James C. King

James C. King (Gamma Rho)

Grand Regent: 1968-1969

James C. King was born in Petaluma, California on January 18, 1932. He attended Petaluma High School and received his B.S. degree in pharmacy from the University of New Mexico in 1953. After two years of active commissioned service with the United States Air Force in Europe and a year in community pharmacy, he entered the University of Texas Graduate School. In June 1958, he received his M.S. in pharmacy and in 1962 his Ph.D., both from the University of Texas. During his graduate career, he served as teaching assistant, lecturer, and special instructor at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy.

 From 1957 to 1959, he was an Armor Research Fellow and from 1959 to 1962 a Fellow of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. In the fall of 1962, Brother King joined the faculty of the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy, where he served as an associate professor of pharmacy. Dr. King was initiated into the Gamma Rho Chapter of Kappa Psi in 1951, was a member of the Texas Graduate Chapter, and served as Grand Council Deputy of Gamma Nu Chapter from 1962 to 1967. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Pacific Graduate Chapter. From 1965 to 1967, Brother King served as Third Grand Vice Regent of Kappa Psi, and in 1967 was elected to the post of First Grand Vice Regent. In February 1968, he was elected to the office of Grand Regent. Brother King was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the Northern California Society of Hospital Pharmacists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, and Delta Sigma Phi. He resided with his wife, Patricia, and daughters, Dianne and Elizabeth, in Stockton, California