Am.  Jour.  Pharm.\ 
September,  1900.  j 
CJiarles  Bullock. 
419 
In  1857  Charles  Bullock  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  He  was  elected  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Associa- 
tion in  1859  and  served  in  this  capacity  for  two  years.  At  the 
meeting  in  Philadelphia,  in  1876,  he  was  elected  President.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  attended  the  annual  meetings,  and  was  greatly 
interested  in  the  proceedings. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  but 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  active  in  its  work. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of 
Philadelphia,  and  for  a  while  he  took  an  active  interest  in  its  Micro, 
scopical  Section.  Here  he  enjoyed  the  society  and  friendship  of 
Dr.  J.  G.  Hunt  and  Joseph  Zentmayer.  These  kindred  spirits 
made  the  section  meetings  profitable  and  interesting.  Here  Mr. 
Bullock's  manipulative  dexterity  was  again  exhibited  as  he  became 
expert  in  mounting  and  preparing  permanent  slides  for  microscopic 
examination. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  local  Civil  Service 
Board,  charged  with  the  duty  of  examining  candidates  for  positions 
as  chemists  and  pharmacists  coming  under  the  control  of  the 
municipal  departments. 
Next  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  Franklin 
Institute  claimed  the  attention  and  time  of  Charles  Bullock.  The 
wide  scope  of  the  work  of  the  Institute,  embracing  science,  arts, 
mechanics  and  manufacture,  appealed  strongly  to  his  nature  and  in 
this  field  his  varied  experience  and  great  breadth  of  knowledge 
made  him  a  valuable  worker  and  prominent  in  the  direction  of  its 
affairs.  He  rendered  valuable  service  as  curator,  manager,  Vice- 
President  and  President  and  at  the  time  of  his  decease  was  First 
Vice-President  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers.  For 
years  he  served  on  the  Publication  Committee  of  the  Institute  and 
many  of  its  other  important  committees.  In  1874,  the  Franklin 
Institute  gave  an  exposition  in  the  old  freight  station  at  Broad  and 
Market  Streets,  which  had  been  but  shortly  before  vacated  by  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  which  subsequently  became  the  prop- 
erty of  John  Wanamaker  and  was  rebuilt  for  his  store.  As  a 
precursor  of  the  Centennial,  it  did  much  to  prepare  the  way  for  and 
popularize  the  great  exposition  of  1876.  Charles  Bullock  did  excel- 
lent service  on  the  committee  of  the  Institute  having  charge  of  the 
exhibition. 
