Columbia University College of Pharmacy - Apothekan Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Barry H. Dashowitz Roy Kuromoto Assistant Professor Barry Dashowitz was appointed to the faculty in September 1956. An alumnus of our school Professor Dashowitz received his doctorate at the University of Florida. Sincerely believing that a Ph.D. does not signify the end of one ' s education he intends to continue his studies. He plans to supplement his pharmacy education with courses in Chemical Engineering and Psychology. By broadening his educational background Professor Dashowitz feels that he will increase the interest and potential value of his course. In his brief association with our school, Dr. Roy Kuromoto earned a. great amount of respect and admiration from the student body. Dr. Kuromoto ' s career could readily serve as a model for people intending to do advanced work in pharmacy. His education and teaching experience spans the country and includes the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia. At present Dr. Kuromoto is employed by a large manufacturing concern. Believing that both student and instructor should have a deep insight into the work they are undertaking, Assistant Professor Joseph L. Kanig is seeking to stimulate insight at both ends of the educational spectrum. We all know of the meticulous care and thought which go into the choice of the daily laboratory prescriptions. Few of us, though, are aware that Professor Kanig is seeking to have the education course requirements of the pharmacy instructor made more rigid. Assistant Professor William Weingold is the first pharmacy instructor whom the student encounters. A graduate of CUCP, Professor Weingold teaches the pharmaceutical technology course. Besides his interest in the Student Council, Professor Weingold is faculty advisor to the Student Branch of the A.Ph.A. J William Weingold 1 17

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Faculty E. Emerson Leuallen Dr. Leuallen became Dean of Co- lumbia College of Pharmacy in 1952. Since then he has been instrumental in bringing a more cosmopolitan atmosphere to the undergraduate students. His association with the Point Four Program has led to an increase in the number of graduate students from Far Eastern and Asiatic countries. The presence of these students in our labora- tories and lectures affords us an oppor- tunity to come in contact with people whose cultures and educational backgrounds are different from ours. This is one of the means by which Dr. Leuallen is attempting to make the future pharmacist cognizant of his role as a thinking individual and a member of the professional community. As Assistant to the Dean, Professor Samuel Liberman serves as a link between the administration, faculty, and the student body. Student problems, both academic and practical, are discussed in Professor Liberman ' s office. They are met with an understanding which is a result of twenty-five years expe- rience and an active interest in presenting the student with a more meaningful collegiate life. The senior student first meets experimental pharmacy in the laboratories conducted by Associate Professor Leonard Chavkin, chairman of the pharmacy department. Professor Chavkin offers the student the opportunity of developing a professional insight into the manufacture of his product. His easy-going manner is readily appreciated and especially evident in the informal atmosphere in which he conducts the laboratory. The fact that the element of pressure has been reduced stimulates the student to maintain the high standards which Professor Chavkin desires. Samuel S. Liberman Leonard Chavkin 16

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Abraham Taub M. Irene Bailey The Chemistry Department, abundant with dynamic personalities, is chaired by Professor Abraham Taub. Professor Taub instructs the course in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and also coordinates the graduate student program. He has had many of his articles published and some are to be found in the textbooks which we use. Professor Taub also finds time to serve as Director of the Pharmacy College Library and to participate in all College of Pharmacy alumni functions. Instructor of Inorganic Chemistry and one of the most popular professors at college, Dr. M. Irene Bailey has taken an active part in all Columbia activities. Not once in the past four years has Professor Bailey failed to attend a school dance. Known as Ma Bailey because of her helpful attitude toward the fresh- men, Professor Bailey will always be affectionately remembered by the Class of ' 57. Associate Professor Augustus DiSomma is as stern a disciplinarian in the standards he requires his students to meet as he is in the standards he sets for his own experimental work. Values are made to be lived up to and are not to be compromised with. Whether the student ' s goal be retail pharmacy or pure science Professor DiSomma believes that the same ideals should be upheld. Assistant Professor Louis Malspeis often has raised a heavy eyelid with keen-witted memories of his own college life at Butgers and U.C.L.A., where he completed his doctoral work. Professor Malspeis is anxiously awaiting the opportunities which both pharmacy student and professor will have when we are integrated with the main campus. In this more genuine atmosphere we should earlier be able to find the true place of pharmacy in the community. Augustus DiSomma 18 Louis Malspies Michael Clay