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

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Dr. Francis J. O'Brien, Dean 6

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'Dedication In recognition for an outstanding contribution to our preparation for a career in pharmacy, the Class of 1954 grate- fully dedicates this edition of the Alembic Puarmakon to Russell Denegar. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have been as- sociated with Mr. Denegar, whose watchful eye and willing- ness to help has made our years at Albany College of Pharmacy more worthwhile and more enjoyable. Mr. Denegar was born in 1921 in Hudson, N. Y.. but his home town is German- town, N. Y., where he graduated from high school in 1939. He immediately entered Albany College of Pharmacy and graduated in January, 1943. In June, 1943, he enlisted in the army and served in the Medical Corps of the coast artillery in California. Upon receiving his discharge, Mr. Denegar returned to his Alma Mater as an instructor in pharmacy. Three years later he married the charming Johanna Eckert, and they now reside in their recently purchased home in Elsrnere. In June, 1953 Mr. Denegat obtained his Master of Science degree from State College and was appointed Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and Mathematics at Albany College of Pharmacy.

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Dean's Message On June tenth the Class of 1954 will have completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. On the afternoon of that day each of you will receive a University diploma as documentary evidence of that degree which will be conferred by our Chancellor. As you shed the responsibility of preparing for exacting classroom and laboratory assignments, you assume a new and greater respon- sibility of adapting yourselves to an even more rigorous code of ethics and profes- sional conduct than you have heretofore experienced. In your college days, minor infringements of the rules were forgiven and taken as a part of the learning process. In the professional world even minor infractions of the code may result in serious discipline and bring loss of prestige not only to you as an individual but to all those who are professionally associated with you. Judgment of your actions will be made, not by a tolerant faculty interested primarily in your welfare, but by a searching and scrutinizing public in the person of an official or officials acting ostensibly for the protection of that public but often with an exalted sense of personal power which may not lead to what is fair and just morally although it may conform to the existing law and legal opinion of the time. Your faculty and Alma Mater have faith in your integrity and your honor. Your work in college has prepared you not only in the technical ability required for the practice of your profession but, we believe, in the social, economic, and spiritual qualities necessary for the harmonious living with and understanding of your fellow men. We congratulate you and are proud to add you to our long list of loyal alumni. We hope that we may have the pleasure of meeting you many times in the future not only at our alumni reunions but at many of the meetings of our professional organizations. 7