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

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TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 i,S,Sl-lVl)-4 fill the vacanqr. Daniel Base, Ph.D., be- came associated with Dr. Simon in 1895, and was elected Professor of Chemistry in 1902, which position he held until his res- ignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, Wescott and Dunning. Since 1920 the teaching of the basic courses in chemis- try has been under the direction of the De- partment of Chemistry of the University of MaryLind. Glenn L. Jenkins, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., formerly with the University of Wisconsin, is now Professor of Pharma- ceutical Chemistry. Messrs. David Stewart and William S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844-1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elect- ed Professor of Materia Medica June 5, 1856, and on April 7, 1858, Professor Frick, having been called to the chair of Materia Medica in the old University of Maryland School of Medicine, was succeed- ed by Professor Frank Donaldson, D.D. C. Krantz, Jr.. class of 1919, who held it for one year. An- drew G. DuMez, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., the present Dean, now holds the professorship. Mr. William E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 1841 - 1846. From 1856 the professorship of chemistry was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his departure from the city he was succeeded by Professor 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 then occupied by Dr. De-Ros- set, a man of great ability and a popular lecturer. Upon his resignation in 1873, the Board of Trustees elected the able and energetic Professor Wil - Ham Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to 1904-1922 fwenty-iwo

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TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 History of the School of Pharmacy THE need of an institution where apprentices in pharmacy could be given systematic instruction in the sciences underlymg their profession had long been felt by lead- ing 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 M. Andrews, Thomas G. McKenzie, R. Rush Roberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immediately organized and estab - lished 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 mem- bers and change of business of others, they were compelletl to suspend all lectures. Dur- ing 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. Frederick A. Cochrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thomp.son, Samuel Rodgers, J. Paris Moore, John W. Read and Christian Stcinhofer. Of these, Messrs. Alpheus P. Sharp and VCilliam S. Thompson were not only earne.st and active supporters of the College, but were adorn- ments to the profession they represented, as well as graduates of whom their Alma The new Board of Trustees established three professorships. Dr. Louis Steiner was elected Professor of Chemistry; Dr. Charles P. Prick, Professor of Materia Medica: and Israel Cirahame, Profes- sor of Pharm.icy. A course of lectures was given during the season IH-iT-lS S to a cla.ss of Mater might well be proud. In 1836 at the re - quest of the graduates and a number of Balti- more pharmacists, the president, Mr. George W. Andrews, called a meeting which resulted in the election of thirty- one new members and a thorough reorganiza- 1876-1886 tion of the College, 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 tilled 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. Paris 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. He continued in the chair of Pharmacy for nineteen years, when, on the resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Professor Baxley, he was chosen Pro- fessor of Materia 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 F. Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professorship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John twenty-one

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ISMs! Like his predecessor, he also was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Profes- sor J. R. Winslow, in 1H6V and the latter, on June 1, 1S66, by Claude Baxicy, M.D., who ably filled the position un- til 1879, when declining health caused him to sever his con- nection with the College. He, in turn, was followed by J. Faris Moore, M.D., who con- tinued in this chair until his sudden death on I ' ebruary i, 188S, when Dr. David M. R. Culbreth was elected to suc- ceed him. Dr. Culbreth, who had always been an ardent worker for his Alma Mater, ably and efficiently held the professorship until |une 10, 1920, when he resigneil from active duty and became Pro- fessor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1891, is now professor of Botany and Pharmacogno.sy. nrx t |- TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 1926-1929 1922-1929 Great advances have been made in the profession of pharmacy since 1H ' )6, and it has been found necessary to enlarge the curriculum from time to time to keep abreast of this progress. In the broadening of its curriculum, the school has been guided largely by the standards set by the Ameri- can Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 191 1, courses in pharmaceutical arith- metic, pharmaceutical latin, and pharma- ceutical law were adtled. Recently the course in commercial pharmacy has been expanded, and in the future all work of this nature will be given by the department of econo- mics. This department is presided over by Miss B. Olive Cole, Phar. D., LL.B, who is also Professor of Pharmaceutical Law. In 1921, the curriculum was further broadened to include the general educational subjects, english, romance languages, alge- bra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a separate department has been organized to give in- Deceased twenfy-three