George Bernard Griffenhagen

Background

Griffenhagen, George Bernard was born on June 9, 1924 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Richard Bernard and Clara (Schoenian) Griffenhagen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1949; Master of Science, University of Southern California, 1950; student, Fresno State College, 1946; student, University London, 1948.

Career

Director research, Nion Corporation, Hollywood, California, 1950-1952; curator division medical science, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1952-1959; secretary section history of pharmacy, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, 1952-1959; president local chapter, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, 1958-1959; associate executive director, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, 1959-1989; honorary president, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, 1990-1991; trustee, American Pharmaceutical Association Foundation, Washington, 1989-1994; editor Journal, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, 1960-1976; secretary-general, 4th Pan American Congress Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Washington, 1957; secretary organizing committee, 31st International Congress Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington, 1971; secretary-general, International Congress History of Pharmacy, Washington, 1983; secretary-general, Japan-United States Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Honolulu, 1987; vice president, Pan American Pharmaceutical and Bio-chemical Federation, 1963-1982, 85-91; vice president, Pharmacy World Congress, Washington, 1991. United States delegate International Pharmaceutical Federation General Assemblies, London, 1955, Brussels, 1958, Copenhagen, 1960, Vienna, 1962, Amsterdam, 1964, Hamburg, 1968, Geneva, 1970, Lisbon, 1972, Rome, 1974, Warsaw, 1976, Cannes, 1978. United States delegate FIP Council, Bucharest, 1969, Dublin, 1975, Montreal, 1985, Helsinki, 1986, Amsterdam, 1987, Sydney, 1988, Munich, 1989, Istanbul, 1990, Lyon, 1992, Tokyo, 1993, Lisbon, 1994, Jerusalem, 1996, Vancouver, 1997, The Hague, 1998.

Congress coordinator, The Hague, 1977. United States delegate Pan American Federation Pharmacy Congress, Mexico City, 1963, Buenos Aires, 1966, Caracas, 1969, Panama, 1972, Guatemala City, 1985, Santo Domingo, 1988, Buenos Aires, 1994, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1997. United States delegate International Congress History of Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary, 1981, Federation Asian Pharmaceutical Assns.

Congress, Seoul, Korea, 1982. Member National Action Committee on Drug Education, Office of Education, 1970-1971, Virginia Governor's Council on Narcotic and Drug Abuse Control, 1970-1972.

Membership

Member Fairfax County Republican Committee, Virginia, 1962-1997. Administrative assistant to chairman Virginia State Republican Committee, 1969-1971. Life member Republican National Committee, since 1979.

Founding president National Coordinator Council on Drug Education, 1968-1969. Served with C.E. Army of the United States, World World War II, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Institute History of Pharmacy (president 1960-1961, Edward Kremers award 1969, secretary 1991-2005, honorary president since 2008), Friends of History Pharmacy (president 1957-1958), Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association (Distinguished Service award 1971), American Topical Association (1st vice president 1972-1975, president 1976-1979, president medical subjects unit 1969-1972, Distinguished Topical Philatelist award 1970, Myrtle Watt Medical Philately Topicalist award 1980, editor Topical Time 1992—2009), American Philatelic Congress (Jere Hess Barr award 1969), American Philatelic Society (secretary-treasurer Writers Unit since 1982.

United States commissioner to International Exhibition Thematic Philately, Basel, Switzerland 1983, Luff award 2003), American Revenue Association (named to Sterling Memorial Roll of Distinguished Fiscalists 1979), Council Philatelic Organizations (treasurer 1983-1991), International Pharmaceutical Federation (honorary), Philatelic Literature Association, Academie Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie (treasurer 1971-1981, 1989-1997), Pharmaceutical Society Great Britain (honorary), Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Phi Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Joan Helen Houston, June 21, 1946 (deceased June 23, 2009). Children: Gary Bernard, Gordon Wesley, Barbara Clare.

Father:

Richard Bernard Griffenhagen

Mother:

Clara (Schoenian) Griffenhagen

Spouse:

Joan Helen Houston

child:

Barbara Clare Griffenhagen

child:

Gordon Wesley Griffenhagen

child:

Gary Bernard Griffenhagen