The
University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is a college within the
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(UGA) in
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,
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.
The College of Pharmacy was established and opened in 1903 as the School of Pharmacy and was located in Science Hall. The school had a local physician, Dr. Samuel C. Benedict, serving as the part-time
DeanIn academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
and a local pharmacist at H.R. Palmer & Sons, Arthur J. Palmer, serving as a part-time professor of Pharmacy.
The
University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is a college within the
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
(UGA) in
Athens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth...
,
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.
History
The College of Pharmacy was established and opened in 1903 as the School of Pharmacy and was located in Science Hall. The school had a local physician, Dr. Samuel C. Benedict, serving as the part-time
DeanIn academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
and a local pharmacist at H.R. Palmer & Sons, Arthur J. Palmer, serving as a part-time professor of Pharmacy. Dr. Benedict also taught
Materia MedicaMateria medica is a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing . In Latin, the term literally means "medical material/substance"...
. Science Hall was destroyed by fire in November of that first year, so the School of Pharmacy was moved into the basement of Terrell Hall.
The school hired Robert C. Wilson as its first full-time staff member for the beginning of the 1907-08 school year (Wilson was the grandson of
George Foster PierceGeorge Foster Pierce was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South elected in 1854.-Birth and Family:He was born on 3 February 1811 in Greene County, Georgia. George Foster was the son of the Rev. Lovick Pierce, a Pastor and a Chaplain in the War of 1812. Rev. Lovick Pierce was...
). The first group of graduates commenced in 1908 earning their Pharmacy Graduate (Ph.G.) degrees.
Upon Dean Benedict's death in 1914, Robert Wilson became the director of the school and remained in that position until 1948. Wilson was named as the Dean of the School of Pharmacy in 1924. The school later changed its name to the College of Pharmacy. In 1926, the school became one of the first in the country to offer a four-year
Bachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
in Pharmacy. It also disbanded its two-year Ph.G degree track at this time.
The school's location remained in Terrell Hall until 1939 when it moved into the second and third floors of the newly remodeled New College building. In the 1940s,
Robert W. WoodruffRobert Winship Woodruff was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954. With his enormous Coke fortune, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in the U.S...
gave multiple donations to fund a dispensing laboratory, dispensary, and pharmacology laboratory.
The College's
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program began in 1951 and the
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program in 1964 with the first doctorates conferred in 1967. The school moved into its current facility, the Robert C. Wilson Pharmacy Building, in 1964; however, the building was not named after Wilson until 1978 (Dr. Wilson's 100th birthday).
Departments, centers and institutes
The following departments are part of the College:
- Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
The Center for Mass Destruction Defense (former known as CLEARMADD) and the UGA Center for Drug Discovery (CDD) are both part of the College.
Professional degrees
The following professional degrees are offered by the College:
- Doctor of Pharmacy
A Doctor of Pharmacy is a professional doctorate degree given to a person who has completed the highest level of academic study in the field of pharmacy. In some countries, including the US, it is a first professional degree, and a prerequisite for licensing...
(Pharm.D.)
Graduate degrees
The following
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degrees are offered by the College:
- Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries...
(M.S.A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries...
) in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
- Master of Science (M.S.) in Toxicology
- Ph.D.
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in Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
- Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
- Ph.D. in Toxicology