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

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T F. R R A M A R I 19 3 6 A E History Of The School Of Pharmacy THK need of an iiislitulioii where apprentices in pharmacy could be given systemalic iiislru(lii)ti in ihc sciences undcrK ins; their profession had lonj; hcen felt hv leading pharmacists and |)h sicians. «hen in loll a charter was ohiaiiicd from the (General Assembly for the Maryland College of Pharmac . 1 he incorporators, seventeen in number, and among whom were Messrs. George .VI. Andrews. Thomas G. McKenzie, R. Rush Roberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immediately organized and established courses of instruction in chemistrv, pharmacv and materia metlica. These men carried on the work of the college until liJlT. wh« ' n. owing to the death of some members and hangc of Imsincss of others. lhc wen- compelled to suspend all lectures. During the period of operation. howe cr. thcv graduated a numb( r of etnincnl pharma- cists, to whose elTorls in resuscitating and reorganizing the College in ir () much is due. Among the older graduates appear the names of Messrs. Trederick A. Cochrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. fhompson, Samuel Rodgers. J. Paris Moore. John W. Read and Christian Steinhofer. Of these. Messrs. Alpheus I . Sharp and William S. Thompson were not otd eariiesi and active supporters of the (iollege. but were adorn- ments to the |)rofessioti the represented, as well as graduates of shoni their Alma Mater might well be proud. In liJ.St) at the rc(|uest of the graduates aiul a number of Rallitnore pharmacists, the presi- dent. Mr. (ieorge W ' . Andrews, called a meel- ing which resulted in ihe election of thirt - one new members and a thorough reorganiza- tion of the (iollege. The new Board of T rust ees established t h r c c professorships, i)r. Louis Steiner was elected Professor of Cliemistr ; Dr. Charles P. Frick. Professor of Materia Mcdica: and Israel (Jrahame. Pro- i:o-i;;:;(, fessor of Pharmacv. A course of lectures was gi en during the season IJi.ST-lo.Sf! to a class of intelligent and appre- ciative students, and the College took a new lease of life, which has since been maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the period 1841-1846. Following the reorganization, the chair of Pharmac was filled by Professor Israel J. Grahame, who was succeeded bv Mr. L. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor Phillips caused the election of J. Faris Moore to the va- cancy. Professor Moore was one of the oldest graduates of the (College, and was a con- tinued 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 i)v Professor Ba le . he was chosen Profes- sor of Materia Medica. Then on March !!. I!!7U. Dr. Charles ( . (]as|)ari. Jr.. who was later to play such an important part in the history of the Maryland College of Phar- macy was elected Professor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on October 13, 1917. He was succeeded b Dr. Evander F. Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professorship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John C. Kiantz. Jr., class of 1919. who held it for one year. Andrew G. DuMez. Ph.G., B.S., M.S.. Ph.D.. the present Dea n, now holds the professorship. Mr. William E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 1841-1846. From 1856 the professorship of chemistrv was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. 19