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May,  1902. 
Emit  Scheffer. 
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from  its  organization  in  1866  until  1889;  president,  from  1884  to 
1 888  ;  treasurer  during  the  year  1 888-1 889,  and  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica  and  Botany,  continuously  from  1 87 1  until  the  end  of  the 
school  session  of  1 883-1884.  Burdened  with  the  cares  of  an  active 
business,  his  time  largely  occupied  with  analytical  and  other  pro- 
fessional  work,  he  yet  found  the  time  to  attend  to  the  arduous 
duties  involved  in  these  offices,  and  to  attend  to  them  thoroughly. 
However,  this  is  history  that  can  be  more  satisfactorily  told  in  an 
historical  sketch  of  the  college,  which  the  present  memorial  is  not 
intended  to  be.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  he  saw  the  college  grow 
from  its  weakly  beginning  to  sturdy  independence  and  usefulness, 
and  that  no  one  member  of  the  college  contributed  so  much  time, 
intellect  and  substance  towards  paving  the  way  to  its  final  success 
as  did  Emil  Scheffer. 
In  1872  Scheffer  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, whose  annual  meetings  he  frequently  attended,  and  whose 
proceedings  he  followed  with  lively  interest,  until,  with  advancing 
years,  having  relinquished  his  active  business  pursuits,  he  reluc- 
tantly severed  his  connection.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  in 
1880,  being  selected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of 
the  late  Dr.  Edward  R.  Squibb,  whose  place  he  filled  creditably  for 
the  remainder  of  the  term,  ending  with  the  Convention  of  1890.  He 
likewise  served  his  adopted  State  as  one  of  its  first  Commissioners 
of  Pharmacy,  from  1874,  when  a  law  regulating  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy within  the  jurisdiction  of  Kentucky  was  placed  upon  its 
statutes,  until  1882,  and  it  goes  without  saying  that  he  fulfilled  his 
trust  with  absolute  fidelity  and  to  the  advantage  of  the  common- 
wealth. 
What  Scheffer  was  to  his  family  cannot  be  discussed  without 
invading  the  sanctity  of  his  home-life.  It  is  sufficient  for  us  to 
know  that  he  is  mourned  by  his  children  and  grandchildren  as  only 
a  good  and  affectionate  parent  can  be  mourned.  And  he  was  all 
that,  as  well  as  a  good  husband,  brother  and  friend.  He  was  also  a 
good  citizen ;  and  though  he  returned  to  the  land  of  his  childhood 
and  early  manhood  on  five  different  occasions,  always  accompanied 
by  one  or  more  members  of  his  family,  he  did  so  because  of  his 
affectionate  regard  for  his  old  sisters  and  brothers,  and  not  because 
of  disloyalty — even  in  thought — to  the  land  of  his  adoption. 
IvOUISvihe,  Ky.,  April,  1902. 
