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

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Dr. Arthur Wardle A distinguished alumnus of the Albany College of Pharmacy died on September 5, 1960, at the Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, New York, at the age of 81. Few men have contributed as much to the profession of Pharmacy and to Pharmaceutical education. Arthur Wardle was elected a member of the State Board of Pharmacy in 1908 and served several terms as its President. In 1914, he was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the College. In 1939, he was elected Presi- dent of that body, a post he held until his death. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of Union University. In 1949 he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Union College. Dr. Wardle continued his service to the profession of pharmacy as a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, an organization in which he was elected a life member. He also served state and local Pharmacy groups as a member and officer. Concurrent with his contributions to his profession, Dr. Wardle served his community for half a century. Among other things, he was Commissioner of Public Works for the City of Hudson and a member of the Board of Education. Few men have contributed so much to the profession of pharmacy. His record of service will stand as a rare example of what one man can accomplish for the advancement of his profession.

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Graduates of 1961, we of the faculty extend our congratulations and best wishes for a happy professional career. With the award of your diplomas and in a few short months your license to practice, a gateway will open to what we hope for you will be a satisfying and rewarding experience in the service of your fellow men. Although you have been through four years of a rigorous academic program, there is still much more for you to learn. As practicing pharmacists you will partici- pate in a variety of new experiences in your relationship with other professions in the health field, with your colleagues in pharmacy, and with those who will seek your professional skill. Your success will not be measured by your past achievements in the field of learning but rather by the knowledge and wisdom you will display in the application of that learning. If you think and act as a professional person you will gain the respect and confidence of your community, with which I hope you will unite in all worthwhile civic activities in which you can be of service. I hope that you will always consider yourselves pharmacists—not vendors of drugs competing with others by the various and sundry methods of the market place. For it is inconceivable that you should waste your special talents in a merchandising emporium when they are so sorely needed elsewhere. It may be difficult to pass by the tempting opportunities offered to you by non professionals who need your license to bring legality to enterprises only remotely connected with your profession. I hope rather that you will join with those dedicated pharmacists who practice as a public health service, aloof from, and undismayed by, the undignified and often unmoral efforts of non professional corporate—and sometimes private—organizations to conduct pseudo pharmacies almost totally disrelated to any concept of pharmaceutical service. By your refusal to become a part of any so called business enterprise detrimental to your profession, you can do more to destroy an existing evil than all the statutes, regulations, and rulings now in force or ever to be enacted. You have it within your power to build a good and a happy life for yourselves and your colleagues and it is my fondest wish that you will do so. 7

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Officers of the Board Kenneth S. Griswold, Ph. G. President Arvie Eldred, A. B., A. M., Ph. D. First Vice-President Harry Van Vleck, Ph. G. Second Vice-President Paul C. Vander Mel Treasurer Ellis II. Robison, A. B. Assistant-T reasurer William W. Gibson, Ph. G., A. B. Secretary (PjrMtA oj Jtmiees Kenneth S. Griswold, Ph. G. Arvie Eldred, A. B.. A. M„ Ph. D. Harry Van Vleck, Ph. G. Paul C. Vander Mel Ellis H. Robison, A. R. William W. Gibson, Ph. C., A. B. Rudolph H. Blythe, Phar. D. Hon. Erastus Corning, 2nd, A. B. Carter Davidson, Ph. D., LL. D. Frank A. Emma, Ph. G. Allan MacColIum, B. S., M. D. Aaron Medwin Frank J. Smith, Jr., Ph. G. Charles N. Stewart, B. S., Phar. Albert Vander Veer, 2nd, M. D.