Dedication
Forward
Authors' Preface
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations with links

This book, like others of its kind, is a labor of love. It was written in the space of months, but it represents years of endeavor in collecting large and small items that go to make up the truly factual account of events in the history of a school.

As the first dean of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, I know the constant struggle in starting the enterprise and in keeping it going. At a time when educational standards, curricula, faculty and graduation requirements, and all manner of policies had to be formulated, weighed, tried out, and sometimes discarded, the future of the school always stood before us as our goal.

That future, much of which is now the present, has been justified. The School has reached a high pinnacle of attainment, and from its seventy-five years of rigorous effort will go on to increasing greatness in the field of pharmaceutical education.

This School of Pharmacy has a history which brings to the attention of others many events initiated and promoted by a group of sincere and farsighted men who made numerous sacrifices for a much needed school. Their activities resulted in progressive strides in pharmaceutical education in Western Pennsylvania. It would be remiss, if, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee, we failed to put into print some of their accomplishments.

Some individuals realized early the need for measures to insure better public health, the need for an academic education of the person whose prime function was to compound and dispense medicines, and the need for improvement in basic scientific knowledge. A call was, therefore, sent forth to bring about an organization of the pharmacists then living in this area whose method of training had been chiefly by apprentice-preceptor relationship. This resulted in the formation of the Pharmaceutical Association of Allegheny County on September 20, 1871.

The early pharmaceutical educational activities of this group of pharmacists was started as a simple course of organized lectures in a properly chartered institution, The Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. This course supplemented the practical knowledge of the apprentice. Thus a system of education began which since has expanded to many courses and a great variety of curriculums spreading over an increasing number of years.

This work attempts to show how The School of Pharmacy played an important part in meeting the many conditions which made necessary a continuous and broadening system of pharmaceutical education.

Our thanks to the staffs in the following libraries who were so gen-erous with their time, ideas, and help in locating material; The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine; The Medical and Dental Library, University of Pittsburgh; Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania; and The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny.

We, too, are grateful and deeply appreciate the help afforded us by Miss Marianne Ratay, Miss Ann Zilonis, Dr. George W. Kutscher, Miss Hulda Ihsen, Dr. Frederick J. Blumenschein, Mrs. Ernest Percival, Miss Grace Kelly, Miss Eleanor P. Kelly, Mr. Edward C. Ifft, Mr. Bernard Schiller, Mr. William Pettit, Miss Dorothy English, Mr. Robert R. Gaw, Mr. William L. Blockstein, Miss Alice McCann, and the late Doctors Julius A. Koch, John H. Wurdack, Louis Saalbach, Mr. O. C. Sarver, and Mr. Fred Schiller.

We also wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Faculty of The School of Pharmacy, the editorial help of Miss Dorothy Nuttall, the help of those who have prepared statements especially for publication in this book, and the services of many others in innumerable ways. We are appreciative and most grateful for the help and encouragement of Mr. O. M. Reif.

And our special thanks to Mrs. Agnes L. Starrett, University editor and director of the University Press, for her counsel and encouragement.

EDWARD C. REIF
THELMA C. REIF

PART ONE
EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE FOUNDING OF A SCHOOL

Beginnings
First Curriculum, Classes, Faculty and Corporation

PART TWO
AFFILIATION WITH THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

The College
Consolidation with Scio
Raised Standards
The Fiftieth Anniversary

PART THREE
A SCHOOL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

A Four-Year Course
Semesters and Grading Systems
Pharmacy Conferences
Special Activities
World War II
Scholarships
Veterans

PART FOUR
INTEGRATION WITH THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Integration
American Pharmaceutical Association Conventions
Pharmaceutical Survey
Graduate Courses Inaugurated
Awards
Diamond Jubilee
Workshops and Seminars
Student Activities
A Vice Chancellor for the Health Professions
Beginning of the Next Era
Conclusion

Appendix I.

The Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy: Corporation Trustees,
State Board Representatives, Deans, Administrative Officers

Appendix II.   Roster of the Faculty and Biographies, 1878-1955

Roster of Faculty 1878-1900
Roster of Faculty 1900-1920
Roster of Faculty 1920-1940
Roster of Faculty 1940-1955
Biographies of Faculty, 1878-1955


Appendix III.  Pharmacy Organizations: Alumni and Students

Appendix IV.  Scholarships, Awards, and Loan Funds

Appendix V.   Disjecta Membra

A .Constitution of the Pharmaceutical Association of Allegheny County, 1871
B. Constitution of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, 1883
C. Original Agreement between the College and Western University of Pennsylvania, 1878 
D. Incorporation of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, 1878
E.  Unjust Taxation of Druggists, 1878
F. Pennsylvania Pharmacy Law, 1887
G. College Announcement of Schedule, 1891
H. List of Subscribers to the Building Fund, 1895
I. Agreement between the College and Western University of Pennsylvania, 1896
J. Some Suggestions Toward the Pharmacopoeia of 1900
K. Agreement with the Pittsburgh Dental College, 1905
L. Announcing the Consolidation with the Scio College of Pharmacy, 1908
M. Resolution on Behalf of Retail Druggists Association, Inc., 1909
N. Letters in Favor of Edmonds Bill, 1917
0. Christmas Greetings
P. Lehn and Fink Award
Q. Address of Melvin Green, College Diamond Jubilee, 1953
R. Address of E. C. Reif, Installation as President of A.A.C.P., 1953
S. Report of E. C. Reif, A.A.C.P. President, 1954
T. Address of Robert A. Moore, 1954
U. General Purposes of the University and the School


Appendix VI.  Alumni List

George A. Kelly, first president of The College of Pharmacy, sponsored by the druggists of Pittsburgh, 1878. / frontispiece

The McKennan Pharmacy, interested in pharmaceutical education. / 4

Western University of Pennsylvania at Ross and Diamond, first home of The College of Pharmacy. / 8

First Annual Commencement program. Part 1. / 16

First Annual Commencement program. Part 2. / 17

Program for the Opening of The College. Part 1. / 18

Program for the Opening of The College. Part 2. / 19

Class of 1880 Reception Invitation and Ribbon. / 20

Class of 1880 Reception Invitation. / 21

Diploma of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. / 29
Pharmacists' Certificate of Registration. / 29

Renewal of Registration Certificate. / 30
Postal Card acknowledging application. / 30

Tenth Annual Commencement Invitation. / 33

Appointment certificate of Frederick H. Eggers to the Pennsylvania State Pharmaceutical Examining Board, 1887. Original document 151/2" x 203/4"   / 43

Note for faculty salary, 1900. / 47
Original home of The Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. / 47

Mark Twain gave his last lecture at Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1905 or 1906. / 50

Dr. Julius A. Koch, first dean of the College, until 1932. / 54

Dr. C. Leonard O'Connell, Dean 1932-1945. / 72

Dr. Edward C. Reif, Dean 1945-1958. / 80

Facsimile of the Diamond Jubilee Dinner Program, 1953. / 103-109

Julius A. Koch, Dean, 1891-1932; C. Leonard O'Connell, Dean, 1932-1945; Edward C. Reif, Dean, 1945-1958; Joseph A. Bianculli, Acting Dean, 1958-. / 110

Diamond Jubilee Poster. / 117
David L. Lawrence, then mayor of Pittsburgh, proclaims National Pharmacy Week, October 4, 1953, as Drs. Hugh C. Muldoon and Edward C. Reif witness with approval. / 117