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1885 -- The UI College of Pharmacy was founded
![Emil Boerner](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/emil-boerner.png?h=4502b96b&itok=jQrhzXn_)
1885 -- E.L. Boerner Appointed Founding Dean
![Zada Cooper](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/zada-cooper.jpg?h=9e007670&itok=qFC5eKGk)
1897 -- Zada Cooper, 'Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy,' Becomes Faculty Member
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1900 -- College is a Founding Member of The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
![Hall of Chem and Pharm](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/1902_-_hall_of_chemistry_and_pharmacy_the_university_of_iowa_1900s_2.jpg?h=e64c4756&itok=OHAaV4ra)
1902 -- Department of Pharmacy becomes College of Pharmacy
![Wilbur Teeters](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-03/1904%20-%20Wilbur%20Teeters.jpg?h=de09af4a&itok=1Rw7qCQM)
1904 -- W.J. Teeters is Appointed Dean
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1905 -- College of Pharmacy Assumes Distribution of all Drugs in University Hospitals
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1917 -- College of Pharmacy Produces "Bootleg" Aspirin
![chem pharm](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/chemisty-pharmacy-botany_bldg_3rd_home_of_cop_1926-1963_0.jpg?h=ba403d48&itok=9KBDWFaD)
1926 Pharmacy Moves to the Pharmacy-Botany Building Addition of the Chemistry Building
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1928 -- Pharmacy Building Drug Room (Pharmacy Service Created)
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1937 -- R. A. Kuever is Appointed Dean
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1938 -- Iowa Establishes the First Graduate Program in Hospital Pharmacy in the Country
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1952 -- Louis C. Zopf is Appointed Dean
![william tester](/sites/pharmacy.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-02/1962_-_william_tester.jpg?h=9c07cde2&itok=W433zjz4)
1962 -- Tester Begins Study that Establishes Unit Dose System
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1963 -- College of Pharmacy Moves to West Side of Campus
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1965 -- Iowa Drug Information Service (Division of Drug Information Service) Founded
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1965 -- College of Pharmacy Develops the National-Standard Unit Dose System
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1972 -- Dale E. Wurster is Appointed Dean
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1974 -- Division of Pharmaceutical Service begins Producing Dosage Forms for Clinical Testing
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1983 -- Biocatalysis Research Group established, Professor Jack Rosazza as Director
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1984 -- Robert A. Wiley becomes Dean
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1992 -- Gilbert Banker is Appointed Dean
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1993 -- Center for Advanced Drug Development Established
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1994 -- Established Iowa Center for Pharmaceutical Care in Collaboration with the Iowa Pharmacy Association and Drake University
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1996 -- South Wing Building Dedicated
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1997 -- First Entire Class Graduated with Doctor of Pharmacy Degrees
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1999 -- Residency Education Achieves First Nationwide Accreditation for a Multi-Site Community Pharmacy
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1999 -- Jordan L. Cohen is Appointed Dean
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2007 -- Donald E. Letendre is Appointed Dean
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2008 -- Division of Pharmaceutical Service and Center for Advanced Drug Development Merge to Become UI Pharmaceuticals
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2009 -- The College is Restructured from Three Academic Divisions to Two Departments
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2011 -- Barry Carter becomes the Recipient of the Colleges First Named Professorship, The Patrick E. Keefe Professor in Pharmacy
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2012 -- Inaugural Osterhaus Medal for Lifetime Achievement is Awarded to Robert Osterhaus, Max Eggleston, and Thomas Temple
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2012 -- William Doucette is Named to the Deborah K. Veale Professorship in Healthcare
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2013 -- Aliasger Salem is Named the Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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2013 -- The College Implements the Learning and Living Curriculum
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2015 -- James B. Ray Appointed to James A. Otterbeck One Point Patient Care Professorship in Hospice and Palliative Care
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2015 -- Robert Kerns is named Lach Chair in Drug Delivery Technology, the First Fully-Endowed Chair
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2016 -- The College Hosts the Inaugural Zada Cooper Leadership Symposium
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2016 -- The College Breaks Ground on a New Facility
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2017 -- The College Offers its First Certificate in Palliative Care, within the Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum
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