JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
THE  AMERICAN 
ALBERT  BENJAMIN  PRESCOTT. 
By  Oscar  Oi^dberg. 
JUNE,  1905. 
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The  life  of  Prof.  Albert  B.  Prescott,  Dean  of  the  School  of  Pharm- 
acy of  the  University  of  Michigan,  ended  February  25,  1905.  It 
was  a  life  devoted  to  high  ideals. 
He  was  born  at  Hastings,  N.  Y.,  December  12,  1832;  graduated 
in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1864  ;  was  assistant 
surgeon,  U.  S.  V.,  1864-5;  became  assistant  professor  of  chemistry 
in  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1865  ;  professor  of  organic  and 
applied  chemistry  in  1870;  and  Dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
in  1876. 
He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  in  1886,  and  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  ot  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  the 
University  of  Michigan  in  1896,  and  by  Northwestern  University 
in  1903. 
He  was  president  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science  in  1 891,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
in  i899-i900,the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties 
in  1900,  and  ©f  the  American  Chemical  Society  in  1902. 
He  became  a  Fellow  of  the  Chemical  Society  of  London  in  1876, 
a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  in  1898,  and  an 
honorary  member  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  in  1891. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  and 
Publication  of  the  Pharmacopceia  of  the  United  States  from  1880  to 
1890,  and  continued  up  to  his  death  to  freely  render  valuble 
services  and  advice  sought  from  him  by  that  committee. 
He  was  the  author  of  "  Qualitative  Chemical  Analysis,"  1874; 
"Outlines  of  Proximate  Organic  Analysis,"  1875;  "  Chemistry  of 
Alcoholic  Liquors,"  1875;  "  Morphiometric  Processes  lor  Opium," 
1  Professor  Prescott  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  March,  1902. — Editor. 
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