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Based in Philadelphia, Charles Henry LaWall, husband of Millicent Renshaw (of the family of Elizabeth [Heilman] Mills Renshaw), was an early pharmacist and educator who led the development of ethical standards for the industry and teamed with his wife to produce a variety of publications about the industry's heritage.
Charles began his career as a chemist for the Pennsylvania Food and Dairy Commission. He migrated toward a life in the field of public education and eventually rose to become Dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He served on the executive committee and council of the American Pharmaceutical Association. In 1921, he authored a revised, comprehensive code of ethics for pharmacists in an effort to expand quality standards in the profession. Entitled "Pharmaceutical Ethics," it was printed in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He kept an extensive research library in their home and relied heavily upon his accumulated body of knowledge as illustrations for his published books.
His wife Millicent was on the faculty of the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia where she directed its pharmacy laboratories. She also helped to edit the publications United States Pharmacopoeia, the Practice of Pharmacy and the United States Dispensatory.
In the 1927 work, The Curious Lore of Drugs and Medicine, he wrote this dedication:
This book is dedicated to the one who has helped me in my work and who has shared in my play, who does not object when I bring old or new books home, and who endures in silence the chaotic appearance of our home during periods when manuscript is in preparation or proof is being read; whose stimulating companionship has made all my work possible -- MY WIFE.
 "Frank
Ferling Gary Month" - For the third straight February, courtesy
of his loving family, the "Photo of the Month" is dedicated to
the memory of the late Frank Ferling Gary, born on Feb. 27, 1918. After
a career in coal mining, he assisted his wife Minnie in the operation of
Gary's Styling Boutique for 33 years, and was a Sunday School teacher.
He passed on Feb. 16, 2004. More
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