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Statewide CALI FORN lA-Central Valley Pharmaceutical Assn. recently installed officers for 1974. They are Arthur Mowry, president; Gil Toso, vice president; Frances M. Camagna, secretary, and Ron Toy, treasurer . . .. Members of Riverside County Pharmaceutical Assn. had a representative of the county welfare department speak to them on the pharmacist's role in public assistance at a recent monthly meeting. . CONNECTICUT -"The Pharmacists' Expanding Clinical Role" was the topic of Glen E. Farr, director of clinical affairs of the American College of Apothecaries, who addressed the midwinter meeting of the Conn. Pharmaceutical Assn., Feb. 3, at t he Hartford Hilton. Officers' reports and the semi-annual business meeting were · held after Farr's speech, and the concluding event was a testimonial dinner in honor of William J. Summa Jr., president of the association. Constantin~ · Della Pi etra was chairma n of the event .. . . Meyer Rosenkrantz and Raymond Charland, pharmacist consultants to the COl1n. State Welfa re Department, addressed a recent meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Hartford County. . DI STRICT OF COLUMBIA-"Perspectives-Or What's Going On Here" was the title of a program presented at a recent dinner meeting of the City of Washington Brancl1 of APhA . . Represe nting three different facets of pharmacy were Fred Mansbridge, director of information services, American Association of Colleges of Pha rmacy; Ralph Boehm, assista nt director of pha rmacy service , Veterans Administration, and U. S. Army Col. Gordon Moore, pharmacy consultant, Office of the Surgeon Genera l, who gave an overview of current trends in their respective fi elds . . . . Roy C. Dariington, associate dea n for student affai rs at Howard University, college of pharmacy and pharmacal sciences, has been ClPpointed to FDA's Panel on Review of Oral Cavity Drug Products. He is a member of APhA. IOWA-Iowa Pharmaceutical Assn., Iowa Society of Hospital Pha rmacists and the University of Iowa college of pharmacy spon sored an institute on Unit Dose Drug Distribution in Sma~1 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities on March 2 at the Unive rsity of Iowa, Iowa City. Among the subjects cov~red py the program were the objectives, resource.s, econ~ml~s ~nd a nursing home administrator's view of unrt dose distribution.
M I CH I GAN-Legislation permitting drug product selection has been adopted by the House of Representatives in Mich. bicameral legislature. The bill, which was supported by Mich. Pharmaceutical Assn. also includes sections on price posting and advertising standards. MPAis optimistic about the bill's chances in the Mich. Senate .... Wayne State University board of governors has announced the establishment of the college of pharmacy and allied health professions, as a new and separate academic unit of the university. This represents an affiliation of the former college of pharmacy and the former division of allied health programs of the school of medicine. All academic programs which have been offered by these units will continue to be represented under the auspices of the new college. According to a press release, "The affiliation of the pharmacy a~d allied health units is a natural step in creating an environment In w·hich health professions students will, in the long run, interact effectively, ·Iearn together, undergo their clinical prac;:ticums jointly, and will also permit the students lateral as well as upward career mobility." Eberhard F. Mammen, MD, has been named acting dean of the newly formed college. The Wayne State SAPhA chapter recently sponsored their second annual "Pharmacy Exposition" which was attended by over 400 students and faculty members. The project featured displays on prescription medication, bioavailability studies and o-t-c products designed to ma~e people mo·re aware of pharmacy. NEW J ERSEY·-SAPhA Chapter at Rutgers University college of pharmacy is sponsoring a dance couple in the university's fourth annual dance marathon, which is held to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The college of pharmacy stu dents will compete with 30 other sponsorir]g groups by dancing for three days and collecting money for the fight against cancer. The group that collects the most money for the drive will.wi~. Last year, the marathon raised over $35,000. The public I.S invited to cheer on the dancers April 19.:. 2l at the Rutgers University Gym, College Avenue, New Brunswick . Contributions to the college of pharmacy dancers may be sent to Gary Gre.enspan, Rutgers SAPhA, College of Pharmacy, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
ILLINOIS-Recorded continuing education messages called " PharmCom" have been developed by the University of III. college of pharmacy and the Chicago Retail Druggists .Assn. to keep pharmaci,s ts advised of the latest developments mthe profession. The telephone information service features tapes eight to 15 min utes long on such subjects as th~ Controlled Substances Act, epilepsy and obesity. The recorded messages are available every day at all hours of the day and night and the tapes are changed every two weeks . ... APh~ member ~eorge F. Thies has been elected president of the Chicago Retail Druggists Assn. for 1974. INDIANA-Grant County Pharmaceutical Society recently elected officers for 1974. They are Paul Maggart, president; Bruce Ca naday, vice president; Ted Checkouras, secretary, and Harriet Richwine, treasurer. MASSACHUSETTS-Barbara Fitzpatrick of Boston has been elected regional director for Region Number One of the America n College of Apothecaries board of directors. She is a member of APhA.
A n~edlepoil~t .replica of the pharmacy st~mp was created by Car~le Anne M athews, daughter of William E. McMichael, a commul1lty pharmacist in San Francisco, CalZf. There are over 31,000 stitches in the design, which measures 15 by 19 inches. The labels and letters are done in petit point. A similar needlepoint was done by M rs. Minna Halperin, wzfe of the proprietor of Norman's Pharmacy in Springfield, Mass. Her creation is on display in her husband's pharmacy. Are there any others? Vol. NS1 4, No.4, A pril 1974
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Upon Prolonged Administration," is now dean of the University of Houston college of pharmacy and director of cardiovascular research. RHODE ISLAND-Among recent activities sponsor~d by the R.I. Pharmaceutical Assn. were the President's Dinner held Feb. 9 at the Colonial Hilton Inn in Cranston, and a continuing education meeting conducted by Paul J. Dumouchel, president of the Mass. State Pharmaceutical Assn. Dumouchel spoke on a "Ten Point Program for the Economic Survival of Indepen· dent Pharmacies." The association has also expanded its official publication, Rhode Island Pharmacist. According to Editor Norman J. Cabral, there will be even more additions to the Pharmacist in months to come.
Details of a joint PPA-APhA membership campaign were reviewed with officers of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association and APhA Assistant Executive Director James D. Hawkins during the PPA house of delegates meeting held in Harrisburg in January. George S. Maggio (left), PPA president-elect and Carmen DiCello (right), PPA president, are shown with Hawkins (center) in front of the APhA membership services display table which was set up during the state association meeting.
NEW YORK-A bill including a requirement that only licensed pharmacists may own drugstores has been introduced before the N. Y. state legislature. Other parts of the package wOLild require pharmacists to wear identification badges while on duty as well as to maintain patient profile cards on all clients. As's emblyman Stuart Levine, Bethpage Republican, is sponsor of the bill .... Pharmaceutical Advertising Club of N.Y. officers for 1974 are Richard A. Ulrey, president; Robert R. Victorin, president-elect; R. Duke Powell and Robert J.Leverte, vice presidents; John M. Alderman, treasurer, and Kathryn M. Cronin, secretary . . . . N.Y. State Council of Hospital Pharmacists has elected its officers for 1974-75. John Coppola is president. Other officers are Alan Carpenter, secretary; Zachary Hanan and Esther Eddy, board members, and vice presidents Vincent Caracciolo (Region I), John William Johnson (Region II) and Wayne Conrad (Region III) .... Harry Klayman, a life member of APhA, has been honored by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies for 30 years of serving the health care needs of Inwood, N.Y. OHIO-APhA member Robert J. DeSalvo has been named assistant dean of the University of Cincinnati college of pharmacy. He is a former associate professor of pharmacy administration at Purd ue University. PENNSYLVANIA-Joseph P. Buckley, former associate dean of the University of Pittsburgh school of pharmacy, returned to Pittsburgh March 20 to deliver the Rho Chi Society's annual Julius A. Koch Memorial Lecture. Buckley, whose address was entitled "Alterations in the Pharmacological Action of Drugs
PHARMACY FACULTY OPENINGS Assistant Professor in Pharmacy for September 1974, applications are invited from individuals with Ph. D. degrees in !harmaceutics. Duties will include participating in teachIng core undergraduate and graduate courses in addition to instituting a research program. Undergraduate pharmacy degree and postdoctoral experience preferred but not required. Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy for September 1974, applications are invited from individuals with Pharm. D. degrees. Duties will include participating in the under~raduate clinical pharmacy program in addition to develop· Ing new related courses. Send resume and three confidential letters of recommendation to Dr. V. Warner, Search Committee Chairman, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., 02115. ' Northeastern University is an equal opportu nity /affirmative action em ployer.
224
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
TENNESSEE-The University of Tenn. SAPhA chapter wei· corned guest speakers to two recent monthly meetings. George Denmark, president of APhA, addressed the group on "I nvolve· ment of Pharmacists in Their Profession." Among the pharo macists' activities he discussed was the Committee on Pharo macy Economic Security (COPES). Irving Rubin, editor of Pharmacy Times and Tenn.'s first Herman Lubin Visiting Professor, spoke at another meeting. Members of the Lubin family and a number of pharmacists from the Memphis area also attended. Rubin made twelve predictions that he believes will occur in the pharmacy profession before 1980. TEXAS-Vishnu Das Gupta, associate professor and acting chairman, University of Houston department of pharmaceutics, delivered lectures and conducted laboratory seminars at Pun· jab University in Chandigarh, India recently. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development, included a new technique for the analysis of thiamine in multi· vitamin with minerals dosage forms. The program was also attended by the Public Analyst Laboratories staff of both Pun· jab and Haryana states. Gupta is a member of APhA. WASHINGTON-Wash. State Society of Hospital Pharmacists held its tenth annual seminar March 2-3 at Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle. Among the speakers were Clifton Latiolais, immediate past president of APhA; A. I. White, dean of Wash. State University college of pharmacy, and Roger Jellife, MD, University of Southern Calif. school of medicine. WISCONSIN-Pharmacists Society of Milwaukee County ·and the Wis. Society of Hospital Pharmacists co-sponsored a continuing education lecture by Phillip Bond, MD, on "The Battered Child Syndrome." John Young also addressed the group to answer questions on Title XIX.
National Scene ASSOCIATIONS-James D. Hawkins, assistant executive director of APhA since 1970, has been named executive director of the National Shorthand Reporters Assn. Hawkins was also executive director of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Assn. from 1964 to 1970. . . . The American College of Clinical Pharmacology will hold its third annual ·meeting May 3-4 at ChalfonteHaddon Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. The meeting will fea· ture a symposium and workshops on practical approaches to teaching therapeutics in medical, pharmacy and other curricula, the role of the clinical pharmacist in teaching clinical pharmacology, a symposium on drug-induced carcinogenesis and scientific sessions devoted to research papers . . For further information contact . Secretary, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, 2 East 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029. . . . The American Council on Pharmaceutical Education elected Varro E. Tyler, dean of Purd ue University school of pharmacy and pharmacal sciences, president at its annual meeting held recently in Chicago. John T. Weaver was reelected vice president and Fred T. Mahaffey was reelected secretary-treasurer. Melvin W. Green will continue to serve as director of educational relations until his successor is appointed . . . . Horace M. Cardwell began a one-year term as chairman of the board of the American Hospital Assn. in Jan . . . . Albert B. Fisher Jr. was appointed president of the American Foundation for Pharma-
ceutical Education at its 32nd annual meeting. Other officers are Austin Smith, chairman of the board; George B. Stone, vice chairman; Robert K. Pfister, treasurer, and William F. Weigel, secretary. W. Paul Briggs, who retired after 23 years as secretary and executive director, was honored at the meeting. The Foundation also announced that it will receive an unrestricted gift of approximately $250,000 from the estate of the late Paul M. Scott of Monticello, I nd. Scott, ~ho held an AFPE fellowship for three years, received a PhD in pharmacology from Purdue University in 1950. He was a member of APhA .... The Society of Cosmetic Chemists has announced the establishment of a new position, that of executive director, and appointed Sol D. Gershon to the post .... "Instructional Resources: Development a rid Sharing" will be the theme of the Health Sciences Communication Assn. annual meeting which will be held in Denver, Colo. at the Cosmo'politan and Brown Palace Hotels, May 12-15. For further information contact Sam Agnello, Secretary, HeSCA, Box 3163, Duke University Medical C~nter, Durham, NC 27710 . .... Major issues involving the delivery of health services will be discussed at the American Health Congress to be held Aug. 12-15 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Congress is sponsored by American Hospital Assn., Catholic Hospqtal Assn., Health Industries Assn. and American Nursing Home Assn. Attendance is open to all persons in the health care field. FRATERN ITI ES-C. Boyd Granberg, professor at Drake University college of pharmacy, was elected national president of Rho Chi by a mail vote of the chapters. Elected to the national executive council were Robert V. Petersen, professor at the University of Utah college of pharmacy, and Melvin Weinswig, associate dean of the University of Wis. school of pharmacy. PUBLICATIONS-The 1974 edition of Drug Topics Red Book, a directory of prices and products for pharmacists, has been published by Medical Economics Co. It contains more than 170,000 listings of prescription, o-t-c and beauty-care items, plus an expanded "yellow pages" section of manufacturers' catalogs. The 1974 edition includes two new categories-a unit dose section and NWDA master chart on manufacturers' return goods policies. Featured again are actual-size reproductions, in full-color, of ma ny prescription drugs for quick identification, plus numerous product descriptions .. . . The 1973 edition of the Toxic Substances List, currently available from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, contains 25,000 listings of chemical substances, including several thou- ' sand listings not cited in earlier editions. Single copies may be obtained by sending a self-addressed mailing label to Office of Technical Publications, NIOSH, Post Office Building, Cincinnati , OH 45202 .... The ASHP Research and Education Foundation has announced plans to publish a new quarterly journal, Drugs in Health Care, beginning this summer. It will ' be a vehicle for significa nt contributions dealing with the social, economic and administrative aspects of the drug use process in our society: Although the journal will stress the presentation of findings from research and demonstration projects, articles dealing with conceptual problems regarding the provision of drugs and drug-related services, including ' their relationship to our health care delivery system, will be accepted. Drugs i~l Health Care is "intended to meet a growing need among health care practitioners, researchers, teachers, administrators, sociologists and economists for a periodical focusing on pharmacy-related health services re's earch and social sciences. The editor is George P. Provost, associate executive director of ASHP and edi!or of American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. An editorial review board, composed of p~ominent researchers in appropriate fields, will assist in evaluation and selection of manuscripts. The subscription rate is $15 per year and prepublication orders are now being accepted by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, Inc.; 4630 Montgomery Ave., Washingto'n, DC 20014.
REGIONAL-The joint midwest regional meeting of the Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmace~tical Analysis Control Sections will be held May 6 at O'Hare Inn, Chicago, III. For further information Gontact C. W. Woodruff, Publicity Chairman, Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, IN 46514.
Past Presidents' Night was a special feature at the allnual meeting of the Allegheny County Pharmaceutical Assn. , which has its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. R etir(ng President Joh n R. Rupprecht (left) presented the gavel to the association's 1974 president" Charles D. Thomas (right). Special hOllored guests at the meeting were members of Pittsburgh's Galen Pharmaceutical Society.
Pharmacy Stamp Jewelry An attractive series of metal enamel reproductions of the U .S. Pharmacy stamp have been produced by Pharmacist William W. Travis, executive director of the Southern Comme morative Society. A tie bar or tie tack is available at $3.90, while a charm is available at $3.00. An 18-inch necklace and a seven-i nch bracelet are available for $6.00 each. A set of cuff links costs $5.90. Send check or money order to: Phil Nucomb Division, Southern Commemorative Society, P.O. Box 26026 , Birmingham, AL 35226.
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Statewide CALI FORN lA-Central Valley Pharmaceutical Assn. recently installed officers for 1974. They are Arthur Mowry, president; Gil Toso, vice president; Frances M. Camagna, secretary, and Ron Toy, treasurer . . .. Members of Riverside County Pharmaceutical Assn. had a representative of the county welfare department speak to them on the pharmacist's role in public assistance at a recent monthly meeting. . CONNECTICUT -"The Pharmacists' Expanding Clinical Role" was the topic of Glen E. Farr, director of clinical affairs of the American College of Apothecaries, who addressed the midwinter meeting of the Conn. Pharmaceutical Assn., Feb. 3, at t he Hartford Hilton. Officers' reports and the semi-annual business meeting were · held after Farr's speech, and the concluding event was a testimonial dinner in honor of William J. Summa Jr., president of the association. Constantin~ · Della Pi etra was chairma n of the event .. . . Meyer Rosenkrantz and Raymond Charland, pharmacist consultants to the COl1n. State Welfa re Department, addressed a recent meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Hartford County. . DI STRICT OF COLUMBIA-"Perspectives-Or What's Going On Here" was the title of a program presented at a recent dinner meeting of the City of Washington Brancl1 of APhA . . Represe nting three different facets of pharmacy were Fred Mansbridge, director of information services, American Association of Colleges of Pha rmacy; Ralph Boehm, assista nt director of pha rmacy service , Veterans Administration, and U. S. Army Col. Gordon Moore, pharmacy consultant, Office of the Surgeon Genera l, who gave an overview of current trends in their respective fi elds . . . . Roy C. Dariington, associate dea n for student affai rs at Howard University, college of pharmacy and pharmacal sciences, has been ClPpointed to FDA's Panel on Review of Oral Cavity Drug Products. He is a member of APhA. IOWA-Iowa Pharmaceutical Assn., Iowa Society of Hospital Pha rmacists and the University of Iowa college of pharmacy spon sored an institute on Unit Dose Drug Distribution in Sma~1 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities on March 2 at the Unive rsity of Iowa, Iowa City. Among the subjects cov~red py the program were the objectives, resource.s, econ~ml~s ~nd a nursing home administrator's view of unrt dose distribution.
M I CH I GAN-Legislation permitting drug product selection has been adopted by the House of Representatives in Mich. bicameral legislature. The bill, which was supported by Mich. Pharmaceutical Assn. also includes sections on price posting and advertising standards. MPAis optimistic about the bill's chances in the Mich. Senate .... Wayne State University board of governors has announced the establishment of the college of pharmacy and allied health professions, as a new and separate academic unit of the university. This represents an affiliation of the former college of pharmacy and the former division of allied health programs of the school of medicine. All academic programs which have been offered by these units will continue to be represented under the auspices of the new college. According to a press release, "The affiliation of the pharmacy a~d allied health units is a natural step in creating an environment In w·hich health professions students will, in the long run, interact effectively, ·Iearn together, undergo their clinical prac;:ticums jointly, and will also permit the students lateral as well as upward career mobility." Eberhard F. Mammen, MD, has been named acting dean of the newly formed college. The Wayne State SAPhA chapter recently sponsored their second annual "Pharmacy Exposition" which was attended by over 400 students and faculty members. The project featured displays on prescription medication, bioavailability studies and o-t-c products designed to ma~e people mo·re aware of pharmacy. NEW J ERSEY·-SAPhA Chapter at Rutgers University college of pharmacy is sponsoring a dance couple in the university's fourth annual dance marathon, which is held to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The college of pharmacy stu dents will compete with 30 other sponsorir]g groups by dancing for three days and collecting money for the fight against cancer. The group that collects the most money for the drive will.wi~. Last year, the marathon raised over $35,000. The public I.S invited to cheer on the dancers April 19.:. 2l at the Rutgers University Gym, College Avenue, New Brunswick . Contributions to the college of pharmacy dancers may be sent to Gary Gre.enspan, Rutgers SAPhA, College of Pharmacy, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
ILLINOIS-Recorded continuing education messages called " PharmCom" have been developed by the University of III. college of pharmacy and the Chicago Retail Druggists .Assn. to keep pharmaci,s ts advised of the latest developments mthe profession. The telephone information service features tapes eight to 15 min utes long on such subjects as th~ Controlled Substances Act, epilepsy and obesity. The recorded messages are available every day at all hours of the day and night and the tapes are changed every two weeks . ... APh~ member ~eorge F. Thies has been elected president of the Chicago Retail Druggists Assn. for 1974. INDIANA-Grant County Pharmaceutical Society recently elected officers for 1974. They are Paul Maggart, president; Bruce Ca naday, vice president; Ted Checkouras, secretary, and Harriet Richwine, treasurer. MASSACHUSETTS-Barbara Fitzpatrick of Boston has been elected regional director for Region Number One of the America n College of Apothecaries board of directors. She is a member of APhA.
A n~edlepoil~t .replica of the pharmacy st~mp was created by Car~le Anne M athews, daughter of William E. McMichael, a commul1lty pharmacist in San Francisco, CalZf. There are over 31,000 stitches in the design, which measures 15 by 19 inches. The labels and letters are done in petit point. A similar needlepoint was done by M rs. Minna Halperin, wzfe of the proprietor of Norman's Pharmacy in Springfield, Mass. Her creation is on display in her husband's pharmacy. Are there any others? Vol. NS1 4, No.4, A pril 1974
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Upon Prolonged Administration," is now dean of the University of Houston college of pharmacy and director of cardiovascular research. RHODE ISLAND-Among recent activities sponsor~d by the R.I. Pharmaceutical Assn. were the President's Dinner held Feb. 9 at the Colonial Hilton Inn in Cranston, and a continuing education meeting conducted by Paul J. Dumouchel, president of the Mass. State Pharmaceutical Assn. Dumouchel spoke on a "Ten Point Program for the Economic Survival of Indepen· dent Pharmacies." The association has also expanded its official publication, Rhode Island Pharmacist. According to Editor Norman J. Cabral, there will be even more additions to the Pharmacist in months to come.
Details of a joint PPA-APhA membership campaign were reviewed with officers of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association and APhA Assistant Executive Director James D. Hawkins during the PPA house of delegates meeting held in Harrisburg in January. George S. Maggio (left), PPA president-elect and Carmen DiCello (right), PPA president, are shown with Hawkins (center) in front of the APhA membership services display table which was set up during the state association meeting.
NEW YORK-A bill including a requirement that only licensed pharmacists may own drugstores has been introduced before the N. Y. state legislature. Other parts of the package wOLild require pharmacists to wear identification badges while on duty as well as to maintain patient profile cards on all clients. As's emblyman Stuart Levine, Bethpage Republican, is sponsor of the bill .... Pharmaceutical Advertising Club of N.Y. officers for 1974 are Richard A. Ulrey, president; Robert R. Victorin, president-elect; R. Duke Powell and Robert J.Leverte, vice presidents; John M. Alderman, treasurer, and Kathryn M. Cronin, secretary . . . . N.Y. State Council of Hospital Pharmacists has elected its officers for 1974-75. John Coppola is president. Other officers are Alan Carpenter, secretary; Zachary Hanan and Esther Eddy, board members, and vice presidents Vincent Caracciolo (Region I), John William Johnson (Region II) and Wayne Conrad (Region III) .... Harry Klayman, a life member of APhA, has been honored by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies for 30 years of serving the health care needs of Inwood, N.Y. OHIO-APhA member Robert J. DeSalvo has been named assistant dean of the University of Cincinnati college of pharmacy. He is a former associate professor of pharmacy administration at Purd ue University. PENNSYLVANIA-Joseph P. Buckley, former associate dean of the University of Pittsburgh school of pharmacy, returned to Pittsburgh March 20 to deliver the Rho Chi Society's annual Julius A. Koch Memorial Lecture. Buckley, whose address was entitled "Alterations in the Pharmacological Action of Drugs
PHARMACY FACULTY OPENINGS Assistant Professor in Pharmacy for September 1974, applications are invited from individuals with Ph. D. degrees in !harmaceutics. Duties will include participating in teachIng core undergraduate and graduate courses in addition to instituting a research program. Undergraduate pharmacy degree and postdoctoral experience preferred but not required. Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy for September 1974, applications are invited from individuals with Pharm. D. degrees. Duties will include participating in the under~raduate clinical pharmacy program in addition to develop· Ing new related courses. Send resume and three confidential letters of recommendation to Dr. V. Warner, Search Committee Chairman, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., 02115. ' Northeastern University is an equal opportu nity /affirmative action em ployer.
224
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
TENNESSEE-The University of Tenn. SAPhA chapter wei· corned guest speakers to two recent monthly meetings. George Denmark, president of APhA, addressed the group on "I nvolve· ment of Pharmacists in Their Profession." Among the pharo macists' activities he discussed was the Committee on Pharo macy Economic Security (COPES). Irving Rubin, editor of Pharmacy Times and Tenn.'s first Herman Lubin Visiting Professor, spoke at another meeting. Members of the Lubin family and a number of pharmacists from the Memphis area also attended. Rubin made twelve predictions that he believes will occur in the pharmacy profession before 1980. TEXAS-Vishnu Das Gupta, associate professor and acting chairman, University of Houston department of pharmaceutics, delivered lectures and conducted laboratory seminars at Pun· jab University in Chandigarh, India recently. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development, included a new technique for the analysis of thiamine in multi· vitamin with minerals dosage forms. The program was also attended by the Public Analyst Laboratories staff of both Pun· jab and Haryana states. Gupta is a member of APhA. WASHINGTON-Wash. State Society of Hospital Pharmacists held its tenth annual seminar March 2-3 at Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle. Among the speakers were Clifton Latiolais, immediate past president of APhA; A. I. White, dean of Wash. State University college of pharmacy, and Roger Jellife, MD, University of Southern Calif. school of medicine. WISCONSIN-Pharmacists Society of Milwaukee County ·and the Wis. Society of Hospital Pharmacists co-sponsored a continuing education lecture by Phillip Bond, MD, on "The Battered Child Syndrome." John Young also addressed the group to answer questions on Title XIX.
National Scene ASSOCIATIONS-James D. Hawkins, assistant executive director of APhA since 1970, has been named executive director of the National Shorthand Reporters Assn. Hawkins was also executive director of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Assn. from 1964 to 1970. . . . The American College of Clinical Pharmacology will hold its third annual ·meeting May 3-4 at ChalfonteHaddon Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. The meeting will fea· ture a symposium and workshops on practical approaches to teaching therapeutics in medical, pharmacy and other curricula, the role of the clinical pharmacist in teaching clinical pharmacology, a symposium on drug-induced carcinogenesis and scientific sessions devoted to research papers . . For further information contact . Secretary, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, 2 East 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029. . . . The American Council on Pharmaceutical Education elected Varro E. Tyler, dean of Purd ue University school of pharmacy and pharmacal sciences, president at its annual meeting held recently in Chicago. John T. Weaver was reelected vice president and Fred T. Mahaffey was reelected secretary-treasurer. Melvin W. Green will continue to serve as director of educational relations until his successor is appointed . . . . Horace M. Cardwell began a one-year term as chairman of the board of the American Hospital Assn. in Jan . . . . Albert B. Fisher Jr. was appointed president of the American Foundation for Pharma-
ceutical Education at its 32nd annual meeting. Other officers are Austin Smith, chairman of the board; George B. Stone, vice chairman; Robert K. Pfister, treasurer, and William F. Weigel, secretary. W. Paul Briggs, who retired after 23 years as secretary and executive director, was honored at the meeting. The Foundation also announced that it will receive an unrestricted gift of approximately $250,000 from the estate of the late Paul M. Scott of Monticello, I nd. Scott, ~ho held an AFPE fellowship for three years, received a PhD in pharmacology from Purdue University in 1950. He was a member of APhA .... The Society of Cosmetic Chemists has announced the establishment of a new position, that of executive director, and appointed Sol D. Gershon to the post .... "Instructional Resources: Development a rid Sharing" will be the theme of the Health Sciences Communication Assn. annual meeting which will be held in Denver, Colo. at the Cosmo'politan and Brown Palace Hotels, May 12-15. For further information contact Sam Agnello, Secretary, HeSCA, Box 3163, Duke University Medical C~nter, Durham, NC 27710 . .... Major issues involving the delivery of health services will be discussed at the American Health Congress to be held Aug. 12-15 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Congress is sponsored by American Hospital Assn., Catholic Hospqtal Assn., Health Industries Assn. and American Nursing Home Assn. Attendance is open to all persons in the health care field. FRATERN ITI ES-C. Boyd Granberg, professor at Drake University college of pharmacy, was elected national president of Rho Chi by a mail vote of the chapters. Elected to the national executive council were Robert V. Petersen, professor at the University of Utah college of pharmacy, and Melvin Weinswig, associate dean of the University of Wis. school of pharmacy. PUBLICATIONS-The 1974 edition of Drug Topics Red Book, a directory of prices and products for pharmacists, has been published by Medical Economics Co. It contains more than 170,000 listings of prescription, o-t-c and beauty-care items, plus an expanded "yellow pages" section of manufacturers' catalogs. The 1974 edition includes two new categories-a unit dose section and NWDA master chart on manufacturers' return goods policies. Featured again are actual-size reproductions, in full-color, of ma ny prescription drugs for quick identification, plus numerous product descriptions .. . . The 1973 edition of the Toxic Substances List, currently available from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, contains 25,000 listings of chemical substances, including several thou- ' sand listings not cited in earlier editions. Single copies may be obtained by sending a self-addressed mailing label to Office of Technical Publications, NIOSH, Post Office Building, Cincinnati , OH 45202 .... The ASHP Research and Education Foundation has announced plans to publish a new quarterly journal, Drugs in Health Care, beginning this summer. It will ' be a vehicle for significa nt contributions dealing with the social, economic and administrative aspects of the drug use process in our society: Although the journal will stress the presentation of findings from research and demonstration projects, articles dealing with conceptual problems regarding the provision of drugs and drug-related services, including ' their relationship to our health care delivery system, will be accepted. Drugs i~l Health Care is "intended to meet a growing need among health care practitioners, researchers, teachers, administrators, sociologists and economists for a periodical focusing on pharmacy-related health services re's earch and social sciences. The editor is George P. Provost, associate executive director of ASHP and edi!or of American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. An editorial review board, composed of p~ominent researchers in appropriate fields, will assist in evaluation and selection of manuscripts. The subscription rate is $15 per year and prepublication orders are now being accepted by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, Inc.; 4630 Montgomery Ave., Washingto'n, DC 20014.
REGIONAL-The joint midwest regional meeting of the Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmace~tical Analysis Control Sections will be held May 6 at O'Hare Inn, Chicago, III. For further information Gontact C. W. Woodruff, Publicity Chairman, Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, IN 46514.
Past Presidents' Night was a special feature at the allnual meeting of the Allegheny County Pharmaceutical Assn. , which has its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. R etir(ng President Joh n R. Rupprecht (left) presented the gavel to the association's 1974 president" Charles D. Thomas (right). Special hOllored guests at the meeting were members of Pittsburgh's Galen Pharmaceutical Society.
Pharmacy Stamp Jewelry An attractive series of metal enamel reproductions of the U .S. Pharmacy stamp have been produced by Pharmacist William W. Travis, executive director of the Southern Comme morative Society. A tie bar or tie tack is available at $3.90, while a charm is available at $3.00. An 18-inch necklace and a seven-i nch bracelet are available for $6.00 each. A set of cuff links costs $5.90. Send check or money order to: Phil Nucomb Division, Southern Commemorative Society, P.O. Box 26026 , Birmingham, AL 35226.
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