D. E. Prall a former president of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association and for many years a leading pharmacist of the State at Saginaw died at Santa Ana Cal on April 2 He went to California a little over a year ago and made investments being at the time of his death treasurer of the Santa Ana Wholesale Grocery Co and president of the White Cross Drug Co of Santa Ana He was born at Pontiac Mich in 1853 and early in life removed with his parents to East Saginaw In 1876 he entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and graduated two years later as valedictorian of his class and also winning the prize of that year for excellence in pharmaceutical manipulation He immediately entered the store of the late S B Garrigues in Philadelphia who was famous at that time as D E PRALL the oldest pharmacist in the United States remaining about a year when he entered the store of the late E H Sargent of Chicago In 1880 he returned to Saginaw and founded the firm of D E Prall & Co one of the largest retail drug concerns in the State and which he continued to manage until 1909 He was very successful in business and was connected with a number of commercial projects He is survived by his widow his son David and three daughters