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DR. VARRO E~ · TYLER AND THE PURDUE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, 1966-86 ,.,
An Oral History by Dr. Tyler
Interviewed by Mrs. Theodora Andrews
Mrs. Theodora Andrews: This is an oral history of Dr~ Varro E.
Tyler concerning the development of the Purdue School of Pharmacy
during his tenure as dean from 1966-1986, conducted by Theodora
Andrews, Professor of Library Science; Pharmacy, Nursing, and
Health Sciences Librarian.
Dr. Tyler, from reading your biography, I know that you were born
in Nebraska and educated at the University of Nebraska, having
received your B.S. degree there, and then your M.S. and Ph. D.
degrees at the University of Connecticut. In addition, you did
postgraduate work at Yale University. What factors influenced
your decision to choose the pharmaceutical sciences, and
specifically pharmacognosy, as a career?
originally planned to major in chemistry.
Evidently you
Dr. Varro E. Tyler: Yes, it's true, Mrs. Andrews, I grew up in a
small farming community. Although we lived in town, there are
only about 7. 000 people in Nebraska City, and I grew up there.
When I was 12 years old in junior high school, the four
drugstores, as we called them then in the community, all employed
young boys to work in their soda fountains. I started in my
summer vacation when I was 12 years old working in the soda
fountain of the drug store: Long's Drugs in Nebraska City at the
corner of Ninth and Central Avenue. I worked there all through
the remainder of junior high school and high school and gradually
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| Transcript | #' /· _,.,,.,.., .. I ..,::·' ,I DR. VARRO E~ · TYLER AND THE PURDUE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, 1966-86 ,., An Oral History by Dr. Tyler Interviewed by Mrs. Theodora Andrews Mrs. Theodora Andrews: This is an oral history of Dr~ Varro E. Tyler concerning the development of the Purdue School of Pharmacy during his tenure as dean from 1966-1986, conducted by Theodora Andrews, Professor of Library Science; Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences Librarian. Dr. Tyler, from reading your biography, I know that you were born in Nebraska and educated at the University of Nebraska, having received your B.S. degree there, and then your M.S. and Ph. D. degrees at the University of Connecticut. In addition, you did postgraduate work at Yale University. What factors influenced your decision to choose the pharmaceutical sciences, and specifically pharmacognosy, as a career? originally planned to major in chemistry. Evidently you Dr. Varro E. Tyler: Yes, it's true, Mrs. Andrews, I grew up in a small farming community. Although we lived in town, there are only about 7. 000 people in Nebraska City, and I grew up there. When I was 12 years old in junior high school, the four drugstores, as we called them then in the community, all employed young boys to work in their soda fountains. I started in my summer vacation when I was 12 years old working in the soda fountain of the drug store: Long's Drugs in Nebraska City at the corner of Ninth and Central Avenue. I worked there all through the remainder of junior high school and high school and gradually 1 |
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