Carl Melvin Collier was born in Fayetteville, Washington Country, Arkansas, on September 6, 1942.
Collier was a child when he began working in Collier Drug Store, started by his grandfather in 1917. After high school, he attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy in Little Rock. He graduated from UAMS in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy.
Collier then returned to work at Collier Drug Store in Fayetteville and took over ownership of the business in 1971. At the beginning of 2007, he passed the business to his son, Mel, but continued to work as a pharmacist.
Collier has been a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Fayetteville and active in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He received the Eagle Award from Washington Regional Foundation in 2010. Collier was inducted into the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor in 2012, and he was named the 2013 Pharmacist of the Year by the Arkansas Pharmacists Association.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Carl Collier and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Carl Colliers's mother, Isabelle Brown (Collier), 14 years old
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#3: Carl Collier's father, Morris Collier, behind the counter at Collier Drug Store
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#4: Collier's Drug Store on the Fayetteville Square, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#5: Camera equipment sold at Collier's Drug Store, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#6: Collier's Drug Store, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#7: Carl Collier (right) with his sister, Jane, in front of a photo of his farther, Morris, and aunt, Francis, ca. 1942
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#8: Carl Collier (2nd from right) with his brother, Morris H., mother, Isabelle, and sister, Jane, 1942
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#9: Carl Collier's sister, Jane
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#10: Carl Collier at 14 years old, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1955
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#11: Carl Collier's father, Morris G. Collier; someone has written below the image "Wanted - call FBI if seen in your vicinity."
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#12: Carl Collier in military uniform
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#13: Carl Collier's father, Morris G. Collier
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#14: Carl Collier's mother, Isabelle Collier
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#15: Carl Collier (center) on his wedding day with his brother Morris H. (left), and father, Morris G., 1965
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#16: Carl and Jan Collier on their wedding day, July 2, 1965
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#17: Carl and Jan Collier on their wedding day, July 2, 1965
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#18: Carl and Jan Collier on their wedding day with her parents (left), A. D. and Virginia McAllister, and his parents, Isabelle and Morris G. Collier, July 2, 1965
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#19: Carl and Jan Collier with their children, Mel and Meredith, November 1975
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#20: Carl Collier with his sheep, 1977
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#21: Jan Collier
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#22: Carl Collier (right) with his father, Morris G., and children, Mel and Meredith, ca. 1993
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#23: Carl and Jan Collier
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#24: Carl and Jan Coller with their son, Mel, and daughter, Meredith, at Meredith's wedding
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#25: Carl Collier with his daughter, Meredith, and granddaughter, Hailey
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#26: Carl Collier at Collier's Drug Store, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#27: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Carl M. Collier; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#28: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Carl M. Collier; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#29: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Carl M. Collier; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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