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Professor of Pharmacy William Procter, Jr., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, circa 1872.
flipFlip to Susan Hayhurst, pioneer female pharmacist, circa 1889.
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Credit: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Phila.

America's first permanent professor of Pharmacy, William Procter began teaching at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1846. Called the "father of modern pharmacy," Procter, with other College of Pharmacy faculty members, helped establish the American Pharmaceutical Association.

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