1885 -- The UI College of Pharmacy was founded
1885 -- E.L. Boerner Appointed Founding Dean
1897 -- Zada Cooper, 'Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy,' Becomes Faculty Member
1900 -- College is a Founding Member of The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
1902 -- Department of Pharmacy becomes College of Pharmacy
1904 -- W.J. Teeters is Appointed Dean
1905 -- College of Pharmacy Assumes Distribution of all Drugs in University Hospitals
1917 -- College of Pharmacy Produces "Bootleg" Aspirin
1926 -- Pharmacy Moves to the Pharmacy-Botany Building Addition of the Chemistry Building
1928 -- Pharmacy Building Drug Room (Pharmacy Service Created)
1937 -- R. A. Kuever is Appointed Dean
1938 -- Iowa Establishes the First Graduate Program in Hospital Pharmacy in the Country
1952 -- Louis C. Zopf is Appointed Dean
1962 -- Tester Begins Study that Establishes Unit Dose System
1963 -- College of Pharmacy Moves to West Side of Campus
1965 -- Iowa Drug Information Service (Division of Drug Information Service) Founded
1965 -- College of Pharmacy Develops the National-Standard Unit Dose System
1972 -- Dale E. Wurster is Appointed Dean
1974 -- Division of Pharmaceutical Service begins Producing Dosage Forms for Clinical Testing
1983 -- Biocatalysis Research Group established, Professor Jack Rosazza as Director
1984 -- Robert A. Wiley becomes Dean
1992 -- Gilbert Banker is Appointed Dean
1993 -- Center for Advanced Drug Development Established
1994 -- Established Iowa Center for Pharmaceutical Care in Collaboration with the Iowa Pharmacy Association and Drake University
1996 -- South Wing Building Dedicated
1999 -- First Entire Class Graduated with Doctor of Pharmacy Degrees
1999 -- Residency Education Achieves First Nationwide Accreditation for a Multi-Site Community Pharmacy
1999 -- Jordan L. Cohen is Appointed Dean
2007 -- Donald E. Letendre is Appointed Dean
2008 -- Division of Pharmaceutical Service and Center for Advanced Drug Development Merge to Become UI Pharmaceuticals
2009 -- The College is Restructured from Three Academic Divisions to Two Departments
2011 -- Barry Carter becomes the Recipient of the Colleges First Named Professorship, The Patrick E. Keefe Professor in Pharmacy
2012 -- Inaugural Osterhaus Medal for Lifetime Achievement is Awarded to Robert Osterhaus, Max Eggleston, and Thomas Temple
2012 -- William Doucette is Named to the Deborah K. Veale Professorship in Healthcare
2013 -- Aliasger Salem is Named the Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
2013 -- The College Implements the Learning and Living Curriculum
2015 -- James B. Ray Appointed to James A. Otterbeck One Point Patient Care Professorship in Hospice and Palliative Care
2015 -- Robert Kerns Named Lach Chair in Drug Delivery Technology, the First Fully-Endowed Chair
2016 -- The College Hosts the Inaugural Zada Cooper Leadership Symposium
2016 -- The College Breaks Ground on a New Facility
2017 -- The College Offers its First Certificate in Palliative Care, within the Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum
2018 -- Sign the Beam Celebration, the Last Beam Hoisted into the New Building
2020 -- New, State-of-the-Art Building Opens
2021 -- Jonathan Doorn Named to the Lach Chair in Drug Delivery Technology
2021 -- Korey Kennelty Named the Patrick E. Keefe Professor in Pharmacy
2021 -- New Building Dedicated
2023 -- Nicole Brogden Named Ting-Fong and Nei-Jia Chin Professor in Pharmaceutics
