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Dean
1912 to 1917
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When Dean Washburn left in 1912, the University again went to the
University of Michigan for a new dean, hiring Charles Howard
Stocking, who served in that capacity until 1917.
Dean Stocking quickly earned the respect of the students and developed an excellent reputation for the School of Pharmacy. As the 1917 edition of the student yearbook Sooner noted, "Too much credit and praise cannot be given to Dean Charles H. Stocking for his untiring and successful efforts in bringing about the conditions which have placed the School in the position which it now occupies. He has been connected with the School for a number of years and has worked for its interests and has watched it grow in numbers and in prominence until it has come to be one of the leading schools of pharmacy in the country.
Under Dean Stocking's leadership, a major curriculum change occurred in 1913. In accordance with requirements of the New York State Department of Education and the recommendation of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, three separate plans of study were offered by the School. A new three-year curriculum in pharmacy was added to the two-and four-year programs already in place. The new three-year curriculum led to the Pharmaceutical Chemist degree (Ph.C.), and the two-year program was now called the Pharmaceutical Graduate (Ph.G.) program. The four year curriculum remained as it was, leading to the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree.
Dean Stocking received national recognition for the School by having it registered as an approved school of pharmacy by the New York Department of Education in 1916. Dean Stocking retired from the University in 1917 after five years as Dean.
History sited from: Centennial, The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy; Author Leo Glenn Tate