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Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

History

These are significant milestones in the development of health science education in Detroit through the History of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.



1921
State legislature requires a four-year high school diploma for pharmacy licensure.
1924
Detroit Board of Education establishes College of Pharmacy at Cass Tech as part College of the City of Detroit; Roland Lakey appointed Dean.
1925
College of Pharmacy moves to Old Main Building and first graduating class of five pharmaceutical chemists (PhC) includes one woman, Katie Moy Lim.
1927
Mu Omicron Pi chapter of Kappa Psi installed at Detroit Institute of Technology.
1928
In September, XI Chapter of Rho Pi Phi was installed at the College of Pharmacy of the City of Detroit.