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

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The His The School IH77 - lH«(i The need of an institution where appren- tiies in pJiarniacy (oiilil l)e ivcn systematic instruction in tlie sciences nncierlyinf their j)rc)fessic)n liad long Ix ' cn fell l)y leading; |)har- niacistsand physicians, wlien in IHll a diarter was obtained from the (ieneral Asseml)ly for the Maryland College of Pharmacy. The in- (c)iporators, .seventeen in numher, and among whom were Messrs. Cieorge M. Andrews, I honias (i. Mackenzie, H. Rush Roberts, Robert (;ole man, and Dr. David .Stewart, im- metiiately organized and established courses of instruction in chemistry, pharmacy, and materia medica. These men carried on the work of the college until IH17, when, owing to the death oi some meinbeis and change of business of others, they were- coin|)elled to suspend all lectures. During the jKriod of operation, however, they graduated a number ol eminent pharmacists, to whose efforts in resuscitating and rc ' organi ing the college in I8,5(i MUich is cine. .Among the older gradu- ates appear the names of Messrs. Frederick A. Ccxhrane, Alpheiis P. Sharp, William Thompson, .Sanuiel Rodgers, [. Faris Moore, |ohn W. Read, and Christian .Steinhofer. Of these, Messrs. Alpheus P. Sharp and William S. I hompson were not only earnest and ac- tive suppoiters ol the College, but were adorn- ments to the |)rofession they represented, as well as graduates of whom tlieir Alma Mater might well be proud. In IK. ' ir. ai the lecpiesl of the graduates and a number of U.iliimoic ' pharmac isis, the presi- dent, Mr. (;eorge W. , ndiews, called a meet- ing wliich resulted in the election of thirty- one new members, and a thorough reorgani- zation of the College. I he new Board of Trustees established three professorships: Dr. Lewis Steincr was elected Professor of Chem- istry; Dr. C;iiarles P. Frick, Professor of Ma- teria Medica; and Israel Cirahame, Professor cjI Phainiacy. A course of lectures was given during the .seascjn 1857-1858 to a class of in- telligent and ap[)reciative students, and the C ollege took a new lease on life, which has since been maintained. Dr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during the period IH11-181(). Fol- lowing the recMganization, the chair of Phar- macy was filled by Professor Israel J. Gra- hame, who was succeeded by Mr. P. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instructor. The sudden death of Professor I hillips caused the election of J. Faris Moore to the vacancy. Professor Moore was one of the older gradu- ates 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 phar- macy for nineteen years, when, on resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Prcjfessor liaxley, he was chosen Professor of Materia Medica. I ' hen on March 8, 187!», Dr. Charles C:. C;aspari, [r., who was later to play such an important part in the history of the Mary- land College of Pharmacy, was elected Profes- sor of Pharmacy, which chair he con- tinned to fill until his death on October LS, 1 M7. He was succeeded by Dr. Evandcr F. Kelly, class of 1902, who held the professor- ■ MJlP .4) uiJ i m ■mB . S-iaiijVai -1 I88li - IIIOI 10

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The School In the entire field of American pharmacy, throughout the decades of its existence, no one has presented the many-faceted talents that were present in one man— William Procter, Jr. Procter ' s prodigious works covered such a vast field that it is difficult to explain why posterity has not attached his name to some specific discovery. He pioneered with ether, he was one of the first to dis- cover the salicylates of natural origin. Indeed, he, like other such scientists, had pioneered in a hundred such ways. Procter ' s name will live forever, not for any single achievement, but because of the mastery that he gave to all his work. His works entitled for him a full right to the designation Father of American Pharmacy.

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tory of of Pharmacy ship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John (.]. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Andrew G. DuMez, Ph.f;., li.S.. M.S., Ph.D., then held the pro- fe.ssorship until his death. Mr. William E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 184l-184fj. From 1856 the pro- fessorship of chemistry was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his depar- ture from the city he was succeeded by Pro- fessor Alfred Mayer, who afterwards moved to New York, and he was in turn succeeded by a graduate of the College, Dr. Helsby, who re- mained a few years and then entered upon the practice of medicine. The chair was then oc- cupied by Dr. De-Rosset, a m an of great abil- ity and a popular lecturer. Upon his resigna- tion in 187, , the Board of Trustees elected the able and energetic Professor William .Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to fill the vacancy. Daniel Base, Ph.D., became associated with Dr. Simon in 1895, and was elected Professor cjf Chemis- try in 1902, which jjosition he held until his resignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, Wescott and Dunning. The teach- ing of the basic courses in (hemistry has been under the direction of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Maryland. In 1936 Glenn L. Jenkins, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry since 1927, resigned to accept a similar jjosition in the School f;f Pharmacy of the University of Minnesota. Walter H. Hartung, A.B., Ph.D., who had been research chemist for Sharp and Dohme for a decade, headed the dejwrtment until leaving for a like post at the University of North (Carolina. Dr. George P. Hagcr, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., now occupies the chair. Messrs. David Stewart and William S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844- 1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Pro- fessor of Materia Medica June 5, 1856, 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.I). Like his predecessor, he was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Professor J. R. Winslow, in 186. , and the latter, on June I, 1866, 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. Faris Moore, M.D., who continued in this chair until his sudden death on Febru- ary -i, 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 Pro- fessor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1891 served as Professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy until his death in 19.1?. 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 Maryland was appointed to head the department in 1936. Great advances have been made in the pro- fe.ssion of pharmacy since 18,56, and it has been foun l necessary to enlarge the curricu- lum 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 191.8, courses in 11 1904 - 1922