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| 1820: | First United States Pharmacopeial Convention |
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| 1821: | Philadelphia College of Apothecaries forms first US college of pharmacy |
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| 1852: | American Pharmaceutical Association |
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| 1867: | First state pharmacist association, in Maine |
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| 1868: | U Michigan begins 2-year program for pharmacists |
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| 1870: | Conference of Teaching Colleges of Pharmacy (now AACP) |
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| 1876: | U Michigan College of Pharmacy |
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1880s |
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| 1881: | Proprietary Association |
| 1883: | Phi Chi Fraternity founded at U Michigan College of Pharmacy, the first pharmacy fraternity in the world. Arthur Hopper elected president for evening. Scientific paper read that first meeting | 1883- 87: | National Retail Druggists Association
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| 1887: | Phi Chi, the scientific society, transformed itself into a Fraternity, with "signs, grips, and words" |
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| 1888: | National Formulary |
| 1889: | First issue of The Communicator | 1889: | Beta Phi Sigma founded at U Buffalo (second pharmacy fraternity) |
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1890s | 1895: | New Constitution permits chartering Chapters at other colleges of pharmacy. Authority shifts from Alpha Chapter to Grand Council once four Chapters formed |
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| 1896 Jan: | Beta Chapter chartered at Northwestern U |
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| 1898: | National Association of Retail Druggists (since 1996, National Community Pharmacists Association) |
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| 1898: | Kappa Psi literary society adds first chapter at pharmacy college (Gamma Chapter at Columbia U) |
| 1899 Spring: | Gamma Chapter chartered at the New York College of Pharmacy |
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1900s | 1900 Feb: | Delta Chapter chartered at U Wisconsin | 1900: | American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties (since 1925, AACP) |
| 1900 Apr: | First Grand Council held in Chicago
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| 1902: | Zeta and Eta Chapters chartered, so Chapters stretch from coast to coast | 1902: | Biologics Control Act |
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| 1904: | National Association of Boards of Pharmacy |
| 1906- 07: | Eli Lilly edits The Communicator | 1906: | Federal Food and Drug Act (adulteration & misbranding) |
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| 1907: | AACP adopts 2-year minimum standard to attain Graduate in Pharmacy (PhG) degree |
| 1909: | Phi Chi's name changed to Phi Delta Chi to avoid conflict with medical fraternity named Phi Chi that predated us |
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| 1900s: | 11 new Chapters chartered |
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1910s | 1910: | Grand Council authorizes formation of Executive Council (first meeting 1914) |
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| 1912: | Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique (FIP) |
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| 1913: | Lambda Kappa Sigma founded at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy |
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| 1914: | Harrison Narcotic Act (restrictions on opium and coca) |
| 1917, Jun: | America enters World War I. College campuses transformed into military training camps. National campaign against venereal disease to stop infection and create wholesome moral atmosphere |
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| 1919: | Campuses repopulated as men return from military service. | 1919: | Rho Pi Phi founded at Boston College of Pharmacy |
| 1910s: | Nine new Chapters chartered | 1919: | Alpha Zeta Omega founded at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy |
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1920s | 1920: | Prohibition begins, officially endorsed by the Fraternity, private compliance less likely |
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| 1920: | Grand Secretary Everett Cain runs off with Fraternity's money and books (probably a few hundred dollars) |
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| 1921: | Kappa Epsilon founded at U Iowa |
| 1922: | Rho Chi Society founded at U Michigan, with substantial assistance of Alpha Chapter. The organization began as the Aristolochites. Phi Dex Brothers were Rho Chi's first president, VP, and treasurer | 1922: | Rho Chi Society (with Alpha leadership)
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| 1923: | Alpha Alpha Chapter starts second series of chapter names in Cleveland |
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| 1923: | First Prescott Scholarship Cup awarded to Phi Chapter |
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| 1925: | AACP adopts 3-year minimum standard to attain Pharmaceutical Chemist (PhC) degree |
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| 1927: | Food & Drug Administration (under Department of Agriculture) |
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| 1928: | Professional Interfraternity Conference. Phi Delta Chi was only pharmacy fraternity among charter members |
| 1929: | Great Depression begins, draining campus resources |
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| 1920s: | Era of religious discrimination by Fraternity against Catholics, Jews, and other non-Christians, as well as non-whites |
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| 1920s: | 11 new Chapters chartered |
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1930s |
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| 1930: | Bureau of Narcotics |
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| 1931: | APhA bylaws amended to authorize student branch |
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| 1932: | AACP adopts 4-year minimum standard to attain BS in Pharmacy degree |
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| 1933: | National Association of Chain Drug Stores |
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| 1934: | APhA headquarters building opens in Washington, DC |
| 1936: | First Window Display Award presented to Zeta Chapter |
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| 1937: | Marihuana Tax Act |
| 1930s to 1940s: | Prolonged concerns about proportion of chemistry majors to admit | 1938: | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (safety, Rx legend) |
| 1930s: | 2 new Chapters chartered |
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1940s | 1940s: | America enters World War II, college campuses again serve as training camps. Only four Chapters initiated Brothers continuously through WWII. As service project, Brothers gathered cinchona bark to obtain quinine to treat malaria | 1940: | American College of Apothecaries
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| 1941: | American Institute of History of Pharmacy
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| 1942: | American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (since 1995, American Society of Health-system Pharmacists) |
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| 1944: | Public Health Service Act for biological products |
| 1947: | Massive reopening of campuses, aided by GI Bill |
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| 1948: | World Health Organization |
| 1949: | Unusual mail ballot of Chapters to amend constitution to prohibit discrimination on basis of race or religion |
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| 1940s: | 3 new Chapters chartered |
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1950s | 1950: | Membership criteria restricted to pharmacy, not chemistry
| 1950: | AACP debates 6-year minimum standard. U Southern California adopts 6-year program for PharmD degree |
| 1950: | Initiation of 10,000th Brother |
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| 1951: | Durham-Humphrey Amendment (prescription status) |
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| 1954: | APhA Student Section authorized to send delegate to House of Delegates |
| 1955: | Achievement Award Program adopted by Grand Council. First winner: Eta Chapter in 1956 |
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| 1956: | Executive Director Rand Hollenback adopts slogan "Leaders in Pharmacy" on fraternity stationery.
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| 1958: | Beta Alpha Chapter starts third series of chapter names in New York City | 1958: | Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (roots in 1907) |
| 1950s: | 14 new Chapters chartered |
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1960s |
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| 1960: | AACP adopts 5-year minimum standard to attain BS in Pharmacy degree |
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| 1961: | First national poison prevention week |
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| 1962: | Kefauver-Harris Amendment (safety & efficacy) |
| 1965: | Chi Brothers help found Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society at Auburn U | 1965: | Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society (with Chi leadership) |
| 1967: | Initiation of 20,000th Brother |
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| 1968: | Bureau of Narcotics renamed Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) |
| 1960s: | 5 new Chapters chartered | 1969: | APhA Student Section renamed Student APhA |
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1970s |
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| 1970: | Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (Controlled Substance Act) |
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| 1970: | National licensure examination adopted by NABP |
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| 1972: | NIH Division of Biological Standards transferred to FDA as Bureau of Biologics. |
| 1973: | Thurston Grand President's Cup first awarded, to Beta Beta Chapter | 1973: | BNDD becomes Drug Enforcement Administration |
| 1974: | Professional & Service Projects Award (Beta Gamma), Chapter Publication Award (Beta Beta) first presented |
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| 1975: | Fight over Title IX to Education Act, requiring admission of women into non-social fraternities and sororities |
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| 1976: | Executive Council calls for all Chapters to comply with the law (Title IX). First female Brothers initiated. | 1976: | Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
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| 1976: | Brotherhood Award first presented to Alpha Phi Chapter | 1976: | Medical Device Amendment to FDC Act |
| 1970s: | no new Chapters chartered |
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1980s | 1983: | Initiation of 30,000th Brother | 1983: | Orphan Drug Act |
| 1983: | Centennial marker placed in College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor |
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| 1985: | First Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award presented to Delta Chapter |
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| 1986: | American Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 1987: | First Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award presented to Walt Fitzgerald | 1987: | Student APhA renamed Academy of Students of Pharmacy |
| 1989: | First Leader Development Seminar (LDS), during 57th Grand Council (Monterey) 1989: Executive Council adopts Chapter Excellence and Quality (ChEQ) Program | 1989: | AACP adopts 6-year minimum standard to attain PharmD degree, as sole entry-level degree; colleges allowed extended period to adopt |
| 1980s: | 3 new Chapters chartered |
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1990s | 1990: | Second Leader Development Seminar in Chapel Hill, NC, first stand-alone leadership conference | 1990: | OBRA '90 mandates patient counseling by pharmacists for Medicaid patients.
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| 1996: | First Leadership Cup presented to Theta Chapter | 1996: | NARD renamed National Community Pharmacists Association |
| 1996: | Phi Delta Chi's Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute (PLEI) incorporated | 1996: | APhA offers first certificate program in Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery in Jackson, MS |
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| 1996: | Project ImPACT: Hyperlipidemia starts |
| 1997: | Initiation of 40,000th Brother | 1997: | Asheville Project starts |
| 1990s: | 7 new Chapters chartered |
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2000s |
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| 2002: | APhA renamed American Pharmacists Association |
| 2005: | Saroyan donation opens PLEI’s Saroyan Leadership Challenge Fund |
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| 2007: | Gamma Alpha Chapter starts fourth series of chapter names in Albuquerque |
| New colleges of pharmacy proliferate across USA |
| 2009: | Initiation of 50,000th Brother |
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| 2000s: | 14 new Chapters chartered |
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2010s |
| Achievement Award Program progressively migrates to an all-electronic format. |
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| 2010: | Project IMPACT: Diabetes starts |
| 2015: | Delta Alpha Chapter starts fifth series of chapter names in Huntington |
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| 2015: | Initiation of 60,000th Brother |
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| 2010s: | 18+ new Chapters chartered |
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2020s |
| What's next for Phi Delta Chi? |
| What's next for the profession of pharmacy? |