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Charles  A.  Heinitsh. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    February,  1899. 
was  its  first  president,  and  the  only  person  to  whom  has  ever  been 
accorded  the  honor  of  having  been  twice  elected  to  this  office.  He 
was  largely  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Lancaster 
County  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  was  elected  its  first  presi- 
dent. 
While  actively  engaged  in  business,  requiring  much  of  his  time, 
he  nevertheless  took  a  deep  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community  and  the  education  and  elevation  of  the 
people.  He  was  school  director  of  his  city  for  a  number  of  years, 
was  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Millersville,  a  member 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  an  honorary  member 
of  its  alumni.  In  March,  1887,  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy conferred  on  him  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Phar- 
macy, and  in  1889  Franklin  and  Marshall  College  gave  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Science.  He  enjoyed,  in  a  high  degree,  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  the  community  in  which  he  resided. 
When  the  State  Medical  Society  met  in  Lancaster  last  spring,  he  was 
in  attendance  as  a  delegate  representing  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  He  was  not  only  accorded  a  hearty  reception, 
but  was  specially  honored  by  being  escorted  to  the  platform  and 
obliged  to  take  a  seat  beside  the  president. 
Mr.  Heinitsh  was  blessed  with  a  peculiarly  affable  disposition  and 
cheerful  temperament  that  attracted  toward  him  all  with  whom  he  . 
came  in  contact.  He  was  loved  and  admired  by  hosts  of  friends, 
attaching  them  to  himself  "  by  hooks  of  steel  "  and  by  whom  he 
was  lovingly  called  "  Uncle  Charley."  He  lived  continuously  in  the 
sunshine,  absorbing  its  rays  to  the  fullest  extent,  only  that  he  might 
reflect  them  in  his  life  ;  and  he  was  rich  in  acts  of  kindness  and 
words  and  deeds  of  love,  and  the  world  was  the  better  for  his  hav- 
ing lived  in  it.  "  When  a  man  dies,"  it  has  been  said,  "  his  fellow- 
men  ask  what  did  he  leave  behind  ;  but  the  angels  ask,  what  good 
deeds  did  he  send  before  ?"  Dr.  Heinitsh's  cordial  greeting,  cheer- 
ing words,  helpful  inspiration  and  quiet  kindly  acts  were  like  a 
benediction,  and  are  the  "  good  deeds  which  he  sent  before."  In 
such  love  and  esteem  was  he  held  by  his  fellow-pharmacists  in 
Pennsylvania,  that  at  their  meeting  at  Buena  Vista,  last  June,  they 
presented  him  with  a  gold  medal1  commemorative  of  his  fifty  years 
in  business,  and  expressive  of  their  love  and  admiration.  It  came 
as  a  complete  surprise,  but  was  none  the  less  appreciated. 
*[A  facsimile  of  which  was  given  in  the  January  issue  of  this  Journal. — Kd.] 
