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Colonel Robert Newton Harper (January 31, 1861 - September 23, 1940) was president of the District of Columbia Pharmaceutical Association and of the National Association of Druggists and Commissioner of Pharmacy of the District of Columbia. He was treasurer of the National Food and Drug Exchange, and of the Washington Wholesale Drug Exchange.
Colonel Robert Newton Harper (January 31, 1861 - September 23, 1940) was president of the District of Columbia Pharmaceutical Association and of the National Association of Druggists and Commissioner of Pharmacy of the District of Columbia. He was treasurer of the National Food and Drug Exchange, and of the Washington Wholesale Drug Exchange.
Biography
He was born on January 31, 1861, inLeesburg, Virginia
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He was chairman of the one hundred and sixty member Presidential Inaugural Committee
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for Woodrow Wilson
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in 1917. He appointed the first woman to an inaugural committee, Mrs. James S. Boggs. She was the former president of the Women's Wilson League.
He died at Georgetown University Hospital
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on September 23, 1940, in Washington, DC
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at age 79. He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harper, Robert Newton 1861 births 1940 deaths American pharmacists Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery