72 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



FRANK G. RYAN. 



Board of Directors Choose Him President Tuesday Afternoon to 



Succeed the Late Theodore D, Buhl. 



Frank G. Ryan was elected president of Parke, Davis & Co. at the 

 directors' meeting" held Tuesday afternoon, to succeed the late Theodore 

 D. Buhl, who died last week. The selection of Mr. Ryan to head this 

 concern, which is the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing company 

 in the world, means a great deal to all the lines of business and pro- 

 fessions to which it caters, as he has had a life-long training for the 

 position in which he has been placed. 



Mr. Ryan was born at Marcellus Falls, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1867, and 

 after a public school education at Elmira, N. Y., entered the drug 

 business as an apprentice at the age of 15. During the years 1880-82, 

 he was affiliated with Brown & Dawson, of New York. In 1882, he 

 left to attend the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he 

 graduated two years later at the age of 23. 



He was made assistant to Professor of Pharmacy Remington, of that 

 college, taking charge of an optional course in commercial training, 

 which was inaugurated at that time. Besides this work he also became 

 a lecturer for the Woman's Medical College, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. Ryan has been a prominent member of the American Pharma- 

 ceutical Association since joining the body in 1882. The year fol- 

 lowing he was elected secretary of the scientific section, and a little later 

 was made chairman of the Committee on Weights and Measures, an 

 ofifice to which he has been appointed many times since. 



After leaving the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in June of 1900, 

 he became associated with Parke, Davis & Co., where his rise has been 

 remarkable. He was chief pharmacist, having general charge of the 

 manufacturing operations, but when William Warren, former manager 

 of the institution, died in November, 1903, Mr. Ryan was selected to 

 fill the latter's place on the Board of Directors. In August, 1905, he 

 was made secretary, and then vice-president. 



Mr. Ryan was chosen to head the company, because of his thorough 

 scientific training and his keen business judgiuent and executive ability. 

 He is spoken of as possessing the rare coiubinations of scientific knowl- 

 edge and executive ability. The change will make another vacancy on 

 the Board of Directors of the corporation, but no one is yet selected to 

 fill the place. With the advancement of Mr. Ryan. Mr. E. G. Swift, 

 present manager of the concern, was also promoted, being given the 

 additional ofiice of secretary. 



