Donald Clarke Papers

Donald Clarke was the Apothecary-in-Chief at New York Hospital from 1937-1949. He was a pioneer in establishing a graduate training program for hospital pharmacists at New York Hospital. The hospital pharmacist internship program began in 1940 and by 1942 two residents were on the Pharmacy staff. In 1948, a new pneumatic system for collecting and delivering orders and improved Pharmacy waiting room and dispensary were developed. The same year, a Committee on Antibiotics was active in writing policies for more efficient handling and better therapeutic use of penicillin and other antibiotics. In addition, he was on the faculty of Cornell University Medical College from 1943-1952. He was an assistant in Pharmacology (Pharmacy), 1943-1944, Research Fellow in Pharmacology, 1945-1951, and Instructor in Pharmacology, 1951-1952. He wrote numerous articles and gave speeches on hospital pharmacy internships, gelatin products, dispensing medical supplies, and hospital pharmacy standards. In additon, he wrote a national formulary in 1946 and a revised edition of the New York Hospital formulary, in 1951.