Clarke, Louis Gaylord, 1855-1943.
Biographical notes:
Louis Gaylord Clarke was born in Zanesville, Ohio on July 31, 1855 and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1876. A founder of the Oregon State Pharmaceutical Society and first president of the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy, Clarke became a partner in Charles H. Woodard's Portland drugstore (renamed Woodard, Clarke & Company) in 1880. He and another partner, William F. Woodward, purchased the firm in 1904. In 1906, the two established the Clarke, Woodward Drug Company, a drug wholesaling and manufacturing firm. Clarke sold his interests in both businesses in 1924. He died December 4, 1943.
From the description of Papers, 1893-1958. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 35991960
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- Drugstore employees
- Drugstores
- Freemasons
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacists
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- Oregon--Portland (as recorded)
