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August,  1918.  * 
Obituary. 
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edge  of  drugs  and  of  the  drug  plants  of  his  neighborhood  and  quite 
naturally  took  a  liking  to  the  drug  business.  In  1870,  he  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  drug  business  in  Pine  Bluff,  the  firm  then  being  Nel- 
son and  Dewoody.  Later  he  became  the  head  of  this  business  and 
this  was  continued  as  a  wholesale  and  retail  drug  store  under  the 
name  of  W.  L.  Dewoody  &  Co.  until  the  present. 
Mr.  Dewoody  was  a  typical  southern  gentleman  and  a  pharma- 
cist possessing  high  ideals  and  the  professional  spirit  of  his  calling. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Arkansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
for  some  years  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. He  was  likewise  a  member  of  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists' Association - 
He  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1887  and 
since  that  time  was  one  of  the  most  faithful  of  the  members  in  at- 
tendance. His  kind  manner  and  lovable  disposition  won  for  him  a 
host  of  friends  and  he  will  be  greatly  missed  in  the  circle  of  attend- 
ants at  the  meetings  of  the  Association. 
JOHN  HARPER  LONG. 
Dr.  John  H.  Long,  professor  of  chemistry  at  the  Northwestern 
University,  died  at  his  home  in  Evanston,  111.,  on  June  14,  1918, 
after  an  illness  lasting  for  about  nine  months.  His  friends  and  fam- 
ily thought  that  he  was  making  progress  toward  recovery  of  health, 
when  he  was  overcome  by  a  sudden  attack  of  the  heart  trouble  from 
which  he  had  been  suffering. 
John  Harper  Long  was  born  near  Steubenville  in  December. 
1856.  In  1877  he  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Kansas, 
with  the  degree  of  B.S.  From  1877  to  1880  he  studied  in  the  for- 
eign universities  at  Tubingen,  Wiirzburg  and  Breslau,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Sc.D.  from  Tubingen. 
In  1 881  he  was  appointed  professor  of  chemistry  at  the  North- 
western University  Medical  School.  In  1913  he  was  made  the  dean 
of  the  Pharmacy  Department  of  that  University  and  retained  this 
position  until  last  year. 
Professor  Long  was  a  member  of  many  scientific  organizations 
and  in  most  of  these  took  an  active  part.  He  was  president  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  in  1903.  He  had  also  served  as  pres- 
ident of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science. 
