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ciated  with  the  wholesale  trade  for  so  long  a  period,  Mr.  Wiegand 
was  always  interested  in  dispensing  and  compounding,  and  the  work 
and  problems  of  the  retail  pharmacist  always  appealed  to  him,  and 
so,  after  this  extended  intermission,  he  purchased  a  store  near 
Thirty-eighth  and  Market  Streets  and  again  engaged  in  the  retail 
business.  However,  his  duties  as  actuary  and  librarian  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  increased  so  rapidly  that  in  1885 
he  disposed  of  this  store  and,  retiring  from  active  drug  business, 
thereafter  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  needs  of  the  College. 
In  1852  he  became  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  and  in  1855  was  elected  a  trustee.  Since  then,  he  has  been 
continuously  associated  with  the  work  of  the  College  in  some  official 
capacity.  It  is  given  to  but  very  few  indeed  to  complete  more  than 
half  of  a  century  associated  with  the  work  of  one  institution.  His 
faithful  service  in  every  position  in  the  College  that  he  has  been 
called  upon  to  fill,  his  sacrifices  of  time  and  energy  in  behalf  of  his 
alma  mater  were  no  small  factors  in  deciding  her  progress,  and 
merited  our  admiration  and  won  our  regard. 
In  1868,  when  the  College  decided  to  dispose  of  its  first  property 
built  on  Zane  Street  and  remove  to  its  present  site  on  Tenth  Street 
above  Arch  Street,  he  was  made  secretary  of  the  Committee  on 
Ways  and  Means  and  chairman  of  the  Building  Committee.  He 
personally  made  the  preliminary  sketches  for  submission  to  the 
architect.  In  1881,  he  again  served  as  chairman  of  the  Building 
Committee  under  whose  supervision  the  laboratories  and  rear  build- 
ings on  Elwyn  Street  were  erected.  He  also  prepared  a  set  of  pre- 
liminary sketches  covering  ground  plans  and  outlining  the  extensive 
rebuilding  of  the  front  and  lecture  rooms  that  was  done  in  1892. 
His  service  on  the  Committee  on  Publication  of  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy  covered  a  consecutive  period  of  more  than 
twenty-five  years,  and  for  at  least  twenty  years  of  this  time  he  acted 
as  the  secretary  of  that  committee. 
In  1878  he  was  elected  actuary  of  the  College  and  in  addition 
served  as  librarian.  For  a  number  of  years  he  devoted  only  a 
portion  of  his  time  each  day  to  these  duties,  but  by  1885  this  work 
had  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  it  demanded  his  entire  time. 
When  Wm.  C.  Bakes  who  had  been  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  many  years  died  in  1886,  the  duties  of  this  office  were 
added  to  those  of  the  actuary.  Despite  advancing  years  he  accept- 
ably discharged  these  added  labors,  until  the  greatly  increased 
