Willard Ohliger, president and general manager of Frederick Stearns k Company, manufacturing pharmacists, was born in Wooster, Ohio, November 20, 1877, a son of Louis P. and Emma (McClure) Ohliger. In the acquirement of his education he attended the University of Wooster, alto the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, receiving his degree of P. D. in 1900. Beginning his career as a chemist, he entered the scientific department of Parke, Davis and Company of Detroit in 1000. In 1001 he became connected as experimental chemist with the house of Frederick Stearns and Company and soon afterward was advanced to superintendent of the plant. Subsequently ho became identified with the executive department of the corporation, becoming second vice president and later first vice president and general manager. In May, 1921, when Frederick Kimball Stearns resigned as president of Frederick Stearns ft Company to fill the newly created office of chairman of Its board of directors, Mr. Ohliger was chosen president to succeed Mr. Stearns. It is quite interesting to note that in the sixty-five years' existence of this noted institution the office of president has had only two incumbents previous to Mr. Ohliger—Frederick Stearns, its founder, and his ton, Frederick Kimball Stearns. Mr. Ohliger is also vice president of the Frederick Stearns & Company, of Canada, Limited, Windsor. In his present connection he is an executive of one of the most important enterprises of this kind in the United States, for Frederick Stearns ft Company has built up an extensive business that reaches not only to the confines of America but to many foreign lands as well. In fact wherever the drug trade is known the name of Stearns is a familiar one. Mr. Ohliger's comprehensive training as a chemist well qualified him for the work which he has undertaken, enabling him to render most valuable service to the corporation in the supervising of its chemical and manufacturing interests.

On the 11th of June, 1902, Mr. Ohliger was united in marriage to Miss Agatha Greer Hard of Wooster, Ohio, a daughter of Colonel C. V. Hard. Politically he maintains a nonpartisan attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He belongs to the Detroit Club, Country Club, Detroit Boat Club, Players Club, Meadowbrook Country Club, the Board of Commerce, the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity, and his religious faith Is indicated in his connection with the Episcopal church. During the World war he was chairman of the pharmaceutical section of the Council of National Defense and rendered very active and valuable aid in this connection. He is now the vice president of the American Drug Manufacturers Association, a national organization, and is one of the most prominent of the younger generation of manufacturers, ranking very high in his profession, in business circles and in the social life of Detroit.

The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908