1944 The Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (i.e., “GI Bill of Rights”) is enacted, which will pay a government stipend to ex-servicemen to help defray costs of a college education. By 1948, the class size at ONU (including pharmacy) swells to 1,209.
1952 The Ampul, official publication of the College of Pharmacy, is inaugurated in spring 1952 with Volume 1, Issue 1.
1966 The new pharmacy building, the first structure erected in ONU’s westcampus basic science complex, is occupied. The new building is named for two prominent pharmacy graduates, James D. Robertson, Ph.G. 1898, and Thomas J. Evans, BSPh 1894.
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1974 The college experiences rapid growth in the number of female students such that, by 1982, more than half of its graduates are female, a trend that continues to this date.
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1995
The college initiates two new programs. Students can enroll in a six-year program that leads to the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree or remain in the traditional five-year program. Students can also enroll in a joint pharmacy-law degree program that permits them to complete both pharmacy and law degrees in seven years.
The Pierstorf Annex and Pharmacy Museum is added to the Robertson-Evans Pharmacy Building, named in honor of Dr. Ervin Pierstorf, ‘53, Hon. D. ’78, and his wife, Florence, and Dr. Clarence Pierstorf, Hon. D. ’90.