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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
August,  1920. 
The  deceased  became  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  1867,  and  attended  many  of  the  annual  conventions 
especially  those  of  earlier  years.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug  Company,  a  member  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  the  Philadelphia 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists. 
October  8,  1873,  Mr.  Boring  married  Elizabeth  Garrigues  Tru- 
man, who  died  February  18,  1907.  They  had  four  children,  all  of 
whom  survive  the  deceased.  They  are  Edwin  Garrigues  Boring, 
Professor  of  Experimental  Psychology  in  Clark  University,  Wor- 
cester, Mass.;  Alice  Middleton  Boring,  for  the  past  two  years  As- 
sistant Professor  of  Biology  at  the  Union  Medical  College,  Peking, 
China,  and  now  appointed  Assistant  Professor  of  Zoology  at 
Wellesley  College,  Wellesley,  Mass. ;  Katharine  Boring  Rondthaler, 
wife  of  Dr.  Howard  Rondthaler,  President  of  Salem  College,  Wins- 
ton-Salem, N.  C;  and  Lydia  Truman  Boring,  Assistant  in  the 
Psychiatric  Clinic  of  the  Home  Service  Section,  S.  E.  Penna.  Chap- 
ter, American  Red  Cross. 
The  deceased  was  a  member  of  the  Moravian  Church,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  its  affairs.  As  a  citizen  he  stood  for  what  is  best 
in  civic  life;  in  the  family  his  example  as  husband  and  father  made 
for  what  is  best  in  the  home  circle;  his  loyalty,  sense  of  duty  and 
obligation  to  pharmacy  marked  his  life  with  success. 
E.  G.  E. 
