290. 
Obituary. 
Am,  Jour.  Pharm. 
Hay,  1895, 
Alumni  Association  gold  medal  and  prize  certificates  for  1895  awarded  to  the 
best  student  in  each  branch:  Alumni  gold  medal,  William  Legoria  Peabody, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  pharmacy,  David  Lehman  Greenawalt,  Chambersburg,  Pa.; 
chemistry,  Percy  Hyers,  Dayton,  Ohio  ;  materia  medica,  Robert  MacGregor 
Jackson,  New  Glasgow,  N.  S. ;  pharmacognosy,  Scott  Wolford  Lau,  Dills- 
burg,  Pa. ;  general  pharmacy,  Andrew  Campbell,  Williamsport,  Pa. ;  operative 
pharmacy,  Wtn,  Frederick  Ridgway,  Seattle,  Wash.;  analytical  chemistry, 
William  Van  Korb,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.  ;  microscopical  botany,  Frederick 
Wm.  Ritter,  Middleport,  Pa. ;  prize  certificate  for  best  collection  of  indigenous 
plants,  Clinton  Llewellyn  Shoemaker,  Allentown,  Pa.;  prize  certificate  to 
best  junior  student,  Louis  Peter  Carstens,  Davenport,  la. 
OBITUARY. 
Edmond  Preston,  Jr.,  Ph.G. 
Edmond  Preston,  Jr.,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1884,  was  born  at  Fallston,  Hartford 
County,  Md.,  December  6,  1862,  and  died  at  his  late  residence,  N.  B.  corner 
Broad  and  Ellsworth  Streets,  on  Tuesday,  December  18,  1894,  aged  30  years  and 
18  days.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Edmond  and  Phcebe  H.  Preston,  who 
were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  received  his  education  at  his 
native  place  and  attended  the  school  of  Geo.  G.  Curtis,  who  was  a  Harvard 
graduate.  At  the  age  of  17  he  entered  the  drug  store  of  Wm.  Proctor,  Jr.,  & 
Co  ,  at  Ninth  and  Lombard  Streets,  Philadelphia,  as  an  apprentice  and  learned 
the  drug  business  with  that  firm,  serving  faithfully  for  four  years.  He  matric- 
ulated at  the  College  October,  1880,  and  passed  a  successful  examination  in  the 
following  spring.  In  the  fall  of  1882  he  entered  the  senior  class,  and  after 
taking  two  senior  courses,  he  graduated  with  honor  in  March,  1884,  his  thesis 
being  entitled  " Phytollacca  Radix."  After  his  graduation  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Howard  G.  Shinn,  Ph.G.,  corner  Fifteenth  and  Master  Streets,  re- 
maining for  one  year,  and  afterwards  he  went  with  Lancaster  Thomas,  at 
Nineteenth  and  Pine  Streets,  remaining  for  a  few  months,  when  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  store  Broad  and  Ellsworth  Streets,  and  was  shortly  afterwards 
promoted  to  the  position  of  chief  clerk,  remaining  until  1890,  when  he  pur- 
chased the  business  from  Mr.  Thomas,  and  remained  in  this  location  until  his 
death.  He  was  married  October  3,  1888,  to  Lena  M.  Griest,  of  Hartford 
County,  Md.,  who  survives  him,  together  with  three  children.  He  was  an 
honorable  and  active  business  man  and  an  honor  to  his  profession. 
His  funeral  services  were  largely  attended  by  his  fellow-druggists,  on  Wed- 
nesday afternoon,  December  19,  1894,  and  his  remains  were  interred  the  fol- 
lowing day  at  his  native  place,  Fallston,  Md.  W.  E.  K. 
