University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
1821
Formerly “Philadelphia College of Pharmacy” and “Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science”
Academic hood lists published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1927, 1948, and 1972 described the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy as having a hood lined navy blue with a white chevron. In Academic Heraldry in America (1962), Kevin Sheard said the college’s hood lining was blue with a white chevron, a description repeated in a 1969 IBAC list.
Since this was a duplication of the hood lining pattern the Bureau had already assigned to Pennsylvania State University no later than 1905, these IBAC citations were probably nothing more than a record of the school colors of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy applied to a “generic” hood. This was apparently how the Bureau kept track of information for schools that had not applied for an official hood lining pattern.
Today the colors of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia are maroon and slate, so here the institution’s hood lining pattern has been updated accordingly.
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy originally used blue and white colors, and the shade of blue was dark, like a navy blue. Today the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia uses colors of maroon and slate, which is a dark shade of blue-gray. Detailed information about the evolution of the school colors of this institution is not yet known.
