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Brendan West
the universities require the current students to undertake.
It was at college that I met my wife, Jill. We had a good marrying year, eight couples married. Jill is a third generation pharmacist which makes our son Brendan a fourth generation pharmacist. It was difficult to obtain entrance when Brendan finished his secondary studies and repeated grade 12 to upgrade his TE score. He is a better pharmacist than his mother and father and we are justly proud of him. He knows his profession
and communicates very well with his customers and is well liked and respected.
I became the Historian for PSA Queensland Branch in 1980 or thereabouts following Pat Quinn,
Radley West
when, after attending a history of pharmacy session given by Geoff Miller at a conference, Claire Hickey, then a councilor and later the first female President of PSA Queensland Branch, asked me if I would like to become the Historian of the Branch. I had an interest in antiques and readily accepted the position. I have gained much knowledge about our profession’s history since and even contributed to an international
dental conference history session a couple of years ago with a talk on the chemists-dentists of Queensland. This same talk I gave at a previous PAC conference. I have attended numerous history sessions at international conferences and recently attended
a most interesting history session at PAC in Perth.
Jill West
I now have a partner in James Delahunty, a second generation pharmacist who is also married to
a pharmacist, Carmel. They have a third generation pharmacist daughter, Bridget. James has had an interest in our history from his student days. I won’t bore you further, but will close by thanking those who nominated me for this award. It was a well kept secret. My dear wife could not tell our eldest son. Brendan evidently knew what was happening.
1. Asclepius was the king of Thessaiy and was both
a doctor and a warrior. He later became the
Greek God of medicine and healing. He had five daughters, one of whom was Panacea who became the goddess of healing and the youngest daughter was Hygeia who became goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation. This would have been at the beginning of the fifth century B.C.
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