Location: MCU Compound, Sta. Cruz, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1954
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
MANILA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
THE FIRST SCHOOL OF PHARMACY ESTABLISHED AND RUN BY FILIPINOS. ORIGINALLY A PHARMACY REVIEW CLASS UNDER DR. ALEJANDRO ALBERT HELD IN HIS HOUSE AT STA. CRUZ, MANILA, 1904, MOVED TO LICEO DE MANILA BUILDING AR DULUMBAY STREET, NOW RIZAL AVENUE, AND ORGANIZED INTO ESCUELA DE FARMACIA AFFILIATED TO THE LICEO DE MANILA. DR. ALEJANDRO ALBER, FIRST DIRECTOR, 1904-1908. MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE, 1915. BECAME A COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, 1916 AND COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND DENTISTRY, 1929. IT BECAME THE NUCLEUS OF THE MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, 1948.
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