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Photograph of the Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society (NSPS) Convention members
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- Graphic material
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MS-13-82, OS Box 13, Folder 3
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1 photograph : sepia ; 28 x 45 cm.
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(1930-2014)
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J. Gordon Duff was a professor emeritus and the first Director of Dalhousie's College of Pharmacy. Born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, on 3 April 1930, he graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BSP in 1953 and an MSc in 1955. In 1958, he received a PhD from the University of Florida. He came to Dalhousie in 1961 as the director of the College of Pharmacy, a position he maintained for eleven years. During his tenure, he played a major role in developing the college's undergraduate program and implementing a research program, MSc, continuing education and clinical pharmacy programs. He retired in 1990 after 29 years of teaching and having earned wide regard across Canada, having served as chair of the Canadian Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties and president of both the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy and the Canadian Academy of the History of Pharmacy. Duff preserved many historical items related to pharmacy and was the primary force behind the establishment of the historical pharmacy at Sherbrooke Village museum, as well as collecting and displaying the archives of the College of Pharmacy. He died in 2014.