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

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HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL In 1841 a charter was obtained for the Maryland College of Pharmacy. The incorporators established courses in chemistry, pharmacy and materia medica, and directed the college until 1847, when lectures were suspended. In 1856, President G. W. Andrews called a meeting which resulted in a reorganization. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy, 1841-6. Followmg the reorganization; the chair was filled by I. J. Grahame, succeeded by L. Phillips. At Phillips ' death, J. F. Moore was elected, and remained for nineteen years, after which he became Professor of Materia Medica. Charles Caspari, Jr., was Professor of Pharmacy, 1879-1917, b eing suc- ceeded by E. F. Kelly (1917-26) and J. C. Krantz, Jr. (1926-7). Dean A. G. DuMez now holds the professorship. W. E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry, 1841-6. Lewis Steiner was Professor of Chemistry for a num- ber of years, succeeded by Professors Mayer, Helsby and De Rosset. Upon the latter ' s resignation (1873), William Simon was elected. Daniel Base succeeded Simon (1902), resigning in 1920. In 1936 G. L. Jenkins, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry since 1927, resigned. W. H. Hartung is the present incumbent. David Stewart and W. S. Reese were the lecturers in materia medica, 1841-6. C. P. Frick became Pro- fessor of Materia Medica at the reorganization, con- tinuing until 1858, and succeeded by Frank Donald- son, J. R. Winslow, Claude Baxley, J. F. Moore and D. M. R. Culbreth. C. G. Plitt was Professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy until 1933. F. J. Slama has headed the department since 1938. H. P. Hynson was Professor of Dispensing Phar- macy, 190216, succeeded by J. C. Wolf, the pres- ent incumbent. In 1913 courses in pharmaceutical arithmetic and law were added. In 1927 the work in commercial pharmacy was expanded. Later, a course in principles of economics was added. The Department of Economics is headed by B. Olive Cole, also Professor of Pharmaceutical Law. In 1921 the curriculum was broadened to include academic subjects, and provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. A separate department for bacteriology was in charge of A. H. Bryan. Since 1937 this department has been headed by T. C. Grubb. In 1930, through the generosity of Isaac E. Emer- son, the Department of Pharmacology was organized to give instruction in bioassaying. M. R. Thompson was Emerson Professor, 1930-8, and was succeeded by C. W. Chapman, the present head of the depart- ment. The presidents of the college have been such illus- trious pharmacists as T. G. MacKenzie, B. R. Rob- erts, G. W. Andrews, J. B. Baxley, J. F. Moore, J. F. Hancock, Joseph Roberts, Edwin Eareckson, W. S. Thompson, Louis Dohme and C. E. Dohme. Charles Caspari, Jr., was Dean of the college, 1896-1917. He was succeeded by Daniel Base (1917- 8) and E. F. Kelly (1918-25). A. G. DuMez, the present Dean, succeeded Dr. Kelly. The first classes were held in a small room at Gay and Baltimore Streets. From 1844-7 lectures were given in the amphitheatre of the University of Maryland at Lombard and Greene Streets. After the reorganization in 1856, classes were held in various rented halls. In 1876 Female Grammar School No. 3, on Aisquith Street, was purchased from the city and equipped for the work of the college. This building was torn down in 1887, and a three-story structure erected in its place, to be occupied until 1904, when the Maryland College of Pharmacy was amalgamated with the group of schools in Baltimore then known as the University of Maryland. At this time the college moved to Lombard and Greene Streets, where it has remained. In 1930 the college moved into the building which it now occupies. The School of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland, beginning its existence as the Maryland College of Pharmacy, has exercised its functions since 1841, except for the period 1846-56. It was the first institution of its kind to establish a profes- sorship of pharmacy, the first to have a course in the manufacture of the various galenical prepara- tions of the Ui. ' ted States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary, and the first to have a separate course in dispensing pharmacy. It was also one of the first schools to make analytical chemistry oblig- atory. In still other lines its leadership has been manifest, particularly in the textbooks written by its professors and in its efforts to advance the stand- ards of pharmaceutical education. The first conven- tion of representatives of colleges of pharmacy was held in Baltimore in 1870, on invitation of Dr. Hyn- son, a member of the faculty. Again in 1900 Dr. Hynson issued the call for the conference of phar- maceutical educators which resulted in the forma- tion of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In the light of these distinctions, it is not surprising that the school now holds a position in the front ranks of institutions of its kind in the country.

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