Feb. 17, 1906: Noted entrepreneur and pharmacist Sidney Barthwell born in Georgia

By Ken Coleman on February 17, 2014   On This Day  

On this day in 1906, Sidney Barthwell is born in Georgia. He will migrate to Detroit at age 14 and attend Cass Technical High School and Detroit Technological Institute (the forerunner of Wayne State’s College of Pharmacy), graduating with a degree in pharmacy. An ambitious entrepreneur, he will open Barthwell Drugs during the 1930s in the midst of the […]