ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

SCRIPTVOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Winter 2009

It is no surprise to anyone that the recent economic downturn Editor Sheila Haar Siegel FEATURES has hit nearly every business sector in our economy. Private colleges and universities have been particularly hard hit because Designer Colleen Krutewicz The Doctor is In their endowments have often lost a quarter or more of their Contributing Writers value. St. Louis College of Pharmacy is no exception; our Bryan Daniels There’s only one pharmacy in Scotland County, Missouri: the one run Marc Long by Matt McKee ’04. As a rural pharmacist, he has to be a social worker, Iendowment has lost nearly 24 percent since June 30, 2008. Connie Mitchell 6 lawyer, and community activist — all while building a notable career. However, I believe that successfully navigating these tough Proofreader conditions and, at the same time, securing the College’s future Nancy Busch sheila haar siegel independence will create many opportunities for long-term Class Notes growth. Sandy Doyle

For instance, the College has longed to expand its five-acre President, Alumni Association Student Profile: Joel Henneberry campus, and this summer STLCOP will acquire approximately Tom Meyer ’71 During high school, Joel Henneberry traveled every year from his home- 1.2 acres of land to plan future expansion of facilities (see Chairman, Board of Trustees 10 town of Decatur, Illinois, to hear the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra News Briefs, pg. 3). And though the markets have declined, Ronald T. Hofmeister perform. Now, in his third year at STLCOP, he sits on the same stage as donor-funded scholarships for STLCOP students are on the President Thomas F. Patton, Ph.D. his classical mentors in the symphony’s Youth Orchestra. upswing, with this year’s 198 awards totaling $331,940 — aan Vice President for Marketing increase of more than nine percent from last year. and Communications sheila haar siegel Everywhere there are signs that, while these are leaner times Marc Long for institutions that are relying heavily on endowments, the Vice President for Advancement Brett T. Schott wisdom of the College’s endowment management strategy Pharmacy in the Forest

remains clear. Not only does our endowment build principal Script magazine is a joint effort Getting back to nature might be our best shot at finding new treatments value to sustain funds despite tough economic times, but the of the College and the Alumni 12 and cures. In the field and in the lab, pharmacists, researchers, and the Association, published three times a money available to spend from the return on its investments year for alumni, students, and friends pharmaceutical industry are taking varied approaches to unlocking the of the College. Questions or comments traditionally has been used only for facilities growth and may be addressed to Sheila Haar hidden power of plants. Siegel at [email protected]. restricted scholarship funds, not general operations. connie mitchell When the going gets tough, the best get better, and I am SUBSCRIPTIONS confident that St. Louis College of Pharmacy is in a very Through your relationship with St. Louis College of Pharmacy, you competitive position. Your college attracts the very best are a subscriber to Script magazine. St. Louis College of Pharmacy President Generation Rx students, faculty, and staff. As long as we continue to do that, Thomas F. Patton, Ph.D. ADDRESS CHANGES OR No longer experimenting with just alcohol or marijuana, young people STLCOP will remain strong and be able to grow and prosper TO UNSUBSCRIBE Office of Advancement, 314.446.8399 16 are now turning to prescription drugs to get high or to improve academic even more quickly than most when the economy rebounds. or [email protected] performance without understanding the risks.

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Currently, Marjanovic Taking Medication Safety to the Community is working on a research project in collaboration In an effort to educate around the house. As with WUSM on the effects both future pharmacists a result, both children of inositol polyphosphate and the community on and adults are gaining 4-phosphatase on platelet medication safety, the a better understanding activation, hemostasis, College has created a new of what pharmacists do and thrombosis. introductory practice in retail, clinical, and Dr. Elizabeth Rattine- experience (IPE) option. As research settings. Flaherty is assistant part of a clinical prevention Last semester, Assistant professor of health com- and population health Director of Experiential munications at the College. course, the IPE allows Programs Amy Tiemeier Rattine-Flaherty received fourth-year students to share ’01/’02 collaborated on her Ph.D. in health commu- important safety tips with the project with Debbie nication studies from Ohio children and adults at the Wutdke, life sciences

New faculty members, from left: Chaya Gopalan, Jasna Marjanovic, Elizabeth Rattine-Flaherty, Brenda Gardenour University in Athens, Ohio. St. Louis Science Center. gallery leader at the Science At STLCOP, she is responsi- Every Monday during Center, who agreed that the New Faces, New Perspectives anesthetic, which resulted ble for teaching professional the school year, STLCOP partnership made a lot of in several publications. communications, a required students spend two hours sense for both organizations. Dr. Brenda Gardenour, Hagiography of the Latin Currently, she is conduct- course for all students. at the center explaining Fourth-year student Keith Nagy helps a young St. Louis Science Center visitor “With this partnership, make a bottle of calamine lotion to take home. assistant professor of history, West, which is scheduled for ing independent research on Rattine-Flaherty’s the benefits and possible everyone benefits,” says teaches cultural heritage publication with University inositols and their insulin- interests include health dangers of medications to associated with the body parents and grandparents Wutdke. “Our visitors get courses and an elective on of Notre Dame Press. like effects in the body in and social change within young visitors. Student- and medicine. Visitors on various side effects to find out what pharmacy the history of pharmacy Dr. Chaya Gopalan collaboration with WUSM. traditionally marginalized pharmacists teach kids can even practice using and remind them of the is all about with great and medicine. Gardenour is associate professor of She will present a poster on communities, and how to not consume an object a mortar and pestle with importance of properly activities and interactions, also is currently leading a physiology at the College. her findings at the Experi- dialogue and small group that looks like candy the students and make a storing medicine, how and the student-pharmacists research seminar on the Gopalan graduated with a mental Biology Conference discussion are part of pro- because, in fact, it could be small bottle of calamine to correctly dispose of get a chance to share their College’s collection of phar- Ph.D. in physiology from in New Orleans in April. moting better health within medicine. They also talk lotion to take home. medicines, and how to keep passion with an interested macy artifacts on campus, the University of Glasgow Dr. Jasna Marjanovic those communities. She also about scientific processes Students also educate kids safe with medicines audience.” and is co-advisor for the in Scotland and did her is assistant professor of has traveled extensively in STLCOP Outdoor Club. postdoctoral training at the pharmacology. Marjanovic Peru, the Philippines, and Gardenour holds a Ph.D. Medical Research Council earned a Ph.D. in pharma- Israel to research the use of Property Swap Paves Way for Expansion in medieval history from in Edinburgh, Scotland, cology from the Univer- photography, theater, and Boston University. Her and Michigan State Univer- sity of Illinois at Chicago, sketching combined with With an eye toward future Whelpley Hall (along both to Washington University. to sell to BJC Health System most recent research focuses sity. For the past 13 years, where she did research on narrative in gaining an building opportunities, sides of Parkview Place “I am excited that we a property it acquired last on the use of medicine as she had been teaching at the molecular pharmacol- understanding of individuals St. Louis College of Pharmacy at Taylor Avenue). were able to work with year at 4333 W. Clayton a language of authority in Maryville University and ogy of platelet activation. and communities. She has plans to acquire approximately In return, the College our neighbors to secure Avenue. For the time religious texts in the 13th St. Louis Community College. She comes to the College co-authored several articles 1.2 acres of land adjacent will transfer ownership of this important expansion being, the College will and 14th centuries. To col- Gopalan has been awarded from WUSM, where she and chapters, including a to campus. the Rabe Hall property to opportunity for the retain parking rights on lect data for the project, she numerous grants and has did postdoctoral training in chapter in Intercultural and Under the terms of a land Washington University. College,” says President the property’s lot, which spent a year as a Fulbright published several scholarly the Division of Hematology Business Communication swap agreement between the After all current student Thomas Patton. “This is located across the street Scholar in Madrid, Spain, and professional articles. and focused her research entitled, “Can communica- College and Washington leases have expired at will allow us to plan in from the planned site of researching medieval manu- She has collaborated with on inositol signaling. She tion be socially responsible University, STLCOP the end of the 2008-09 order to meet current and the new St. Louis Shriners scripts in archives. The results Washington University has been awarded both and commercially viable? will gain ownership of school year, the College will future needs on land that Hospital for Children. of her research are outlined School of Medicine predoctoral and postdoc- An assessment of Sa Pag- two separate parking dismantle Rabe Hall. Once is directly connected to the in her book, Medicine and (WUSM) to research the toral fellowships from the sikat ng Araw, an enter- lots, located to the east of demolition is complete and College’s current property.” Miracle: the Reception of effects of tribromoethanol and American Heart Association tainment-education radio the College’s Cartwright the site is cleared, ownership At the same time, St. Louis Theory-Rich Medicine in the medetomidine as a rodent for her research projects. series in the Philippines.” Student Center and east of of the lot will be transferred College of Pharmacy plans ColleenKrutewicz. Facing page, David Mount

2 WINTER 2009 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 3 On Campus BY THE NUMBERS Where did All the Mortars and Pestles Come From?

legant carvings peek from beneath their softly worn patinas. Some have sleek, Ecold rims that simply beg to have fingers slid across them. A few scream their importance with their sheer size and heft.

Mortars and pestles, traditionally used to grind and mix ingredients to prepare prescriptions, can be made of many different materials including iron, brass, bronze, porcelain, ceramic, glass, marble, wood, and stone. These tools of the apothecary have long been associated with the practice of pharmacy and have become the iconic symbol of the profession. 1 After combing the O.J. Cloughy Alumni Library — an archive of desks, tobacco 9 jars, show globes, and ever-present students peering over laptops — we discov- ered that the College has quite a collection of mortars and pestles, spanning centuries of use.

1 Max Warsaw Most and pestles at STLCOP and the United States. 2 of the College’s collec- are modern vessels but This early American 6 tion was donated by many date from the 15th (18th century) mortar Max Warsaw, a 1926 to 19th centuries, like and pestle is one of the graduate of the Univer- this 1645 Dutch bronze few pieces made of iron. sity of Illinois College of piece. Pharmacy. Warsaw was 8 African Art Made en- 8 a collector of pharma- 5 Stone-Aged This tirely of wood, this finely ceutical antiques who primitive Native Ameri- carved Moroccan mortar lived in Chicago and can mortar and pestle is dates from the 16th cen- 10 placed the mortars and stunning in its simple, tury and was appraised pestles on loan with the and highly functional, at $750 in 1969. College in 1965 with design. 4 “some assurance that 9 Definitely Not Third Place Mr. Warsaw may even- 6 High Praise The Two of the bronze tually present some or collection of mortars mortars and pestles all of these items to the and pestles from War- on campus, from 15th College as a gift.” saw was appraised in century Spain and Italy 1967-69 at $43,350. He (not pictured here), were 3 2 By The Numbers also donated Dutch appraised at $15,000 5 Altogether, 113 items Delft drug and tobacco and $10,000 in the mid- (mortars, pestles, bell jars and show globes, 1990s. 7 jars, tobacco jars, show for a total donation of 9 globes) were donated $65,325. At that time, 10 Bronze Metal After by Warsaw from 1966 to most of the individual trying to lift this magnif- 1969. mortars and pestles icent — and extremely ranged in value from $5 heavy — Dutch mortar 3 The Reveal The War- to $4,000. and pestle, dated 1718, saw collection was first there is no doubt that it displayed in the Col- 7 World Heritage is built of bronze. lege’s re-creation of an STLCOP’s collection “Old Tyme Apothecary consists of pieces Shop.” from around the world, Teri-Ann Wallace, reference including the Netherlands, librarian/archives, contributed to this article. 4 From Eternity to Here Africa, Poland, Spain, Some of the mortars France, England, Italy, Jennifer Silverberg Jennifer

SCRIPT MAGAZINE 5 Alumni Profile Alumni Profile

THE DOCTOR IS IN BY SHEILA HAAR SIEGEL

On Monday afternoon, pharmacist Matt of his much-loved community and save the local health care McKee ’04 takes time to eat about half of the country-fried system thousands of dollars. steak special he ordered — which came highly recommended “A good day for me is a day when I’m able to do my job as from the cook — at the Gingerbread House on Clay Street. a pharmacist and not worry about all of the other stuff, the Between bites, he greets neighbors and customers and chats business and Medicare D side of things,” McKee says, as he with one of them at the next table about stopping by the hangs up his coat in a back office lined with soaring book- pharmacy later to pick up something after hours. cases of binders, forms, and trails of paperwork. When he walks up to Scotland County Pharmacy a McKee, dubbed by some around Memphis, Mo., as “doc,” half an hour later, McKee calls out to a patient as he’s began working as a pharmacist and the store manager at MaTT McKEE ’04 sliding out of his parked truck on the town square. Scotland County Pharmacy in 2004, after he graduated Scotland County Pharmacy “Did you sign up for your new Medicare D plan yet?” from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. His dad, Neill, had Memphis, Missouri McKee asks, his voice already owned Clark County Pharmacy in Kahoka, Mo., caring, but stern. since 1987, and he opened Scotland County Pharmacy in constantly and, sometimes, makes house calls to drop off a to cover hours, days off, and holidays and vacations. “No, not yet,” Memphis during Matt’s last year of pharmacy school. prescription for a patient on the way home. He’s also still a “I’ll be honest,” he says, “It’s a very scary situation as the sluggish, heavy- Scotland County Pharmacy is the only pharmacy in the reserve deputy for the local sheriff’s department, sits on the the pharmacist for the hospital because you have to rely set man says. county. In fact, it’s one of only three pharmacies in the top school board, and is a husband and father of five. wholly on nursing staff. But the hospital’s been good to “Well, we need five northeastern counties of Missouri. Up until last year, the “I’ve always been that way,” McKee says. “I’ve always me, and I think we’re good to them. When you’ve got to figure that out pharmacy in nearby Lewistown was in a gas station. “The been very busy. And I love this community. Larry, the somebody in the ER and they need something, I’ll run as soon as possible. pharmacist there drives 80 miles from Pittsfield, Ill., to work guy who was the pharmacy director at the hospital for 15 up and take care of it because that’s what we do here.” There’s going to be every day,” says McKee, hinting at the looming pharmacist years before me, just called me and asked if I’d do it.” The people of Memphis simply know McKee as the some changes coming shortage in his hometown and one of the reasons he chose to That’s pretty much how it’s gone since then — McKee town pharmacist. A few days ago, McKee attended the up at the end of this pursue pharmacy. continually picking up responsibilities, and just doing them. school play. Afterward, a patient came up to him and month, so let’s get you McKee’s interest in attending pharmacy school was trig- He usually goes out to the hospital four or five times a week asked if they could run up to the pharmacy and fill their squared away today.” gered by witnessing a fatal car accident involving three and sends out medications every day to the hospital. The rest prescriptions. So he did. McKee opened up the phar- It’s a problem children, when he was a Missouri state highway patrol officer. of the time, the hospital staff faxes orders to McKee, and he macy, prepared the patient’s medications, printed off McKee finds repeat- Around the same time, Matt’s dad — who was intensely electronically logs on at Scotland County Pharmacy to do a label, and told the patient they’d ‘settle up later.’ edly as he consults aware of the shrinking number of pharmacists in their rural med checks. He stops by the hospital to stock medications, “This is what I love about rural pharmacy,” McKee says, with folks at his dad’s area — asked him if he would consider going back to school but still has work to do when he gets home, checking more leaning through the office’s large, pass-through window pharmacy, seeing pa- to become a pharmacist. McKee snapped up his dad’s offer charts and medications. to accept a plate of homemade cookies brought in by a tients who are mostly and enrolled at STLCOP. “I can’t remember a Sunday when I’ve not been up here loyal customer. “I don’t get paid in chickens, but we’ve poor and older. Over From time to time in his office, McKee stops to take a at the pharmacy two, three, or four times a day,” McKee got a lot of store accounts that we really don’t charge in- the last 12 months, changes to individual Medicare D and phone call from the town hospital. This last one is urgent, admits. “We provide the hospital access to all of our full terest on, and we get a lot of ‘hold check’ requests. I’ll Medicaid plans have put an increasing strain on the 30 to 40 asking for the drug Terbutaline to stop a pregnant woman stock, and that allows them to keeps costs down. The bet’cha if we walk up front, there are probably some percent of people in the county who receive benefits from the from going into premature labor. As the acting director of hospital can’t afford to have a full-time pharmacist because checks that say ‘hold until this day’ taped up on the coun- programs. Making those changes has been tough on McKee, pharmacy for the 25-bed Scotland County Hospital, McKee’s as soon as you get a full-time pharmacist, you’d have to ter right now. We do a lot of conveniences for people, too, as he struggles to keep up with the challenges of running patients span the region since there’s no hospital in neigh- hire two. And when you look at how long they’re open, but the most important thing I’ve learned in pharmacy an independent pharmacy while trying to protect the health boring Schuyler or Clark County. He takes calls at home you’d have to hire three because someone would have is compassion. And when you give it, you get it.” TimothyBarcus

6 WINTER 2009 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 7 When do most people try to feelings of pleasure. Most people tell me What about patients who quit smoking and using tobacco? that they feel more alert and energized aren’t physically dependent A lot of people like to quit during the yet also less anxious and calm after a on nicotine? If they’re not physically STORY BY BRYAN DANIELS holidays because they want to prove to cigarette. The brain will crave more addicted, it could be that they have a their families they can; many people nicotine to continue to produce these psychological addiction — a habit make it their New Year’s resolution. effects in smokers because of its actions embedded into their daily routine. I Do You Another popular time is the third on the dopamine reward pathway. That’s usually ask those patients to keep a Thursday in November — the American what leads to repeated use. log or journal of each time they smoke Cancer Society’s Great American throughout the day. They write down Have Any Smokeout. The event challenges people Where do you start with a the time they smoked, how many to stop using tobacco for a day, giving patient who wants to quit? I ask cigarettes they smoked, and why they them the motivation they need to quit questions from the Fagerstrom question- needed that cigarette(s). It makes them Questions for good. naire; it’s a validated tool I use to figure think about when they’re smoking and out a patient’s dependency on nicotine. why. For those with strong psychological for the What is the biggest motivating Based on how people respond, I tally addition, I like to use Bupropion, an factor for someone wanting to a score. Then, based on this number, I anti-depressant drug that has been quit? Number one for my patients is can tell how physically dependent on shown to help patients quit smoking. It Pharmacist? probably their health. They have seen nicotine they are. The more depen- works on norepinephrine and dopamine their physician for a health-related dent someone is physically, the higher in the brain. condition and they might not be the likelihood of physical withdrawal breathing as well as in the past, or symptoms. For those patients, I gener- What about people who don’t noticed a shortness of breath, maybe ally recommend nicotine replacement think they can quit? You have AT THE SOUTH COUNTY Health Center, the majority some chest pain, or they can’t walk as products, things like patches and gum to be really encouraging. I usually tell far as they used to. After health, the to help lessen symptoms of withdrawal. them up front that most people don’t of Sue Bollmeier’s time is spent helping people quit other motivating factor is their kids or quit the first time they try. I’ve been at unhealthy habits — smoking and using tobacco. grandkids. As far as men and women, Then what? It depends on what the the county (department of health) for from what I see, men want to quit for patient wants to do. If they use a par- more than seven years, and I’ve helped their health. Women want to quit for ticular agent, I look at how long they’re the same people several times. The aver- ollmeier ’99/’00, associate professor of their families. supposed to use that agent. For example, age quitter stops five times before they Pharmacy Practice at St. Louis College of most patients will use the nicotine patch finally succeed, and that’s something B Do people really understand for about eight weeks. Each patient is important to tell them up front to try to Pharmacy, has specialized in smoking cessation the health risks associated different and requires different lengths decrease frustration. with smoking and tobacco of counseling and treatment. If they use for nearly 10 years. When patients see their use? I think the older patients, like Zyban, it’s usually a three-month process. What’s your reward for a job physician, they’re screened for tobacco use, and those who have been smoking for a well done? For me, it’s fantastic just while, do realize the health ramifications What are some of the cessa- to realize my time and effort has helped if they use tobacco — smoking or otherwise — but not usually until they’ve had a health tion aids you’ve had success them succeed in quitting. They feel they’re asked if they’re willing to quit. If they scare. I think the younger smokers, like with? The most common at the better, breathe better, and can do more. teens and young women, probably don’t department of health is the nicotine They’ve been empowered to take control want assistance, they’re referred to Bollmeier. realize what they’re doing to their bodies. patch, and we also have nicotine gum. of their own health. It’s a good feeling. They think they’re invincible. A lot of We use generic Zyban or Bupropion. She counsels as many as four patients a week women smoke to maintain weight or A couple of my patients have used About 25 percent of those who and sees most patients for two or three months. to lose weight. I don’t think they fully Chantix, but it’s not on the formulary. participate in Bollmeier’s smoking understand the risks. It’s something the patient has to pay for cessation program actually quit using up front. The nice thing about Chantix tobacco, which is consistent with Why is the stuff so addictive? is that from a monthly cost perspective, the national average. The American Inhaled nicotine from cigarettes can it’s priced approximately the same as a Heart Association estimates that 46 actually reach the brain within seconds, pack of cigarettes per day. million people use tobacco, which causing pleasurable feelings. We quickly is considered the most common learn to associate smoking with those preventable cause of death. ColleenKrutewicz

8 WINTER 2009 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 9 Student Profile Student Profile JOEL HENNEBERRY The third-year student’s music career began when he was 9 years old, in his elementary school band, spurting out first notes along with a handful of other classmates. His mom played the clarinet, so his passion for music had been ignited by then. When Henneberry decided to pick an instrument for himself, it was between the clarinet and the drums. He chose the clarinet, and more than a decade later, the dean’s list student has been selected to one of only four clarinet seats in the prestigious Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. By Sheila Haar Siegel

Why do I love music? I don’t know; I’ve just always liked it. I’ve always enjoyed the clarinet, enjoyed listening to music, and it’s in my family a bit. As far as the kind of music, orchestra was my favorite by the time I was in high school, when I played in the Decatur (Illinois) Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Two things I don’t like. Auditions are kind of nerve-wracking, and scales can be tedious. I don’t feel like scales are all that important, but you have to play them, and you have to audition with them.

At first, meeting and playing orchestra standards was hard. We play Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Copland — the prominent composers. I was familiar with a few of the pieces, but I think we played adaptations of them in Decatur. Now, it’s definitely the real thing, and it’s pretty hard. The clarinet part on Copland’s piece, “Appalachian Spring,” has some difficult fingering and difficult runs, where you have to play really fast.

I should practice more, but I’m a pharmacy student. We have rehearsals every Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the school year, and we perform three concerts a season in Powell Symphony Hall. I probably should spend more time practicing music, but I just try to get by with rehearsing on Saturdays. Honestly, I don’t practice very much because school takes almost all of my time. It’s a nice break to have music.

Being musical has helped me learn pharmacy. I think if you’re musically inclined, you have a better ability to learn another language. All of the words that we’re learning in these difficult pharmacy classes, they’re like a new vocabulary. Sometimes, I don’t have as much trouble remembering some of the words because maybe I think of them differently, more of what they sound like. I think that’s helped me.

I plan to practice pharmacy and music after graduation. I want to do something clinical in hospital pharmacy or even acute care…as close as I can get to actually working with patients. Back home in Decatur, we have a municipal band, and it’s a paid gig. I do it during the summers now, playing concerts every week in downtown Decatur. There

are a lot of people who have played before, maybe they played in college, or maybe they just kept The Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra has 95-100 playing for themselves. I want to continue doing that; it’s a lot of fun. members, ranging in age from 12 to 22. There has been a long list of schools represented, about three dozen currently, in the 38-year-old program. Now, that list has St. Louis College of Pharmacy on it. Jennifer Silverberg Jennifer

10 WINTER 2009 says. Bussmann notes that traditional cultures in third-world countries are Pharmacy in surprisingly sophisticated in their use “We’ve been of plant-based remedies. “It’s almost working on natural like modern Western medicine,” products discovery he explains. “These healers use very for more than 20 sophisticated recipes and exact years, and we’ve quantities in their preparations.” the Forest Bussmann’s work also takes into barely scratched account the market for medicinal the surface. We BY CONNIE MITCHELL plants. Besides identifying the plants still have a lot to themselves and their sources, he docu- Using flowers learn from plants.” ments how these plants are distributed once growing on a and the scope of markets for various Beale predicts that substances. Some remain local, being forest floor, or bark many new plant-based sold as remedies in small village cut from trees to prescription drugs will markets, while other plant sources treat disease. The debut in the next few years. are harvested and sold to a broader plants and cures “This is a major area of phar- population, often on the Internet. continue to grow. maceutical research and busi- “We also look at how these plant- ness,” he says. “For instance, based remedies are used in combina- China has developed a big industry tion with Western medical treatments,” o a large degree, in drug development from plants, Bussmann points out. Some patients medicine’s roots and there’s a lot of development opt to use traditional treatments in can be found in, well, in other parts of the world.” conjunction with high-tech medical Troots. Also in leaves, stems, flowers, care. Others rely solely on traditional and a variety of other plant parts and Rooted in Research healers to provide cures, often because substances from some of the world’s most remote locations. Working with traditional healers they lack the resources needed to The history of pharmaceuticals is tied firmly to the world’s flora, a in South America and Africa, Dr. obtain and afford Western medicine. certainty that is deeply infused into the fiber of STLCOP graduates who Rainer Bussmann, director of the After documenting the cultural, were the fortunate absorbers of the late Dr. Mercer’s illustrious ‘weeds William L. Brown Center for Plant geographic, and historical contexts and seeds’ (pharmacognosy) course in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Genetic Resources and William L. surrounding the use of a traditional From penicillin to digitalis, a plethora of plant-based pharmaceuticals Brown Curator of Economic Botany plant-based remedy, Bussmann moves remain among the most-often prescribed drugs. And the increased popularity at the Missouri Botanical Garden, to the next level, in which he and his of herbal supplements has continued to increase demand for many types of has spent years exploring tribal and colleagues verify the efficacy of the plants. Experts estimate that nearly 25 percent of all over-the-counter and traditional uses of healing plants. plants used, especially looking for prescription drugs in the United States can trace their origin to plants found in “Our starting point is always to ex- evidence of antibacterial properties. nature. In markets outside America, that number reaches as high as 50 percent. amine what plants a particular culture “We can test to see if a specific mixture Dr. John Beale, associate professor of medicinal chemistry at St. Louis College uses, how and where these plants are is effective,” he says. However, this of Pharmacy, notes that “a lot of the front-line drugs being used, especially for collected, how the specific remedies process is complicated by the huge cancer treatment, come from plants. And because so many drugs are still plant- are prepared, and how often and array of plants combined in various derived, there continues to be a big push to find new plants for new drugs.” how much is used for treatment,” he ways to create traditional treatments. For instance, northern Peru, one change has decreased the supply Digging for the Real Thing are shared with academia, may contain a variety of established in 1999 to document what traditional of Bussmann’s research areas where of some plants that grow in high Wendy Applequist is an assistant government, pharmaceutical active ingredients. Identify- identify compounds that cultures use and identify it a large proportion of the population altitudes. The resulting rarity curator at the center who works on and agrochemical indus- ing a single molecule that may potentially provide new properly,” Bussmann offers relies on traditional medicine, produces leads some collectors to replace the the authentication, taxonomy, con- tries, and local communities holds the key to the plant’s and alternative treatments up. “We learn about the more than 500 species of medicinal original species with a look-alike or servation, and chemical variability of to collaborate research, efficacy is complex and for acute bacterial infections ecology of each species so plants. Many have been incorporated related plant. These substitutions medicinal plants. Her work focuses on development, and com- may be unrealistic. For this and chronic infections that the plants that are into the general pharmacopeia during are often useless or even toxic. plants from North and South America, mercialization of potentially reason, Applequist believes involving bacterial biofilms. useful can be collected in the last two centuries, but “the healers “A lot of the plant material that is as well as Madagascar and Vietnam. useful natural products. it is crucial that researchers “Plants have continually a long-term, sustainable there are always adding remedies or sold in larger markets in Lima or to Making sure plant materials for bio- Once authenticated, the begin working with mul- inspired drugs throughout way; document mixture trying new ones,” Bussmann explains. Americans online aren’t what they medical research are properly sourced plants can be used for tiple plant compounds. history, and data suggest preparations, and test those In this mountainous region of claim to be,” suggests Bussmann. and identified, Applequist’s studies specific pharmaceutical Bussmann agrees, noting that plants will also inspire mixtures in modern assays. South America’s western coast, most For this reason, he and his relate directly to the discovery of new research projects. that the last marketable drugs of the future,” says Then, we compare the medicinal plants are collected in the colleagues at the Brown Center drugs using plants or plant extracts. For example, a partner- single-compound drug was Gary Eldridge, Sequoia efficacy of plant mixtures wild. Increased demand in recent years work to authenticate plant sources. Applequist’s laboratory findings ship among Vietnam’s Taxol. “Most of the treat- Sciences president and chief to the efficacy of individual has caused over-harvesting, while climate and authentication of plant sources Institute for Ecology and ments used by traditional executive officer. A former components in order to find Biological Resources, healers are under the radar analytical chemist for the most effective prepara- University of Mississippi’s because the Western Ligand Pharmaceuticals and tions and standardize them; National Center for Natural approach has been to isolate Amylin Pharmaceuticals, source ingredients from According to Gary Eldridge, president and chief executive officer of Sequoia Sciences, here is a Products Research, and single compounds instead Eldridge manages Sequoia’s areas with plants that have sampling of some of the most promising plant-based drugs in development or available today: Missouri Botanical Garden of examining the use of research and development the highest efficacy levels; plant scientists recently complex mixtures. Only activities and forges collab- produce and test mixtures SPIRIVA AND COMBIVENT: contain chemical AVE-8062: a plant-inspired compound for took Applequist to Bach traditional Chinese orative research agreements from different regions to compounds derived from a plant compound, the treatment of cancer. AVE-8062 is based Ma National Park near medicine and ayurvedic with academia, business, see which area produces the scopolamine, isolated from Datura spp, a on a compound isolated from Combretum Hue, located in central medicines have taken and organizations like the most efficacious plants; and potentially toxic plant commonly known as angel’s caffrum, the Eastern Cape South African Bushwillow Vietnam, where she estab- the approach of using Missouri Botanical Garden. come up with mixtures that trumpet. These drugs bring in approximately $1.8 tree. (Sanofi-aventis) lished a small herbarium sophisticated combina- The work seems endless contain maximum efficacy billion and $650 million per year for treatment of and trained local park tions of ingredients.” with less than two percent and minimal side effects.” asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ZYBRESTAT: a treatment for cancer related to rangers to grow various “Scientists can put a of the world’s plants ade- Still, the possibilities are (Boehringer Ingelheim) AVE-8062. (Oxigene) specimens. “We’re pressing plant extract in a petri quately screened. There also immense considering that the specimens to create an dish and find that it has is a sense of urgency due to despite the thousands of TAXOTERE: inspired from a compound updated checklist of the antibacterial properties, the increasing prevalence of plants that are already used isolated from Taxus brevifolia. Commonly DAPAGLIFLOZIN: a plant-inspired compound, park’s flora,” she describes. but that only gives us some antibiotic-resistant bacteria. for medicinal purposes, called Pacific Yew or Western Yew, Taxus now in the final stages of testing, for the Sophisticated pharmaceu- clues about its potential “We’re running out of use- there are tens of thousands brevifolia is a conifer native to the Pacific Northwest. treatment of diabetes. Dapagliflozin was tical research for new types use,” Applequist explains. ful drugs for some diseases, more that have yet to be Approximately $1.9 billion of Taxotere is sold per year inspired from a plant-based compound called of drugs can be tedious and That’s why hunting for and there aren’t many new discovered. “We’ve been for the treatment of cancer. (Sanofi-aventis) phloridzin that was isolated many years ago and is expensive. Developing drugs plant sources that may have antibiotics on the horizon,” working on natural prod- found in various plants. (Bristol-Myers Squibb) from plants is a long and the most pharmaceutical Applequist cautions. “We ucts discovery for more than LAROTAXEL: an analog of Taxotere complex process that isolates potential is so important. need to go back to nature, 20 years, and we’ve barely (Sanofi-aventis) CAMPTOSAR: inspired from a compound specific plant molecules and but without truly exhaus- scratched the surface,” isolated from Camptotheca acuminata, compounds and eventually Planting Ahead for tive research programs, Applequist says. “We still have a native of China and Tibet known as incorporates them into the Future the success rate seems low. a lot to learn from plants.” TAXOL: isolated from Taxus brevifolia for the “the happy tree.” Current sales for the drug hover standardized, mass- Several companies, It takes a lot of time and And people the world treatment of cancer. Taxol sells approximately at approximately $970 million per year for the produced pharmaceuticals. realizing the potential of money to identify one truly over may be the biggest $500 million per year. Prior to losing patent treatment of cancer. (Pfizer) Some traditional healing plant-based pharmaceuti- useful plant compound.” beneficiaries, healing and exclusivity, Taxol produced more than $1 billion in sales plants, such as South Af- cals, are on the leading edge While the scope is daunt- managing illness through per year. (Bristol-Myers Squibb) rica’s “cancer bush,” which of this work. Among them ing, the process can be just the use of new and powerful is used to help prevent is Sequoia Sciences, a as overwhelming. “Basically, drugs, courtesy of the cancer-related weight loss, St. Louis-based business the way we operate is to pharmacy in the forest.

14 WINTER 2009 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 15 OUNG PEOPLE HAVE LONG BEEN SUBJECTED down on ‘pill poppers’ who are taking Xanax or to peer pressure and social standards that have muscle relaxers, or on pot-smokers,” he says. “We pushed them to try new things and experience just take Adderall to help a little with our classes.” theY world outside of their comfort zones. Combining He isn’t alone. According to results from a 2005 that social pressure with inherent biological changes survey published in a recent article in the Archives GENERATION that limit ability to recognize and avoid risk can of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, more than 20 often be a dangerous mixture at best — and, some- percent of college students at a large Midwestern times, deadly at worst. university reported using prescription drugs non- Young people raiding the medicine cabinet to In recent years, health professionals and public medically. Some young people don’t think prescrip- health experts have sought ways to promote healthy tion drugs are addictive, precisely because they are abuse prescription drugs BY MARC LONG behaviors among adolescents and young adults, government approved. RX: with some success. Teenage pregnancy rates and the “Many people — kids and adults alike — think use of drugs like cocaine and marijuana have been that since prescription drugs are prescribed by physicians, reduced in the last decade. But cocaine isn’t the only they must be safe,” says Gloria Grice, assistant addiction on campus anymore. professor of Pharmacy Practice at the College. “They A growing number of teenagers are abusing have no knowledge about addiction or interaction prescription drugs, a problem that is part of a larger risks. You have a segment of the population who trend — one of which many pharmacists are acutely would never consider using cocaine or heroin, but aware. Not only do young people underestimate how they are using prescription drugs, which have poten- dangerous these medications can be, many don’t tial for addiction.” even know what drug they are taking. Percy Menzies agrees. Menzies, who was trained “We’re hearing reports of ‘Skittle parties,’” says as a pharmacist, sees addiction issues daily in his Amy Tiemeier ’01/’02, assistant professor of Pharmacy role as president of the Assisted Recovery Centers Practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, “in which of America in south St. Louis, and he says many of teens grab a few pills out of their parents’ medicine those addicted are young men in their late teens and cabinets, bring them to a party, mix them together early 20s. “In 2007, I saw more people addicted to with medicines other teens bring and swallow them pain medications than alcohol, and 80 percent of to see what happens. As you can imagine, often the our younger clients are male.” result is not good.” “Many kids start smoking in high school or While some young people take prescription drugs college, but they don’t want to do anything that’s to experience a high, others illegally use them to perceived as illegal,” Menzies continues. “When sharpen their senses. Josh* is a 20 year-old student their friends suggest using prescription drugs for from suburban St. Louis who’s enrolled at a public a nice buzz, these young adults perceive it as safe university. He and his friends use Adderall to focus because they are prescription drugs. As they become on their studies or help them get through a test, and addicted, their friends don’t want them to feel bad, to them, it’s no big deal. so they help them get more drugs. “Probably half of the people I know take Adderall, “Between the ages of 17 and 25, people are in the and 80 percent of them use it to study,” Josh says. age of experimentation. Humans have drive states “The other 20 percent take it before they go out akin to the survival instincts in animals. The frontal partying.” Asked where he and his friends get the lobe, often referred to as the executive function of C2 drug, he is honest. “I have a friend who was the brain, controls the drive states. Though the drive diagnosed with ADD (attention-deficit disorder) in states have already been fully developed by adoles- school, and he really doesn’t need it anymore. Like cence, the frontal lobe isn’t fully developed until the everybody else, he just uses it to study and then mid-20s. This often leads to risky behaviors.” sells the rest to friends. No one is pushing it; it’s just According to a recent article in the Journal of friends selling to friends.” Addiction Medicine, a 2003 nationwide survey of Josh makes a distinction between taking Adderall nearly 20 million adolescents showed that almost 10 and other prescription drugs. “People kind of look percent of them participated in nonmedical prescription

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drug use, and 15 percent of those kids indicated Letter from the Alumni Association President a prescription drug problem. In addition, nearly 40 percent of those who illegally used prescription Happy new year to you all. The In 2009, we will focus on: drugs did not use illicit drugs such as marijuana or READ Alumni Association was busy last Partnerships Partnering with students, faculty, and staff in heroin. Another study in the Journal of Adolescent semester. The highlight of the fall was pursuit of our mission. Health found that 12 percent of high school students our Reunion 2008 and Distinguished Alumni Engagement Encouraging and developing alumni at one high school illegally used opioid pain medica- Alumni Awards presentation. We had participation in Alumni Association events, programs, and For more informationOnline on prescription drug record numbers of alumni attend! Other events included the services. tions within the previous 12 months, while seven percent nonmedically used sleeping medications, abuse and drug disposal programs, Amy Welcome Back BBQ celebration, White Coat ceremony, and Representative Voice Speaking as the voice of STLCOP Tiemeier ’01/’02, assistant professor of sedatives, and stimulants. the assembling and distribution of Survival Kits. To everyone alumni while incorporating alumni input into our decision- Pharmacy Practice, suggests the following who participated in the festivities by volunteering, attending making processes. The trend is likely being spurred by the availability resources: of these drugs. Thanks to the huge increase in the events, or making financial contributions, we thank you for Board Diversity Striving to ensure that the association number of prescriptions over the past decade, many Drug disposal resources: your support. board of directors is representative of all STLCOP alumni. kids can easily find drugs in mom or dad’s medicine teleosis.org/gpp-national.php As we kick off 2009, we’re planning a variety of interesting On behalf of the Alumni Association, I invite you to cabinet or get them from a friend. “One theory events. In the lineup: a “Meeting of the Minds” symposium, participate in as many upcoming events as possible. I look Teen group against substance of how medications have become more and more Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m. at The Grind Coffee House; “A Taste of forward to seeing you and hearing from you this spring. abuse (including prescription The Hill” tour, May 2, 12-5 p.m.; the 13th Annual Golf prevalent in the American home is overprescribing drugs): projectaware.net/ by physicians,” Tiemeier explains. “Many times, the Classic, May 31, 1:30 p.m. at Far Oaks Golf Course in Sincerely, conditions treated by the medications that are being National Council on Patient Caseyville, Ill.; and alumni Reunion Weekend, Oct. 9-10. abused could be treated with non-pharmacologic Information and Education (NCPIE) – To get more information about these events and others, treatments, such as psychotherapy or counseling. teen use resources: talkaboutrx. please call 314.446.8394 or visit us at www.stlcop.edu/alumni. org/not_worth_the_risk.jsp Patients, however, aren’t as willing to use these This year, we again plan to support educational and Tom Meyer ’71 therapies and would rather take a pill to fix things.” D.A.R.E. Web site (prevention networking activities for STLCOP students and alumni. President Menzies insists that better education of young information on prescription medications people is critical to reducing the illegal use of pre- as well as alcohol and illicit drugs): dare.com/home/parentsunderestimate.asp scriptions. “We have D.A.R.E. programs in schools, Nominate Exceptional Alumni One Outstanding Achievement Award will be presented to so why don’t we have pharmacists in schools and The Researched Abuse, Diversion an individual to recognize his or her faithful contributions to colleges talking about the dangers of prescription and Addiction-Related Surveillance Many STLCOP graduates have made exceptional the pharmacy profession. This recipient does not necessarily drug abuse?” (RADARS) System: radars.org/ contributions to the pharmacy profession, community, and/ have to be an alumnus or alumna of the College. “Illegal prescription drug use by young people is Cough medicine abuse information: or the College. The Alumni Association is proud to honor Each award recipient will receive a plaque, and a student a huge problem and one we as pharmacists can help stopmedicineabuse.org such outstanding alumni with the Distinguished Alumni, scholarship will be awarded in his or her name. To be solve,” Tiemeier adds. She suggests that pharma- Young Alumni, and Outstanding Achievement Awards considered for one of these honors, the recipient must be able cists play a critical role in preventing drug abuse by — the highest honors bestowed upon exceptional STLCOP to accept the award in person during the Reunion Weekend counseling adult patients to keep their medications graduates. 2009 festivities on Oct. 9-10. with them or locked up and to count medications The Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations Each nominee will be evaluated on a combination of: regularly to make sure none are missing. for the 2009 alumni awards. If you know of, or are, such a • Accomplishments in the pharmacy profession, life work, or Participation in medication take-back programs distinguished alumnus or alumna, and would like to add to other worthy endeavors; to rid homes of old or unwanted medication is also the prestigious ranks of past outstanding honorees, please • Integrity, stature, and ability to inspire pride in faculty, important and might allow pharmacists to work cast your vote at www.stlcop.edu/alumni/nominateanalum.asp. staff, students, and alumni; with local law enforcement to accept controlled The presentation of awards will take place on Saturday, • Contributions to the community, state, or nation; substances and dispose of them properly. Tiemeier Oct. 10, during the Reunion Weekend 2009 awards dinner. • Continuing interest, loyalty, and pride in STLCOP; also suggests that pharmacists work with their local Three Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented: • Uncommon generosity of time and/or financial support to public health agencies and schools to strengthen Dedicated Service to the Community, Dedicated Service to the Alumni Association or College. awareness. the Profession, and Dedicated Service to the College. All nominations must be received by March 31, 2009. Visit Tiemeier says nothing beats communication how- A Young Alumni Award will be given to one individual www.stlcop.edu/alumni/nominateanalum.asp to cast your vote! ever. “One of the biggest things pharmacists can do who graduated from the College within the past 10 years and is gain the trust of teens and advise them about the has demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership. dangers of prescription drug abuse.”

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Be proud of it. Be part of it. 1 2 Founded in 1875, the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Mr. Adam Alumnus Alumni Association is rich in tradition and is committed to Your Alumni Association Membership No.: 12345 building and sustaining networks that support and connect membership benefits Expiration 6/30/2010 alumni and current students to the profession and to the College. include: The association welcomes new students through New Student • Free online journals Orientation and new alumni through the Graduate Recognition • Continuing education Luncheon. It also supports current students through the programs Your membership makes annual Welcome Back BBQ, Survival Kits during final • Invitations to special possible: exams, the popular From Backpack to Briefcase series, members-only events • Script magazine and through alumni scholarships. • O.J. Cloughly Alumni • Reunion The association organizes local and regional alumni events, Library privileges • Student scholarships lifelong learning opportunities, Reunion Weekend, and • Free parking on campus • The Alumni Association sponsors a number of awards, including five Distinguished • Discounts on STLCOP • The Student Alumni 3 Alumni Awards, the Loyalty Award and the Joe E. Haberle and other merchandise Association REUNION 2008 4 Outstanding Educator Award. • Free membership to STLCOP 1 Class of 1963 Back row, from left: Jack Sorensen, Bob Shipley, Jerry Bailey. Your STLCOP Alumni Association values the support and fitness center For more information Middle row, from left: Jim Hendrickson, commitment that alumni, Eutectic fans, and friends of the on membership, please • Campus news and updates Don Price, Joe Tuley, George Urban. Front contact director of alumni College give through association membership! • Social and professional row, from left: Bill Wuenscher, Rich Le- Membership allows you to be an active part of the growth, networking relations, Necole Powell, wandowski, Leonard Naeger, Rich Bailin traditions, and legacy of the College and Alumni Association. • Free alumni directory at 314.446.8398 or 2 Class of 1983 Back row, from left: Your annual commitment of $50 helps to strengthen the www.alumni.stlcop.org. searches Anita (Branca) Hale, Mike Short, Tim College and enhance the value of your degree by promoting Rice, Mark Hale. Front row, from left: and supporting educational and social programs, student Chris (Ettling) Grass, Robin (Watson) events, awards, and student scholarships. To help keep these traditions Rice, Ellen (Younger) Ritz, Eve (Cooper- man) Greenwald Each membership contributes to the vitality of the entire alive, sign up for membership regional STLCOP family — and we appreciate the support and show your STLCOP pride! 3 Class of 1973 Back row, from left: our more than 1,000 dues-paying members provide. But the Marvin Edwards, Neil Schmidt. Front row, association needs every alumnus and alumna to join! from left: Bruce Craddock, Fran Fischer Morris, Mary Kay (Krebs) Henderson, Steve Benefiel

4 Gold Alumni Class of 1958 Front row, from left: Ferran Eales, Don Daschka, Curtis Young, Maurice Stone, Steve Wolff, It is time to update the alumni directory! Irwin Rosen. Middle row, from left: Allen Holloway, Don Siegel, Sister Paulette Elk- Every few years, we update the STLCOP ing, Gary Tomlinson, Melvin Greer, Tom alumni directory, so you can stay Devine, Glenn Dunehew. Back row, from in contact with alumni and friends. The left: Pat Curry, Bob Franke, Bob Seal, 8 5 last directory was published in 2001. Lloyd Logan, Dan Winkelmann, Marvin Boots, Lloyd Ford 7 6 This year, the College has contracted 5 Chuck Berry ’75, Patrick Berry with HarrisC onnect to publish the directory. Over the next few months, a 6 Lottie Logan, Lloyd Logan ’58, representative from the company will Michael Railey ’72, Curtis Young ’58 contact you to verify your information 7 Steve Wolff ’58, President Tom Patton and offer you the chance to purchase a 8 Sister Paulette Elking ’58, Evey directory. For more information, Becker ’88, Phyllis (Neu) Sarich ’46 contact the Office of Advancement at 314.446.8399. SCRIPT MAGAZINE 21 Class Notes Class Notes

boembolism Prophylaxis in Paula (Gibbs) Goodman ’95 time for Enloe Drugs, an inches. She joins brother, 60s Bernie (Bernard J.) a Community Hospital.” and her husband, Jared, Omnicare pharmacy, in Remembering Kieran, 4, and sister, Kunitz ’61 retired from Prior to his current position welcomed their son Joseph Decatur, Ill., and has been Martha Rabe Clodagh, 2. The family Schnuck’s after 20 years as a as director of clinical services Alexander on Sept. 29, with the company for 13 Martha Rabe, the first lives in Fenton, Mo. pharmacy manager. He and at Broadlane, Jered had 2008. He joins Nicholas, 7, years. The family lives in lady of St. Louis College of his wife, Marilyn, live in been employed as pharmacy Markus, 5, Anna, 4, and Taylorville, Ill. Pharmacy for 22 years, died Creve Coeur, Mo. manager at St. Elizabeth’s Ella, 2. Paula works part on Oct. 31, 2008, at the age Hospital in Belleville, Ill. Michael Kloos ’97/’98 and of 90. She was married for Bob Schaltenbrand ’61 He and his wife, Beth Ann, Kimberly (Westendorf) 51 years to Charles Rabe ’39, awarded the rank of Eagle have two daughters, Ainsley, 5, Kloos ’97/’98 welcomed president emeritus of Sappington Drug in Sunset mail-order pharmacy and Scout to the 100th member and Ava, who is almost 2. their daughter Ashlinn STLCOP (1961-83). Hills, Mo. automated refill center in of Boy Scout Troop 127 in The family lives in Collins- Clare on Sept. 3, 2008. Pharmacy was always Martha left an impact on Davidson Ofokansi ’92/’93 Denver. The family resides Nashville, Ill., in August ville, Ill. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 a part of Rabe’s life, a a field dominated by men, founded Links Medical in Highlands Ranch, Colo. 2008. Bob founded troop ounces and measured 20 ½ testament to her more than believing that women could Associates, a national medical 127 in April 1964 and is one four decades of caring for be successful in any profes- recruiting firm based in Denny Walch ’95 and of only two scoutmasters in Remembering Bernard Kean patients and mentoring sion. Her family remembers Orlando, Fla. He currently Karen (Maher) Walch ’96 the country who has helped young pharmacists. As a her as a happy, fun-loving serves as president of the welcomed their fourth 100 boys (including several Community pharmacy for the students, enlisting child, she helped out in woman but if you got her company, which specializes child, Steven Joseph, on STLCOP alumni) advance and Bernard Kean ’48. It’s their own children to assem- her father’s drug store in started about education, she in recruiting and placing Nov. 14, 2008. He weighed to Eagle Scout, scouting’s hard to separate one from ble thousands of bags filled Cleveland. After earning a had strong opinions. “She physicians, pharmacists, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. He highest ranking. He and his the other. Bernard opened with promotional items pharmacy degree from Ohio fiercely believed in the im- and health care executives joins elder siblings Claudia, 6, wife, Judith, live in Nash- Kean Drug Store at 2 North donated by drug companies. State University, she began portance of education,” her into permanent and Greg, 4, and Pete, 2. The ville, where he is co-owner Euclid Ave. with his brother, Later, this tradition mor- her career as a chemist for daughter Pam Rabe says. temporary staffing family lives in Florissant, Mo. of Nashville Pharmacy. David Kean ’52, on Aug. 1, phed in what is now known opportunities nationwide. 1954. Their first day of busi- as final exam Survival Kits. DuPont and Goodyear Tire “She loved her profession 00s Schuyler ness netted them $68. Art Perry ’72, who In 1965, the Keans moved Company. and enjoyed every single day helping people. It was pure (Gerard) Darnell ’04 90s Jered Bauer The store quickly became worked at the store from their store to 1 North Euclid In 1946, Martha met pleasure for her.” and her husband, Dan, ’98/’99 received the 2008 a gathering place for STLCOP 1954 to 1981, says “Bernard Ave., where they remained Charles, also a pharmacist, at Martha was actively welcomed their son Evan Best Practice Award from alumni and faculty. Profes- helped to mentor many until 1973 when they sold a pharmacy convention in St. involved with her husband Paul on July 25, 2008. He the Illinois Council of sors Charlie Rose, Arthur young pharmacy students the store. Bernard served Louis. They married in June in fundraising for St. Louis weighed 8 pounds, Health-System Pharmacists Schlichting, and James and pharmacists, but his on the Alumni Association of 1948, and spent their early College of Pharmacy. She (ICHP) for his submission, Thayer often popped in for mentoring surpassed proper board of directors from years living in St. Louis, Bos- and Charles were lifetime Enjoy reading about “A Pharmacist-led Program a visit over a cup of coffee at filling of prescriptions. He 1967 to 1968 and was ton, Washington, D.C., and members of the Mortar & your classmates in Class to Address Venous Throm- the lunch counter. Students taught us consideration of a member of the Gold Tarrytown, N.Y. In 1961, Warren Streck ’93 and Notes? Share some also frequented Kean every person, ethics in all Alumni Club and recipient the couple — and their two Pestle Society, and established his wife, Kristie, welcomed news about your work Drug Store. Local nursing situations, and the value of of the Dedicated Service daughters — returned to the Charles C. Rabe ’39 their daughter Annika projects, new jobs or students, medical school art and culture in the pursuit to the Community Award St. Louis, where Martha Humanitarian Award. Marie on Sept. 14, 2008. promotions, marriages students, and STLCOP of a full life. Many former (2006). He is survived by spent the next several years Martha also served as She weighed 6 pounds, 10 or children, awards, students cashed their checks STLCOP alumni who working as a pharmacist honorary president of the his brother David, three vacations, or hobbies. at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Alumni Association board ounces and measured 19 ½ and bought school supplies worked at Kean Drug have children, seven grandchildren, Simply send an e-mail Kirkwood, St. Louis County of directors (2000-01). She is inches. She joins big brother at the community haven. gone on to serve in leader- and two great-grandchildren. to [email protected], Hospital, City Hospital, the survived by her two daughters Luka, who is 3 years old. Bernard and his brother ship roles in the community or submit news online at Warren is the chief pharma- soon created “goodie bags” and at the College.” VA Hospital, and and six grandchildren. www.stlcop.edu/classnotes. cist for Kaiser Permanente’s

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2 ounces. They reside in pounds, 4 ounces and mea- Jeannie (Harty) Wallace ’00 Ruskin C. Norman ’41 Jacksonville, Ill. sured 20 inches. The family and her husband, Keith, died on Sept. 16, 2008 in lives in Smithshire, Ill. welcomed their son Joshua San Antonio, Texas. Jackson on Aug. 19, 2008. Justin Lusk ’07 and He joins big brother Benjamin, George W. Kessler ’44 fifth-year student Kathleen who is 3 ½ years old. Jeannie died on Sept. 10, 2008 in Marshall, Mo. Buechter announced their works for Express Scripts as engagement on Jan. 16. Earl V. Gent ’49 died on Sept. The couple is planning a 24, 2008 in Boonville, Mo. wedding in 2010. Justin is Kristi (Gunter) Green outpatient pharmacy ser- Barnett M. Klearman ’52 ’03/’04 and her husband, vices chief at Grand Forks died on Jan. 24, 2008 in Dan, welcomed their first Air Force Base in Grand St. Louis. child, Emma Kay, on Sept. 13, Forks, N.D. Kathleen works an MTM pharmacist. They 2008. She weighed 8 at Walgreens in St. Louis. live in Maryland Heights, James W. Armstrong ’59 Mo. died on Sept. 19, 2008 in Mary Miskovic ’07 St. Louis. married Michael Mayfield In Memoriam on Oct. 4, 2008. Mary is a Henry L. Palmer ’59 died George Spevack ’34 staff pharmacist at Walgreens on Oct. 31, 2008 in Carrier died on Oct. 30, 2008 in in St. Louis. The couple Mills, Ill. St. Louis. lives in Oakville, Mo. Jackie N. Baggett ’63 died on Oct. 28, 2008 in Malan Receives IPhA Award Booneville, Ark. Randy Dale Malan ’71 the consolidated clinical Mary Alice (Schwinke) received the 2008 Honorary laboratory contract for all Gaffney ’67 died on Dec. 30, CLASS TRIP 1966 President Award from the IDHS facilities. In addition, 2008 in St. Louis. Illinois Pharmacists Associa- he is an assistant clinical Along with school dances and sorority happenings, class trips remain a tion (IPhA) at its conference professor at both STLCOP R. Lynne (Drago) Silva ’76 favorite memory for many STLCOP alumni. Normally taken during senior in St. Louis last year. and University of Illinois at died on Nov. 21, 2008 in year to pharmaceutical companies such as UpJohn, Parke-Davis, Abbott, Malan is director of phar- Chicago College of Phar- Prescription Monitoring West Plains, Mo. and Eli Lilly, the visits enabled students to catch a behind-the-scenes macy services at the Illinois macy, as well as an adjunct Program. He also has been glimpse of drug manufacturing processes at some of the most innova- Department of Human associate professor in the involved with the establish- Michael W. Marecek ’81 tive laboratories of the day. By footing most of the bill for the tours, the Services (IDHS) where he Department of Psychiatry at ment of the Illinois Prescrip- died on Sept. 28, 2008 in companies hoped to recruit some of the fresh-faced students to join provides clinical pharmacy Southern Illinois University tion Information Library as Eureka, Mo. their sales forces as well. consultation services for the School of Medicine. a tool for both pharmacists department’s 21 facilities, Malan has been actively and physicians to determine Bradley J. Maxedon ’81 Class trips also were a popular way for STLCOP students — including which house 7,000 beds. involved with IPhA for potential drug-drug interac- died on April 24, 2007 in young couples — to meet, mingle, and get to know each other off He also is responsible for many years. In 2000, he tions of controlled substance Charleston, Ill. campus. They enjoyed the camaraderie of the week-long trips, which clinical and administrative worked to expand the Illi prescriptions by multiple in the evenings sometimes involved tagging along with classmates to oversight of the Electronic nois Controlled Substances prescribers and dispensers. a nightclub in Chicago or taking in a movie with friends in Kalamazoo. Amanda (White) Hodges ’04 Prescription Monitoring Act to improve accuracy and He and his wife, Vicki, The STLCOP tradition was phased out by the early 1990s, when it had of Belleville, Ill., died on Program and oversight of efficiency of the Electronic live in Glen Carbon, Ill. become cost prohibitive for nearly all of the pharmaceutical firms. Sept. 27, 2008.

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