THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 97 



LUCIEN MERRIAM ROYCE. 



Born in Bristol, December 2ist, 1838, son of Enos and Sarah 

 Elizabeth (Atwater) Royce. Died suddenly (of acute indigestion that 

 affected the heart) at his place of business Meriden, Conn., May 23rd, 



1907. 



In 1855, he came to Hartford and accepted a position with the 

 wholesale drug firm of Williams and Hall (now Williams and Carle- 

 ton) with whom he remained till the beginning of the war. 



In August 25th, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company A, 

 25th Conn., Vols., and served with the regiment in Louisiana. He 

 was promoted to be Hospital Steward in charge of a Hospital at 

 Baton Rouge, and was honorably discharged in 1863, having served 

 the nine months for which the regiment enlisted. 



In November 1863, he was appointed Surgeon's Steward, in the 

 U. S. Navy and was ordered in medical charge of the U. S. S. 

 "Acacia," and served on board that ship till May 1865, in the South 

 Atlantic Squardron at the Siege of Charleston. The "Acacia" captured 

 the three blockade runners, the "Julia", the "Pocahontas", and the 

 "Dear", and the Doctor (Mr. Royce) shared in the prize money. 



In 1866, he graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy, 

 (now incorporated in Columbia University) being one of its first 

 graduates. He was the chief organizer of the Alumni Association of 

 the College of Pharmacy and a charter member. He was secretary 

 of the Association, 1875-1876; registrar 1876 and 1883; treasurer 

 1882-1884; president, 1 884-1 885 ; treasurer 1885-1889. 



He was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 



He invented and patented a process for refining petroleum oil, 

 a process practically the same as that now in use — He was in charge 

 of the City Department of the Wholesale Drug firm of McKesson 

 and Robbins, New York, for twenty-five years. Then for five years, 

 he was with Tarrant and Co., wholesale druggists. New York. 



He established two retail drug stores of his own in Brooklyn, 

 New York. 



He moved with his family to Madison, Conn., where he had a 

 drug store for four years. 



Then he took his family to 731 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Conn., 

 in which city he made his home with his business in Meriden Conn. 



He died while at his place of business and after an illness of 

 only five minutes. 



