Bill Text: PA HR212 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-12 - Adopted (199-0) [HR212 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR212-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1530
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 212 Session of2011
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
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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.
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