PERSONALITIES AND FACTS IN US PHARMACY HISTORY
Affordable Care Act
Albert Ebert
Chancey Ira Cooper
Daniel B. Smith
First to offer classes for
pharmacy apprenticeships
Harvey A.K. Whitney
4 Types of Old Pharmacies
Rufus Lyman
Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act
of 1990[OBRA 90 (1990)]
Paul Parker
Zada Mary Cooper
2 early American
pharmacists
Mary Munson Runge
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
of 1996(HIPAA 1996)
Progression of Degrees
First true pharmacy
program
Joseph Oddis
Outline how pharmacists can help
Namesake for the oldest pharmacy award for scientific research
Upon his death left most of his property to APhA
Promoted minority students in pharmacy education
Established the National Pharmacists Associate, for black pharmacists
Most influential supporter of minority pharmacists
“Patriarch of American Pharmacy”
Instrumental in the development of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1848
Distinguished between pharmacists and physicians
Established by William Proctor, Father of American Pharmacy
Established the first hospital residency program
Co-founder of the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Namesake for the highest honor in health-system pharmacy
 Dispensing physician
 Apothecary
 General store
 Wholesale druggist
Medical doctor
Created the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
Guided the formation of Rho chi Honor Society for pharmacists
Have to offer counsel on federally sponsored medications
Review medications
Patient files
Promoted the development of residency programs in Pharmacy
Most of his works is associated with the University of Kentucky
Expanded the role of women in Pharmacy
Founded the Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Andrew Craigie (military)
Benedict Arnold
Opened doors for women and African Americans in pharmacy
Active in providing care to the poor and underserved
Protected health information
 2-year programs w/ apprenticeship
 4-year Bachelor’s degree needed
 6-year PharmD option
 13More PharmD options and clinical component needed
 PharmD is the needed degree
University of Michigan
2-year program established by Albert Prescott
Father of the Am Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP)
Established ASHP residency accreditation process

Donald Francke
Carl Durham
Eugene White
George Archambault
Robert Fischelis
Linwood Tice
Irving Rubin
Donald Brodie
US Pure Food and Drug Act
of 1906
Jere Goyan
Controlled Substance Act of
1970
Durham Humphrey
Amendment of 1952
Kefauver Harris Amendment
of 1962
Medicare Prescription
Drugs, Improvement and
Modernization Act: Part D
William Proctor, Jr.
Harrison Narcotic Tax Act of
President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP –
Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique)
Founding member of ASHP
Profound impact on the inclusion of clinical based curricula
Goal was to create a unified worldwide community of pharmacists
Congressman from North Carolina
Sponsored the creation of the US Army Pharmacy Corps
Created legislation to create the Rx and OTX categories of drugs
Served in the Army in WWII
Designed the layout of pharmacies to include consultation spaces
Strongly advocated for patient education by pharmacists
Father of Consulting Pharmacy
Wrote Medicare and Medicaid regulations for Pharmacy
Public Health Service commission
Administrator for the War Production Board in WWII
Lobbied FDA to advocate that all drugs be sold under pharmacy
supervision
Advocate for the formation of APhA-ASP (student academy)
Pioneered the development of blood plasma substitute during WWII
Performed research on Sorbitol, sugar substitute
Produced the pharmacy postage stamp
Collaborated on the “Oath of the Pharmacist”
Editor of “Pharmacy Times”
Worked on Manhattan Project
Advocated for the pharmacist’s role in patient care
Promoted interprofessional engagement in Health Care
First legislation after “The Jungle”
Prevent adulteration
Require labels
Attempt to outlaw unsafe drugs
Had little effect
First pharmacist to serve as FDA Commissioner
Created the 5 drug classes
Created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Formed by professionals
Created patented OTC classes
Rules for oral prescriptions, refills and warnings
Controlled researches, safe and effective products in response to the
thalidomide tragedy (pregnancy sedative caused deformities in
children)
Defined MTM (Medication Therapy Management)
Drug coverage through Medicare
Father of American Pharmacy
Revised the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Authored “Practical Pharmacy”
Tried to fix opium/coca trafficking problem
1914 Regulate and tax to try to make money
Little impact due to black market
Gloria Niemeyer Francke First Remington Medalist
Marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
First woman to have a national pharmacy award named after her
Food Drug and Cosmetic Act Wanted safety after 73 children died from Elixir Sulfanilamide
of 1938 (antifreeze)
Wm Shoulden Apple Promoted the role of patient counseling by pharmacists
Built a “bridge” between APhA and AMA
Joseph Remington APhA Medal of Honor namesake
Published the “Science and Practice of Pharmacy”
Editor of “Stedman’s Medical Dictionary”
Henri Manasse, Jr. Born in the Netherlands
Child of Holocaust survivors
Executive FP and CEO of ASHP until 2011