American journal of pharmacy . time to revive his memory. The sessionwas concluded with the installation of officers for the ensuing year. National Association of Retail Druggists.—The first annual conven-tion of the Association will be held in Cincinnati, beginning at 10 oclock,Tuesday morning, October 3d. The meeting will be held in Assembly Hall,Odd Fellows Temple, Seventh and Elm Streets. The headquarters of theAssociation will be the Grand Hotel, Fourth Street and Central Avenue, oppo-site the Central Union Depot. 508 Personal. (Am. Jour. Phai October, 1899. PERSONAL. Albert Benjamiu
American journal of pharmacy . time to revive his memory. The sessionwas concluded with the installation of officers for the ensuing year. National Association of Retail Druggists.—The first annual conven-tion of the Association will be held in Cincinnati, beginning at 10 oclock,Tuesday morning, October 3d. The meeting will be held in Assembly Hall,Odd Fellows Temple, Seventh and Elm Streets. The headquarters of theAssociation will be the Grand Hotel, Fourth Street and Central Avenue, oppo-site the Central Union Depot. 508 Personal. (Am. Jour. Phai October, 1899. PERSONAL. Albert Benjamiu Prescott, President-elect of the American PharmaceuticalAssociation, is best known as an author and investigator in chemistry and aneducator in pharmacy. He was born in Hastings, N. Y., December 12, studied both medicine and chemistry in the University of Michigan, and in1864 entered the medical service of the army, commissioned as assistant sur-geon in the general corps, known as the United States Volunteers. He was. BKNJAMIN PRESCOTT. assigned to duty on the Board of Examination for contract surgeons, and wassurgeon-in-charge of Foundry General Hospital, Uouisville, Ky. In 1865 heentered upon college teaching, in which he has been engaged up to thepresent. From the organization of the School of Pharmacy of the Universityof Michigan, in 1868, he was an active promoter of laboratory methods in phar- Am. .lour. , 18H9. / Obituary. 509 maceutical education. While director of the chemical laboratory and professorof organic chemistry for all departments of the University, he has served as thedean of the department of pharmacy. Since 1880 his work as a teacher hasbeen devoted almost exclusively to his chosen subject, organic students represent nearly every department of the University. He speaksslowly and concisely, voicing the knowledge he has to impart in unmistakableterms. His success as a teacher may be best stated by quoting the wo
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