Services were held Aug. 23 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Tonawanda, for Howard G. Carpenter, 88, a charter member of the Pharmacy Hall of Fame at UB and "Mr. Pharmacy" of 1986. Carpenter, head pharmacist at Herzog's Drugstore at Main Street and Northrup Place for four decades, died Aug. 20 at his home in Kenmore after a brief illness.

A 1932 graduate of the UB School of Pharmacy, Carpenter was a past president of the UB Pharmacy Alumni Association. He received a plaque of "affection and esteem" from the alumni group in 1983 and in 1986, was one of the first four to be inducted into the Pharmacy Hall of Fame.

Later the same year he was named Mr. Pharmacy and in 1971, he received the alumni group's Gregory Memorial Award for service to the profession. The many honors came from his service to "all local pharmacy groups, past and present," the association newsletter noted last year.

Carpenter was active in the Pharmacy School's Spring Clinic and annual welcome back roast for students and the Pharmacy Museum Participating Fund for research. He also was active in the UB Community Advisory Council.