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Charter Members

 ASP Charter Members

The 69 members who participated in the “birth” of the ASP at the meeting of the Plant Science Laboratory Seminars (PSLS) held at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) in August 1959 assigned ASP Charter Membership to all those members who had joined and paid their membership dues by July 3, 1960 (ASP History, Chapter 1, P. 3, L. 13)1. Table 1 lists the 140 Charter Members, including 69 Founding, 7 Associate, 3 Inaugural Honorary Members, and 18 Foreign Members.

Member Name, 69 Founding Members Listed First

Institution/Affiliation   

PSLS Group Photo #

1

Albers, CC

 U.Texas/U. College, Ethiopia

21

2

Andries, Maurice 

 U. Colorado

34

3

Bailey, Harold E

Wayne State U.

51

4

Bailey, Virginia L.

Detroit, MI

26

5

Beal, Jack L***

The Ohio State U.

44

6

Bianculli, Joseph

U.  Pittsburgh

08

7

Bienfang, Ralph

U. Oklahoma

56

8

Blomster, Ralph

U. Pittsburgh/U. Conn

76

9

Brady, Lynn***

U. Washington

06

10

Brewer, Willis R

U. Arizona

86

11

Brillhart, Russell E.

Rumford, RI

22

12

Bulda, Frank E

St Johns U., Long Island, NY

52

13

Call, Tracey G.

Corona, CA

64

14

Caponetti, James

U. Saskatchewan, Canada/U.

Tennessee

78

15

Carew, David ***

U. Iowa

61

16

Catafolmo, Phil

 U. Connecticut

60

17

Claus, Edward P

Ferris U.

72

18

Cole, Franklin

U. Idaho

35

19

Crane, Frank

U. Illinois Chicago

37

20

DeMaggio, Augustus E.

Rutgers U.

79

21

Dodge, Austin A.

U. Mississippi

74

22

Doughty, Richard

Indiana U.

03

23

Dunn, Marion

Yeadon, PA

19

24

Dusenberry, James

U. Arkansas

19

25

Eby, Frank H.

Springfield, PA

10

26

Farnsworth, Norman R ***

U. Pittsburgh

77

27

Ferguson, NM

U. Houston

17

28

Fischer, Earl B.**

U. Minnesota

54

29

Gibson, Melvin

Washington State U.

31

30

Gjerstad, Gunnar 

U. Texas

32

31

Hanmer, Lauren R

Albany College of Pharmacy, NY

85

32

Hoch, J. Hampton

U. South Carolina

07

33

Johnson, Carl

U. Florida

05

34

Jonas, Herbert

U. Minnesota

42

35

Kazerovski, Karlis

Ferris U.

12

36

Kelz, Francoise A.

Scarsdale, NY/Columbia U.

23

37

Koffler, Anna

U. Ohio Northern

24

38

Leonard, Robert M.

George Washington U.

30

39

Lord, Clifton F., Jr.

Atlanta, GA

46

40

Mercer, Frank C

 St Louis College of Pharmacy

73

41

O'Connell, Frank 

U. West Virginia

41

42

Paul, Ara G

U. Michigan

62

43

Pokorny, Frank    

 Columbia U.

45

44

Quimby, Maynard

MA College of Pharmacy

28

45

Ramstad, Egil

Purdue U.

absent

46

Redmond, Kenneth

U.  S. Dakota

02

47

Roscoe, Emmons E.

College of the Pacific, School of

Pharmacy.

43

48

Schermeister, Leo J

St John's U., Long Island, NY

53

49

Schramm, Lee

U. Connecticut

63

50

Schwarting, A ***

U. Connecticut

87

51

Sciuchetti, Leo

Oregon State U.

11

52

Seybert, John E **

Duarte, California

absent

53

Sim, Stephen

U. Toronto, Canada

36

54

Simonian, Vartkes H.

U. Arizona

55

55

Slama, Frank J.

Baltimore, MD

14

56

Smolenski, Stan J

U. Illinois Chicago

58

57

Staba, E. John ***

U. Nebraska

50

58

Taylor, Elmore

Purdue U.

69

59

Tsao, DPN

U. Rhode Island

38

60

Tyler, Varro ***

U. Washington

70

61

Vallarta, Maria T.

Philippines Women's U.

18

62

VanderWyk, Raymond

MA College of Pharmacy

09

63

Van Horne, Robert L.

Montana State U.

80

64

Voigt, Ralph

U. Illinois Chicago

83

65

Webster, George L.

U. Illinois Chicago

48

66

Westby, Rolf

 Eli Lilly & Co.

04

67

Edson F. Woodward

S.B. Penick, Co.

absent

68

Youngken, HW, Jr ***

U. Rhode Island

39

69

Youngken, HW, Sr **

MA College of Pharmacy

13

 

 

 

 

70

Abou-Chaar, Charles I.

U. Washington/Amer. U. Lebanon

 

71

Aguilar, Virginia*

U. Illinois Chicago

 

72

Albordoz, Americo*

MA College of Pharmacy

 

73

Allen, Edgard Jan

E.R. Squibb

 

74

Anderson, Mary L.

Detroit, MI

 

75

Anderson, J Russell

Detroit, MI

 

76

Aro, Aurelia M

U. Illinois Chicago

 

77

Babcock, Phillip*

U. Iowa

 

78

Barkley, Fred A.

Morristown, NJ/ Iraq

 

79

Baxter, Ross M.

U. Toronto, Canada

 

80

Bliss, Carmen

U. Southern California

 

81

Bole, P.V.

St. Xavier's Coll., Bombay, India

 

82

Bonow, Eunice R.

Milwaukee, WI

 

83

Brown, John K*

U. Washington

 

84

Brummett, Robert E*

Portland, OR

 

85

Burton, Stephen D*

Oregon State U./U. Conn

 

86

Cantoria, Magdalena,

U. Illinois Chicago/Philippines

 

87

Carluccio, Leeds M.

Leominster, MA

 

88

Deno, Richard A.

U. Michigan

 

89

Douglas, Bryce

Smith, Kline and French Lab

 

90

Feurt, Seldon D.

U. Tennessee

 

91

Fong, Harry H.S. ***

U. Pittsburgh

 

92

Fredell, Walter G.

Rockaway, NJ

 

93

Giral, Francisco

Federal District, Mexico

 

94

Gomez, Leticia N.

U. Rhode Island

 

95

Gonzalez, Edward E.

San Antonio, TX

 

96

Goodeve, Allan M.

U. British Columbia, Canada

 

97

Hassan, Ikram

Fordham U./ Lahore, Pakistan/

 

98

Hiner, L. David

U. Utah

 

99

Hocking, George M.

U. Auburn

 

100

Hogg, Richard L.

The Ohio State U.

 

101

Hudak, Ed

U. Pittsburgh

 

102

Kerchner, Catherine

U. Southern California

 

103

Kupchan, S. Morris

U. Wisconsin

 

104

Leary, John D.

Oregon State U.

 

105

Lindhorst, Taylor E.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

 

106

Lucas, Wm

Butler U., Indiana

 

107

Martin, Frank W.

N.E. Louisiana State College

 

108

Meer, Wm A.

Meer Corp, N. Bergen, NJ

 

109

Mende, Wm. C.

Ortho Research Foundation

 

110

Mihalopoulos, Nick G.

U. Connecticut

 

111

Mika, Edward G.

U. Illinois Chicago

 

112

Milana, Benjamin

Long Island U, Brooklyn College

of Pharmacy

 

113

Miller, Orville H.

U. South California

 

114

Mockle, J. Auguste

U. Montreal, College of Pharmacy,

Canada

 

115

Musick, Albert H

Los Gatos, CA

 

116

Neva, Arnold C.

Duquesne U.

 

117

Nunez-Melendez, Esteban

U. Puerto Rico

 

118

Nunziata, Gennaro P.

Brooklyn, NY

 

119

Ogzewalla, C. Dwayne

Southwestern State College, FL

 

120

Oroshnik, Wm

Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp

 

121

Pacifici, Leon R.

U. Connecticut

 

122

Phelps, Henry W

Pittsburgh, Pa

 

123

Qazilbash, N.A.

U. Peshawar, Pakistan

 

124

Rieger, Laura A.

Smith, Kline and French Lab

 

125

Sacco, Paul

Xavier U.

 

126

Schradie, Joseph

Los Angeles, CA

 

127

Shulls, Wells A.

U. Colorado

 

128

Smith, Albert C.

Ohio Northern U.

 

129

Smith, Douglas L.

US Air Force Academy

 

130

Smith, Eric

Fairlawn, NJ

 

131

Steinegger, E.

U. Bern, Switzerland 

 

132

Tanner, Noall S.*

Bountiful, Utah

 

133

Venturella, Vincent S.

Fordham U./ Abbott Labs

 

134

Wan, Alfred GC

U. Washington/Singapore

 

135

Weinstein, Benjamin

Lima, Ohio

 

136

Wier, Jack K.

U. Washington/U. North Carolina

 

137

Winek, Charles L.

The Ohio State U.

 

138

Wood, J. Alex

U. Saskatchewan, Canada

 

139

Wasicky, Richard

Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

140

Yokoyama, Katsuyuki

U. Illinois Chicago

 

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# = Founding Member number in the 1959 PSLS Group Photo shown below

 # (absent)= Present at 1959 PSLS meeting, but absent from 1959 group photo

 * = Associate members (e.g. Graduate students/Research Associates)

** = Inaugural Honorary Member

*** = Subsequent Honorary Member

Bold face  = 14 Subsequent ASP Presidents

Reference I. https://temp.pharmacognosy.us/what-is-pharmacognosy/asp-mission/

 

 

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