A"PteXrP?9or9m-}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  453 
the  meeting  and  before  calling  on  the  members  for  remarks,  read  let- 
ters from  John  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore,  Richard  M.  Shoemaker 
and  George  D.  Rosengarten,  of  Philadelphia,  regretting  their  inabil- 
ity to  be  present  to  bear  testimony  to  the  character  and  services  of 
Mr.  Wiegand.  Later,  similar  letters  were  received  from  Evan  T. 
Ellis,  Alfred  Mellor,  and  H.  K.  Mulford. 
The  President  said  he  had  known  Mr.  Wiegand  since  i860,  and 
during  that  time  had  been  in  almost  constant  intercourse  with  him. 
During  his  apprenticeship  he  had  the  benefit  of  his  helping  hand 
and  acquaintance.  Mr.  Wiegand  had  done  much  for  pharmacy  and 
for  the  College.  On  a  visit  to  him  a  few  days  before  his  death 
he  had  found  him  physically  very  weak  but  his  mental  condition  was 
good.  His  devotion  to  the  interests  and  welfare  of  the  College  was 
unusual.  When  he  left  the  service  of  Bullock  and  Crenshaw  to  come 
to  the  College  it  was  to  his  financial  disadvantage,  but  he  wished 
to  devote  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  its  service. 
Samuel  P.  Sadtler  said  he  had  known  Mr.  Wiegand  exclusively 
in  connection  with  college  work  since  1878.  Until  recent  years 
he  was  the  chief  business  man  of  the  College.  He  knew  more 
students  intimately  probably  than  any  other  man  ever  connected 
with  the  College ;  he  was  brought  in  contact  with  them  so  often 
and  so  closely,  and  they  looked  to  him  to  help  them  in  their  studies 
and  in  their  troubles ;  he  was  esteemed  by  them  to  a  remarkable 
degree,  for  they -affectionately  called  him  "Uncle  Tommy."  He 
had  done  more  good  to  many  men  now  in  active  pharmacy  than  any- 
one else.  His  services  as  Librarian  were  very  efficient ;  he  kept 
up  most  of  the  correspondence  necessary  in  the  Library  until  the 
infirmities  of  age  lessened  his  usefulness.  There  would  be  a  great 
feeling  of  regret  throughout  the  alumni  body  as  the  news  of  his 
death  became  known  to  them. 
C.  B.  Lowe  said  he  had  known  Mr.  Wiegand  thirty  or  thirty-five 
years  and  that  he  was  in  close  touch  with  him  for  a  number  of 
years.  Besides  he  and  the  late  Edward  C.  Jones  there  were  proba- 
bly no  other  men  who  had  done  more  in  sustaining  the  efforts  of 
the  Alumni  Association  in  their  labors  on  behalf  of  the  College ; 
they  both  had  done  much  for  its  advancement  and  this  devotion 
on  the  part  of  Mr.  Wiegand  extended  even  beyond  the  grave,  as  he 
had  devised  a  life  insurance  policy  for  its  benefit.  Dr.  Lowe  said 
that  it  was  a  pleasure  and  advantage  to  hear  Mr.  Wiegand  talk  of 
the  past  and  that  it  was  a  matter  of  great  regret  to  him  that  he  had 
