THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, BISHOP, COHEN, M. O'BRIEN, McGEEHAN, BROWNLEE, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CLYMER, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HARKINS, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, READSHAW, ROSS, SANTONI, K. SMITH, VULAKOVICH, EVERETT AND QUINN, APRIL 12, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 12, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college

of pharmacy in North America.

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, founded in

1821, is renowned as the first college of pharmacy in North

America; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is one of five

colleges of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia,

which has undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs

in biology, physical therapy, health care administration and

health policy, as well as pharmacy; and

WHEREAS, In the course of its nearly two centuries of

educational excellence in the field of pharmacy, the school has

launched the careers of many innovative and pioneering

individuals in the field of health care, including the founders

of six of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies; and

WHEREAS, Graduates include John Wyeth, Class of 1854, founder

of John Wyeth & Brother, which is now a part of Pfizer; William

R. Warner, Class of 1856, founder of Warner-Lambert Company,

Inc., which merged with Pfizer; Sir Henry S. Wellcome, Class of

1874, and Silas M. Burroughs, Class of 1877, who founded

Burroughs Wellcome and Company in England, which is now part of

GlaxoSmithKline; Josiah Lilly, Class of 1882, and his son, Dr.

Eli Lilly, Class of 1907, who founded Eli Lilly and Company;

Gerald F. Rorer, Class of 1931, founder of Rorer

Pharmaceuticals, which is now sanofi-aventis; and Robert L.

McNeil, Class of 1938, who with his grandfather, Robert McNeil,

Class of 1876, founded NcNeil Laboratories, which is now NcNeil

Nutritionals and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals; and

WHEREAS, Graduates have made significant contributions in

fields beyond pharmacy, from pioneering the use of X-rays to

developing motor oil additives and rechargeable batteries,

improving science and health care in their communities and in

the lives of people world wide; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of Pharmacy

in North America.