Pharmacy Pharmacy Fall 1998

University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Pharmacy Fall 1998

A L U M N I N E W S

Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy Holds Grand Opening October 1, 1878

The Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy was officially inaugurated charter from the Commonwealth to incorporate the Pittsburgh during a gala event held in the Western University of Pennsyl- College of Pharmacy “for the purpose of cultivating, improv- vania building on Diamond Street. The opening night event in- ing and disseminating the knowledge of pharmacy and its col- cluded addresses by George A. Kelly, Esq. president of the lateral branches of science.” College; W.D. Moore, Esq.; and Western University of Penn- President Kelly, owner of George A. Kelly Co., the promi- sylvania Chancellor George Woods. The evening also included nent Pittsburgh drug wholesale house, said the college will of- several selections performed by the Robinson Band, directed fer a two-year course of study resulting in the awarding of the by T. F. Kirk, and several songs performed by a quartette com- Ph.G. degree. The only prerequisite for attendance is a desire posed of Messrs. Cain, Ross, Rinehart, and Balph. to gain additional knowledge to advance one’s self in a chosen The College was organized by the druggists and apothecaries profession. Courses include “Materia Medica and Botany Chem- of Pittsburgh and Allegheny to improve their ability to meet the istry,” “Pharmacy Chemistry,” and “Materia Medica and Botany health needs of their respective communities. They received a Pharmacy.” Twenty students have enrolled for the first class.

A Brief History Alumnus Creates of the School E-business page 6 page 11

Fall 1998 1 Contents President’s Message: Meeting the Challenge! Corrections 2 President’s Message 2 A Snapshot from Pharmacy’s Past 3 he mission of a professional society the guiding light that will lead pharmacy into Preceptor Profile 4 is to support, promote, and advance the 21st century. Celebrating 120 Years of Advancing Tthe goals of the profession it serves. Our lifeline is our members and their com- Pharmacy: A Brief History 6 Goals must expand as the environment mitment to education. Through involvement in Distinguished Alumni Awards 8 changes. Our challenge in the University of the University, alumni are a part of the process Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Alumni Soci- that offers a promising future in pharmacy to Alumni Board Retreat 10 ety is to grow with changes and mold our own all pharmacists. We invite you to be an active CVS Presents Scholarship 10 future. As we approach the next century, the participant in our mission! Wal-Mart Foundation Scholarship 10 Alumni Society will expand its presence through increased committee activity and Small Neighborhood Pharmacy alumni involvement. Goes Global Via Internet 11 William Crossey ’76, KGSB ’91 During the coming year, the Executive Board President Alumni Weekend 12 will be discussing various new ideas to promote Pharmacy Alumni Association Student News 14 the profession of pharmacy to students and alumni. In addition to rewarding excellence, To volunteer for the Pharmacy Alumni Society Pharmacy Gift Shop 14 ideas will be explored to reward students for Board, contact Richard A. Lithgow, special outstanding efforts in organizational endeavors. Faculty News 16 assistant to the Dean for Alumni Affairs, New avenues for networking within the profes- 16 at (412) 242-4525 E-mail: [email protected] Siuda Retires sion will be offered, in addition to educational by Jan. 15, 1999. Venkataramanan Receives programs meeting the needs of our practitio- Foundation Award 17 ners. Efforts to increase funding to students and the University for scholarships and special Transcripts 17 Board Establishes projects will be pursued through new channels. Scholarship Honor Roll of Donors 18 A project to preserve memorabilia for the future School of Pharmacy Brick Walkway 22 Past and current members of the Phar- macy Alumni Society Board have estab- In Memoriam 23 lished an endowed scholarship for School of Pharmacy students. Leading the effort to establish the scholarship was 1997-1998 Alumni Board President Corrections Kathleen Bartony ’76. Criteria for the scholarship are currently under discus- In the last issue of the School of Pharmacy sion, and the first scholarship will be Alumni News, we mistakenly reported that awarded for the 2000-2001 academic Maria Croyle, BS ’92, PhD, received a year. The School of Pharmacy and all its PharmD from Pitt. Croyle received her BS students sincerely thank the Board for from Pitt and her PhD in pharmaceutics will accompany other activities which promote establishing the scholarship. from the University of Michigan in October the participation of alumni. Communication If you are a past Board member and 1997. between the Board and students will improve would like to make a contribution to the We also mistakenly stated that Robert through our involvement in student programs scholarship, please mail your gift to: Alan Heiser, MS ’58, PhD ’63, received his and activities. University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy PhD in 1964 from Pitt instead of the correct The Alumni Society is dedicated to serving Alumni Board Scholarship, attn: Renée date of 1963. the needs of students and alumni. Our service Pekor, School of Pharmacy Development We sincerely apologize for the errors. and experience provide guidance and direction Office, 1104 Salk Hall, University of to the pharmacists of tomorrow and help the Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; phone: pharmacists of today adapt to change. Profes- (412) 383-7434; fax: (412) 648-1086. sionals who offer service to the School will be

2 Pharmacy Alumni News A Snapshot from Pharmacy’s Past

he Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy at http://www.pitt.edu/~rxschool and then typical of many ornaments found in old-time Museum offers School of Pharmacy clicking on The Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Phar- pharmacies. “Often, you would find these Tstudents, faculty, and alumni a chance macy Museum. over the door or partition that separated the to step back to a bygone era in pharmacy. “A Pictured here are two hand-carved finials, main part of the pharmacy from the back Snapshot from Pharmacy’s Past” is an ongo- or crowning ornaments, dating back to the room where the pharmacist did most of his ing newsletter feature that provides alumni 1920s. The winged serpents curving out of the ‘mysterious’ work,” says Dick Lithgow ’50, who cannot visit the museum (located on the bowl of Hygeia are based on the legend of the special assistant to the dean for alumni af- fourth floor of Salk Hall) an opportunity to Greek goddess of health, Hygeia, who is fairs. see some of the valuable and historic items on typically depicted carrying a serpent and a display there. Alumni and friends of the bowl. Donated by Harry Bonchosky ’40 from school can also view the museum on line by Blumenschein’s Pharmacy in Hopwood, visiting the School of Pharmacy’s Web page Pennsylvania, near Uniontown, the finials are

Fall 1998 3 P R E C E P T O R P R O F I L E

McConnell and Faigen: Providing Students with Valuable Real-World Insights

red W. McConnell ’80 can attest to the According to Scott Drab Married and the father of profound effects of hearing a simple ’89, experiential learning four, McConnell says he loves Fmessage presented by the right person coordinator for the teaching. “Whether I’m coach- at the right place and right time. Expecting a school, preceptors today ing little league or precepting straightforward talk about the postgraduate must be more than teach- students, my goal is to teach educational needs of pharmacists, McConnell ers who provide a practi- something new and to have says he felt a chill as he learned the secret of cal experience. They people learn how to do it well.” success...not only in pharmacy, but in any should also motivate For Susan Faigen ’81, being a endeavor. students, stimulate preceptor also means stressing “It was a speech many years ago by the thought and creativity, the positive aspects of phar- President of the Philadelphia College of and instill professional macy while allowing the stu- Pharmacy and Science, Dr. Philip Gerbino,” values. dents to see for themselves the recalls McConnell, who was recently elected As director of phar- pros and cons. A community Preceptor of the Year by Pitt School of Phar- macy at Nason Hospital Fred W. McConnell pharmacist in the Squirrel Hill macy students. “In a ten word sentence, with in Roaring Springs, CVS Pharmacy, Faigen says one no word being more than two letters, he really Pennsylvania, McConnell provides students of the real positives is the trust you build with hit home. He said, ‘If it is to be, it is up to with their first look at hospital pharmacy. But customers. “Some customers will come to see me.’ He also told us to learn something every with a background that also entails commu- you before they go to their doctor,” says day. I try to pass these simple but important nity, clinical, and long-term care pharmacy, as Faigen. “But community pharmacy isn’t for messages on to our students.” well as running a pharmacy consultant firm everyone. I had one student who eventually with his brother James M. McConnell ’87, he realized that she wanted to specialize in phar- also knows what it takes to establish a suc- macology research.” …preceptors today cessful career in many pharmacy arenas. A single mother of three, Faigen keeps a “One of the primary lessons is that it’s hectic schedule that includes working 12 must be more than important to learn how to manage people and hours a day for four days a week and volun- work as a team,” says McConnell, pointing teering at the Jewish Community Center. teachers who provide out that students who do a rotation at Nason Previously having taught English as a second a practical experience. Hospital gain a wide range of inter- departmental experience, from hu- They should also man resources and finance to surgery motivate thought and and lab work. “I also stress the need to continuously keep up with the creativity, and instill explosion of information in the field. One way I do this is by having stu- professional values. dents go to the library to do research. For example, student research helped develop and update our ‘chemo With the advent of the entry level Doctor of cards,’ which highlight many aspects Pharmacy program at the School of Pharmacy of chemotherapy administration. Our and its emphasis on experiential learning, nurses utilize these as a quick refer- preceptors have become an even more valu- ence before they administer all che- able part of the students’ learning experience. motherapy.” Susan Faigen

4 Pharmacy Alumni News Experiential Learning

ver the past several years, the pharmacist’s role has undergone many changes. The new entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy program trains students to meet Othose challenges. The program is configured in a course of study that requires two years of pre-professional credits and four years of professional credits. The experiential learning course is carried throughout the four professional years and consists of a progressive set of practice-based experiences that prepare students as generalists, compe- tent to provide primary pharmaceutical care. This integration allows constant interplay between theoretical and practical knowledge, affording students the opportunity to gen- language to older Russian immigrants, Faigen erate insights and questions about pharmacy practice to take back to the classroom. The has moved on to working with younger indi- specific focus of experiential learning changes each year based on a combination of viduals. She assists in the leadership of her factors. son’s Cub Scout pack and is just beginning to teach a seventh grade Judaic Studies class at Year Emphasis Temple David in Monroeville. “If you want something done, ask a busy P1 SERVICE LEARNING person,” says Faigen, laughing. “But I think * Foster a sense of community involvement it’s important to give something back, and for * Enhance social awareness of unmet medical needs me that involves both pharmacy and my * Develop communication skills religion.” Faigen says that as a preceptor she has P2 COMMUNITY PHARMACY PRACTICE focused primarily on helping first- and sec- * Acclimate to the role of community pharmacist ond-year students learn the importance of * Develop dispensing and counseling skills service to patients within the community and * Emphasize practicing pharmaceutical care on the many resources available to help them answer their questions. “The students are all P3 HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY PRACTICE hard working and willing to do whatever it * Acclimate to the role of hospital pharmacist takes,” says Faigen. “Sometimes they get frustrated, so it’s important to remind them P4 CLINICAL ROTATIONS that we were all there once and that it takes Seven full-time rotations of four weeks each time to gain knowledge.” * Provide intensive practice of the pharmaceutical care process at the Through the increased emphasis on experi- generalist level with increasingly complex pharmacotherapeutic problems ential learning, students in the PharmD pro- * Proposed Rotations gram not only gain hands-on experience in 1 Ambulatory Care the practice of pharmacy, but also a broader 2 Electives (e.g., nursing home consulting, FDA) perspective which helps them make decisions 2 Acute Care about their careers. “If you really enjoy what 1 Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Practice you’re doing, you’re successful,” says 1 Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice McConnell, who chose hospital pharmacy partly so he could have more time with his For more information on experiential learning at the School of Pharmacy family. “I was making a lot more money in or on how to become a preceptor, please contact: pharmaceutical marketing in long-term care, but I have to say I’m equally fulfilled as a Scott R. Drab hospital pharmacist.” 908 Salk Hall According to experiential learning coordi- Pittsburgh, PA 15261 nator Drab, preceptors are valuable assets to (412) 383-7340 the School and its students. “All of this expe- Fax: (412) 624-1850 riential learning would not be possible with- E-mail: [email protected] out their exemplary efforts,” says Drab. Or visit our Web site at: http://www.pitt.edu/~rxschool.

Fall 1998 5 Celebrating 120 Years of Advancing Pharmacy: A Brief History

“From a single room to the house on the Bluff, to historic Salk Hall located in the midst of a world class medical center, the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has followed a long and steady path to national promi-

nence.”—From Students study in the School’s library at its “Visions Beyond the former home on Bluff Street.

Bluff,” a video his- n September 23, 1878, the Com- tory of the School. monwealth of Pennsylvania granted Oa charter to the pharmacists of Pittsburgh and Allegheny to establish the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. Beginning as Edward C. Reif (left), dean of the School a one-room school, the College not only ful- of Pharmacy from 1945-1958, watches as filled the dreams of the founders to increase a student prepares a prescription. the ability of local pharmacists to the community’s health needs, it went on to be- become the School of Pharmacy. Ten years come instrumental in establishing national later, Joseph A. Bianculli, PHA ’35, was ap- standards for pharmacy education and made pointed dean, a position he held until substantial contributions to the his retirement in 1976. During “Dr. profession’s scientific base. In B’s” tenure as dean, the School of 1930, the College’s pharmacy degree was changed to a bach- Julius A. Koch, dean of the School of elor of science and the curricu- Pharmacy from 1891-1932, oversaw lum was extended from three to many changes in the Pittsburgh Col- four years. The College for- lege of Pharmacy, including its formal affiliation with the Western University mally merged with the Univer- Robert Rutter ’41 and Thelma Coleman ’41 of Pennsylvania (which later became in a School laboratory circa 1940. sity of Pittsburgh in 1948 to the University of Pittsburgh) in 1896.

6 Pharmacy Alumni News Pharmacy College Celebrates 50th Anniversary

May 29, 1928

The Pitt Capsule The Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy held a special banquet yesterday for the college’ s graduating class and faculty and for members of the College Corporation. Focusing Pharmacy initiated it’s five-year on the school’s 50-year history, the bachelor of science degree program evening’s program included several speak- ers who played a key role in the College’ and became firmly established as s development, including Dean Julius one of the leading schools of phar- A. Koch and University of Pittsbur macy in the country. gh Chancel- Occupying nearly 42,000 lor John G. Bowman. With 185 people in square feet in Salk Hall on the attendance, the banquet was such a resound- ing success that Leonard O’Connell, chair University of Pittsburgh campus, - the School of Pharmacy currently man of the College’s Board of Directors, has offers a six-year PharmD degree recommended making the dinner an annual program with more than 250 com- affair for the Senior Class. munity-based practice sites and 20 The School’s current home is Salk Hall, named after clinical sites. In addition to its Jonas Salk, who led the discovery of a vaccine for polio mission of training future pharma- in the building, formerly the Municipal Hospital. cists (the placement rate for graduates is 100 percent), the school conducts a wide range of programs, including Aged Adults,” a research program funded the National Smoking Cessation Certification through a $1 million grant from the National Program for Pharmacists and the Pharmaceu- Institute of Mental Health. tical Care for Underserved Populations Pro- Diamond Jubilee gram. The School’s faculty also conduct a For more detailed information on the Culminates with wide range of research programs, from inves- School of Pharmacy’s past, visit the School’s tigations into immunosuppressants for trans- Web site (http//:www.pitt.edu/~rxschool), Alumni Dinner plantation to the study of “DHEA and where “A Contribution to Western Pennsylva- June 9, 1953 GABA-Receptor Mediated Responses in nia Pharmacy” by Edward C. and Thelma C. Reif (Univer- The University of Pittsburgh School of Phar- sity of Pitts- macy capped off its year-long celebration burgh Press, of its Diamond Jubilee with its Annual 1959) is avail- Alumni Dinner and Diamond Jubilee Cel- able on-line. ebration. Held at the Hotel Schenley, the The following affair was attended by 300 alumni, gradu- photographs ating seniors, and friends of the School, who provide a brief gathered to mark the School’s 75th anniver- “snapshot” of sary. The gala affair featured speeches by the School’s several of the School’s past graduates, in- 120-year cluding Edward C. Nied ’17, past president history. of School’s General Alumni Association. Graduating students also presented oil por- traits of Dean Edward C. Reif ’06 and the late Dr. John H. Wurdack ’09.

The class of ’65. Dean Joseph Bianculli is third from right in the front row.

Fall 1998 7 1998 Distinguished Alumni Awards

Dick Lithgow: Bridging Generations macy, eventually came to the realization that and activity, including the School’s hugely times had changed. successful Annual Alumni Weekend (see page s a 14-year-old drug store “soda “I couldn’t compete anymore, especially 12). Despite suffering some medical prob- jerk,” Dick Lithgow ’50 earned with the local chain stores opening up in lems, including quadruple bypass surgery, Aabout 25 cents an hour and wasn’t nearby neighborhoods,” says Lithgow. “I used Lithgow continues to maintain a schedule that paid for the extra hour he spent cleaning up to work 60 hours a week, but people came to would put people half his age to shame. He after the store closed. The money might not want less of the service an independent drug- works as a part-time pharmacist at Phil’s have been great, but the experience was price- gist could offer, like making personalized Pharmacy in Pitcairn, volunteers for the less. “I wanted to be just like ‘Doc,’” he says visits in the middle of the night, which I was UPMC Health System Clinics for the of the store’s owner Donald C. Hartsock. “He always glad to do.” Underserved and the Anticoagulation Clinic was respected and loved by all his patrons, and Lithgow closed his store in 1982, refusing at the VA Hospital, and is a board member of I thought that was wonderful.” to sell it because he knew the store would the Edgewood Youth Activities Association Lithgow went on to graduate from the never be able to compete. He went on to work and of the VA Hospital’s Credit Union. As a School of Pharmacy and then serve as chief briefly for Stadtlander’s Pharmacy before 58-year member of the St. James Roman pharmacist for the Army’s Second Division in joining the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Catholic Church, he served on the Parish Korea from 1951 to 1953. After his discharge, Oakland, where he worked as a clinical, Council, coordinates church ushers and greet- inpatient, and outpatient pharmacist. ers, is a pharmacist for the health ministry, Relying primarily on on-the-job training, and lectures senior citizens on medication Lithgow followed his new career path with use. This past year, Lithgow’s peers elected equal zest. Active in several VA clinics, him president of the Allegheny County Phar- Lithgow also began to use his years of experi- macists Association. ence as an educator in continuing education “I consider myself a very lucky person,” classes. He also gave presentations to arthritis says Lithgow. “I’ve had a wonderful marriage support groups about their medications and and four great kids, all Pitt graduates. And lectured VA dental residents on dental medi- when I started working with the School of cations. In 1991, Lithgow was nominated for Pharmacy, with people like Dean Juhl, Renée the Joe E. Smith Award, a statewide hospital Pekor, and Laraine Kuchma, it was like find- pharmacy award presented by PSHP. ing another home.” Dick Lithgow and Dean Randy Juhl After retiring in 1994, Lithgow served on the School of Pharmacy’s Alumni Board and began he became manager of Pullens Prescription to work closely with Dean Randy Juhl and Ralph Progar: Making Every Day Pharmacy in Turtle Creek. In 1960, like his others on what would eventually become the a Good One mentor “Doc,” Lithgow became a partner, then Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum (see owner/manager of a community pharmacy. page 3). “Creating the museum was a lot of hard espite almost being shot during the “I knew everyone, and everyone knew me,” work, but the layout and design came easily to Johnstown flood of 1977, Ralph E. says Lithgow of his 22 years as the proprietor Jake [Grimm ’50] and me,” says Lithgow. “We DProgar ’71 realizes that, although a of Edgewood Pharmacy. “I used to joke that I knew what the old-time pharmacies looked like disaster for many, the flood actually had a could go into ninety percent of the houses in and what we wanted to put in it.” positive effect on his career. “The flood Edgewood and use their bathrooms with no In 1995, Lithgow was appointed special changed area shopping patterns, which questions asked. The wife of George Anderson, assistant to the dean for alumni affairs at the brought more people to my store, resulting in who was columnist with the Pittsburgh Post- School of Pharmacy. “Randy asked me to an increase in sales and profits,” says Progar. Gazette, even wrote an article about me called play a game of golf and, during the round, he As manager of a Thrift Drug store, Progar ‘The Druggie’ for the local paper.” told me that a new position had been created was driving home late one night after helping For Lithgow, the next 22 years “couldn’t to work with alumni,” says Lithgow. “He to staff an extended-hours pharmacy managed have been any better.” However, the man who asked me if I’d take the job.” by a colleague when he saw someone in the was born in his grandmother’s home in Derry, Since joining the School, Lithgow has road waving a light. Although hesitant, he and who so admired the old-time era of phar- played a role in nearly every alumni event stopped and peered through the darkness to

8 Pharmacy Alumni News done in the regulatory arena.” change,” says Progar. “Technology must be Progar, who served on the allowed to do a lot of what we used to do, but I Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy, still think the pharmacist’s one-on-one relation- is only the second chain pharma- ship with the customer is vital. Pharmacists are cist to be elected president of the accessible, knowledgeable, and well-thought of National Association of Boards of by the public and should be recognized for Pharmacy (1996-1997). “My their important contribution to the patient- platform included pushing for doctor-pharmacist triangle of care.” regulations that were flexible Progar’s commitment to the profession has rather than restrictive,” says included working as a guest lecturer and ad- Progar. “Laws should not be viser at the School of Pharmacy and as a mem- enacted that negatively effect the ber of the Pharmacy Letter editorial board. Sherri and Ralph Progar with Dean Juhl pharmacists who are doing the job When asked if there is anything he would like find himself looking at a rifle pointed in his right. Through my association with NABP, to point out about his career and life, Progar, direction. “When questioned, the guardsman every state Board of Pharmacy knows who I who has impersonated the pop star Elton John thought I might have been a looter taking am and what I stand for.” at charitable events, smiles and jokingly re- advantage of the flood and was going to shoot As a member of the National Association plies, “Tell everybody that I’m cute.” if I didn’t stop,” says Progar. Not quite the of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), Progar Progar, who is now married to 1977 School reward one would expect for supporting the works diligently to ensure the future of the of Pharmacy graduate Sherri Fisher Progar, needs of local customers and a fellow phar- pharmacy profession. “In my first speech as pauses, then adds, “I’ve always tried to mix fun macist. president of NABP, I suggested that pharmacy with work. I learned after losing my first wife, Although Progar initially planned to be- could suffer the blacksmith’s fate if we didn’t Barbara, to cancer that it’s important to make come a physician, he was unable to afford every day a good one. If your mental attitude is college after high school and enlisted in the right, the day is right.” Navy. He became a hospital corpsman and ran a dispensary, where he was able to write and fill prescriptions. After his dis- Pharmacy School Names Three charge, Progar enrolled at Penn State University for two years, where he was a as First Distinguished Alumni journalism and psychology major, before transferring to Pitt’s School of Pharmacy. 1962 Progar began working for Thrift Drug, George D. Beal ’07, PhD; Robert Ralson Gaw Inc., as a student pharmacist in a Crafton ’14; and Frederick J. Blumenschein ’02, ’04,* store and was already a store assistant ing Drive. Blumenschein have been named co-recipients of the Univer- was born in Pitts- manager in Aliquippa by the time he burgh in 1884, served as a professor at the sity of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy’s first finished his graduate internship. Shortly College of Pharmacy, and was owner of the Distinguished Alumni Awards. after receiving his pharmacist’s license, West End Drug Store in Uniontown, which received the 1941 Remington Medal,Beal, whowas he became a store manager in became Blumenschein’s Pharmacy. recognized for his service as a member of the Johnstown. Six years later, Thrift ap- Blumenschein was Chairman of the State Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy Corporation pointed him district manager for the Board of Pharmacy of Pennsylvania from 1936 and then as a member of the College’s Board Pittsburgh Area, where he was respon- to 1942. of Trustees (1932). Born in Pittsburgh in 1893, sible for the operation of 50 drug *(Beal’s father, James Hartley Beal, re- Gaw stores. In 1985 he became manager of served his apprenticeship with the first ceived the first the Remington Medal and was professional pharmacy in Pittsburgh, stores coordination and productivity a professor of applied pharmacy at the Pitts- McKennan Pharmacy, and later became presi- and, in 1988, vice president of stores burgh College of Pharmacy. Gaw’s son, Robert dent of the firm. Gaw was a member of the administration. John Gaw, and daughter-in-law, Joyce Gillespie Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy Corporation Despite his successful, 28-year-plus Gaw, are 1957 graduates of the School of and in 1937 was elected to the University of career at Thrift, Progar admits that he Pharmacy. Frederick Blumenschein’s daugh- Pittsburgh Board of Trustees. He was also didn’t know if he would have a job ters, Elsie Catherine ’37 and Gertrude ’41 treasurer of the University of Pittsburgh when Eckerd Corporation merged (Med ’50), son-in-law Harry Bonchosky ’40, Alumni Association and Chairman of the with Thrift in 1997. Says Progar, now and grandson Fred Bonchosky ’74 are also all Pharmacy Division of the Cathedral of Learn- vice president of pharmacy relations graduates of the School.) for Eckerd, “I think Eckerd hired me for my contacts and ability to get things

Fall 1998 9 Alumni Board Retreat

he School of Pharmacy Alumni Board met for a retreat on July 25, 1998, at Tthe Lake Arthur Golf Course. Pic- tured above from left to right are: (front row) Nicole DiAugustine (student representative), Renée Pekor, Rae Ann Maxwell, Nikki Hudak, Dick Lithgow, Dean Randy Juhl; (back row) Kathleen Bartony, William Crossey, Robert Monte, Paul Ferraro, Michael Danek, Associate Dean Gary Stoehr. Not pictured are Assistant Dean Gary Haberle, Jacient Bray, Lisa Davinsizer, Timothy Gregorius, Anne Katz, Monica Martyak, Randall Novak, Nikki Rebich, Jill Slimick- Ponzetto, William Thompson III, Janet Traynor, Marcia Ungerman, Margaret Zak, Anne Ferri (student representative), and Iny Decker (student representative).

CVS Presents Scholarship Support Pharmacy School Forms Alumni Michael Calli, RPh (right), Pharmacy Human Resource Manager at CVS, presents Dean Association Randy Juhl with a $5,000 gift for scholarship support in the 1998-1999 academic year. February 27, 1931

Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy graduates representing classes from 1895 to 1930 have established the Pharmacy Wal-Mart Foun- Alumni Association. Initial plans for organizing the Association were held Webster dation Grants during a dinner yesterday at Hall in Oakland. A vigorous campaign Scholarship is currently being conducted to solicit members. Marc Roberson, RPh (left), pharmacy district manager, Wal-Mart, presents a $1,000 gift from the Wal-Mart Foundation to grant a scholarship to a School of Pharmacy student.

10 Pharmacy Alumni News Small Neighborhood Pharmacy Goes Global via the Internet

avid O. Hairhoger ’78 is standing outside of his store, Community DDrug of Greenfield (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), explaining how a relatively small but successful neighborhood pharmacy created a Web site that has garnered a global business and international recognition with its recent designation as a Top 50 Web site by CIO Magazine (see side bar). He is just start- ing his story when someone in a passing car hollers, “Hey, Dave.” Hairhoger stops and waves, then, a few seconds later, pats a customer on the back as he leaves the store. “I’ve always enjoyed community pharmacy,” says Hairhoger, who bought the then 63-year-old pharmacy in 1980. “You get to know everyone well and you end up doing much more than just filling prescriptions. You also provide an open ear and empathy.” Located in the small community of David O. Hairhoger with his CIO Magazine Top-50 Web Site award. Hairhoger runs Commu- Greenfield (near Squirrel Hill), Hairhoger’s nity Drug, in Pittsburgh, from which he operates a thriving business on the World Wide Web. pharmacy is the only game in town. Still, Hairhoger was looking for an edge to com- Although e-mail and the telephone have pete. He and his pharmacists began making replaced face-to-face contact with Internet Community Drug Web Site Voted custom-made prescriptions to match medi- customers, the personal touch is still main- Among Top 50 World Wide cines prescribed in precise measures by doc- tained through longer written explanations tors for individual patients, including and answering questions via e-mail. A ready- In addition to the growing business, an prescriptions for skin disorders and hair loss. made order form enables customers to use indicator of the Community Drug of When one of Hairhoger’s pharmacists, Aaron certain codes to verify that the prescription Greenfield Web site’s success is its recent Kozol, saw the opportunity to do a global was ordered by a physician. In addition to the naming as one of the Top 50 Internet Sites business via the Internet, Community Drug of specialty compounds, the store also fills in the world in a poll of on-line sites taken Greenfield was on the road to becoming a ready-made prescriptions and offers added by CIO Magazine for corporate chief infor- worldwide enterprise. privacy for the sale of drugs like Viagra. mation officers. Among the other top 50 Kozol set up the store’s Web page several “We only see this segment of our business Web sites are Amnesty International, Digi- months ago, and e-mail requests started to as expanding,” says Hairhoger. “We’re cur- tal Equipment Corp., Office Depot, come in almost immediately. Hairhoger esti- rently listed on several foreign Web pages.” Samsung Electronics, Williams and Wilkins mates that, in addition to the 300 in-store For other community pharmacies thinking publishers, and the Weather Channel. Win- prescriptions per day, his store fills at least 30 of setting up Web pages, Hairhoger cautions ners were judged on how impressively the to 40 prescriptions per day via its Web site. that they must be prepared to devote a lot of site delivered on its business objectives and “We get a lot of physician referrals for our effort. “It’s a continuously changing task, and were a source of valuable information, how specialty compounds, which are meeting a you have to give it more than just a few hours the site’s design and attributes contributed unique demand,” says Hairhoger. “For ex- a week,” says Hairhoger. “As a matter of fact, to its success, and how well the blend of ample, we’re currently working with a local we’re changing schedules again today. Aaron, technology and design matched the needs doctor on mixing a steroid in powder so that who was doing primarily traditional dispens- of the site’s target audience. You can surf when it’s sprayed into the mouth it adheres to ing will now work 34 hours a week as our Community Drug on-line at the area that needs treatment.” Web pharmacist.” www.communitydrug.com.

Fall 1998 11 Alumni Weekend

he School of Pharmacy’s Fourth Annual Alumni Weekend is evidence Tthat the saying, “Nothing Succeeds Like Success” is true. Since the inaugural Alumni Weekend was held in 1995, the event has continued to grow, attracting more and more alumni each year. This year’s Alumni Weekend, held May 29-31, 1998, was attended by 175 alumni and guests, who took the opportunity to catch up with former class- mates and friends in the beautiful and relax- ing atmosphere of the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains. In addition to featuring class reunions for years ending in a three or an eight, the weekend featured the annual Alumni Dinner, five continuing education hours, and the awarding of the 1998 Distinguished Alumni Awards to Ralph E. Progar ’71 and Dick Lithgow ’50 (see profiles on pages 8 and 9). Alumni also participated in a golf outing and the optional trips to Fallingwater and Colonial Ligonier. In addition, Dean Randy Juhl presented his annual “State of the School” address and Ralph Progar gave an update on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy during a “Breakfast with the Dean.” The School of Pharmacy thanks all alumni, students, and faculty who worked so hard to make the Fourth Annual Alumni Weekend a success. We look forward to seeing even more alumni at the next Alumni Weekend (see side bar). The School of Pharmacy wishes to extend its appreciation to those alumni who helped organize their class reunions: Ned Shipley (Class of ’43); Dorothy Kriley (Class of ’48); William Miller, Betty Ann REUNION PHOTOS BY CLASS and Harry Kerr, and Thelma Gill (Class of ’58); Richard Zoltun (Class of ’63); Gary Stoehr, Russ Allinson, and James Curcio (Class of ’73); Dave Hairhoger, Lorraine Basil Horner, Renée Kubacka Juhl, Robin Freisleben Kolodziejczyk, Grace Matetich Popeck, Cheryl Buczkowski-Snyder, Donna Kuczma Tavoletti, and Bea Ross Venturi (Class of ’78); Beverly Kroner, Mary Hayden, and Bernie Pitrone (Class of ’83); Leona Liepack Fritsch, Nancy Gallo, and William Thompson III (Class of ’88); and Class of ’48 Class of ’58 Elena Nelson (Class of ’93).

12 Pharmacy Alumni News Fifth Annual Alumni Weekend June 4-6, 1999

et out your calendars, block out the first weekend in June, and start your Gsummer by attending the School of Pharmacy’s Fifth Annual Alumni Weekend. Held at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, Pennsylvania, June 4-6, 1999, the Alumni Weekend program will feature class reunions for the years ending in four or a nine, continuing education credits, golf, and loads of fun. For more information about the weekend or to volunteer to help organize a class reunion, please contact:

Richard A. Lithgow ’50 Special Assistant to the Dean for Alumni Affairs (412) 242-4525 E-mail: [email protected]

Class of ’73 Class of ’78 Class of ’88

Fall 1998 13 Pharmacy Gift Student Shop Now Open

N E W S ere’s a chance to show your pride in the School of Pharmacy. The Pitt HPharmacy Gift Shop is now open and fully stocked with items that Pitt alumni and friends can purchase to show their support for the School. The “Gift Shop” features “Visions Beyond Students Receive National Awards the Bluff,” a video history recounting Sangeeta Agarwala, a PhD student, has received a $15,000 United States Pharmacopoeia the School’s 125- (USP) fellowship for 1998-1999. According to Jerome Halperin, executive vice president of year history. Also USP, “The USP fellowships allow post graduate students to conduct research leading to in stock are safer, higher quality drugs and useful information about drugs, medicine, and health care University of technologies. Agarwala was awarded this fellowship for her research work on long term Pittsburgh ap- kidney function in liver transplant patients. She is a student of Raman Venkataramanan, parel and a set PhD. of high-quality

Bernie Komoroski ’00, a third year professional pharmacy student, has received a Merck Research Scholar program award given by the American Association of Colleges of Phar- macy for the year 1998-99. The School of Pharmacy will receive $ 7,000 for a stipend and supplies to support his research project, “Effect of cytokines on phase II metabolism of mycophenolic acid in primary cultures of human hepatocytes,” which he is conducting with Raman Venkataramanan, PhD. Komoroski, along with nine others from all over the United States, was selected for this award from among 50 applicants.

Canter Establishes Student Scholarship

May 29, 1943

Mr. Abraham R. Canter, an alumnus of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, has established a $25 yearly prize to be awarded to the student who achieves the highest standing in the Department of Pharmacy throughout the course. According to Mr. Canter, he established the scholarship because he wanted to create a keener com- petition among the students in the science and art of pharmacy.

Melissa Somma, PharmD (front center) claps her hands in celebration with fellow School of Pharmacy students on graduation day.

14 Pharmacy Alumni News note cards with full-color photographs of the Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum. Each package contains eight cards (two each of four photos of some of the museum’s most distinctive artifacts) and envelopes.

(left) Clockwise from top are Creighton Moorehead, modeling the navy, men’s golf shirt; Richard Lithgow, in the gray sweatshirt and white and navy ball cap; Erin Kirby in the light gray T-shirt; and Rae Ann Maxwell in the women’s, white golf shirt.

PITT Pharmacy Gift Shop order form (Pharmacy proceeds benefit Pharmacy Alumni Society student programs.) To order, please fill out this form and mail with check payable to the University of Pitts- Item Quantity Cost Per Total burgh:* School of Pharmacy Alumni Society Video $14 Attn: Laraine Kuchma University of Pittsburgh Note Cards $8 1104 Salk Hall T-shirt (light gray): S■ M■ L■ XL■ XXL■ $13 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Men’s Golf (navy): S■ M■ L■ XL■ $50 Name Ladies’ Golf (white): S■ M■ L■ XL■ $45 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Address Sweat Shirt (light gray): S M L XL XXL $45 Cap $18 State/City/ZIP

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Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. Total *Or, for apparel only, order via credit card, call 1-800-833-7488 and mention the School of Pharmacy.

Fall 1998 15 Faculty

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Jill Brufsky, PharmD, assistant professor of ric Institute and Clinic Investigational Drug pharmacy and therapeutics, was awarded a Services. Siuda Retires one-year contract with the new UPMC Health Plan for managed care pharmacy services. Richard Ptachcinski, PharmD, associate hen Jerome Siuda, PhD, Brufsky and Jennifer Stoffel, PharmD, professor of pharmacy and therapeutics, was attended his retirement party assistant professor of pharmacy and therapeu- chosen as the United Way Community Cham- at the School of Pharmacy tics, have passed the pharmacotherapy boards pion for his work with the Rx Council of W on August 21, he received the customary and were awarded Specialty Certification in Western Pennsylvania. gift of appreciation. In this case, a brass Pharmacotherapy. lamp. But Dr. Siuda had a gift of his own Michael Romano, assistant professor of for the school. Stanford Cohen, BS ’57, was chosen by pharmacy and therapeutics, is the faculty “About 25 years students as School of Pharmacy teacher of the adviser for the school’s Academy of Stu- ago, somebody threw year for 1997-1998 academic year. Mr. Cohen dents of Pharmacy (ASP) chapter, which was a photo of Victor passed away on March 2, 1998. runner-up for pharmacy chapter achievement Grignard, who won award. the 1912 Nobel Prize Joseph Knapp, PhD, professor of pharma- for Chemistry, into ceutical sciences, and Pat Kroboth, MS ’80, Meredith Rose, PharmD ’91, assistant the trash,” explains PhD ’83, professor and chairperson of phar- professor of pharmacy and therapeutics, has Siuda. “It was signed maceutical sciences, were inducted as Ameri- received a UPMC Health System exemplary by Grignard and can Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists award for patient care. given to his cousin, who later gave it to (AAPS) fellows. former Dean O’Connell. When I saw it, I Susan Skledar, MPH ’91, BS ’88, has been knew it was important. I kept it in my Beverly Kroner, PharmD, BS ’83, assistant promoted to assistant professor of pharmacy office all these years and decided that it professor of pharmacy and therapeutics, was and therapeutics. should go to the School.” primary coordinator and moderator at the A chemist by training, Siuda taught 12th Annual Invitational Conference on Anti- Gordon Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA ’91, BS pharmacy students about drug interac- coagulation Therapy held in Atlanta in De- ’84, assistant dean, managed care and execu- tions at the molecular and biochemical cember 1997. tive vice president, Managed Health Care, level. His 30-year career at the School Stadtlanders Managed Pharmacy Services, of Pharmacy also encompassed a wide Mary Beth Lang, BS ’89, instructor in phar- was elected to the Board of Directors of the range of research projects, including a macy and therapeutics, has received the International Society of Pharmaceutical Out- study of octopus ink as a model for mela- UPMC Health System President’s Perfor- comes and Research. nin and melanoma. mance Improvement Award. “During my time here, I truly enjoyed Michael Zemaitis, PhD, BS ’69, has been teaching and research, as well as the Dexi Liu, PhD, has been promoted to associ- named vice chair of the Department of Phar- camaraderie,” says Siuda. “Actually I had ate professor of pharmaceutical sciences with maceutical Sciences. four different parties for my retirement, tenure. and I was considering postponing it because I enjoyed them so much.” Rae Ann Maxwell, PhD ’97, BS ’87, has (above) Jerome Siuda, right, The School of Pharmacy’s faculty, been promoted to assistant professor of phar- presents Dean Randy Juhl with staff, and students extend their best macy and therapeutics and appointed director an autographed photo of Nobel wishes for Dr. Siuda in his retirement. of UPMC-Presbyterian and Western Psychiat- laureate Victor Grignard.

16 Pharmacy Alumni News Transcripts

1940s I. Glenn Sipes, PhD ’69, professor and head Venkataramanan Alex Bigman, BS ’49, MS (Pharmacology), of the Department of Pharmacology (College Receives PhD, has retired. Bigman, who owned two phar- of Medicine) and Department of Pharmacol- macies (one in Pittsburgh and one in Annandale, ogy and Toxicology (College of Pharmacy) at Foundation Virginia), studied pharmacology at the University the University of Arizona, received the Robert of Maryland and holistic medicine at La Salle J. DeSalvo Distinguished Alumni Award from Award University. He worked in holistic and homeo- the University of Cincinnati College of Phar- pathic medicine for 25 years. macy this past June. In July, 1998, he was elected president of the International Union aman Venkataramanan, PhD, 1950s of Toxicology, which represents over 40 professor of pharmaceutical R. Paul Baumgartner, BS ’56, writes that countries and 22,000 toxicologists. Rsciences and pathology, has “the time arrived last August to jump to full- received a Ranbaxy Research Award. time retirement.” During his long career, 1980s Presented by the Ranbaxy Science Foun- Baumgartner was special consultant to the Edward C. Seidl, dation, which represents Ranbaxy, India’s Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science BS ’89, PharmD, largest indigenous pharmaceutical com- (1993-1997), manager of pharmacy affairs has received the pany, the award goes to an Indian scientist for Merck Human Health Division (formerly Joe E. Smith in recognition of excellence in original Merck Sharp and Dohme) (1980-1993); assis- Award, presented work in medical and pharmaceutical sci- tant dean and associate professor at the by the Pennsylva- ences. Venkataramanan received the award University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy nia Society of Edward Seidl (center) poses for his work with Indian kidney transplant (1976-1980); and director of pharmacy services Health System with the Joe E. Smith Award patients during a sabbatical. He made the for the Appalachian Regional Hospital (1964- Pharmacists and with his wife, Cheryl Seidl, observation that the average 1976). Baumgartner, who received the School sponsored by the and Ron Schulte, RPh, bioavailability of cyclosporine in Indian of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award in Bayer Corporation. scientific affairs liaison for transplant patients is twice that in 1974, also served as president of the American the Bayer Corporation. caucasian patients. According to Society of Hospital Pharmacists (1974). He 1990s Venkataramanan, this finding is likely due and his wife, Sandy, are currently “satisfying Roberta Skoronski, PharmD ’97, has been to differences in gut metabolism and/or p- the travel bug,” including a trip to Alaska. appointed assistant professor of pharmacy glycoprotein efflux that may be modified practice at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. due to dietary factors. Venkataramanan 1960s hopes the award will help him extend his Anthony N. Civello, BS ’67, chairman, presi- clinical research in Indian transplant dent, and CEO of Kerr Drug, Inc., headquar- patients. tered in Durham, North Carolina, has been elected to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Board of Directors.

John M. Fris, BS ’68, has successfully completed the exam for board certification in psychiatric pharmacy (BCPP). Director of Pharmacy at the Ebensburg Center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, Fris is one of three pharmacists to receive BCPP certification in Pennsylvania.

Fall 1998 17 Honor Roll of Donors 1997-1998

Donors 1997-1998* Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Leroy Cohen, CAS’49; MED’53 We deeply appreciate the generous contributions from alumni, friends, Pamela Jean Cohen, EDU’72 faculty, and staff. *These gifts totaled $535,980 and were received Mrs. Ethel Blumenfeld Feldman, College of Phar- during fiscal year 1998 (July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1998). In addition EDU’33 William J. Gatti, PHA’66 to a significant number of gifts designated for scholarships, the Brick macy Receives Mrs. Helen B. Katz Walkway (renovation), the Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum, Gary Robert Kincel, PHA’72 and unrestricted use, the School received a generous bequest from the Donation for Judith R. Lehnowsky estate of Doris Jean Koslow (more on this gift in future issues). Janet Lynn Misko, PHA’84 Building Special thanks to fund-raising volunteers Ralph Progar, PHA ’71, Irvin K. Poust, PHA’39 Sherri Progar, PHA ’77, Kathleen Bartony, PHA ’76, Anne Katz PHA Improvements Ralph E. Progar, PHA’71 * ’81, members of the School of Pharmacy Alumni Society Board, and Sherri Zamiska Progar, PHA’77 February 12, 1895 to those donors who enhanced their gifts with matching gift support Virginia Daugherty Schmith PhD, from their employers. PHA’84; PHA’89 * Thanks to the generosity of the We apologize for any omissions or errors in the list of donors. Please Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy’s contact Renée M. Pekor, director of development, at (412) 383-7434 SCHENLEY CIRCLE alumni and friends, the College is regarding corrections to the donor honor roll. William Pitt Associates purchasing a new home on the cor- Thank you. $500 to $999 Robert E. L. Burkholder, PHA’62 ner of Pride and Bluff Streets. In Karen Susan Fisher, PHA’86; addition to many individual donors, July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998 Hugh Henry Brackenridge Categorized by Gift Allocation Society LAW’89 the W. J. Gilmore Drug Co. has Unrestricted $404,160 $5,000 to $9,999 George Brenner Handelsman, donated a sum of $1,000 to help Scholarship $ 63,547 Gary Paul Stoehr, PharmD, PHA’73 KGSB’82 purchase the new building. Accord- Brick Walkway and Gail A. Klingensmith ing to Dean Julius Koch, increas- Renovation $ 49,477 CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE Wayne C. Miller, PHA’56 ing enrollment necessitates the need Other $ 11,796 George Woods Society Marilyn J. Miller * for more space and modern facili- Research $ 7,000 $2,500 to $4,999 Lawrence A. Rehanek, PHA’28† David Paul Rotella, PHA’81 * ties. The College will sign its lease Total Gifts $535,980 Frederick Josef Bonchosky, RPh, Terrence L. Schwinghammer for a building on Pride and Buff PHA’74 Cathedral of Learning Society Randy P. Juhl, PhD David M. Smith, PHA’76 Streets this coming April and ex- Donors of $1,000,000+ Renée T. Juhl, PharmD, PHA’78 * Mr. and Mrs. James David Steck, pects to move into its new building Cummulative Lifetime William Clyde Kennedy, Sr., PHA’61 PHA’72 * at the same location by 1905. Doris Joan† and Joseph Koslow, Vincent S. Venturella, PhD, Laurence Dale Sykes, PHA’59 PHA ’38† PHA’54; PHA’56; PHA’61 * SCHENLEY CIRCLE CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE Robert Bruce Associates Lantern Society William Jacob Holland Society $300 to $499 $25,000 to $49,999 $1,000 to $2,499 Richard Domenick Biava, PHA’73 Kathryn and Donald William Grimm, Kathleen Diane Bartony, PHA’76 Kent Earle Davis, PHA’86 * PHA ’63; KGSB ’70* Francis Lawrence Bianco, PHA’63 Dorothy Marjorie Dewyer, PHA’72 Betty Howard Brenneman, PHA’42 William C. Dickie, PHA’43 * CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE Ronald G. Cameron, CEO, PHA’57 Antonio Oreste DiFilippo, PHA’75 John Bowman Society Enzo Cerra, PHA’73 Ralph A. Dimuccio, Jr., PHA’62 $10,000 to $24,999 Margaret Siudyla Cerra, PHA’74 Scott Richard Drab, PHA’89 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cippel, Sr., Albert James Gardill, PHA’59 PHA’56 Apryl Gartland, PHA’98 Jennifer Cohen Paul Quay Herwick, PHA’60 Rise Cohen Patricia Macdougall Jarvis, PHA’78 James Mace Kirkwood, PHA’65 CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE

18 Pharmacy Alumni News Dr. Allan Edward Koff, PHA’64 Walter Joseph Bieleski, PHA’72 William M. Fraser, PHA’32 Denise Neilson Jones, FAS’74; PHA’91 William S. Liepack, PHA’52 Joseph Carlton Biery, Jr., PHA’94 Edward J. Freeauf, Jr., PHA’53 Arthur Kameshka, PHA’67 Richard Allen Lithgow, PHA’50 Mr. Joseph E. Birmingham, Jr., Deborah Kay Freeborough, PHA’85 Miss Young Hee Kang, PHA’96 Nicholas Kuhns Long, DEN’65; PHA’44; GSPH’68 Gary John Paul Garofoli, PHA’84 Mr. and Mrs. Allan I. Kart GSPH’69; EDU’75 Richard William Blaha, PHA’85 * Karen Lynn Gathagan, PHA’86 Anne S. Katz, PHA’81 John Craig Lowe, KGSB’84 R. Lee Bloom, PHA’61 Joseph A. Gatto, PHA’75 James N. Kellogg, PHA’52 Rae Ann Maxwell, PHA’87; PHA’97 Harry J. Bonchosky, PHA’40 Frederick Eugene Gaunt, PHA’50 Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Watters Kerr, Nicholas J. Novak, PHA’78 Donald F. Bondi, PHA’53 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lane Gelsthorpe, PHA’58 Kathleen O’Lenic, PHA’74 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brown PHA’65 Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Kerr, Jr., Renée Pekor Michael Joseph Bulger, PHA’76 Anthony R. Geraci, PHA’58; PHA’58 Robert J. Raible, PHA’57 Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Nyle Bush, MED’64 Vivian Kanemaru Kimura, PHA’69 Paul L. Schiff, Jr. PHA’77; PHA’81 Anna Lynn Giordano Lucas, PHA’89 Edward H. Klein, Jr., PHA’57 Dr. Robert John Sepelyak, PHA’79 * Christie J. Castner, PHA’96 Susan Sturdevant Gogol, PHA’84 * Edward L. Klein, PHA’43 Frederick R. Shaffer, PHA’55 Dr. Joseph Andrew Cippel, Jr., PHA’88 Mr. and Mrs. Luis Suarez Gonzalez, Raymond C. Knorr, PHA’54 Joseph Nathaniel Slavoski, PHA’85 Anthony N. Civello, PHA’67 III, PHA’81 Kristen Ann Kociban, PHA’94 Dr. Robert Duane Sofia, PHA’71 * Lisa Oleksak Conboy, PHA’77 Margaret C. Gourash James Donald Koll, PHA’80 Lawrence A. Swanson, PHA’84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milton Corfield, Albert R. Gretz, PHA’55 Francis A. Koslow, KGSB’51; PHA’58 Norman Joseph Talkowski, PHA’73 Jr., HRP’74 Elmer Hubbs Grimm, III, CAS’67 Chester W. Krause, PHA’37 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Thompson, Ms. Lorraine Francine Corsi, PHA’69 Charles Lewis Guenther, PHA’79 Daniel Krause, PHA’40 III, PHA’88 Mr. John Rossman Crone, PHA’55 Francis G. Haberle, CGS’66 Karen L. Krey, PHA’76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Wajert, Norbert S. Cronin, PHA’59 Ronald Glenn Haines, PHA’61 Dorothy Defoggi Kriley, PHA’48 PHA’58 William Joseph Crossey, Jr., PHA’76; Mrs. Patricia Watters Hammarstrom, Dr. Frank J. Kroboth Andrew J. Yurick, PHA’98 KGSB’91 PHA’63 Patricia Dowley Kroboth, PHA’80; Karen Ruth Cruze, PHA’75 Hara Rose Hartman, PHA’83 PHA’83 CENTURY CIRCLE Kathleen McCoy Cummings, PHA’77 James Adam Harvey, Jr., PHA’63 Beverly Anne Kroner, PharmD, Century Associates Holly Susan Cundieff, KGSB’96 Fred C. Hausler, Jr., PHA’53 PHA’83 $100 to $299 Leon Jay Darling, PHA’67 Mary Aleta Hayden, PHA’83 Carol Cramer Larson, PHA’69 Kimberly Denise K. Adkison, PHA’88 * Harry Murray Davis, PHA’72 Joanne Gizienski Healey, PHA’81 Mary E. Lauterbach, PHA’87 William Aigner Thomas Porter Davis, PHA’62 Dr. Joseph Paul Hensley, PHA’81 Mrs. Michele Pici Law, PHA’80 Judith Rosage Allison, PHA’83 John Alan Demar, PHA’76 Dr. Richard Alan Hill, PHA’72 Sylvia Mattie Lawer, PHA’79 John Michael Ambrose, CAS’73; Anne-Marie Lithgow Depp, PHA’86 Dr. Donald Allen Holloway, PHA’60 Mr. Zolen Lazer, PHA’49 PHA’76 David L. Diamond, PHA’57 Lorraine B. Horner, PHA’78; KGSB’84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lebow Jennifer Patsy Andrews, PHA’88 Kim Dickinson, PHA’82 Dr. and Mrs. Zola Phillip Horovitz, Fatima Chi-Fung Lee, PHA’75 William C. Anschuetz, PHA’44 Mr. and Mrs. James D. Doyle, Jr., PHA’55; PHA’58; PHA’60 Maurice D. Levenson, PHA’35 James Alan Augustine, PHA’93 PHA’59 Margaret Ann Hrinya, PHA’66; Mrs. Karen Balis Leventhal, PHA’95 Mr. Christopher G. Baldini, PHA’88 James Richard Drumm, PHA’72 KGSB’92 Betty Levy, PHA’45 Mary Frances Barbato, CAS’86; Colonel Bernard John Dunlevy, Sr., John Joseph Hromyak, PHA’62 Paula Jean Ligus, PHA’93 * PHA’91 PHA’63 Lawrence George Hruska, PHA’73 Norris Lee Lipman, PHA’55 Mrs. Kristen Williams Barger, PHA’76 Professor Kenneth Lester Euler, Nikki Hudak, PHA’95 Erin M. Love, PHA’96 Dr. Herbert Barry, III PHA’59; PHA’63 William George Hungiville, III, Richard L. Lucarotti, PHA’71 Stanley Joseph Belinda, PHA’62 Fred Wilson Evans, Jr., PHA’60 PHA’84 * Robert Thomas Lucas, PHA’80; Richard J. Bender, PHA’59; MED’64 Ms. Megan Ferrara Farachi, PHA’97 Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Hurley, PHA’74 GSPH’86 * Edward Reo Bennett, Jr., PHA’64 George Thomas Fee, PHA’54 Casmer C. Iannuzzi, PHA’48 Kenneth Michael Lukis, PHA’74 Dr. Richard Frampton Bergstrom, William T. Ferri Nancy Dehaven Imgrund, PHA’91 Edythe L. Lydon, PHA’76 PHA’73 Raymond F. Feura, PHA’55 Arthur Gershon Isack, PHA’57; Franklin R. Manios, PHA’57 Richard J. Bertz, PHA’95 Roger John Feura, PHA’86 GSPH’63 George Emanuel Manolakakis, PHA’57 J. Eugene Bianco, PHA’54 M. Maurice Fierman, PHA’36 Illiana R. Janeshek, PHA’80 Steve J. Marbich, PHA’53 Dr. Joseph A. Bianculli, CAS’32; Vincent James Fiorenzo, PHA’75 Bruce Dalton Johnston, PHA’63; Jennifer Marchegiani, PHA’96 PHA’35; FAS’41 Jennifer Lynne Fitch, PHA’95 GSPH’71 Mary Ellen Doran Marchi, PHA’79 Thomas Joseph Bianculli, PHA’64 Donald F. Floyd, PHA’70 Dr. Craig Tyrrell Johnston, Sr., PHA’71 Michael George Marcus, PHA’74

Fall 1998 19 Honor Roll (continued)

1997-1998

Brian L. Marien, PHA’79 Thomas B. Sanders, PHA’41 Charles W. Wellhausen, Jr., PHA’56 KGSB’78 Carl Martin, PHA’88 John W. Sapida, Jr., PHA’49 Gretchen Schenle Wellhausen, PHA’63 Ellen Lee Morgan Curran, PHA’61 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Martino Marion Woomer Sauers, PHA’74; John Edward Wells, PHA’74 Brian M. Curry, PHA’76 Donald Leroy Matson, PHA’90 PHA’81 David N. Whysong, PHA’94 Bernard A. D’Aloisio, PHA’53 Joseph John Mazur, PHA’59 Anna Germana Scholes, PHA’87 Edward S. Wilcox, PHA’74 Daniel Alfred David, PHA’75 Larry Steele McCahan, PHA’63 Mary Louise Sedlock, CAS’67; David Arthur Willome, PHA’77 Stephen A. Denis, PHA’89 Gary Dean McClean, PHA’76 CGS’79; PHA’85 * Mrs. Tina Marie Wise, PHA’92 Debra Mowry Diehl, PHA’78 James Paul McKay, PHA’45 Richard H. Segal, PHA’70 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Robert Young, James Paul Diprimio, PHA’61 Robert Woodring McKenzie, PHA’60 Geraldine L. Seidel PHA’62 Donald Kevin Duda, PHA’89 Glenn E. McNees, PHA’79 Suzanne Seidl William Christopher Zamboni, Mrs. Virginia Madden Dunst, Harold B. Means, Jr., PHA’59 Robert O. Sherman, PHA’79 PHA’92; PHA’94 PHA’58 George Emory Meckley, PHA’73 Mr. Donald Ray Shoenthal, PHA’52 * Mr. Myron Zimmerman, PHA’60 Jayne Santora Duty, PHA’81 Mrs. Lee Ann Lloyd Merlo, CAS’77 Ronald R. Shollenberger, PHA’82 Dale R. Ealy, PHA’51 Andrea Salek Mesaros, PHA’91 Michael Shord, PHA’95 Donors Mr. Jeffrey W. Eshelman, PHA’75 Richard Boileau Miller, Jr., PHA’70 Pamela Hanlin Siefert, PHA’87 $50 to $99 David Albert Evancho, PHA’78 William Francis Miller, PHA’68 Robert P. Simala, PHA’82 * Mr. and Mrs. James Ackeret Mrs. Jennifer Fabregas, PHA’92 Edward Thomas Millward, Jr., PHA’72 Robert Joseph Simonelli, PHA’80 Milford S. Adams, Jr., PHA’57 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Paul Fenello, Christine Novak Modery, PHA’92 Marjorie Klein Simos, PHA’72 Michelle Ambler, PHA’92 PHA’54; MED’59 Loyal D. Moore, PHA’53 F. Robert Simpson, PHA’58 Ellen Graebner Antal, PHA’73 Joanne Fiamma, PHA’94 * Mr. and Mrs. David Morris, PHA’54 David J. Slatkin Sheri L. Baker, PHA’88 Susan Murphy Filo, PHA’87 Dr. Catherine Ndaalu Mpi, GSPH’81 Rick F. Smith, PHA’61 Mrs. Anita Speranzo Barchetti, William Gerald Fisher, PHA’53 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Mucklow Sharon Petrow Snee, PHA’75 PHA’84 Ronald Fordyce, PHA’77 Mr. and Mrs. Rodger William Myer, Richard Paul Sotak, PHA’72 Marvin Barent, PHA’53 Jacqueline E. Frank, PHA’49 PHA’54 Mrs. Jean M. Starvaggi, PHA’92 Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Bigler, Reginald F. Frye, Jr., PHA’95 Donald Newton Myers, PHA’55 Ralph Frederick Stevens, PHA’51 PHA’59 Carolyn Brophy Gasarch, CAS’73; John Nawrocki, PHA’95 Dwight Dean Stiff, PHA’81; PHA’89 David Albert Biricocchi, PHA’73 * PHA’76 David Anthony Nedzinski, PHA’70 Frank J. Stroker, Jr., PHA’58 Frank James Boston, PHA’59 Dr. Bradley Allen George, PHA’80 Mrs. Elena Melocchi Nelson, PHA’93 * Chele Diane Stuber, PHA’82 Richard Lee Boston, PHA’90 William Harry Gerdes, PHA’51 Alberta L. Novak Bernard L. Sussman, PHA’58 Irving Botton, PHA’65 George Myron Geregach, PHA’66 Linda Clare O’Brien, PHA’73 Dan Edward Swain, PHA’81 James Nelson Bowen, PHA’86 Mrs. Lucretia Faye Germick, PHA’88 L. Robert Oberfield, PHA’61 Douglas J. Swanson Thomas J. Bowen, Jr., PHA’53 Sandra Getz Elyse Ockner Felix Joseph Szymkowiak, PHA’70 Carolyn Mytrysak Brennan, PHA’76 Paul Giannetto, PHA’53 James Orlando Pessolano, PHA’61 * Theresa Bennardi Tarquinio, PHA’76 Dennis Michael Bubar, PHA’77 Donald R. Gnagey, PHA’51 Dominic A. Peters, PHA’55 Janet Grant Traynor, PHA’87; Dr. Gilbert John Burckart, PHA’72 Earl Gene Grantz, PHA’58 Dr. Maria Eugenia Piantanida, CAS’67; PHA’95 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Rosemary Pantalone Grealish, FAS’70; EDU’82 Charles Samuel Tressler, PHA’75 Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Burkholder PHA’71 Leonard Joseph Pirilla, Jr., PHA’74 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tull Gregg L. Carmen, PHA’95 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gross Leo Morris Pomerantz, PHA’49 Jeanne A. Tuttle, PHA’79 Ugo F. Caruso, PHA’52 Wilbur Blair Grove, PHA’39 Ethel Baran Ritzman, PHA’58 Nancy R. Twigger, PHA’75 David Scott Claycomb, PHA’92 Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Grunewalder, Raymond Earl Rodgers, PHA’62 Susan Ross Van Buren, PHA’75 Sanford Cohen, PHA’57 PHA’83 Jack Wade Rohland, Sr., PHA’67 Lawrence Nelson Varner, PHA’80 Burton Harry Cohn, PHA’62 John F. Grunewalder * Mr. and Mrs. Joel Donald Roman, Jennifer Gazo Vermillion, PHA’96 Kim C. Coley, PHA’87 Susan Guttendorf, PHA’89 PHA’58; PHA’72 Jeffrey Alan Wagner, PHA’97 Harry M. Corrin, PHA’50 Karen Ginther Harbut, PHA’91 John Paul Rosa, PHA’82 Marcia Clark Walberg, PHA’70 William A. Cotton, PHA’36 * Robert George Heidenthal, PHA’86 John C. Rosencrance, PHA’60 Paul Gabriel Walsh, PHA’52 James George Craig, PHA’93 * Max Helfand, PHA’38 Phyllis Rosenfeld Charles Simpson Warne, Jr., PHA’52 Reginald Cummings, PHA’98 Craig A. Hinden, PHA’96 William R. Rowse, Jr., PHA’71 Arnold L. Weisband, PHA’54 Susan Cunneen John F. Hines, PHA’86 James F. Salmon, PHA’55 J. Herman Weiss, PHA’43 James Martin Curcio, PHA’73; James Morely Hirsch, PHA’49

20 Pharmacy Alumni News Kristin Ann Hofer, PHA’87 Bonnie Bruck Meiggs, PHA’73 Mr. Martin Jay Shulik, PHA’80 City Drug Employees Leonard Stone Holman, PHA’49 Gary Milkovich, PHA’73 Debra Wentzel Shultz, PHA’93 John P. and Constance Curran Mr. and Mrs. Rodger A. Howells Constance Lynn Mininger, EDU’73 Robert J. Sklenar, PHA’58 Charitable Foundation Rhonda Rae Huisenga, PHA’90 Barbara Alloway Minter, PHA’57 Rosalind Roth Sky, EDU’62 CVS Corporation Sheldon D. Ickes, PHA’43 Robert Joseph Monte, PHA’79; Myron Snider, PHA’62 Drug Emporium Margaret Doelfel Jackson, PHA’52 KGSB’92 David George Spenik, CAS’69; PHA’74 Eckerd Corporation Foundation * Dr. James Mark Jaffe, PHA’68; Joseph Kevin Montgomery, PHA’86 Elizabeth Ann Stefanik, PHA’74 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation * CAS’69; PHA’70; PHA’72 * Maxine Morell, PHA’93 Mr. and Mrs. James Stein, PHA’40 Employees of Pamela’s & Laferia’s Amy J. Jamison, PHA’93 Christina Murphy Moyer, PHA’95 Rodney L. Stephan of Shadyside Sheryl Dentel Jeffers, PHA’76 Amy Louise Myers, PHA’83 Henry Stern, PHA’37 Glaxo Wellcome, Inc. * Danna Degruttola Johnson, PHA’78 James Robert Neidlinger, PHA’73 Regina Zeolla Summerville, PHA’59 Hoffmann-La Roche Foundation * Mr. William Frank Johnson, III, Eric Louis Nestler, PHA’67 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Swanson Department of Speech PHA’85 Mr. and Mrs. Morris Edward Ogun, William Martin Swanson, PHA’65 Communications, Ithaca College Robert T. Kauffman, PHA’77 PHA’60 Thomas A. Thompson, PHA’76 Kiwanis Club of Sheraden Susan Carla Kaye, PHA’80 George William Oleyar, PHA’56 Thomas Richard Thompson, PHA’77 K-Mart Corporation * Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kelly Edward Stephen Pacy, PHA’81 William J. Tranick, PHA’58 Ligonier Pharmacy, Inc. Kevin Andrew Kerr, PHA’90 Frank D. Palmiero, PHA’53 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Joseph Travis, Lincoln Enterprises Andrew T. Klan, PHA’94 Vincent Anthony Pasquarelli, PHA’94 PHA’77 Lucent Technologies Foundation * Joseph E. Knapp John Robert Payne, PHA’79 David Anthony Trinclisti, PHA’77 Merck Company Foundation * Gordon W. Knight, PHA’53 Henry P. Perciballi, PHA’51 Carl Michael Trosko, PHA’72 Morris Cody & Associates, Inc. Mr. Charles G. Koller, PHA’55 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Pierce Robert E. Tyler, Jr. NACDS Education Foundation Diann Mechenbier Kuder, PHA’71 George Michael Plummer, CAS’73 Barry T. Uhron, PHA’97 Novartis U.S. Foundation * James C. Kuhn, III, LAW’74 Vincent John Politi, PHA’84 * Michael T. Umbleby, PHA’96 Owen Healthcare, Inc. Vincent Clair Kwiatkowski, PHA’74 Mr. and Mrs. John Dimitri Popovich, George Philip Walker, CAS’73; PHA’76 Pfizer Foundation, Inc. * Mrs. Mary Shaffer Laatsch, PHA’83 PHA’77 Jack Wassam, PHA’62 Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Joseph William LaRue, PHA’93 Neil M. Port Stanley John Wawrynovic, Jr., PHA’73 Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation * Richard K. Latshaw, PHA’54 Richard J. Ptachcinski Robert Kenneth Wentzell, PHA’52 Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Patricia Sherman Leaman, PHA’82 Holly Ann Reider, PHA’87 Richard Waide Wilson, PHA’60 Company Duane C. Lenart, PHA’55 Joan Lee Ringeling, CAS’76; PHA’80 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bernard Wysocki, PPG Industries Foundation * Charles James Lester, PHA’77 Ronald A. Roberts, PHA’54 PHA’87 Residential Care Services, Inc. David Leszunov, PHA’78 Theresa Bonari Rodriguez, PHA’92 Brian Yurochko Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharm, Inc. * Amy Miller Lowey, PHA’91 Jeffrey Eugene Roth, PHA’80 Rite-Aid Corporation Mary Catherine Lupinacci, CAS’92; Lynda Fisher Saxon, PHA’83 Donors to $49.99 Schering-Plough Foundation, Inc. * PHA’97 Shellina Rawji Scheiner, PHA’84 Thank you to the 365 donors School of Pharmacy Class of 1998 Robert L. Maher, Sr. Shari A. Scholze, PHA’91 who made gifts of up to Sel-Lo Oil, Inc. Harry Michael Marchewka, PHA’78 Tracie Weiss Schortemeyer, PHA’84 $49.99. Sisters of St. Francis Jeffrey Alan Markovitz, PHA’78 Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Schultz, Thrift Drug, Inc. * Steven Mark Markovitz, PHA’77 MED’63 Companies, Corporations, Wagner Investment Company Steven Josef Markowitz, PHA’89 Mrs. Sandra Blockstein Schwarzbart, Foundations, and Organiza- Walgreens Stanley Frederic Marks, PHA’61 CAS’58; EDU’62 tions Wal-Mart David Edward Maszkiewicz, PHA’86 Lisa M. Schwarzmeier, RPh, PHA’92 Abbott Laboratories * Warner-Lambert Company * Ronald Edward Matson, PHA’81 Edward Carl Seidl, PharmD, American Association Colleges Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Group * Constance C. Mazzoni, PHA’79 CAS’85; PHA’89 of Pharmacy * Special thanks to those corpora- Thomas McCants, GSPH’82 Anita Marie Sellers, PHA’84 * Angelus Convalescent Center tions that provided matching gifts to Marilyn Ann McCarty, PHA’90 Mrs. Theresa Krautheim Sendi, PHA’59 Boc Group * increase support. Linda Vickery McConahy, PHA’84 Robert Earl Sheehan, III, PHA’72 Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation * † deceased, honored posthumously Kevin P. McKinney, PHA’79 Max Sherman, PHA’53 Cardinal West, Inc. David Allen McLucas, PHA’78 Brent Lewis Shields, PHA’94 Carter-Wallace *

Fall 1998 21 School of Pharmacy Brick Walkway: Caring Carved in Stone

hrough the generosity of many, a Pharmacy entrance. You even receive a Questions may be directed to: major undertaking, phase I and II certificate commemorating your gift. Your Renée M. Pekor Tof the School of Pharmacy Renova- donation may be made all at once or over a Director of Development tion Project, has been completed. The new two year period. School of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy entrance to Salk Hall Join the 280 individuals who have already (412) 383-7434 is open and heavily utilized. It leads to new, taken their places in the Walkway. With your e-mail: [email protected] modernized classrooms and laboratories help, the School will remain in the vanguard essential for an excellent educational program of pharmacy education, and your name will and breakthrough research taking place within become a permanent part of the School of the School. Pharmacy entrance, a visible and lasting But more remains to be done. Today’s demonstration of your commitment to the educational methods require transforming next century of University of Pittsburgh some additional space into smaller seminar pharmacy graduates. rooms, adding state-of-the art media and video equipment to more than one classroom, Bricks also make wonderful gifts. increasing computer access and capacity, and Please note that your gift to the School of creating a reserve for on-going facility and Pharmacy Brick Walkway is tax deductible to equipment enhancement. the fullest extent of the law. You can participate. You can help by mak- If you are making your gift in payments ing a donation to the Brick Walkway pro- over time, a reminder will be sent to you for gram. In return for your completed each gift payment due. contribution of $400, a brick will be inscribed with your name and graduation year and added to the Walkway outside the School of

Thank you for your gift. Please check one option and enclose appropriate gift payment. ■ Enclosed is my check for $400 Make your check payable to the University ■ I would like to spread out my contributions over two years by sending: of Pittsburgh and mail it with this form to: ■ $200 now and $200 next year School of Pharmacy ■ $100 now and $300 more in three installments of $100 each every six months Development Office ■ $50 now and $350 more in seven installments of $50 each every three months University of Pittsburgh If you are making your gift over a two year period, for your convenience a reminder will be sent 1104 Salk Hall to you for each gift installment due. Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Name: Please print the name to be inscribed in block letters: Graduation Year (if applicable): ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Address: First Name Middle Initial ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Telephone: ( ) Last Name Fax: ( ) ■ ■ ■ ■ E-mail: Year (Optional)

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Lawrence A. Rehanek ’28 Business Telephone: The late Lawrence Rehanek was a lifelong donor and friend to the School of Pharmacy Position(s): and the University of Pittsburgh. An avid football fan, he attended every Pitt home News: football game. The one-time owner of a bprescription drug store in Mount Pleasant, Rehanek had to sell the store due to health complications after being struck by light- ning on a golf course. Rehanek went into the banking business and eventually became president of Mount Pleasant State Bank. Dedicated to his community, he was chairman of the Finance Committee of the Westmoreland County Mental Health and Retardation Board and director of the Jacob Justice Free Dispensary, the Rehabilitation Center and Workshop of Western Pennsyl- vania, and the Westmoreland County Children’s Home. In 1994 the University Please complete and return to: of Pittsburgh at Greensburg dedicated the bRonnie Andrews Fitness Center in recog- Pharmacy Alumni News nition of Mr. Rehanek’s generosity. Mr. Attn: Laraine Kuchma Rehanek was Andrew’s uncle. 1104 Salk Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Phone (412) 648-3304 b Fall 1998 23 Nonprofit Org. as U.S. Postage School of Pharmacy PAID Office of Development Pittsburgh, PA 1104 Salk Hall Permit No. 511 Pittsburgh, PA 15261

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Pharmacy Alumni Society School of Pharmacy EXECUTIVE BOARD Alumni News Chair School of Pharmacy Alumni News Gary P. Stoehr ’73 is published twice a year by the School of Pharmacy. Past President Kathleen Bartony ’76 Writer /Editor David Petechuk President William J. Crossey ’76, KGSB ’91 Contributing Editors Richard A. Lithgow ’50 Vice President Renée M. Pekor Rae Ann Maxwell ’87, ’97

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