George H. Constantine, Jr.
President (1976-1977)
George Constantine started his academic career at San Jose State, obtained a B.S. in Pharmacy
and M.S. from Univ. Utah (1960; 1962), and completed his Ph.D. at Oregon State Univ. (OSU)
in 1966. During his academic career at OSU he became Associate Dean and advised several
graduate students and student groups. He has been an ASP member since
attending the Rhode Island meeting in 1964, has served on many
committees, and co-hosted the 1969 and 2005 ASP meetings at OSU. He
was active in the OSU Sea Grant program (1970-1976), did a sabbatical
with the Scheuer group at Univ. Hawaii (1973-1974), and attended the first
Gordon Marine Natural Products Conference in 1975. He was also active
in the “Teachers of Biological Sciences” section of American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Pharmacognosy and Natural Products
section of the American Pharmaceutical Association, but in 1980,
administrative opportunities took him away from natural products research. Currently he is
serving on the expert committee to the United States Pharmacopeia on botanical diet
supplements (2005-2010), and he has devoted time to civic activities where he was co-founder of
the Benton Hospice. In 2000, he became re-involved with natural products, writing a book with
Varro Tyler entitled Tyler’s Tips, the Shoppers Guide for Herbal Remedies. He continues to
make presentations to professional and public audiences on dietary supplements and new natural
medicines. (GHC)