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Minutes  of  the  College. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm- 
May,  1879. 
Medica  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Professor  Remington  moved  that  a 
committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the  chair  to  prepare  suitable  resolutions  for  the 
occasion,  and  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting  to  be  held  on  Monday,  the  7th  inst., 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.  The  motion  was  adopted,  and  the  Chair  appointed  Messrs. 
Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Joseph  P.  Remington  and  Daniel  S.  Jones  the  committee. 
Professor  Maisch  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  the  death  of  Dr.  Jacob 
Bigelow,  of  Boston,  and  of  F.  L.  M.  Dorvault,  of  Pari*,  the  former  an  honorary 
and  the  latter  a  corresponding  member  of  the  College.  Dr.  Bigelow  died  in  Boston 
on  the  10th  of  January,  1879,  aged  ninety-one  years,  and  is  widely  and  honorably 
known  as  the  author  of  the  "American  Medical  Botany"  which  bears  his  name. 
Professor  Remington,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  gave 
notice  of  the  death  of  Christopher  Henry  Kolp,  Ph.G.,  who  died  in  Philadelphia,, 
Pa.,  Feb.  nth,  1879,  in  tne  29^  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  of  the  class  of  1869,  an  active  member  of  the  Col- 
lege, of  the  Alumni  Association,  also  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business  in  Philadelphia  at  the  time  of  his  death,, 
which  was  sudden  and  unexpected  to  his  many  friends. 
This  being  the  annual  meeting,  an  election  for  officers,  trustees  and  the  standing 
committees  was  ordered. 
The  Chair  appointed  Messrs.  Wm.  B.  Thompson  and  Alfred  Mellor  tellers,. 
who  upon  counting  the  vote  announced  the  following  gentlemen  elected  to  the 
respective  positions  enumerated  below,  viz.  : 
President— Dillwyn  Parrish. 
First  Vice  President — Charles  Bullock. 
Second  Vice  President — Robert  Shoemaker. 
Treasurer — Samuel  S.  Bunting. 
Recording-  Secretary — William  J.  Jenks. 
Corresponding  Secretary — Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Board  of  Trustees — for  one  year — John  M.  Maisch,  Daniel  S.  Jones,  Andrew  Blair;  for  two  years — 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  T.  Morris  Perot,  James  T.  Shinn ;  for  three  years — Dr.  Robert  Bridges,  Thomas 
S.  Wiegand,  William  B.  Webb. 
Publication  Committee — John  M.  Maisch,  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  James  T. 
Shinn,  Charles  Bullock. 
Sinking  Fund  Committee—Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  T.  Morris  Perot,  James  T.  Shinn. 
Editor— John  M.  Maisch. 
Librarian — Thomas  S.  Wiegand. 
Curator — Joseph  P.  Remington. 
There  being  no  further  business,  then,  on  motion,  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  hall 
on  Monday,  April  7th,  1879,  at  4  o'clock  P.M.  Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
Philadelphia,  April  7th,  1878. 
An  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this 
day  at  the  hall,  Charles  Bullock,  Vice-President,  in  the  chair  5    twelve  members 
present. 
The  meeting  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment  to  hear  the  report  of  the  committee 
appointed  on  the  30th  ultimo  to  draft  resolutions  expressive  of  the  sentiments  of  the 
members  of  the  College,  relative  to  the  death  of  our  esteemed  fellow  member,. 
Dr.  George  B.  Wood 
