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Bill Calvert provides the following about
the medal below: the words on it are "Medio Lanum".
Mediolanum is the Latin name for ancient Milan. The
image on the front is St. Ambrose, Governor of the
province including Milan, and later Bishop of Milan.
Both the image and the writing on the front of the
medal are taken from a coin called the Ambrosino, a
gold or silver coin, struck at Milan during the
first republic (1250-1310), which bears the figure
of St. Ambrose, patron saint of the city.
The images on either side of the Ambrose figure may represent bees buzzing over a hive. Bees are often included with St. Ambrose images, because of a legend that his father found his infant son's face covered with bees. This was taken as a sign of his future eloquence, or speaking with a "honeyed tongue." So maybe a sales award?
The other side of the medal, in Italian, reads:
"Upjohn manufacturers
of specialty
medicines since
1886".
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Supposedly the one below was for Project Mercury. Is that familiar to anyone? |
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The Enz award Dr. Walter Enz was born April 29, 1905. Alter receiving his B.S.
in Pharmacy from Purdue in 1927, his M.S. in Pharmaceutical
Chemistry from Florida in 1929, he pursued his Ph.D. in Physical
Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, which he was awarded in
1931. He joined the Upjohn Company July 5, 1932. He rose to the
position of Manager of Pharmacy Research prior to his retirement
on April 30, 1970. Dr. Enz was a leader of rare quality whose
influence is still felt by many scientists who worked under his
direction during his long tenure in research management at The
Upjohn Company. His special gift was in helping young
pharmaceutical scientists develop their full potential and in
providing this help in such a way that would build the
self-confidence and independence of the scientists. Dr. Enz liked to say that sound training in
basic physical science and mathematics made the best preparation
for the practice of pharmaceutical sciences in an industrial
setting. Dr. Enz said, "I'm interested in developing products
but I'm also interested in developing people." Today his
"graduates," people he hired and developed are found in every
part of Pharmacia. More importantly, those "graduates" who have
left his organization have distinguished themselves in other
companies. A very large number of Dr. Enz' graduates have become
influential professors in the most prestigious colleges of
pharmacy here and abroad. Dr. Enz is gone now but his memory lives on in
those who were privileged to know him. He exerts an influence
today in pharmaceutics whenever one of his "graduates" talks to
students about the importance of basic training in physical
sciences and mathematics. Dr. Enz also influenced pharmaceutics
in a lasting way by showing that not only must basic knowledge
be applied in the industrial pharmaceutical laboratory, but that
basic knowledge should also be generated in this setting. Dr.
Enz thought in terms of service to others; his life is a
reminder that this belief can lead to lasting accomplishments.
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