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

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1922 - 1929 pharmaceutical arithmetic, pharmaceutical Latin, and pharmaceutical law were added. The course in commercial pharmacy has been expanded, and since ail work of this nature has been given 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 l)acterioiogy. Since then a separate depart- ment was in charge of Assistant Professor H. Bryan, V.M.I)., B.S.. M.A. In 19:i7 Associate Pnjfessor Thomas C. C.rubb, A.B., Ph.D.. was appointed to head the dejiartment, resigning in 1945. Associate Professor Donald E. Shay, B.S.. M.S., Ph.D., is the present head of the department. In I9. ' U), a ilcpartmcnt of pharmacology was organized in the school to give instruction in bioassaying. The e(]uipment of this de- partment and its maintenance were made pos- sible through the generosity of the late Cap- tam Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liber- ally. In 1938 Marvin R. Thompson, Ph.D., Emerson Professor of Pharmacology since 1930, resigned to accept the Directorship of the Warner Institute of Therapeutic Re- search. Olilford V. Chapman, Ph.D., who had i)een with the Laboratory of Hygiene, Dcjjartment of Pensions and National Health in 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 .Mary- land College of Pharmacy in 1856, control was vested in the offices of the College Presi- dent, first and second Vice-Presidents, 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, 1840-1812, followed by Mr. Benjamin Rush Roberts from 1844 to 1871. and was followed in succession by such illustrious pharmacists as Dr. |. Brown Baxley, Dr. f. Paris Moore, Dr. John F. Hancock, Dr. Joseph Roberts. Dr. Edwin Eareckson, Mr. William S. Thomp- son, Mr. Louis Dohmc, and Mr. Charles 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 this last merger, control was transferred to the officers of the University. The control of the Uni- versity of Maryland is now vested in the Board of Regents, of which W. P. Cole, Jr., is chair- man. A Faculty Council, composed of the Dean and certain members of the Faculty control the internal affairs of each separate school comprising the L ' niversity. Dr. (Charles C). Caspari, Jr., became Dean of the Maryland (College of Pharmacy in 1896, and continued as Dean after the merger of the C:ollege with the old University of .Maryland, until his death on October l.H, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base succeeded him, but because of (ontiitions iiuidcnt to the World War, Dr. Base oi)tained leave of absence to teach in another ik|)aitment, and Dr. Evaniler Kelly was elected Dean on Se|)tcmber .30, 1918. This office was held by Dr. Kelly until De- cember 31, 1925. when he became Secretary of the .American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. .Andrew C;. DuMe then assumed the re- s|)onsii)ilities of the olfite, and performed them with great ability until his recent death. Miss B. Olive C ole is at present the acting dean of the college. 12

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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

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When the institution was first chartered in 1841, the lectures were given in the amphi- theater of the University of Maryland. Fol- lowing the reorganization in 1856, and until 1876, the College occupied halls rented for the purpose. In the early part of the latter year, the city grammar school located on Ais- quith Street near Fayette Street was purchased and after radical, but needed changes, the College occupied what was then considered a very commodious home. However, as classes began to increase, the need was felt for more and better facilities, and in 1886, a new build- ing was erected on the old site. This building was fitted with the then-most-modern in scien- tific appliances, and was well stocked with the necessary apparatus, materials and specimens. The College continued to occupy these quar- ters until it became the Department of Phar- macy of the University of Maryland, in 1904. At the present time the School of Pharmacy is located in the new Pharmacy and Dental Building at Lombard and Greene Streets, which building was made possible by an ap- propriation from the State of Maryland dur- ing the legislative session of 1929. The new building is a realization of a great need for adequate quarters in which to teach the honored profession of Pharmacy in Mary- land. Everyone interested in Pharmacy may well be proud of this s|)Iendid building, as well as of the modern equipment and appara- tus which has been provided for demonstra- tion and teaching purposes. From the foregoing it will be seen that the School of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland, which began its existence as the Maryland College of Pharmacy, has exercised its functions as a teaching institution since 1841 except for the ten-year period 1846 to 1856. In spite of its vicissitudes it has steadily borne itself onward and upward. It has stead- ily increased and improved its facilities to enable it to impart instruction in keeping with the pharmaceutical knowledge of the times. It was the first institution of its kind to establish a professorship of Pharmacy, and thereby allocate to that branch of learning an individuality of its own. It was also one of the first schools to make analytical chemistry obligatory for graduation. In still other lines its leadership has been manifest, particularly in the textbooks published by members of its teaching staff. The result has been a steady growth in size and influence so that the school now holds a position in the front ranks of the teaching institutions of its kind in this coun- try. M- HOLCr) 1926 - 1929 1929 - 1949 13