A  m.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
September,  1900.  J 
Charles  Bullock. 
417 
In  1849,  Charles  Bullock  became  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  shortly  thereafter  was  elected  a  Trustee. 
On  September  24,  1864,  he  was  elected  Recording  Secretary  of  the 
College,  to  succeed  Edward  Parrish,  who  had  just  been  elected  to 
the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  made  vacant  by  the  decease  of  Dr.  R. 
P.  Thomas.  He  discharged  the  duties  of  Secretary  with  marked 
ability  until  March  31,  1873,  when,  in  a  letter  to  his  associates,  he 
asked  to  be  relieved.  On  March  30,  1874,  he  was  elected  First 
Vice-President,  and  on  March  30,  1885,  was  chosen  as  President,  to 
succeed  Dillwyn  Parrish,  who  resigned  on  account  of  advancing 
years. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  College  in  1898,  upon  accepting  the 
re-election  as  President,  he  feelingly  referred  to  his  love  for  and  in- 
terest in  the  success  of  his  Alma  Mater,  but  impressed  upon  his  fel- 
low-members that  he  desired  to  be  relieved  at  the  expiration  of  the 
year's  service,  as  he  felt  that  age  was  telling  upon  him  and  that  his 
energy  was  no  longer  equal  to  the  responsibilities  placed  upon  him. 
At  the  next  annual  meeting  he  reiterated  his  determination  to  retire, 
but  a  number  of  his  friends  persuaded  him  to  permit  the  use  of  his 
name  for  another  year. 
From  his  inception  into  the  drug  business,  Charles  Bullock  has 
always  lived  in  an  atmosphere  permeated  by  the  influence  o(  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  For  half  a  century  was  he  con- 
nected with  the  institution,  and  served  her  faithfully  both  as  a  member 
and  an  officer.  His  interest  and  zeal  in  her  success  were  unwavering 
and  untiring  was  his  work  in  her  behalf.  She  claimed  a  larger 
share  of  his  time  than  any  other  interest  outside  of  his  business. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  that  selected  the  present  site  of 
the  College,  and  has  served  on  all  her  building  committees  since. 
For  years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Property  Committee  and  the  Com- 
mittee on  Instruction,  and  Treasurer  of  the  Publication  Committee, 
and  has  been  a  member  oi  nearly  every  important  committee  of  the 
College  or  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
As  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Memoirs  he  has  prepared 
many  of  the  biographies  of  deceased  members,  and  in  these  he  has 
exhibited  most  excellent  taste  and  a  pleasing  and  appropriate  liter- 
ary style.  The  memoirs  of  Prof.  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  American  Jour- 
nal of  Pharmacy,  1874,  page  512,  and  Daniel  B.  Smith,  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1883,  page  337,  are  models  worthy  of  re- 
peated perusal  and  study. 
