Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
August,  1920.  ) 
James  E.  Bartlett. 
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range  of  experiences  in  these  various  assignments.  After  serving 
as  Assistant  Foreman  of  the  Pill  Department,  he  was  made  Buyer, 
then  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  then  Assistant  Superintendent, 
and  later  Superintendent  of  the  Laboratory;  the  latter  important 
position  he  filled  for  a  number  of  years. 
In  order  to  serve  their  customers  more  promptly  and  to  increase 
their  business  in  the  Middle  West,  the  house  determined  in  1896  to 
establish  a  branch  house  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Bartlett  was  selected  as 
the  manger  of  this  office  and  in  a  very  few  years  the  Chicago  branch, 
under  the  impulse  of  his  management,  became  an  important  center 
of  the  business. 
In  19 13,  Mr.  Bartlett  was  brought  back  to  the  Detroit  head- 
quarters to  assume  an  executive  position  in  the  management.  He 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  selling  division  of  the  business  and  the 
whole  organization  soon  felt  the  force  of  his  dynamic  personality. 
New  sales  methods  were  inaugurated;  new  products  were  pushed  to 
the  front;  and  the  hum  became  more  energetic  and  in  harmony 
with  the  enthusiasm  of  the  man  at  the  helm. 
A  strong,  self-reliant  man,  full  of  initiative  and  enthusiastically 
aggressive,  Mr.  Bartlett  has  always  shown  a  natural  capacity  for 
leadership  such  as  few  men  possess.  His  election  to  the  presidency 
of  the  corporation  brings  him  to  the  top  after  a  steady  climb  up 
the  ladder  during  a  period  of  thirty-one  years.  Having  grown  up 
in  the  establishment,  being  personally  acquainted  with  the  details 
of  the  various  departments  and  the  personnel  of  the  large  body  of 
employees,  he  is  well  equipped  for  the  arduous  duties  now  imposed. 
He  is  essentially  a  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  product  and  typical  of  the 
business  that  he  has  so  faithfully  served. 
In  recent  years  Mr.  Bartlett  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the 
American  Drug  Manufacturers'  Association  and  at  the  meetings  of 
that  forceful  organization  he  is  a  commanding  figure.  As  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Commercial  Travelers  he  presented  a  very 
interesting  report.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee 
and  has  been  a  factor  in  shaping  the  policies  of  the  Association  in 
recent  years. 
He  has  been  a  regular  attendant  at  the  meetings  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  and  is  well  known  to  the  whole- 
sale and  jobbing  drug  trade. 
Since  he  became  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Company,  he  has 
initiated  a  number  of  forward-looking  policies  and  has  already  made 
