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

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William S. Apple Executive Director American Pharmaceutical Association To the Class of 1966: P+$=H. This simple equation sums the newest national goal in our country. It is not the goal of landing men on the moon, nor of getting youth off the street, nor of beautifying our highways. The goal is one of better health for every man, woman and child, regardless of race, religion or status. The goal has been proclaimed by the White House, by our elected lawmakers in Congress, by local, state and national agencies, and by the health professions. Furthermore, the funds and facilities necessary for this war for health have been promised or appropriated. Hence, we have our equation: Pro- fessionals from the disciplines of health and govern- ment plus Funds and facilities equal Health. You will be enlisted in the efforts to achieve this goal when you graduate. You will work alongside physicians, dentists, nurses and other health pro- fessionals during your entire career. Others will take your place when you retire because achievement of this national goal of better health for all will take longer than my generation, or yours, or the one after you. There is one catch, however. It is that no one will beg you to take part. In fact, no one will beg even pharmacy the profession to participate. We will have to demand a major role, and we will have to prove that we can produce results. Our past, passive roles as mere purveyors of health supplies, of merchants concerned primarily with economic protection, has pygmied us in the eyes of our fellow health profes- sionals, as well as in our own eyes. Pharmacy the profession has yet to reach its full potential as a health profession. Pharmacists are not fully utilizing their education or their positions in health activities. Now, when we have this oppor- tunity let us make pharmacy a fulltime health pro- fession. Your national professional society will do its part, dedicated pharmacists now in practice will do their part, and you students can vow now that you will do yours when your studies are completed. J2C ([ V

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Grayson Kirk President of Columbia University To the Class of 1966: To those of you who are about to enter into ac- tive participation in the health professions, I should like to express congratulation on the completion of your formal professional training and best wishes for success in your careers. More than this, how- ever, I should like to remind you of the manifold opportunities now awaiting you and the responsi- bilities inherent in present-day pharmacy practice and research. New discoveries are being made with bewildering rapidity, thus making necessary con- stant study in your field. Your obligation to the pub- lic increases as your store of knowledge grows, and as you execute successfully the public trust placed in you, the medical profession comes to rely in- creasingly upon you. So the circle is never-ending. This is therefore only the beginning of your intellec- tual development, and if you can combine your search for knowledge with the highest possible pro- fessional standards and a sense of public service, you should have truly rewarding careers in an an- cient and honorable profession. The art of healing should be far less advanced today were it not for the contributions over the centuries of those who have dedicated long and arduous years in quests for precise combinations of substances to ease man- kind ' s ills. You who are about to leave the College of Phar- macy will, I am confident, carry on admirably the fine traditions of your profession and your accom- plishments will provide satisfaction and reward for those who have helped guide you into active pro- fessional life. Your own compensations will, I hope, be equally gratifying, and for this I send to each of you every good wish. U A

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Joseph L. Kanig Dean, College of Pharmacy To the Class of 1966 Regardless of whether they are considered in prospect or in retrospect, five years devoted to an intensive program of education may seem an in- ordinate amount of time spent preparing for one ' s future. To those of you who are about to proceed into additional periods of graduate or professional training, these first five years represent only the foundation upon which specialized structures of knowledge may be built. Those among you who have decided to begin your careers at this level should recognize the need to continue to build your own armamentarium of knowledge if you are to progress in your profession and keep pace with its advances. In either instance, I am convinced that the ac- cumulation of knowledge is not the paramount fac- tor which dictates eventual success or failure. Our profession will soon manifest many new and dy- namic facets of opportunity which are only now beginning to assume shape and direction. Never de- plore these changes simply because they represent a departure from the past. The future of pharmacy lies in the hands of those who use their knowledge in building the new concepts rather than in merely perpetuating the past. May each of you experience to the utmost the joy and pride which accompany the realization that you have contributed to the advancement of your profession. Sincerely, Joseph L. Kanig Dean