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That  his  exertions  for  the  welfare  of  the  Association  were  appre- 
ciated, is  evidenced  from  the  fact  that  he  was  elected  as  second  vice- 
president  at  the  meeting  in  Providence,  in  1886;  first  vice-president 
in  the  following  year  at  Cincinnati,  and  at  the  Detroit  meeting  the 
next  year  he  was  elected  president. 
This  steady  progression  is  the  more  remarkable,  as  Mr.  Alexander 
is  the  only  president  that  was  successively  elected  to  these  various 
offices,  any  one  of  which  is  usually  considered  sufficient  honor  for 
any  particular  services  rendered  the  Association.  In  this  connection 
it  should  also  be  remembered  that  all  of  these  honors  came  to  Mr. 
Alexander  in  cities  more  or  less  remote  from  his  home,  and  must 
theretore  be  considered  as  being  a  tribute  of  appreciation  for  his 
work,  from  comparative  strangers. 
As  President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  he  had 
the  honor  ot  presiding  over  what  is  often  spoken  of  as  one  of  the 
most  interesting  as  well  as  most  successful  of  meetings — that  at  San 
Francisco,  in  1889.  Mr.  Alexander  also  had  the  honor  of  being  one 
of  the  incorporators  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
the  charter  for  which  was  taken  out  under  the  laws  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  at  Washington,  in  1888. 
Maurice  W.  Alexander  died  at  his  home  in  St.  Louis,  on  June  6, 
1898,  in  the  sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age.  The  feeling  of  loss  that 
pervaded  his  fellow  members  of  the  Association  is  voiced  in  the 
sentiment  expressed  by  the  Secretary  ot  the  Committee  on  Mem- 
bership who,  in  his  report  for  that  year,  when  referring  to  the  death 
of  Mr.  Alexander  said,  "  We  cannot  but  miss  the  pleasant  counte- 
nance of  that  dear  old  friend,  who  scarcely  ever  was  absent  from 
our  annual  meetings  and  whose  high  social  standing  won  him  the 
love  and  esteem  of  all.  He  was  a  man  of  unusual  courage  and  his 
sound  advice  will  be  ever  fresh  in  our  minds.  The  extension  of  the 
good  work  of  our  Association,  for  which  he  labored  so  indefatigably, 
should  never  be  forgotten  but  stand  as  a  mark,  by  way  of  encourage- 
ment to  others  to  do  likewise." 
