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

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B. Olive Cole Acting Dean of the School of Pharmacy Message From The Dean It is with great pleasure that I have the opportunity to express to you, in writing, my congratulations upon your having suc- cessfully completed the course in phar- macy. Many opportunities will be open to you and I know that you will take full advantage of them. Especially should you take pride in the fact that your education has been of the type which evidences a desire on your part to dedicate yourselves to a lifetime of service in the field of public health. You have a responsibility to society, and I know that you will fulfill that responsi- bility ably, efficiently, and with honor to yourselves and to the School of Pharmacy. B. Olive Cole, Acting Dean.

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THE GOVERNOR ' S MESSAGE I am happy again to ha c- (he opportunity, tliroiigh the Terra Mariae, to extend to the graduates of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, my best wishes for a successful career in their chosen profession. The men and women who are trained in this exacting science at the University ol Maryland are splendidly equipped to take their places in the professional life of the com- munity. It is a matter of pride with the State of Maryland that it is able to offer to the young men and women such an opportunity William Prf.ston Lank, Jr., LL.D. Governor of Ihe Stale of Mar lnml. William Preston Lane, Jr. Governor of the State of Maryland MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Some years ago the Pharmacy School of the University of Maryland had its home in what had previously been a small church building on the opposite side of the street from the loca- tion it now occupies. Under Dean DuMez, who has passed into the great bcvond, the school grew from this humble beginning to become one of the best in the country. Dean OuMez has left with us a heritage that we must protect. It should be the resolve of the class that gradu- ates ihis year to preserve in its keeping this heritage an l to do its ultiiosi to sec that the llnivcrsity of Maryland Pharmacy Sc1kx)1 con- tinues its upward drive. It must maintain iu liigh standard of undergraduate study and must continue to dehe into that border land from whidi new knowledge is obtained. It must hold its relationship on a high plane with the phar- mareutiral industry of the stale and with the drug inleresis of the stale, and must continue to play its part in the .American Pharmaceutical .Viwociation ' s nalional endeavors. The Univcrsiiy of .Maryland Pharmacy School has had a disiinguishc l past but it faces an ever more distinguished future. Let us all re- solve to pull together toward that end. H. C. BvRD, Preiidenl. llAKRV (il.ll ION Il RK, 1.1..1). I ' rciulrnt of tlir Ihmrrsity

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Charles Emile Dohme Charls Emile Dohme was born at Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Germany, on March 12th, 1843, and came to this country with his parents in 1851. Mr. Dohme graduated from the Maryland College of Pharmacy, and subsequently took positions as clerk in several Baltimore pharmacies. In 1866, he was admitted as a partner in the firm of Sharp and Dohme, and by his extreme resourcefulness helped raise the firm to a position of prominence in the drug trade. Mr. Dohme took a deep interest in his former college, and in 1896 was elected president of the college, serving one year. He also strongly supported the various pharmaceutical organizations, serving as president of the local branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention in addition to many other positions of prominence. Mr. Dohme was also active socially, counting the Germania Club and the Oratorio Society among his many activities. He died on December 9th, 1911, after a life of interest and honor in the local and national aspects of pharmacy.