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Obituaries. 
<  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1       April,  1903. 
GEORGE  W.  KENNEDY. 
George  W.  Kennedy,  a  life-member  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  one  of  the  best-known  members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  died  December  22,  1902,  at  his  home 
in  Pottsville,  Pa.,  after  an  illness  of  only  two  days. 
Mr.  Kennedy  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  February  22,  1843.  After 
attending  rather  a  limited  number  of  terms  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  he  was  apprenticed  to  an  apothecary  to  learn  the  art 
and  business.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  young  Kennedy 
thought  it  his  duty  to  join  the  Army  of  the  North,  and  on  September 
15,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  3d  Pennsylvania  Reserves. 
He  was  wounded  on  December  13th  of  the  same  year  and  sent  to  a 
Government  hospital  in  Philadelphia.  During  convalescence  he 
found  opportunity  to  attend  the  lectures  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy. 
He  re-enlisted  again  the  following  year  (1863)  and  served  through 
the  remaining  years  of  the  war,  being  mustered  out  with  his  regi- 
ment in  1865,  having  served  the  last  two  years  as  Hospital  Steward. 
Several  years  later  he  found  opportunity  to  re-enter  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  as  a  student  and  graduated  in  1869.  His 
sense  of  duty  as  a  pharmacist  is  well  illustrated  in  the  fact  that  in 
this  same  year  (1869)  he  also  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  became  a  member  of  this  College. 
Well  equipped  and  with  high  ideals,  it  would  be  surprising  indeed 
if  he  had  not  succeeded  in  a  business  way.  After  graduating  from 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  Mr.  Kennedy  served  a  short 
time  in  a  drug  store  in  Pottsville  and  then  opened  a  store  on  his 
own  account  in  Mahanoy  City.  This  he  sold  later  and  returned  to 
Pottsville,  where  he  opened  the  business  which  has  flourished  so  well. 
Mr.  Kennedy  had  ideals  above  the  mere  accumulation  of  wealth  ; 
he  was  always  willing  and  anxious  to  share  the  results  of  his  prac- 
tical experiences  with  others.  This  is  well  illustrated  by  the 
numerous  papers,  of  a  practical  nature,  to  be  found  in  the  files  ot 
the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  or  the  volumes  of  the  "  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association ;  "  these, 
together,  number  upward  of  half  a  hundred. 
Mr.  Kennedy  was  also  ready  and  willing  to  serve  his  fellow- 
pharmacists  in  an  official  capacity.  This  is  shown  by  his  service  as 
secretary  to  the  Council  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion and  the  Committee  on  Membership. 
