Am.  Jour.  Phann. 
June,  1913. 
Obituaries. 
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at  Upsala.  Prof.  Oldberg  came  to  America  in  1864.  For  nearly 
fifty  years  he  was  engaged  in  various  phases  of  pharmaceutical 
work  as  a  teacher,  an  author  and  an  editor,  and  he  succeeded  in 
leaving  a  permanent  influence  for  good  upon  the  professional  de- 
velopment of  pharmacy. 
As  a  teacher  and  as  Dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of 
Northwestern  University,  Professor  Oldberg  will  be  remembered 
by  his  many  students  for  the  lucidity  with  which  he  imparted  his 
knowledge  and  for  his  sympathetic  comprehension  of  their  view- 
point. He  taught  as  one  realizing  that  as  a  teacher  he  was  helping 
to  shape  the  future  development  of  pharmacy  through  the  lives  of 
students  who  were  to  become  the  future  pharmacists  of  America. 
In  his  work  as  an  author  and  editor  and  as  a  contributor  to  the 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  the 
Pharmaceutical  journals,  he  applied  himself  with  diligence  and 
singleness  of  purpose  that  will  cause  future  generations  to  regard 
him  as  a  prophet  and  as  one  of  the  peerless  leaders  in  pharma- 
ceutical education. 
His  intellectual  integrity  coupled  with  his  sense  of  humor  made 
him  a  delightful  companion,  and  one's  associations  with  him  are  to 
be  compared  with  rambles  in  nature  where  there  are  no  discords 
but  a  harmonious  blending  of  all  the  forces  of  nature  and  all  the 
varied  forms  of  life.  As  a  man  and  as  a  friend  all  who  knew  him 
will  grieve  that  he  is  gone  and  rejoice  that  he  has  lived. 
Upon  coming  to  the  United  States  Professor  Oldberg  very 
soon  entered  upon  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust,  in  1872 
we  found  him  located  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  acting  as  Vice- 
Consul  of  Sweden  and  Norway.  Shortly  after  this  he  became 
Chief  Clerk  and  Medical  Purveyor  in  the  United  States  Marine 
Hospital  Service  at  Washington.  During  this  time  he  also  was 
made  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  National  College  of  Pharmacy. 
By  reason  of  his  knowledge  and  ability  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  in  1880  and 
was  re-elected  in  1890  and  1900.  In  1908  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  elected  him  to  the  Presidency  of  that  body. 
Outside  of  membership  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion and  the  Illinois  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  Professor 
Oldberg  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  relatively  few  Societies. 
He  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  a  number  of  pharmaceu- 
tical bodies,  and  became  honorary  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  191 1.  Dr.  Oldberg  also  was  Secretary 
of  the  Seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  in  1893. 
