Charles T. Lesshafft Jr., Ph.D.

     Dr. Charles Lesshafft began his career with the College of Pharmacy in 1947, when the institution was the Louisville College of Pharmacy. He achieved the rank of full professor in 1966 and taught in the areas of pharmaceutical calculations, modern therapeutic agents and pharmaceutical dispensing. He retired from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 1983.
     Dr. Lesshafft was born in 1918 in Louisville and received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Kentucky in 1941. He earned both his master's and Ph.D. from Purdue University, in 1953 and 1955, respectively.
     He is a recipient of the Lederle Pharmacy Award and has been a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Section on Pharmaceutical Technology and Basic Pharmaceutics, Conference of Teachers of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Kentucky Pharmacists Association (KPhA), Blue Grass Pharmacists Association, Society of Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, and Rho Chi Honor Society.