Background
Zupko, Arthur George was born on November 22, 1916 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of George and Julia (Tutko) Zupko.
college administrator Consultant to drug industry
Zupko, Arthur George was born on November 22, 1916 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of George and Julia (Tutko) Zupko.
Student, New York University, 1938. Bachelor of Science, University Florida, 1942. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1949. Honorary Doctor of Science, Long Island University, 1979.
Research assistant, Burroughs Wellcome Company, Tuckahoe, New York, 1936-1938;
assistant professor, associate professor, professor, St. Louis College Pharmacy, 1949-1955;
associate dean, St. Louis College Pharmacy, 1955;
dean, St. Louis College Pharmacy, 1956-1960;
provost, Brooklyn College Pharmacy, Long Island U., 1960-1973;
president, Brooklyn College Pharmacy, Long Island U., 1973-1976;
president, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 1976-1979;
president emeritus, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College Pharmacy and Health Sciences, since 1979. Board directors MedPhone, Inc., United States Adapted Names, Biofine Pharmaceutical. Member board pharmacy consultant Chas.
Pfizer & Company.
Chairman special gifts Brooklyn chapter American Cancer Society, 1963. Solicitor American Red Cross, 1962-1963. Merit badge counselor Hutchinson-Bronx River council Boy Scouts American, 1963-1964.
Solicitor United Fund, 1961-1965. Member Narcotic Addiction Centers Committee, 1960-1965. Board directors Korean-American Foundation, Tuberculosis and Respiratory Association, Brooklyn.
Member special committee Cooley's Anemia Foundation Served with United States Army, 1934-1936. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Foundation Pharmaceutical Education.
Member American Pharmaceutical Association (honorary chairman of the board of trustees 1988), American College Apothecaries, New York State Pharmaceutical Society (honorary president), Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, New York Academy Pharmacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Zeta Omega.
Married Lillian Belle Cosner, December 20, 1947. 1 child, Arthur Maynard.