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

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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY 2215 Constitution Avenue Washington, D. C. T IIH Amcricnn Institute of Plmrmacy is the nntional headqunrters of tlie American Pharmaceutical Association, hs erection in WM provitletl a permanent home for tlie association. The Huiklini; lias complete laKiratory fncihties, offices, a museum, a library, and reading nxim. {6

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Dr. George P. Hager Professor of Chemistry 5} 2039541

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Dear Graduates: On behalf of the American Pharmaceutical Association, it is a pleasure to extend congratulations to the members of the graduating class. Affiliation with the Amer- ican Pharmaceutical Association is one of the privileges that comes with the com- pletion of your pharmaceutical education. Through the facilities and publications of the Association you are kept in touch with developments in your profession and you have the opportunity of contributing to the advancement and welfare of pharmacy by early and continuous participation in its activities. Through your local branch and your state association, you will enjoy direct representation in the affairs of the Association and by attending its annual conventions you can personally participate in the transactions which lead to better professional recognition for you as well as for the calling of which you are now an important member. Robert P. Fischelis, Secretary American Pharmaceutical Association. The American Pharmaceutical Association T HE American Pharmaceutical Association was officially organized on October 7, 1852 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The objectives of the organization were, and still are, to unite educated and reputable pharmacists in the task of improving and regulating the drug market, to encourage proper professional relationships, to increase and diffuse pharmaceutical knowl- edge, to stimulate discovery and invention, and to aid in improving pharmacy to the highest level for the greatest protection to the public. Anyone who supports these ideas can belong to the Association. For this reason we find pharmaceutical economists, wholesalers, edu- cators, research chemists, and biologists as well as retail, research, and manufacturing pharma- cists active in the organization. Interest in the Association has increased considerably in the last fifteen years. Membership has increased from thirty-two hundred in 1936 to sixty-five hundred in 1944 and to twenty-two thousand in 1950. The A.ssociation functions democratically. Its government resembles structurally that of our national government. Its constitutional govern- ment is led by a council of sixteen members and by a House of Delegates composed of repre- sentatives of state and national pharmaceutical associations, and by sections of the Association and Council. Each year all active members elect officers for one year terms. This year the president is H. H. Gregg and the Secretary is Robert P. Fischelis. The activities of the Association are exten- sive. In addition to working with all organiza- tions associated with pharmacy, the Association is responsible for printing and issuing the Na- tional Formulary, the Pharmaceutical Recipe Book, two Journals, one scientific and one prac- tical. Most of this work is collected and dis- patched from its headquarters, the American Institute of Pharmacy, pictured at the left. In this manner the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Institute of Phar- macy aid in inspiring all past and future gradu- ates of pharmacy schools in this country to carry on the ideals and philosophies of the originators of professional pharmacy in America. 7}