New Jersey College of Pharmacy - Scarlet Ray Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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ffhe Scarlet Rag JOSEPH BILOGAN, Pl1.G. Iazsfrizctor' in Botany and P!.7tl1'l7ZlZCOgl70S3l Mr. Bilogan was born in Dolyniany, Galicia, Austria. ,He received his preliminary education in the schools of that city and Lemberg. He fought in the World War in the Austrian Army in 1917 and 1918. In 1918 Mr. Bilogan came to the United States and attended Columbia University Where he acquired the English Language. In 1922 he entered the New Jersey College of Pharmacy and was graduated in 1924 with the degree of Ph.G., receiving the pharmacology prize and the second prize for the highest average. p Mr. Bilogan is a charter member of Omega Chapter, Kappa Psi fraternity. SLLZLIZEIZZC ASSiXf6l71l J. M. BLOCK fPage 211

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ffhe SCd1'l6b'R8.1J Department of Botany and Pharmaoognosy OTTO P. M. CANIS, Ph.G. Pl'0fL'5S0l' of Botany amz' P!7H1'lll!lf0gl70XJl Professor Otto P. M. Canis was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1870. He received his education and served his pharmaceutical apprenticeship there. Coming to this country as apharmacist, Professor Canis was first employed by Lehn and Pink. As soon as he had become acclimated in this country he became a private instructor of pharmacy, specializing in coaching pupils for State Board Examinations. For many years Professor Canis was identified with the Sugar Beet in- dustry as supervisor in the scientific department of the Colorado Sugar Refining Co. Following this enterprise he established a pharmacy of his own and later when he returned to teaching his daughter, also a registered pharmacist, con- tinued to run the business. In 1918 Professor Canis accepted a position on the faculty of Fordham University, lecturing in Botany, Materia Medica, Physiology, and Pharmacog- nosy. When the'New Jersey College of Pharmacy moved to its newbuilding in 1925 and the' 'Pharmacognosy Department was enlarged, Professor Canis came to take charge of the course. Heart and soul in his work, he has labored hard to place our department of Botany and Pharmacognosy among the best of its kind in Colleges of Pharmacy of the country-and he has succeeded. fPage 201

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rfhe SCa.1'l6t'Ra1J I l g g Department of Chemistry and Physics ERNEST LITTLE, B.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D. Professor of GUl'761'Hl and Organic Cbeuzixfry Dr. Ernest Little was born in Johnstown, New York, June 9, 1888, and received- his preliminary education in the schools of that city. He received his first degree, that of Bachelor of Science, from the University of Rochester in 1911. After two years of post-graduate work he was awarded the degree of Master of Science by the same institution. Following years of study and re- search he received the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University. With a background of years of teaching Dr. Little came to the New Jersey College of Pharmacy as the head of the Chemistry Departmentg the the same time teaching chemistry at Rutgers University. In 1926 he-accepted the position of Dean of the College of Pharmacy and in the year that followed he was instrumental in the afiiliation of our College with Rutgers University. As Dean of the College of Pharmacy of Rutgers University Dr. Little has been a power for the extension of the interests of Pharmacy throughout the State, and a great factor in the rapid advancement of the College. Dr. Little is a member of the Kappa Psi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon fraternities. fljage 221