Background
Brewer, Willis Ralph was born on June 8, 1919 in Zell, South Dakota, United States. Son of Willis Edward and Mathilda Irene (Haider) Brewer.
Brewer, Willis Ralph was born on June 8, 1919 in Zell, South Dakota, United States. Son of Willis Edward and Mathilda Irene (Haider) Brewer.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, South Dakota State University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1948.
Assistant professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1948-1949; associate professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1949-1952; professor, dean college pharmacy, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1952-1975; assistant to vice president health science center, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1975-1983; dean emeritus college pharmacy, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1983. Consultant Live Free Associations, Tucson, since 1983, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1976.
President Tucson Council Churches, 1965, coordinator Thanksgiving in the Spring project, 1983-1990. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Salvation Army (man of Year 1968, board directors), American Pharmaceutical Association, Arizona Pharmaceutical Association, American Association Colleges Pharmacy.
Married Myrdas Joyce Brewer, June 6, 1942 (deceased). Children: Susan Joyce Brewer Royce, Willis Ralph Junior. Married Marjorie Hartsock, 1987.