PROFESSOR CHARLES FREDERICK CHANDLER. 



A Sketch of His Life and of His Services to the College of Pharmacy 

 of the City of New York. 



'I'lu' iii,iii\ llioiis;iii.l i;r;i(lii;iU's ol' llu- (. '. ilk'i;*.' ol' riKiiiu;uy d tlic 

 t"il\ (il Xi'w NCik, and ol llu' \ariiMis schools couiutUmI with 

 ('(iliiml>i.i I ni\ .Tsilv. as wrll as tin- niul(.M-};raclluit(.-s and llu" iiumh- 

 \)v\s 111 llu' lanillN assoc-iaU'd with liiiii, will K-arn willi rr^ii't llial 

 alliM tlu- i)rr>onl aiadoniir \cav rioU'SSor ('liarlcs I'', t'liandlcr will 

 no loiim'i U'rlnir in any i>l tlii'si" scliools. 



AlU'i a li'iii;, usi'iid and lionoraMi' rairri' riofcssoi' (."liandli-r has 

 (k'cidod It) i(."si_mi I'loni all ailixily coniu-clcd with ihe dilK-rcnt 

 inslihilidus with whirh lir has hi'c-n asstH-ialc"d so many yrais anil 

 his rrsi<;iiati(>n, whirh is to take idTi'ii Innc _^(), i<)ii), has \)vv\\ 

 i\'hulantl\ amptvd 1)\ llu- tiiistiTS \n<[\\ oi C'olniuhia Uni\iM-sity 

 and ol' tlu- I'olh'm' ol riiannary of tlu' (ily of Now \'oi'l<, rolioviiij; 

 him ol arli\i' tcarhniL; dnlus at llu' cjosi' ol llu- collr^c .\<.'ai'. 



Tiofrssoi- (.'handh'r's raii'or as a t.-ailu'i' l)i'i;an al Union ("olloj^c, 

 Srhriu-rlad\ , in |annar\, 1S57. and has conlinnod wilhotit intcr- 

 rniilion down lo ihr rlosi- ol' tho rmii'iil collci;iatc ycai' wlu-ii he 

 will la\' down his hmdons as a I imcIkm'. llis s or \ iocs ha\o not hooii 

 oonlinod to toaohiiiL; or to tho administralivo work inoidonl to his 

 position as doan ol' tho School ol" Minos and lioad iA Iho 1 U'part- 

 mont oi I'homistiy ol' ('olnmhia I 'nivorsily . of tho C"olk\<;o of 

 Physicians and Snii^cons and tho ("olloi^o of riiarmacw His 

 activities ha\o omhraccd almost tlu^ entire rani^o (d intiMcsts 

 tonclu'd in anw w'a\' 1>\ ehoniislry. one of his most inipoiani scr- 

 Aices lo the connnnnit\ haxiiiL;' heen iiMidered as president oi the 

 llealth UJcpaitmcnt of (he (ity of New \'oik for the eleven vcars 

 hctwccn 187^^ and iSS.|. It is tci his expert knowlcdi;e oi sanitarv 

 scictici' and his ivin irkalde administrative capacit\ that we are 

 lari^cly indebted toi the present orjLiani/at ion and methods of the 

 llealth Pepartmont ^^i the fity of New York. 



As an in\ estij^ator he has made nnmortins and \ ahiahle oontri- 

 hntions hoth to indnslrial and sanitary ehoniistry. and [o his Avork 

 in tho cstahlishment and pnhlieation of The American Chemist, in 

 conjunctitui with his hrothcr, I'rofessor \\"illiani F. (."handler of 

 Lehii^h rni\orsity. was lai'i^oly dne tt^ the ftuinalion of the 



