AFebma?y  ^i^s'  )    ProfessoY  Joseph  P.  Remington.  67 
His  experience  with  Dr.  Squibb  afforded  an  unusual  opportunity 
for  him  to  amass  that  fund  of  technical  knowledge  which  gave  him 
such  an  advantage  over  many  of  his  contemporaries  who  were  not 
similarly  favored  by  fortune.  Dr.  Squibb's  reputation  for  pains- 
taking and  conscientious  scientific  work  and  his  high  standard  of 
ethics  were  universally  conceded  and  the  influence  of  this  period 
upon  Professor  Remington's  future  work  must  have  been  very 
great.  He  lived  as  a  member  of  Dr.  Squibb's  family  and  was  thus 
brought  into  close  touch  with  a  master  in  the  profession. 
After  three  years  of  experience  under  Dr.  Squibb  he  was  re- 
called to  Philadelphia  by  the  death  of  his  mother  and,  remaining  in 
his  home  town,  entered  the  employ  of  Powers  &  Weightman,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  two  years,  during  which  period  he  added  still 
further  to  his  practical  knowledge  of  manufacturing  operations. 
While  with  this  firm,  in  1871,  he  first  became  associated  with  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  an  active  way,  by  accepting  an 
invitation  to  become  the  assistant  to  Dr.  Edward  Parrish,  who  was 
at  that  time  Professor  of  Pharmacy.  In  1872  he  left  the  employ 
of  Powers  &  Weightman  to  establish  himself  in  the  retail  drug  busi- 
ness at  the  northeast  corner  of  13th  and  Walnut  Streets.  In  this 
same  year,  Professor  Parrish  died  and  was  succeeded  by  Professor 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  who  retained  Professor  Remington  as  the 
assistant  in  that  department. 
In  1874  Professor  Procter's  death  occurred  and  in  the  spring 
of  that  year,  Joseph  P.  Remington  was  elected  to  the  full  professor- 
ship in  pharmacy,  a  position  held  by  him  for  a  period  of  forty-four 
years,  or  until  his  death. 
The  period  from  1874  until  1885  was  one  of  steady  development 
for  the  young  professor.  The  thirteen  years  that  he  remained  in 
active  retail  drug  practice  (1872  to  1885)  proved  him  to  be  pos- 
sessed of  keen  business  ability  as  well  as  professional  attainments 
of  a  high  order.  In  1868  he  had  become  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  was  honored  by  that  body  in  1876 
by  being  made  chairman  of  the  committee  in  connection  with  the 
famous  Centennial  Exhibition  of  1876,  commemorating  the  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  American  Independence.  This  was  an  im- 
portant post  for  a  young  man  of  twenty-nine  years,  but  he  filled  it 
well  and  paved  the  way  for  the  future  honors  which  were  to  come 
to  him  at  the  hands  of  this  Association. 
