Historian. She was a very active member of the Jun- ior Prom Committee. She joined the A.Ph.A. in her Senior year. RAYMOND J. BLAKE. JR. K'F “Bumps” Olean, New York Coming from the land of the gushing oil wells, Bumps decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a pharmacist. Tic was a charter member of the A.Ph.A. In his fourth year, Ray joined the bowling team and the Newman Club. During his initiation into Kappa Psi this year. Bumps was found on the corner of State and Pearl selling “odd” commodities. TRYING BLOOM Pn l “Irv” Binghamton, N. Y. During any first section lab—when there was any commotion—Irv was sure to be found in the middle of it. Tie joined us in our second year and from that time was an active member of Rho Pi Phi. He saw service with Uncle Sam in the last war. has appointed me to watch oner the life [21]