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

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THE need of an Institution where apprentices in pharmacy could be given systematic in- struction in the sciences underlying their profession has long been felt by leading pharmacists and physicians of Baltimore, 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. MacKenzie, 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. Frederick A. Cockrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thomp- son, Samuel Rodgers, J. Paris Moore, John W. Read and Christian Stelnhofer. 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. In 1856, at the request of the graduates and a number of Baltimore pharmacists, the president, Mr. George W. Andrews, called a meeting which resulted in the election of thirty-one new members, and a thorough reorganization of the college. The new Board of Trustees established three pro- fessorships: Dr. Lewis Steiner was elected Pro- fessor of Chemistry; Dr. Charles P. Frick, Professor of Materia Medica, and Israel Grahame, Professor of Pharmacy. A course of lectures was given during the season 1857-1858 to a class of intelligent and appreciative students, and the college took a new lease on life, which has since been maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the period 1841-1846. Following the re- organization, the chair of Pharmacy was filled by Professor Israel J. Grahame, who was succeeded by Mr. P. 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 consistent 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 nine- loen years, when, on resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Professor Baxley, he was chosen Professor of Materia Medica. Then, on March 8, 1879, Dr. Charles Caspar!, Jr., who was later to HISTORY OF THE play such an important part in the history of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, was elected Pro- fessor 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 C. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Andrew 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 chem- istry 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 Professor Alfred Mayer, who afterward moved to New York. 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-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 WlilianT. Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to fill the vacancy. Daniel Base, Ph.D., became asso- ciated 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 Dunning. The teaching of the basic courses in chemistry are under the direction of the Department of Chem- istry of the University of Maryland. In 1936 Glenn L. Jenkins, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Pharma- ceutical Chemistry since 1927, resigned to accept a similar position in the School of Pharmacy of the University of Minnesota. Walter H. Hartung, B.A., Ph.D.. who had been research chemist for Sharp Dohme for a decade, is the present head of the department. Messrs. David Stewart and William S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844-1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Professor of 12

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VMMmaof 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 succeeded by Professor Frank Donaldson, M.D. Like his prede- cessor, 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 I, 1886, by Claude Baxley, M.D., who ably filled the position until 1879, when declining health caused him to sever his connection with the college. 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, who nad always been an ardent worker for his Alma Mater, ably and effi- ciently held the professorship until June 10, 1920, when he resigned from active duty and became Professor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt, Ph.G., Sc.D., of the class of 1 892, served as Professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy until his death in 1933. Assistant Professor Frank J. Slama, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., who is an alumnus of the school, and who completed his graduate studies at the Uni- versity of Maryland, was appointed to head the department in 1938. Great advances have been made in the pro- fession 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 broadening of its curriculum, the school has been guided largely by the standards set by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 1902 the school was one of the first in America to give a special course in prescription compound- ing, consisting of both lectures and laboratory work. Dr. Henry P. Hynson was elected Professor of Dispensing Pharmacy, and continued ' in this chair until 1916, when he was succeeded by J. Carlton Wolf. B.S., Phar.D., Sc.D., who now heads the department. In 1913 courses in pharmaceutical arithmetic, pharmaceutical law were added. In 1927 the work in commercial pharmacy was ex- panded. Later principles of economics was added as a basic subject in this department, which is now known as the Department of Economics. This department is presided over by Miss B. Olive Cole, Phar.D., LL.B., who is also Professor of Pharma- ceutical Law. In 1921 the curriculum was further broadened to include the general educational subjects, English, romance languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology and physics. In the same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. A separate de- partment was in charge of Assistant Professor Arthur H. Byran, V.M.D., B.S., M.A. Since 1937 the department has been presided over by Asso- ciate Professor Thomas C. Grubb, A.B., Ph.D., whose experience includes commercial work, public health work and research in bacteriology. In 1930 a Department of Pharmacology was organized in the school to give instruction in bio- assaying. The equipment of this department and its maintenance were made possible through the generosity of the late Captain Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liberally. In 1938 Marvin R. Thompson, Ph.C, B.S., Ph.D., Emerson Professor of Pharmacology since 1930, resigned to accept the Directorship of the Warner Institute of Therapeutic Research. Clifford W. Chapman, B.A., M.Sc, Ph.D., who had been with the Laboratory of Hygiene, Department of Pensions and National Health of Canada, which department is in charge of drug control in the Dominion, and in which he held the position of pharmacologist, is now the present head of the department. Following the reorganization of the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1856, control was vested in the offices of the College President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, Treasurer and Secretary, who, together with the Board of Examiners (three members), constituted the Board of Trustees. The first President was Mr. Thomas G. MacKenzie, 1840-1842, followed by Mr. Benjamin Rush Roberts from 1842 to 1844. Mr. George W. Andrews was President from 1844 to 1871, and was fol- lowed in succession by such Illustrious pharmacists as Dr. J. Brown Baxley, Dr. J. Paris Moore, Dr. John F. Hancock, Dr. Joseph Roberts, Dr. Edwin Eareck- son, Mr. William S. Thompson, Mr. Louis Dohme and Mr. Charles E. Dohme (1894-1904). In 1904 it became a department of the State University, when the old University of Maryland was merged with the Maryland State College. With the last merger, control was transferred to the offices of the University. The control of the University of Maryland is now vested in the Board of Regents, of which Henry Holzapfel, Jr., is chairman. A 113