Student-Faculty Handbook - College of Pharmacy - University of ...

1947 Final additions to the Chemistry-Pharmacy Building were constructed, thus finally completing the
building as originally conceived in 1925. The Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity was chartered
as the Gamma Sigma Chapter.
1949 The School of Pharmacy became a College of Pharmacy with Dr. Perry A. Foote appointed as the
second dean.
1950 The Chemistry-Pharmacy Building was officially dedicated to the memory of Dr. Leigh and named
Leigh Hall. A pilot manufacturing plant was installed in Leigh Hall which enabled a major in
industrial pharmacy within the graduate program of the Department of Pharmacy.
1951 The B.S. in Pharmacy curriculum was revised to require 4 academic years and a summer
semester. The Graduate Council of the University of Florida accepted the designation Doctor of
Philosophy with a Major in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
1953 The first woman to receive the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the College of Pharmacy was
Betty Lankford McLaughlin.
1954 The College of Pharmacy was made a unit of the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center and
planning began for a building for the College of Pharmacy in the Health Center. Dr. L. Gene
Gramling served as Chairman of the Planning Committee.
1956 The Sigma Chapter of Rho Pi Phi Fraternity was established at the University of Florida College of
Pharmacy.
1959 Groundbreaking Ceremonies for the Pharmacy wing of the Health Center were held. The
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry was established giving the College of Pharmacy three
departments: Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy-Pharmacology, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
1960 The B.S. in Pharmacy curriculum was expanded to five academic years to meet American Council
of Pharmaceutical Education accreditation requirements. The curriculum allowed specialization in
Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy, and Research.
1961 Students began classes in the Pharmacy Building in the Health Center. Dr. Edward Garrett was
granted the first Graduate Research Professorship by a faculty member in the College of
Pharmacy.
1962 The Pharmacy Building in the Health Center was dedicated by University of Florida President J.
Wayne Reitz.
1966 The Department of Pharmacognosy-Pharmacology was moved into the College of Medicine's
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
1967 Dr. Perry A. Foote retired as Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Dr. George F. Archambault was
appointed the third Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Dean Archambault resigned several months
later.
1968 Dr. Kenneth F. Finger was appointed the fourth Dean of the College of Pharmacy.
1969 The clinical education concept was first implemented in the College of Pharmacy with an elective
course coordinated by Mack Sisson, educational coordinator of the Gainesville Veterans
Administration Hospital.
1970 The first full-time clinical pharmacy faculty member, Ronald B. Stewart, was hired to implement
clinical education in the College of Pharmacy. A four credit elective course was implemented which
required students to spend three hours per week in clinical activities within the Health Center. Dr.
Rudolph H. Blythe was appointed the first Assistant Dean for the College of Pharmacy.
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