- Email: [email protected]
The thirty Remington Medalists
PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
My predecessor, the late Dr. H . C. Christensen, frequently stated that Boards of Pharmacy are very ~:)Qtent factors in determining the status of pharmacy 111 any state because the men appointed to serve on the Boards are men of influence. Likewise, mem1919 James Hartley Beal bers of college faculties and officers of state asso- • 1920 John Uri Lloyd ciations have, through their experience, developed qualities of leadership wh ich have elevated them to 1922 Henry Vincome Arny the highest positions of responsibility in all of 1923 Henry Hurd Rusby organized pharmacy . 1924 George Mahlon Beringer Eac h , in his own way, and in accordance with his ability, has contributed to the common good of 1925 Henry Milton Whelpley all. As a profession we have noted great improve1926 Henry A. B. Dunning ment in the scope and quality of instruction . We have improved the methods of examining both the 1928 Charles H. LaWall student and the candidate. We h ave supplied 1929 Wilbur Lincoln Scoville train ed manpower to the industry, to the armed services, to Public Health agencies, and to the ad1930 Edward Kremers vancement of therapeutic practices in medicine. 1931 Ernest Fullerton Cook These are accomplishments well known to our1932 Eugene G. Eberle selves. Yet withal, it cannot be denied that we have lost some of that public esteem which charac1933 Evander F. Kelly terized the pharmacist of earlier generations . Some 1934 Sir Henry S. Wellcome of this loss may be attributed to the natural forces of economic necessity, but I feel that a larger part 1935 Samuel Louis Hilton of our loss has been sustained through our failure 1936 Edmund Norris Gathercoal to proclaim adequate recognition for the professional services which we render, and for the indifferent 1937 J. Leon Lascoff attitude of those who do not volunteer to elect 1938 Henry C. Christensen membership in the organizations which have for so 1940 Robert L. Swain long defended our frontiers against the attacks of the greedy and unscrupulous. 1941 George D. Beal It has been argued by some that we are more of a 1942 Josiah K. Lilly merchant than men of professional dign ity and 1943 Robert P. Fischelis stature . To those supporting this school of thought, I should like to point out that no profession known 1944 H. Evert Kendig to man, law, medicine, or any of the healing art 1945 Joseph Rosin personnel, could survive without an econom ic reRufus Ashley Lyman 1947 muneration . The only difference centers in the identity of the commodity or service for which com1948 Andrew Grover DuMez pensation is demanded. In a professional sense, we 1949 Ernest Little are likewise dependent upon each other. A hos1950 Edwin Leigh Newcomb pital could not exist without nurses, or pharmacists, or dietit~ans, as well as physicians. We should 1951 Hugo H. Schaefer therefore strive to understand our responsibility to 1952 Patrick Henry Costello each other as members of the health professions, being ever mindful that our common objective is service to the patient. In consideration of this important function of the ()ur cons tan t purpose should therefore be directed pharmacist, I feel that our positioll would he ma toward the enlistment of all pharmacists in support terially strengthened if wc were less critical of the of our cause, whether it be that of teach er, Board \\lillor encroachments in the marginal areas of member, association official, or the practitioner in professiollal practice or of the p~ty jealousies the humblest of surroundings. The needs of the which might convey to the puhlic that we may h ave patient do not vary with the particular geographic lost eonceru for the personal welfare of the patient. locality. since the ravages of disease or the fra ilties This relates to a more wholesome respect gained of body do not begin and end with the boundary through the medium of interprofessional activity, lines of counties, states, or municipalities . to the same degree as it relates to our willingness The mother of Abraham Lincoln once said to him. to consider our own inadequacies. " Remember that no man will respect you more than It is not enough that we should point with pride you respect yourself. " W e have, therefore, an to our present accomplishments, as indicated by individual as well a s a collective responsibility for our present high standards of education, and to the protecting the profe~~ional statu s of the pharmaexcellence of the sever a l practice acts which delincists by our personal ~illingness to stand up and be eate the minimum standards by which the security counted. If we sincerely believe in the principles of the profession as a legal entity exists. We which we have enunciated, then it is not only our must develop within our individual practitioners an privilege, but our duty to proclaim these qualit~es awareness of the necessity of functioning at a level of professional practice which we re11der in datly above and beyond such mi11imal stand ards as service to those who are in need . represented by the law .
The thirty Remington Medalists
December, 1952
863
My predecessor, the late Dr. H . C. Christensen, frequently stated that Boards of Pharmacy are very ~:)Qtent factors in determining the status of pharmacy 111 any state because the men appointed to serve on the Boards are men of influence. Likewise, mem1919 James Hartley Beal bers of college faculties and officers of state asso- • 1920 John Uri Lloyd ciations have, through their experience, developed qualities of leadership wh ich have elevated them to 1922 Henry Vincome Arny the highest positions of responsibility in all of 1923 Henry Hurd Rusby organized pharmacy . 1924 George Mahlon Beringer Eac h , in his own way, and in accordance with his ability, has contributed to the common good of 1925 Henry Milton Whelpley all. As a profession we have noted great improve1926 Henry A. B. Dunning ment in the scope and quality of instruction . We have improved the methods of examining both the 1928 Charles H. LaWall student and the candidate. We h ave supplied 1929 Wilbur Lincoln Scoville train ed manpower to the industry, to the armed services, to Public Health agencies, and to the ad1930 Edward Kremers vancement of therapeutic practices in medicine. 1931 Ernest Fullerton Cook These are accomplishments well known to our1932 Eugene G. Eberle selves. Yet withal, it cannot be denied that we have lost some of that public esteem which charac1933 Evander F. Kelly terized the pharmacist of earlier generations . Some 1934 Sir Henry S. Wellcome of this loss may be attributed to the natural forces of economic necessity, but I feel that a larger part 1935 Samuel Louis Hilton of our loss has been sustained through our failure 1936 Edmund Norris Gathercoal to proclaim adequate recognition for the professional services which we render, and for the indifferent 1937 J. Leon Lascoff attitude of those who do not volunteer to elect 1938 Henry C. Christensen membership in the organizations which have for so 1940 Robert L. Swain long defended our frontiers against the attacks of the greedy and unscrupulous. 1941 George D. Beal It has been argued by some that we are more of a 1942 Josiah K. Lilly merchant than men of professional dign ity and 1943 Robert P. Fischelis stature . To those supporting this school of thought, I should like to point out that no profession known 1944 H. Evert Kendig to man, law, medicine, or any of the healing art 1945 Joseph Rosin personnel, could survive without an econom ic reRufus Ashley Lyman 1947 muneration . The only difference centers in the identity of the commodity or service for which com1948 Andrew Grover DuMez pensation is demanded. In a professional sense, we 1949 Ernest Little are likewise dependent upon each other. A hos1950 Edwin Leigh Newcomb pital could not exist without nurses, or pharmacists, or dietit~ans, as well as physicians. We should 1951 Hugo H. Schaefer therefore strive to understand our responsibility to 1952 Patrick Henry Costello each other as members of the health professions, being ever mindful that our common objective is service to the patient. In consideration of this important function of the ()ur cons tan t purpose should therefore be directed pharmacist, I feel that our positioll would he ma toward the enlistment of all pharmacists in support terially strengthened if wc were less critical of the of our cause, whether it be that of teach er, Board \\lillor encroachments in the marginal areas of member, association official, or the practitioner in professiollal practice or of the p~ty jealousies the humblest of surroundings. The needs of the which might convey to the puhlic that we may h ave patient do not vary with the particular geographic lost eonceru for the personal welfare of the patient. locality. since the ravages of disease or the fra ilties This relates to a more wholesome respect gained of body do not begin and end with the boundary through the medium of interprofessional activity, lines of counties, states, or municipalities . to the same degree as it relates to our willingness The mother of Abraham Lincoln once said to him. to consider our own inadequacies. " Remember that no man will respect you more than It is not enough that we should point with pride you respect yourself. " W e have, therefore, an to our present accomplishments, as indicated by individual as well a s a collective responsibility for our present high standards of education, and to the protecting the profe~~ional statu s of the pharmaexcellence of the sever a l practice acts which delincists by our personal ~illingness to stand up and be eate the minimum standards by which the security counted. If we sincerely believe in the principles of the profession as a legal entity exists. We which we have enunciated, then it is not only our must develop within our individual practitioners an privilege, but our duty to proclaim these qualit~es awareness of the necessity of functioning at a level of professional practice which we re11der in datly above and beyond such mi11imal stand ards as service to those who are in need . represented by the law .
The thirty Remington Medalists
December, 1952
863