194 
Obituary — Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl.    {Am'^°^' f^Tm' 
organization  of  the  Louisville  Chemical  Works  at  Louisville,  Ky., 
a  concern  originated  by  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb  and  Prof.  J.  Lawrence 
Smith,  but  at  that  time  operated  in  the  interest  of  Messrs.  Wilson, 
Peter  &  Co. 
The  first  store  owned  and  operated  under  his  own  name  was  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  Diehl  in  June,  1869,  and  was  located  at  First  and 
Walnut  Sts.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  moving  in  1874  to  Third  and  Broad- 
way, where  he  continued  in  business  until  his  retirement  to  private 
life  (1904). 
Joining  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1863  at 
the  Baltimore  meeting,  he  attended  his  first  meeting  at  Detroit  in 
1866,  when  he  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Progress 
of  Pharmacy,  a  position  to  which  he  was  re-elected  in  1867.  In 
1871  Professor  Diehl  was  elected  First  Vice  President  of  the  Asso- 
ciation and  at  the  Louisville  meeting  in  1874  he  became  its  President. 
A  volunteer  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  submitted  in 
1872  met  with  so  much  approbation  and  commendation  that  the 
Association  elected  him  to  the  newly  created  office  Reporter  on 
Progress  of  Pharmacy,  a  position  which  he  occupied  almost  con- 
tinuously until  the  San  Francisco  meeting  of  191 5,  when  failing 
health  rendered  his  retirement  necessary. 
The  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy  owes  its  organization  to 
Professor  Diehl  and  others  whom  he  interested  in  it ;  he  was  its  first 
President  and  from  1870  to  1881  continued  to  preside  over  its 
destinies;  he  also  occupied  the  chair  of  Pharmacy  until  1886,  with 
the  exception  of  the  sessions  of  1881-2  and  1882-3;  resigning  on 
account  of  a  throat  affection. 
His  Alma  Mater,  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  con- 
ferred the  richly  merited  degree  Master  in  Pharmacy  upon  him  in 
1887. 
The  organization  of  the  Kentucky  Board  of  Pharmacy  was 
largely  owing  to  his  unfailing  energy,  and  he  was  a  member  of 
that  body  for  the  first  six  years  of  its  existence  and  afterward  at 
frequent  intervals  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
His  Chairmanship  of  the  National  Formulary  Revision  Commit- 
tee, his  association  on  the  U.  S,  P.  Revision  Committee  and  other 
pharmaceutical  honors  would  fill  more  space  than  is  allotted  in  this 
brief  sketch,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  a  complete  list  of  his  pub- 
lished works  will  be  searched  out  and  tabulated. 
