Prof. Francke To Take Post In Washington

Prof. Francke To Take Post In Washington

Prof. Don E. Francke of the University’s College of Pharmacy, director of pharmacy services at University Hospital, will leave the U-M faculty next month to accept appointment as director of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) department of scientific services in Washington, D. C. The appointment is effective Feb. 1.

In making the announcement, ASHP Executive Secretary Joseph A. Oddis said the new department will be “responsible for activities related to the American Hospital Formulary Service, implementation of the Audit of Pharmaceutical Service in Hospitals and research in scientific and professional areas.”

Francke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy and a Master of Science degree in pharmaceutical chemistry from the U-M College of Pharmacy. In 1951, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Purdue University.

Since 1944, he has been director of pharmacy services at the U-M Medical Center. In this capacity, he has been responsible for the hospital pharmacy internship program at Michigan.

Francke will continue as editor of the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, a post he has held for nearly 20 years.

He lives at 1020 Ferdon Rd. He and Mrs. Francke will move to Washington, D. C., soon after the first of the year.

Francke is co-author of Scoville’s “The Art of Compounding,” a contributor to “Remington’s Practice of Pharmacy,” and author of the “Hospital Formulary of Selected Drugs,” which served as the original basis for the American Hospital Formulary Service.

He served as president of the American Pharmaceutical Association (APA) and is now a vice-president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and a pharmacy adviser to the World Health Organization. He has been a member of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy and president of the Michigan Chapter of the APA.