City: Nashville
RUDDIMAN, Edsel A., Professor of Pharmacy; born Dearborn, Michigan, December 27, 1864; Scotch descent; son of William and Catharine (Noble) RUDDIMAN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents William and Barbara (Leslie) RUDDIMAN, maternal grandparents James and Margaret (Ross) NOBLE; educated Detroit High School and University of Michigan; graduated at University of Michigan 1886 and 1887 as Pharmaceutical Chemist and Master of Pharmacy; Vanderbilt University, M. D., 1893; began his early business career as chemist in charge of laboratory of Williamson, Ingram & Griggs, holding this position for three years; married Jennie E. PERRY, July 29, 1889; Professor of Pharmacy and Materia Medica in Department of Pharmacy Vanderbilt University since 1890; Chemist to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy since 1897; United States Food and Drug Inspection Chemist since 1907; author “Incompatibilities in Prescriptions,” “Whys in Pharmacy,” “Manual of Materia Medica;” is a Scottish Rite Mason and member Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
