Daniel Family

The Daniel Family Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship was established in 2014 by Burl B. Daniel III and David Daniel in memory of thier father Burl Baker Daniel, Sr. and brother Burl B. Daniel, Jr. Burl Sr. founded Daniel Drug in 1932 on West 7th Street in Forth Worth, where it still operates today.

The world of pharmacy was quite different back then. The Fort Worth pharmacist, Burl Sr., who graduated from Danforth School of Pharmacy in 1925, ground foxglove plant by mortar and pestle to extract cardiac glycoside digitalis prescribed to combat congestive heart failure.

After Burl Sr. died in 1969, his pharmacist son Burl Daniel Jr. ran the drugstore until 1993. A true family business for 61 years, his grandson, Burl Daniel III, recalls stocking shelves, working on the soda fountain, delivering prescriptions, and later helping Burl Jr. at the counter.

Though today chain drugstores seem to sit on every street corner, Daniel Drug still serves customers on 7th Street in the shadow of UNT Health Science Center. And by supporting the HSC College of Pharmacy, the Daniel family continues to impact the field of pharmacy.