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

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J ckooi or l k armac Y 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 Pro- fessor William 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 posi- tion he held until his resignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, VVescott and Dunning. The teaching of the basic courses in chemistry has been under the direction of the Department of Chemistry of the Uni- versity of Maryland. In 19.3G Glenn L. Jenkins, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemis- try since 1927, resigned to accept a similar posi- tion in the School of Pharmacy of the Uni- versity of Minnesota. Walter H. Hartung, A.B., Ph.D., who had been research chemist for Sharp and Dohme for a decade, is the ]jresent head of the de- partment. Messrs. David Stewart and William S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844- 1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Professor of Materia Medica June 5, 1851), and on April 17, 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 predecessor, he was called to a professor- ship in the University of Maryland. He was sucfceded by Professor j. R. VVinslow, in 18().3, and the latter, on June 1, 186(5, by Claude Baxley, M.D., who ably filled the posi- tion until 1879, when declining health caused iiim to sever his (f)inie(tion with the College. He, in turn, was followed by I. Faris Moore, 886 - 1904 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 filled the professorship until June 10, 1920, when he resigned from active duty and became Professor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1891 served as Professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy until his death in 1933. Associate Professor Frank J. Slama, who is an alumnus of the school and who received the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Mary- land was appointed to head the department in 1936. 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 broad- ening of its curriculum, the school has been guided -largely by the standards set by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 1913, courses in pharmaceutical arithme- tic, pharmaceutical Lat- in, and pharmaceutical law were added. The commercial pharmacy has been and since all work of this nature course ni expanded, has been gixen by the department of eco- nomics. 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 broad- ened to include the general education sub- jects: English, romance languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In the same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a separate depart- ment was in charge of Assistant Professor H. Bryan, V.M.D., B.S., M.A. In 1937 Associate Professor Thomas C. Grubb, A.B., Ph.D.,

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J is torn of tki The ncctl ol an iiiNliiiitioii whcic appren- tices in phainiaty )iiiil !«• K ' vcn systematic iiistnidion in the siieiues iinilerlyin their pioleNsion liad long l)een ielt liy leading |)liainunists anil piiysiiians, when in IK II a ihaiter was obtained honi the (.eneial As- sembly lor the Maryland C ollege ol Pharmacy. The iiu()r|)orators, seventeen in number, anil .inioni; whom were Messrs. (ieorge . l. .And- rews. riioMias (;. Maiken ie, . Rush Rol)- eris, Uobiit Coleman, and Dr. David .Stewart, inunedi.itih organi cd anil estal)lished (oinses ol insliuitioii m ihemistry, |jliarnKiiy. and materia meilica. These men carried on the work ol the colkfre ini- til 18-17, when, owing to ■ - . • tilt- death ol somi ' niem- beis and i hange ol bus- iness 1)1 oliuis, lluv were i()M1|h11ii1 to sus pend all lectines. Din ing the period ol o|)era- tion, however, they i railuateil a lunnber ol eminent pharmacists, to whose ellorts in resusci- l.iting and reorganizing ihe (ollege in 18, ' )() nuiih is due. . inong the olilei giaduates ap|)ear the names ol .Messis. I ' ledi ' rii k , . Codirane, .Mpheus I ' . .Sii.ii]), William liictnipson, .Sam- uel Roilgeis. |. laiis Moore, John W. Read, and Christian Sieinholer. Ol these, Messrs. .Mpheus 1 . Sharj) and William .S. Thompson were not only earnest and aitive su|)porters ol the College, but were adornments to the prolession iluv rc|)resenteil, as well as grad- uates ol whom tliiii Alm.t .Maier might well be proud. In IH. ' iti a I I he reipiest ol the graduates and a nund er ol H.diimoie ph.ii mac isis, the piesidcnl, .Mr. (.eoigc W. . nduws, i.dlcd a meeting whiih resulted in the elcdion of thirty one new numbers, and a thorough re- orgaiii atioii ol the College. The new Board ol Trusiees established three prolessorships: Dr. Lewis Sieiner was eleitcd I ' lolessor of Chenustiv: Di . (ihailes 1 . l- ' ri( k, I ' lolessor of .Mjteii.i Meiliia; ami Isr.iel (.rahame. Pro ■ r.Jfi ?5? ' 187 fessor of Pharmacy. A course of lectures was given during the season 18. ' )7-18. ' )8 to a class ol inielligeiit and ap])reciaiive students, and the College took a new lease on life, which has since been maintained. Dr. D.iMil Stewart ga e the lectures in pharmaiN dm ing the period 18II-181G. Fol- lowing the reoigani ation, the ihair of Phar- maiy was filled by Piolessor Israel j. Gra- hamc, who was succeeded by Mr. P. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor Philli| s lauseil the eledion ol ). Faris .Moore to the vacancy. Prolessor .Moore was one of the oliler grad- uates of the College, and was a consistent and zealous worker in be- half of his .-Mma .Mater and in ihe interest of pharmai A, until his death. He continued in the chair of pharmacy lor n i n e t e e n years, when, on resignation of the (hair ol .Materia Medica by Professor Baxley. he was chosen I88(i Prolessor of Materia Medica. Then on Marih 8. 187 ». Dr. Charles (;. Cas|)ai ' i. Jr., who was later to play such an important part in the iiistory of liie .M.irylanil College of Pharmacy was elected Prolessor ol Pharmacy, which chair he con- tinued to fill luitil his death on October l. i. MM 7. He was sun ceded bv Dr. Fvandei !• ' . Kellv, (lass ol I ' lO ' J, who held the prolessor- ship inilil | Mui.ir , Hllili, when it was taken over by Dr. John C . Kiant , Jr., ilass ol |i)19, who held it lor one vear. . ndrcw Ci. DuMez, Ph.(... U.S.. .M.S.. Ph.D.. the present Dean, now holds the prolessorship. .Mr. Willi. im F. . . Aiken w.is lei liner in (hemisir liom 18I1181( ). From I8, ' )(i the prolessorshij) of chemistry was lilleil lor a miniber of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his departure from the citv he was succeeded b Prolessor . llied Maver, who alierwarils moM ' il to .New N ' ork, and he w.is in turn Slid ceded b a graduate ol the (iollege, Dr.

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1904 - 1922 was appointed to head the departmeni. re- signing i ' ' • ' ' Associate Professor Donald E. Shay. B.S., M.S.. Ph.D.. is the present head ol the department. In 19.S(), a department of pharmacology was organized in the school to give instruc- tions in bio-assaying. The equipment of this department and its maintenance were made possiJ)le through the generosity of the late Oaptain Isaac h. F.merson, who endowed it lil eraily. In 19 8 Marvin R. Thompson, Ph.D.. Emerson Professor of Pharinatology since 19.S(), resigned to accept the Director- ship of the Warner Institute of Therapeutic Research. Clillord V. Chapman, Ph.D., who liad l)cen with the l ii)oratory ol Hygiene. Department ol Pensions and National Health in Cianada, which department is in charge of drug (onliol work in the Dominion, and in wiiidi Ik- hehl the position ol pharmacol- ogist . is now the present head ol ilic depart ment. Following the leorgani alion ol the Mary- l.ind College ol Pharmacy in IS-Vi. control was vested in the offices ol the College Presi- dent, lust and sfcdiul Vue Piesidents, Treas- urer, and Secretary, who, together with the Board of Examiners (three members) con- stituted the Board of Trustees. The first president was Mr. Thomas G. Mackenzie, 1840-1842, followed by Mr. Benjamin Rush Roberts from 1814 to 1871, and was followed in succession by such illustrious |)hannacists as Dr. J. Brown Baxley, Dr. J. Faris Moore, Dr. John F. Hancock, Dr. joseph Roberts, Dr. Edwin Eareckson, Mr. William S. Thomp- son, Mr. Louis Dohine, and Mr. C harles Dohme (1894-1904). In 1904, it became a department of the State I ' niversity, when the old University of Maryland was merged with the Maryland State College. With this last merger, control was transferred to the officers of the University. The control of the I ' ni- versity of Maryland is now vested in the Board of Regents, of which W. P. Cole, Jr., is chairman. -V Faculty Council, comjjosed of the Dean and certain members of the Faculty, control the internal affairs of each separate school comprising the I ' niversity. Dr. Charles C. Caspari, Jr., became Dean of the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1896, and continued as Dean after the mer- ger of the College with the old University of Maryland, until his death on October 13, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base succeeded him, but because of conilitions incident to the World War, Dr. Base obtained leave of absence to teach in another department, and Dr. Evander Kelly was elected Dean on .September -SO, 1918. This office was heUl bv Dr. Kelly until Detember ' .U . 1925. when he became Secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Andrew (i. DuMe . form- erly Associate Pharmacolgist, Hygienic Lab- oratory, U. S. Public Health Service, is the jjresent Dean. When the institution was first chartered in 184 I, the lectures were given in the amphi- theater of the University of .Maryland. Fol- lowing the reoig.iiii aiion in 185(), and until 187t , the College occupied halls rented for the purpose. In the early part of the latter year, the city giaminar school located on Aisciuith Street near Fayette Street was pur- chased and after ' aclical. but needed changes, the Ciollege tncupied what was then consid- 10