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Dean
1949-1962
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In 1949, D.B.R. Johnson
retired and the University of Oklahoma School of Pharmacy sought a
new Dean for the first time in 30 years. Johnson's successor was Dr.
Ralph William Clark, who served as Dean for the next thirteen
years.
Dr. Clark earned his B.S. in Pharmacy, M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where he was actively employed at Williams Drug and the Wisconsin General Hospital. While in Madison, Clark also served as Secretary of the Wisconson Pharmaceutical Association, where he founded Wisconsin Druggist. After completing his education, Dr. Clark held several positions, teaching at North Carolina University, working for Merck, managing the prescription shops for R.H. Macy and Company, and teaching at the University of Kansas. In 1949, he came to the University of Oklahoma to become Dean of the School of Pharmacy.
During Dr. Clark's second year as Dean, the school's name was changed again. Founded in 1893 as the Department of Pharmacy and reorganized in 1899 as the School of Pharmacy, the OU College of Pharmacy assumed its current status as a college of the University on September 25, 1950, under authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
History sited from: Centennial, The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy; Author Leo Glenn Tate