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

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Dhe jbean’ eddac i Graduates of 1962, the Faculty shares with you the anticipated joy of your Commencement. We are happy to have had a part in preparing you for your future career whether it be in the laboratory', the hospital, the community phar- macy or in the graduate school. The opportunities for you in each of these areas were never greater. The demand for men and women who are profession- ally skilled and are willing to combine their knowledge with useful work far exceeds the supply. In due course of time when you have passed a qualifying examination you will be licensed to practice your profession. This license certifies that, in addition to technical ability and compliance with the statute law, y'ou have the intellectual competence and theoretical knowledge not only to understand your current professional activities but to accept the rapid changes of a technological age. Pharmacy graduates of 1962 are faced with some inherited problems brought about to a large extent by the unwillingness of their predecessors to provide for self regulation of their profession and a willingness to assign pharmaceutical duties to those not qualified by education, experience or licensure to perform them. May I, in this final message to you as students of pharmacy, urge you to concentrate on four objectives which, if attained, will greatly increase your professional prestige and make it possible for you to be of greater service to your respective communities. These four objectives are (1) greater self regulation of all phases of phar- macy from the manufacturer and distributor to the final dispenser whether he be in the clinic, hospital, or community pharmacy; (2) the restriction of the distri- bution of all drugs and potentially harmful proprietary medicines to licensed pharmacists; (3) the acceptance of the principle of a professional fee for service as opposed to a percentage markup on a commodity supplied, and (4) the constant refreshment and nourishment of your basic training and ability by self study and organized effort. With your youth, vigor, determination and idealism, I am sure these major objectives can become realities.

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ruite e A OFFICERS OF THE BOARD Kenneth S. Griswold, Ph. G. President Arvie Eldred, Ph. D. First Vice-President Harry J. Van Vleck, Ph. G. Second Vice-President Paul C. Vander Mel T reasurer Ellis H. Robison, A. B. Assistant Treasurer William W. Gibson, Ph. G. Secretary BOARD OF TRUSTEES Carter Davidson, Ph. D., LL. D., Litt. D. Albert Vander Veer, 2nd, M. D. Frank J. Smith, Jr., Ph. G. Hon. Erastus Corning, 2nd, A. B. Paul C. Vander Mel William W. Gibson, Ph. G. Arvie Eldred, A. B., A. M., Ph. D. Allan MacCollam, B. S. Phar., M. D. Ellis H. Robison, A. B. Aaron Medwin Charles N. Stewart, B. S. Frank A. Emma, Ph. G. Harry J. Van Vleck, Ph. G. Kenneth S. Griswold, Ph. G. Rudolph H. Blythe, Phar. D.