For more than 185 years, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia has held a distinguished reputation for educating students for successful and rewarding careers in the pharmaceutical, science and health care professions. In fact, USP helped launch the impressive and historic careers of the founders of six of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world:

• Dr. Eli Lilly (Class of 1907) and his father, Josiah K. Lilly (Class of 1882) - Eli Lilly and Company
• Gerald F. Rorer (Class of 1931) - founder of what is now part of Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• William R. Warner (Class of 1856), founder of Warner-Lambert Company, Inc.
• Robert L. McNeil, Jr. (Class of 1938) and his grandfather, Robert McNeil (Class of 1876) - founder of what is now McNeil Consumer Products
• John Wyeth (Class of 1854), founder of what is now part of Wyeth American Home Products
• Silas M. Burroughs (Class of 1877) and Sir Henry S. Wellcome (Class of 1874), founders in England of Burroughs Wellcome and Company, which is now part of GlaxoSmithKline

Did you know that:

• USP graduates have pioneered the use of the X-ray
• USP graduates were part of the team that identified the first colon cancer gene
• Martin Buchalter, inventor of medical ultrasound gels that allow expectant parents to get their first glimpse of their unborn child, is also a graduate of USP
• Michelle Fontana, a physical therapy graduate, invented a machine that helps patients regain use of the knee after an injury

In research, in practice and in leadership, USP graduates are shaping the science of health.

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