Adelaide Van Titus became the first woman in the nation to lead a pharmacy school after serving more than two years as interim dean following the retirement of Dean Joseph McEvilla.

Before coming to Temple, Titus was associate dean of Cumberland County Community College in Vineland, NJ. Dr. Titus earned her BA and MA in education from Trenton State College and received her doctorate in educational administration from Temple's College of Education.

She was known as an excellent administrator who began the development of the curriculum in clinical pharmacy, unified faculty and strengthened ties with the pharmaceutical industry and with Temple University Hospital and the School of Medicine.

Dr. Titus left the School of Pharmacy to become the president of Cazenovia College in New York in 1990.