University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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► .»■■»..»..» .»■.♦ .♦««»»»»««» »•»»» TERRA MARIAE 1886-1904 Mr. Wm. E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 1841- 1846. From 1856 the professor- ship of chemistry was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his departure from the city he was succeeded by Pr ofessor Alfred Mayer, who afterwards moved to New York, and he was in turn succeeded by a graduate of the college, Dr. Helsby, who remained a few years and then entered upon the practice of medicine. The chair was next occupied by Dr. De- Rosset, a man of great ability and a popular lecturer. Upon his resignation in 1873, the Board of Trustees elected the able and energetic Professor William Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to fill the vacancy. Daniel Base, Ph.D., became associated with Dr. Simon in 1895, and was elected Professor of Chemistry in 1902, which position he held until his resignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, Westcott and Dunning. Since 1920 the teaching of the basic courses in chemistry has been under the direction of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Maryland. Glenn L. Jenkins, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., formerly with the University of Wisconsin, is now professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Messrs. David Stewart and Wm. S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844- 1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Pro- fessor of Materia Medica June 5, 1856, and on April 7, 1858, Professor Frick, having been called to the chair of Materia Medica in the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was succeeded by Professor Frank Donaldson, D.D. Like his predecessor, he was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Professor J. R. Winslow, in 1863, and the latter on June 1, 1866, by Claude Baxley, M.D., who ably filled the position until 1879, when 1904-19. Fourteen ■»■■•■■•.-•- • ■• •»•• •■ • •■

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•••••••••••• TERRA MARIAE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY THE need of an institution in Baltimore where apprentices in pharmacy could be given sys- tematic instruction in the sciences underlying their profession had long been felt by leading pharmacists and physicians, when in 1841 a charter was obtained from the General Assembly for the Maryland College of Pharmacy. The incorporators, seventeen in number, and among whom were Messrs. George W. Andrews, Thomas G. McKenzie, R. Rush Roberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immediately organized and established courses of instruction in chemistry, pharmacy and materia medica. These men carried on the work of the college until 1847, when, owing to the death of some members and change of business of others, they were compelled to suspend all lectures. During the period of operation, however, they graduated a number of eminent pharmacists, to whose efforts in resuscitating and reorganizing the College in 1856 much is due. Among the older graduates appear the names of Messrs. Fred A. Cochrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thompson, Samuel Rodgers, J. Paris Moore, John W. Read and Christian Steinhofer. Of these, Messrs. Alpheus P. Sharp and William S. Thompson were not only earnest and active supporters of the College, but were adornments to the profession they represented, as well as graduates of whom their Alma Mater might well be proud. ees, established three pro fessorships. Dr. Louis Steiner was elected Pro- fessor of Chemistry; Dr. Charles P. Friclc, Profes- sor of Materia Medica; and Israel J. Grahame, Professor of Pharmacy. A course of lectures was given during the season of 1857-1858 to a inenewi uaruux ..u..- class of intelligent and appreciative students, and the college took a new lease of life, which it has since maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the period 1841-1846. Following the reorganization, the chair of pharmacy was filled by Professor Israel J. Grahame, who was succeeded by Mr. L. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor Phillips caused the election of J. Faris Moore to the vacancy. Professor Moore was one of the oldest graduates of the college, and was a continued and zealous worker in behalf of his Alma Mater, and in the interest of pharmacy, until his death. Fie continued in the chair of Pharmacy for nineteen years, when, on the resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Prof. Baxley, he was chosen Professor of Matina Medica. Then, on March 8, 1879, Dr. Charles C. Caspari, Jr., who was later to play such an important part in the history of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, was elected Professor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on October 13, 1917. He was succeeded by Dr. Evander Frank Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professorship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John C. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Dr. A. G. DuMez, the present Dean, now holds the professorship. In 1856 at the re quest of the graduates and a number of Balti- more pharmacists the president, Mr. George W. Andrews, called a meeting which tesulted in the election of thirty- one new members and a thorough reorganiza- tion of the College. The new Board of Trust 1876-1886 Thirteen ||« .. «»« »W «« »»■»«»•«••»■•»»• • •—• • •• • ♦— •

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.. TERRA MARIAE declining health caused him to sever his connection with the Col- lege. He, in turn, was followed by J. Paris Moore, M.D., who continued in this chair until his sudden death on February 3, 1888, when Dr. David M. R. Culbreth was elected to succeed him. Dr. Culbreth, who had always been an ardent worker for his Alma Mater, ably and efficiently held the professorship until June 10, 1920, when he resigned from active duty and became Professor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt, class of 1891, is now professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy. Great advances have been made in the profession of pharmacy since 1856, and it has been found necessary to enlarge the curriculum from time to time to keep abreast of this progress. In the broaden- ing of its curriculum, the .school has been guided largely by the standards set by the American As- sociation of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 1913, courses in pharmaceuti- cal arithmetic, pharmaceutical Latin. 1926-1929 1922-1929 and jurisprudence were added. In 1921, the curriculum further broadened to include the general edu- cational subjects, English, modern languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a reparate department has been organized to give instruc- tion in this subject. At present, the department is presided over by Assistant Professor Arthur H. Bryan, V.M.D., who has done special work in bacteriology, and who is an experienced worker in the field of animal pathology. In 1930, a department of pharmacology was organ- ized in the school to give instruction in bioas- saying. The equipment of this department and its maintenance was made possible through the generosity of the late Captain Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liberally. At present, the depart- ment is in charge of Professor Marvin R. Thompson, who received his education at the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University, and who was formerly employed as pharmacologist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C. Fifteen