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\      April,  1900. 
Howard  B.  French,  Second  Vice-President  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  was  unanimously  chosen  President  of  the  College  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  March  26,  1900.  He  succeeds  the  late  Mr.  Charles  Bullock,  who 
had  been  President  of  the  College  since  1885. 
HOWARD  BARCLAY  FRENCH. 
Mr.  French  was  born  in  Salem,  O.,  September  3,  1848,  and  when  but  four 
years  of  age,  his  parents  removed  to  Philadelphia.  His  early  education 
was  received  in  the  school  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  learned  the  drug 
business  while  apprenticed  to  the  late  William  B.  Webb,  a  prominent  phar- 
macist of  this  city,  and  who  was  for  many  years  a  Treasurer  of  this  College. 
Mr.  French  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1871, 
and  soon  thereafter  became  a  member.  He  has  been  for  many  years  active  as 
Chairman  of  the  Property  Committee  of  the  College,  and  in  this  capacity 
superintended  the  erection  of  the  new  building.  In  1897  he  was  elected  Second 
Vice-President  by  reason  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Robert  Shoemaker. 
