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

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DR. FRANCIS J. O’BRIEN, Dean 6

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©tbtcatton Albert M. White To Albert M. White, instructor in pharmacy, goes the thanks of this senior class. He has recognized, instilled, and shown us the pathway to become a good phar- macist. A pharmacist who not only knows formulas, equations and statistics, but someone who is concerned with his fellow man and interested in the activities of his community. A1 White has a friendly, warm and sincere greeting for everyone in school. He is interested in each one of us, and could always be counted on for a “pat on the back” or a little encouragement. Many of us sought guidance or just a friendly chat in Mr. White’s office. Although we sometimes let him down in our support, we are more than proud of his endless efforts in the basketball and general sports program at A.C.P. He has made it what it is. Thanks Coach! To a pharmacist, devoted to his profession, the class of 1957 humbly and grate- fully dedicates this, their yearbook. iBtograpfjp Albert Michael White was born June 12, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. White. He was educated in the Derby schools where he completed his high school education in 1944. He then enrolled in the University of Connecticut College of Pharmacy, which is at New Haven. During college he was active in Kappa Psi and a Dean’s list student, winning many honors. He was the first student to take graduate work in pharmacy at the University of Connecticut. He taught there and worked for his master’s degree until 1952 when he came to Albany. While in Albany, he met Carolyn Coughlin. In December of 1954 they were engaged, and then on June 18, 1955 they were married. They are now proud parents of a fine son, Michael James White. Mike’s first gift was undoubtedly a basketball. The Whites are now the proud owners of a lovely home in Colonie. 5

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©can’s iHcssagf To ihe class of 1957. may I express the congratulations of the faculty and the Hoard of Trustees on the happy occasion of your graduation. Most of you feel that it is the consummation of four years of hard study. In reality, however, it is far more than that. Your preparation began before you were born and has been nurtured by the experiences of every moment of your existence since then. The native intelligence with which you were endowed by your Creator, through the medium of your parents and the experiences of a favorable environment, provided a needed background for the four years you spent in college. These two factors, however, were not enough to insure your success. Without a determination to make good use of these two important factors, you could not have succeeded. You were a carefully selected group. Your intelligence level was above the average, you ranked high among your fellow preparatory students, and you had already demonstrated your ability in the fields of sciences and mathematics. Your first two years in college were a further test of your ability for profes- sional study. In those years, the basic sciences in Chemistry, biology and Physics, together with Mathematics including Calculus, and general educative subjects in English and Economics comprised the main part of your program. It was no easy task and there were those who would not make the necessary sacrifices to succeed. Your last two years were devoted primarily to professional study. Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Administration bulwarked by supporting courses in Biochemistry, Analytical Chem- istry, Physiology, and Bacteriology were the. final steps in your preparation for a career in Pharmacy or an allied field. It is our earnest hope that the attainment of a Bachelor of Science degree will not mark the cessation of your intellectual growth. As each step in your career this far has been only the means for further achievement, your Commencement should be the door to continued intellectual growth. Your formal education may end, hut close association with your fellow practitioners, your attention to the litera- ture, lectures, seminars, and other experiences available to all learned men and women can be the means for your continued growth. A satisfied and happy life in your profession will be your reward—and a final admonition—always remember that capable alert minds, able to distinguish the substantial things of life from the nonsensical, seldom require the use of tranquilizers!