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Obituaries. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    October,  1914. 
OBITUARIES. 
David  H.  Ross. 
David  H.  Ross,  of  the  class  of  '78,  died  at  his  residence  and  place 
of  business,  Almond  and  Norris  Streets,  Philadelphia,  after  a  brief 
illness  due  to  pneumonia.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  69  years  of 
age  and  had  conducted  a  retail  drug  business  at  his  home  address  for 
nearly  thirty  years.  Mr.  Ross  was  born  in  Ireland  of  Scotch  parent- 
age, and  came  to  Philadelphia  in  his  youth.  His  experience  in  the 
drug  business  was  acquired  with  the  firm  of  Bullock  and  Crenshaw, 
for  whom  he  worked  as  a  drug  clerk,  and,  after  his  graduation,  as  a 
salesman.  Nearly  all  his  life  the  deceased  was  active  in  pharma- 
ceutical affairs,  and  held  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust. 
He  was  president  of  the  Alumni  P.  C.  P.  in  1893;  and  for  many 
years  was  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug 
Company.  The  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  of 
which  he  was  an  active  member,  also  made  use  of  the  services  of 
Mr.  Ross  on  many  occasions.  He  was  also  made  treasurer  of  the 
Druggists'  Building  and  Loan  Association  when  it  was  organized  a 
short  time  ago.  He  was  active  in  the  management  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Kensington,  of  which  he  was  an  elder.  In 
addition  to  his  other  activities,  he  for  many  years  took  a  practical  in- 
terest in  political  matters  and  served  on  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Washington  party,  and  was  elected  to  Councils  upon  the  Reform 
party  ticket.  He  also  served  as  a  school  director  in  his  home  ward 
for  a  number  of  years. 
Personally  Mr.  Ross  was  aggressive  and  active  in  everything  he 
took  in  hand,  and  was  unusually  outspoken  and  frank  in  attacking 
what  he  considered  wrong;  and  was  just  as  quick  to  defend  what  he 
considered  to  be  right,  in  the  same  characteristic  manner.  Behind  the 
aggressive  man  of  action  there  was,  however,  a  true  man  in  the 
broader  human  sense  who  endeared  himself  by  strong  ties  to  those 
who  learned  to  know  him  well. 
W.  L.  Cliffe. 
Peter  P.  Fox. 
Peter  P.  Fox,  of  the  class  of  1858  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  died  on  April  24,  19 14.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest  gradu- 
ates of  the  College,  and  had  been  a  member  since  1872.  Mr.  Fox  was 
born  in  Leimbach,  near  Audenaw,  Germany,  in  1835.  He  was  a 
Brother  of  Prof.  John  Fox,  M.D.,  who  graduated  from  the  University 
