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Obituaries, 
Am.  .Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1903. 
His  widespread  and  thorough  knowledge,  his  thoroughness  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  and  his  love  and  devotion  for  the  advance- 
ment of  scientific  truths  will  insure  his  name  being  cherished  and 
held  in  esteem  by  the  more  progressive  members  of  the  pharmaceu- 
tical profession  throughout  the  world. 
M.  I.  Wilbert. 
GEORGE  W.  SLOAN. 
Dr.  George  W.  Sloan,  the  head  of  the  Sloan  Drug  Company,  of 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city  on  February  15, 
1903.  For  several  years  he  was  a  lecturer  on  Pharmacy  in  the 
Indiana  Medical  College,  which  institution  conferred  on  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  M.D.  Purdue  University,  in  recognition  of  his 
services  to  pharmacy,  honored  him  by  conferring  on  him  the  title 
of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy. 
Dr.  Sloan  was  born  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  in  1835,  from  which  place 
his  parents  removed  to  Indianapolis  in  1837.  After  attending  such 
schools  as  that  Western  city  had  to  offer  sixty  years  ago,  young 
Sloan  entered  the  drug  store  of  his  uncle,  David  Craighead,  as  an 
apprentice.  In  the  fall  of  1856  he  entered  as  a  student  in  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  but  only  attended  one  course  of 
lectures. 
Dr.  Sloan  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
advancement  of  pharmacy  as  a  profession.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1857,  and  in 
1879  was  elected  its  president.  He  also  served  the  Association  in 
other  official  capacities :  as  a  member  of  important  committees,  a 
member  of  Council,  and  as  local  agent  for  Indianapolis. 
Dr.  Sloan  was  also  an  active  member  of  his  State  Association, 
being  one  of  its  ex-presidents.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Indiana  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  secretary  of  the  same. 
Outside  of  his  chosen  profession  Dr.  Sloan  took  an  active  interest 
in  public  and  educational  affairs,  and  was  well  known  to,  and  highly 
respected  by,  the  citizens  of  Indianapolis.  M.  I.  W. 
MAHLON  K.  SMITH. 
Mahlon  K.  Smith,  the  president  of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French 
Company,  died  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia  on  March  4,  1903. 
