SoIm'}      Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Historical  Committee.1 
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In  accordance  with  the  recommendation  contained  in  the  annual 
address  of  our  President,  Mr.  Howard  B.  French,  the  undersigned 
were  appointed  as  "  The  Historical  Committee." 
The  early  apothecaries  of  Philadelphia  were  assiduous  workers  in 
developing  the  scientific  thought  and  tendencies  of  their  day,  and 
many  were  equally  prominent  in  social  positions  and  likewise  active 
in  professional  and  commercial  interests.  No  small  amount  of 
credit  is  due  to  them  for  the  prominent  part  they  took  in  laying  the 
foundations  of  a  number  of  successful  educational  and  charitable 
institutions,  and  the  marked  influence  they  exerted  in  the  establish- 
ment oi  prominent  retail  and  wholesale  drug  stores,  pharmaceutical 
manufactories,  and  chemical  industries.  The  drug  trade  has  kept 
pace  with  the  progress  and  development  of  this  modern  city  and 
has  furnished  a  number  of  noted  examples  of  individual  energy  and 
success. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  stands  as  a  central  figure 
around  which  are  clustered  many  prominent  persons,  and  interwoven 
and  associated  more  or  less  closely  with  her  history  are  the  interest- 
ing experiences  of  many  whose  lives  have  been  devoted  to  building 
up  enterprises  connected  with  pharmaceutical,  chemical,  and  other 
industries.  Her  growth  and  development  is  an  important  part  of 
the  history  of  Pharmacy. 
These  older  pharmacists  have  mostly  passed  away  and  much 
interesting  historical  data  has  undoubtedly  been  lost,  but  a  few  of 
their  associates  and  acquaintances  are  left  and  they  should  at  once 
record  their  recollections  of  the  past  and  the  reminiscences  connected 
with  these  associations. 
We  believe  that  this  is  the  first  organized  systematic  effort  that 
has  been  made  to  obtain  this  information,  which  must  be  of  more 
than  local  import,  and  it  becomes  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
collate,  compile,  record  and  permanently  preserve  all  such  interesting 
and  valuable  matter. 
It  is  the  desire  of  the  Historical  Committee  to  make  these  records 
Members  of  Committee:  George  M.  Beringer,  Chairman,  501  Federal  Street, 
Camden,  N.  J.;  William  J.  Jenks;  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer;  Jacob  M.  Baer;  and 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Secretary,  German  Hospital,  Girard  and  Corinthian  Aves.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  Howard  B.  French,  ex-officio. 
