13 Notable alumni of
University of the Sciences
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The University of the Sciences is 3537th in the world, 1205th in North America, and 1146th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the University of the Sciences sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Henry Solomon Wellcome
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome was an American and British pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Company with his colleague Silas Burroughs in 1880, which is one of the four large companies to eventually merge to form GlaxoSmithKline. He left a large amount of capital for charitable work in his will, which was used to form the Wellcome Trust, one of the world's largest medical charities. He was a keen collector of medical artefacts which are now managed by the Science Museum, London, and a small selection of which are displayed at the Wellcome Collection.
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Josiah K. Lilly, Sr
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr., nicknamed "J. K.," was an American businessman, pharmaceutical industrialist, and philanthropist who became president and chairman of the board of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical firm his father, Colonel Eli Lilly, founded in 1876. Josiah, the colonel's sole heir, began working at his father's company at the age of fourteen.
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Robert L. McNeil, Jr
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- chemistpharmacologistpharmacist
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Robert Lincoln McNeil Jr. was an American chemist and pharmaceutical industry executive. He was responsible for, among other things, the commercial development, naming, and introduction of the pain reliever Tylenol.
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Teodoro Moscoso
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- diplomat
- Biography
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José Teodoro Moscoso Mora, was a Puerto Rican businessman and politician known as "the architect of Operation Bootstrap".
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William Procter, Jr
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- pharmacist
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William Procter Jr. was an American pharmacist. He is known for his role in establishing the American Pharmacists Association and his work on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). He was the author/editor of the first pharmacy textbook published in America. He has been referred to as the 'Father of American Pharmacy.'
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Frederick Gutekunst
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- photographerwar photographer
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Frederick Gutekunst was an American photographer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He opened his first photographic portrait studio with his brother in 1854 and successfully ran his business for sixty years. He grew to national prominence during the American Civil War and expanded his business to include two studios and a large phototype printing operation. He is known as the "Dean of American Photographers" due to his high quality portraits of dignitaries and celebrities. He worked as the official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad and received national and international recognition for his photographs of the Gettysburg battlefield and an innovative 10-foot long panoramic photograph of the Centennial Exposition.
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Harkishan Singh
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- 1928-2020 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- chemist
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Harkishan Singh was an Indian pharmaceutical chemist and professor at Panjab University known for his research and teaching in India, United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and China. Singh specialized in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and the study of natural products, making contributions to each field. During his career, he led the research group responsible for developing candocuronium iodide (also known as chandonium iodide, HS-310), a clinically useful synthetic azasteroid designed as a skeletal muscle relaxant.
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Silas M. Burroughs
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- 1846-1895 (aged 49)
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- industrialistchemistpharmacist
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Silas Mainville Burroughs was an American pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
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Philip Needleman
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- pharmacologist
- Biography
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Philip Needleman was an American medical researcher, pharmaceutical industry executive and leader and philanthropist.
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Robert Battey
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- surgeon
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Robert Battey was an American physician who is known for pioneering a surgical procedure then called Battey's Operation and now termed radical oophorectomy (or removal of a woman's ovaries).
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John Wyeth
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- 1770-1858 (aged 88)
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- music publisherprinter
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John Wyeth was an American newspaper and book publisher. He published the Oracle of Dauphin newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1792 to 1827 and several hymnal books including Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second which had a major impact on shape-note song books in the Southern United States.
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Edward Parrish
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- pharmacist
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Edward Parrish was an American pharmacist. He was the first president of Swarthmore College.
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Susan Hayhurst
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- physicianeducatorpharmacistteacher
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Susan Hayhurst was an American physician, pharmacist, and educator, and the first woman to earn a pharmaceutical degree in the United States.
