Dr. Ernest Little graduated from the University of Rochester and Columbia University and did graduate work at the University of Graz in Austria, earning a B.S., M.A., M.S., and Ph.D., also receiving honorary degrees from Rutgers University, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Temple University.

He began teaching in 1911 and became a professor of chemistry, physics, and toxicology in 1918. In 1926 he was appointed acting Dean of the New Jersey College of Pharmacy. Following the incorporation of the college with Rutgers University in 1927, he continued to serve as Dean until 1946. During his tenure as Dean he was instrumental in the expansion and renovation of the college facilities, building up the faculty, starting a research program, and expanding the two-year pharmacy program to a four- year program in order to meet new requirements for accreditation.

Dr. Little served as President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 1934. The AACP appointed him to the Board of Directors of the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education during the years 1942-1948, where he held the office of Vice-President from 1946-1947. In addition, he held a top spot in the revision committee of the United States Pharmacopeia from 1930-1960. Dr. Little was elected President of the American Pharmaceutical Association in a nationwide mail poll of 15,000 Association members in 1948, and was chosen as the Remington Medalist in 1949.




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