John Grover Beard

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1. March 19, 1931 J. Grover Beard becomes dean of the University's pharmacy school After Vernon Howell's death J. Grover Beard, a 1909 graduate long on the pharmacy faculty and a past president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, was named acting dean; the executive committee of the trustees, meeting in Raleigh, ratified his appointment along with that of Ira Rose of Rocky Mount as a teacher of pharmacy. People: E. V. (Edward Vernon) Howell Place: School of Pharmacy, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Ira RoseSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 20, 1931, p. 1
2. May 1936 University pharmacy students organize a student branch of the state pharmaceutical association In May 1936 thirty-two University pharmacy students won approval from the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, at its convention in Greensboro, for a branch of the association in Chapel Hill, and organized a student chapter. The Weekly called it the first time a state association had joined its older pharmacists with students in this way. People: John Grover Beard Place: University School of Pharmacy, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 22, 1936, p. 2
3. by January 19, 1940 The American Council on Pharmaceutical Education accredits the University's pharmacy school Dean J. Grover Beard announced that the University's school of pharmacy had been officially accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, which had so far approved 55 of the nation's 70 pharmacy schools. People: John Grover Beard Place: School of pharmacy, University campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 19, 1940, p. 5