the auburn pharmacist, winter 2012

The Auburn Pharmacist

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H a r r i s o n s c H o o l o f P H a r m a c y

4 APAA letter

5 From the Dean

6 Students

6 Student Council 2011-12

7 Student News

8 Advocating on Capitol Hill

9 Facing Hunger in Honduras

10 Hargreaves Day 2012

12 HSOP LIFE

14 Alumni

14 Jeff Jerkins

15 Where Are They Now?

16 Lipscomb Book Excerpt

17 In Memoriam

William Howard “Doc” Holley Sr.

Ina Bobelle Wright Sconiers Harrell

Arthur McDonald “Mac” Jones

William “Bill” Coleman Booth Sr.

Frances Lee “Franny” McLemore

Benjamin J. Eich

20 Faculty/Staff

20 Brent Fox

21 Paul Jungnickel

22 Noteworthy

23 Comings and Goings

24 2012 APA meeting

25 Where in the World is Dean Evans?

26 Pharmacy Pride

APAA Board

The Auburn Pharmacy Alumni Association (APAA) exists to aid and promote the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy in its educational function and activities; to support educational programs, conferences, and seminars on and off campus; and provide a united voice on issues which are germane to the profession of pharmacy. The board meets at least once a year.

Current Board members are:

Dr. Brent Fox, President

Dr. Jared Johnson, Vice President

Dr. Phillip K. Rigsby, Immediate Past President

Mr. Kenneth W. Prickett

Mr. James O. Walker Sr.

Mr. Charlie Thomas

Mrs. Becky Sorrell

Mrs. Lynne Butler

Mr. Bobby Giles

Mr. Larry Stephens

Dr. R. Lee Evans

The Auburn Pharmacist is an annual publication of the Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University and the Auburn Pharmacy Alumni

Association. It is produced as a collaborative effort between

the HSOP and the Office of Communications and Marketing at

Auburn. It is given to APAA members as a benefit of membership. Each edition of the Auburn Pharmacist is meant to be a look back on the

previous academic year at the HSOP. Any questions about the magazine’s content should be directed to Amy

Weaver at [email protected].

Jimmy Harris

Director of Development

Office of Development

and Alumni Affairs

Amy Parker

Development Coordinator


and Alumni Affairs

Hunter Peak

Director of Development


and Alumni Affairs

Amy Weaver

Communications Specialist

Office of Communications

and Marketing

Dr. R. Lee Evans

Dean

Please address all

correspondence to:

The Auburn Pharmacist

2316 Walker Building

Auburn, AL 36849-5501

Dean’s Advisory Board

The purpose of the Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) is to provide support in the continual development of the Harrison School of Pharmacy. The council is made up of no less than 12 members, representing the pharmacy profession and pharmaceutical research from the perspective of business, practice, and academia. Members are elected and serve staggered three-year terms. The council meets annually on campus to discuss issues over a three-day period. Members are strong advocates for the program and assist in development activities throughout the year.

The 2012 DAC is:Dr. Chris Borden, Owner, Cullman, Ala.Mr. David Darby, President, Andalusia, Ala.Dr. David Gilliand, Julian, N.C.Dr. Leslie Hausser, Midlothian, Va.Dr. Tim Martin, Tuscaloosa, Ala.Dr. Carl McMillian, Indianapolis, Ind.Dr. David Serota, Kalamazoo, Mich.Dr. Dell South Walker, Athens, Ga.Mr. Charlie Thomas, Montgomery, Ala.Mr. William Ashmore, Montgomery, Ala.Mr. Tom Smith, McCalla, Ala.Mr. Joe Dalton, Slocomb, Ala.Dr. Kelli Littlejohn, Montgomery, Ala.Dr. Kenneth Boyett Roberts, Lexington, Ky.Col. Annette Hildabrand, Clifton, Va.Dr. Brent Fox, Auburn, Ala.

Senior Active MembersHon. John Beasley, Columbia, Ala.Mr. James Walker Sr., Birmingham, Ala.Mr. Dwight Henderson, Montgomery, Ala.Mr. Danny Johnson, Sylacauga, Ala.Mr. Phil Keough IV, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Ex-OfficioDr. R. Lee Evans, Auburn, Ala.Mr. Hunter Peak, Auburn, Ala.Mrs. Brinda Lisano, Auburn, Ala.

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From the Desk of Dean Evans 2012You can discern from this issue, much has occurred since the last issue of The Auburn

Pharmacist magazine. Harrison School of Pharmacy student pharmacists have been very busy giving back to the community locally and internationally, as well as achieving recogni-tion nationally for their leadership. Our students make us all proud so I know you will enjoy reading the details. Oh, but they do have some fun along the way.

You will also find a tidbit or two about the successes of our alumni. Mrs. Elizabeth Lip-scomb and her late husband, MacAdory Lipscomb, had a place in history as proprietors of Toomer’s Drugs and observers of all things Auburn. You will find excerpts from her scrap-books and journals, a great way to step back in time and find some of the stories bringing a smile or two.

Harrison School of Pharmacy continues to focus on four broad missions: educating and training tomorrow’s pharmacists as “practice ready” primary care providers responsible for optimizing drug therapy outcomes for their patients is paramount; promoting innovation in pharmacy practice, transferable to the community is our responsibility as academics; creat-ing the knowledge through research in the basic pharmaceutical sciences, health outcomes, pharmacy practice, and pharmacy education to contribute in improving patient care and promoting the profession and; developing future researchers and educators through post-graduate education and training.

During 2011, our faculty provided 20,000 semester credit hours of instruction, published 128 articles, delivered 126 national or regional publications, and successfully competed for $1.7 million in extramural funding. In all, Harrison School of Pharmacy graduated 133 PharmD and five PhD students. Our faculty, working with benefit managers, employers and practitioners, has developed sustainable models for community-based pharmaceutical care which is being implemented across the state. We have had a productive year and continue to support all aspects of pharmacy.

I want to send a big thank you to all who have made the commitment in giving back to your alma mater. Last year, with your help, more than $265,000 was provided as scholar-ships to students whose average debt load upon graduation will exceed $150,000. Proceeds from endowments have assisted in attracting and retaining outstanding professors who are moving our profession and science forward. Gifts dedicated to providing better research facilities have helped in that progress. It is also reassuring that our faculty, staff, and students are committed with 86 percent making donations last year.

We are focused on a number of high priority fundraising goals including increasing our annual giving contributions and endowment support for students and faculty, and con-structing a much needed state-of-the-art pharmaceutical sciences research facility. The Auburn Family is grateful for your contributions to excellence.

The words of George Petrie in the Auburn Creed continue to ring true on the Plains and in the hearts of the Auburn faithful: “I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and my hands to work skillfully.”

Waaar Eagle!!!!

R. Lee Evans, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCCP, BCPPDean and Professor

send requests for donations to life members. Please know that your life membership is honored regardless of whether you send a donation.

At the annual meeting of the Alabama Pharmacists Association in June, APAA recognized two individuals for their contri-butions to the Harrison School of Pharmacy and to APAA. Brinda Lisano received the APAA Distinguished Service Award for her years of service to APAA as secretary/treasurer. She currently serves as the ex-ecutive assistant to Dean Evans. Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd (’94) received the APAA Distinguished Alumnus Award for her years of leadership in expanding the role of pharmacists within the state. She is assistant dean for Pharmacy Health Services and the clinical director of the Auburn University Pharmaceutical Care Center.

Mac Jones is a name that is likely familiar to many of you, whether from his leader-ship position within the former Big B Drugs or through his many years of service to the Harrison School of Pharmacy. Sadly, he passed away in 2012. I had the privilege to know Mac and remember that he always had a smile on his face. He was a supporter of and friend to the Harrison School of Pharmacy. He will be missed.

If you use Facebook, check out our page: https://www.facebook.com/HSOP.APAA

War Eagle!

Brent Fox, APAA [email protected]

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Hello and War Eagle! I previously wrote about the newly estab-lished APAA Alumni Legacy Award that recognizes children and grandchildren of Harrison School of Pharmacy alums. Last spring, we honored the first recipi-ents of this award at the Harrison School of Pharmacy’s annual awards ceremony. I would like to also recognize our inaugural recipients here:• Katie King (Linda Roney King)• Sarah Kristine Lambert (Rachel Lambert)• Grant Evans McGuffey (Albert Mitchell

McGuffey)• Emily Arledge McPeake (Wilmer Scott

Arledge)• Jennifer Beatty Myer (Billy Beatty)

Recipients received a check and were also recognized at the Auburn breakfast during the Alabama Pharmacy Association meet-ing in June. Thanks to APA for supporting our students’ attendance at the meeting.

Speaking of the APA meeting, we had a great turnout of 115 alums and students at the breakfast. If you haven’t attended the meeting lately, I encourage you to put it on your calendar for next June and plan on at-tending the breakfast.

Within the association’s leadership, we recently thanked Chris Eickholt and Paul Russell for their service to the board. Newly elected board members include Bobby Giles (’92) and Larry Stephens (’76). We appreci-ate the service of our former and current board members. If you have ideas or ques-tions about the association, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the board members.

Also, you may recall that Laurie Newton was the recipient of the APAA Distin-guished Service Award in 2011. Laurie has been elected to serve as the secretary/trea-surer for the association. We appreciate her willingness to serve.

Other news of note:The Harrison School of Pharmacy con-

tinues to receive support for tailgates during home football games. This past season, tailgates were held for LSU by CVS, New Mexico State by Pharmacy Development and APAA, and UGA by Rite Aid.

The Harrison School of Pharmacy’s an-nual scholarship golf tournament was at Auburn University Club on Sept. 21. It was a great opportunity to get together with fellow alums while supporting a good cause. The 2013 tournament date has been set for Friday, Sept. 13. The location will be an-nounced soon.

I want to thank each of you who renewed your membership dues and donated to the Harrison School of Pharmacy and/or APAA. Your support keeps this organization moving forward and supports initiatives like the Alumni Legacy Award and student en-try fees for the scholarship golf tournament. I know there has been some confusion about life memberships. Although we no longer offer a life membership category, the Alumni Association continues to honor life memberships. We normally send an invoice to individuals who pay annually, while we

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Student News Jimmy Puckett (Mobile) was instrumental

in developing the Condoms for Kenya drive for the SNPhA-Mobile chapter in the fall of 2010. To address the HIV epidemic in the African nation, he worked with SNPhA’s national HIV chairman to get every chapter in the country involved prior to the SNPhA National Convention in July 2011. The Mo-bile chapter accumulated approximately 200 condoms for the cause.

More than 8,000 condoms were collected at the convention and sent to Africa via Kenya Relief.

Angela Johnston and Louchard Lamothe (Mobile) were recognized at the SNPhA Na-tional Convention in July 2011. Johnston was not only a regional winner for the Walmart-SNPhA Future Leaders Scholarship, but she was named the overall winner, besting four other regional winners and earning $12,000 in scholarship money. Lamothe was elected as a SNPhA National Officer to oversee the organization’s Bridging the Gap program for the 2011-12 year. She also won a book award. The Mobile chapter was recognized for its poster presentation on Ozanam and working on national initiatives.

For the third time, the Auburn SSHP chapter received official ASHP-SSHP recognition for their work during the 2010-11 year. Criteria included promoting membership in local, state, and national health-system organizations; stimulating interest in health-system pharmacy careers; and encouraging career development and professionalism among students interested in health-system pharmacy careers. Benefits of the recognition include a certificate, awards

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Erin McCrearyPresident

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Adam PattersonVP – Auburn

Katie BradfordVP — Mobile

Christina LairdTreasurer

Veronica MoteSecretary

Rebekah RutledgeSenator

Boopathy Sivaraman (President) is a native of Coimbatore, India. He received his bachelor’s degree from California State University-Fresno and a master’s from Alabama. Boo is also the NCPA student chapter president. He is an active member of Phi Lambda Sigma, Rho Chi, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and the Alabama Pharmacy Association.

Along with numerous roles within local organizations, Boo also represents the state of Alabama and the school on a national level. He is a proud junior member of NCPA Student Leadership Committee, which con-sists of 16 of the brightest pharmacy students across the nation with a strong interest in entrepreneurship and pursuing a career in community pharmacy. He has lead the school’s NCPA Chapter to national recogni-tion on legislative advocacy and will serve as the president of NCPA’s Student Leadership Committee this upcoming year.

Through his interactions with independent Alabama pharmacy owners, NCPA, and the school, Boo intends to be an integral part in developing the practice of pharmacy in Ala-bama for the next generation.

Takova D. Wallace (VP-Auburn) was raised in Childersburg, Ala., the daughter of Gloria May and the late Jerry Wallace. She completed a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., before coming to Auburn.

In three short years, Takova has been active in Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Honor So-ciety, Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity (treasurer), Hargreaves Committee, Clinical Services Advisory Committee, American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists-Alabama Pharmacy Association, and Student National Pharmacy Association.

She completed two summer internships while at the school, including a research position at Indiana University School of Medicine and the St. Cloud, Minn., Veteran’s Affairs Hospital.

After her fourth year in Huntsville, Ala., she aspires to complete a residency program and work in a setting where her primary focus will be cardiovascular diseases.

Mark Amoo (VP-Mobile) was born in Newark, N.J., the son of Victor and Jennifer Amoo, chemical engineers who moved to America from West Africa to pursue their education and career goals. Mark has two younger sisters: Jocelyn, a P2 in Auburn; and Jasmine, who is applying for admission in the fall.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedi-cal sciences from Auburn in 2009. Besides student council, Mark also serves as the president of Phi Delta Chi-Mobile, and vice president of NCPA-Mobile. He is a member of SNPhA Phi Lambda Sigma.

After graduation, Mark would like to enter a residency program specializing in ambula-tory care. His goal is to be able to tailor the postgraduate training in the setting of an in-dependent pharmacy, so he can offer a variety of services to the community.

“Getting involved at the Harrison School of Pharmacy has been the best decision I have made while in pharmacy school,” Mark said. “It has helped me gain confidence not only in myself, but in my profession as well.”

Austin Ratliff (Treasurer) is a P3 from Rome, Ga., the son of Kelvin and Jennifer Ratliff. He received a bachelor’s degree from Shorter University in Rome, Ga., before start-ing pharmacy school in Auburn.

He has been involved in many different organizations such as Phi Delta Chi Phar-maceutical Fraternity, National Community Pharmacists Association, and Alabama Phar-macy Association.

Austin has also received many honors while being on the Plains including the Most Outstanding First Professional Year Award and induction into Rho Chi.

“Interacting with various individuals throughout the profession of pharmacy is

a vital component to ensure our profession continues to strive for excellence,” he said.

Besides pharmacy, Austin really enjoys sports, riding ATVs, and hunting. Austin’s career goals include moving back to Rome and continuing the community pharmacy his father began 15 years ago.

Chidiya O. Ohiagu (Secretary) is from Lagos, Nigeria, the son of Chike Theophilus Ohiagu and Ngozi Elizabeth Ohiagu. He received a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Kennesaw State University before com-ing to the Plains.

Chidiya has been involved in student organizations since his first year particularly with the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists. Besides student council, he is the fundraising chair for the American Pharmacists Association Acad-emy of Student Pharmacists and a member of the Alabama Pharmacy Association.

He was also recently initiated into Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Honor Society. Chidiya also serves and mentors undergradu-ate students through Alpha Omega Campus Ministry.

Chidiya believes that, “Being involved in student organizations helps you become a well-rounded student as you learn from expe-riences that you simply cannot get in the classroom.”

Wesley Oliver (SGA Senator) is from Navarre, Fla. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tampa and a master’s degree from the University of South Florida before coming to Auburn.

Besides Student Council, he is president of the Zeta Chapter of Rho Chi, as well as an active member in the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharma-cists, Auburn University Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, and Harrison School of Pharmacy Admissions Committee.

In his spare time, Wesley enjoys reading, golfing, and running. When Wesley completes his P4 rotations in Birmingham, he hopes to enter a residency program in oncology and infectious diseases.

Student Council 2011-12Leading the Way

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for incoming and outgoing president, and complimentary meeting registration.

The team of Angela Johnston, Amber Shaffer and Rachel Williams made it to Round 4 of the 2011 ACCP Clinical Phar-macy Challenge. The trio competed online against teams from across the country in the “quiz bowl”–style contest. Only 16 teams made it to Round 4 and only half of those moved on to the quarterfinal round.

Thomas Achey is one of 12 students from across the country selected to serve on the American Society of Health-System Pharma-cists’ Pharmacy Student Forum’s Leadership Development Advisory Group. This marks Achey’s second term with LDAG. He was also appointed to the ASHP Pharmacy Stu-dent Forum Executive Committee as vice-chair. Auburn has had students appointed to the Student Forum Committees before, but Achey is the first appointed to the executive committee.

Denise Kelley and Laurie Van Deventer won the 2011 local Clinical Skills Competi-tion. The pair traveled to New Orleans in December 2011 to represent Auburn at the national competition at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.

Rachel Simons participated in a rotation at the Federal Drug Administration. Her preceptor was Jim R. Hunter, ’78.

Rho Chi officers for 2011-12 were Jason Dover, president; Sara Gibby, vice presi-dent; Richard Segraves, secretary; Jennifer Babin, treasurer; and Brittany Bethea, historian.

Tara M. Veasey, Jeanne B. Forrester, Emily A. Lachiewicz, Morgan B. Burch, Austin B. Ratliff, Mary C. Stroud, Maria

M. Carter, and Ryan E. Owens were recog-nized by the Auburn University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi with the Outstanding First Professional Year Award at the 2011 initia-tion and awards ceremony.

Michael Frye met Dr. Adler Francius, resident physician for Advanced Wound Care at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Ala., to deliver $6,000 worth of compounded wound cream that Francius took to his native Haiti. Charles Smith, ’76, and owner of Florala Pharmacy and Phar-macare, made the donation possible.

Louchard Lamothe and Krystal Parrish were selected as 2011 scholarship recipients from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation. A total of 58 phar-macy students nationwide were selected to receive scholarships.

Ashley Weems, the 2011-12 APhA–ASP Speaker of the House, had an article pub-lished in the January/February 2012 issue of the Student Pharmacist, an APhA publica-tion. Weems wrote about the importance of student pharmacists talking to their legisla-tors about pharmacy issues. She also had an article published in the March/April 2012 issue, in which she discussed some of the proposals developed by the APhA-ASP Res-olutions Committee, which were presented at the APhA annual meeting in March.

Sierra Schmidt won first place at the local level of the APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition. She represented Harrison School of Pharmacy in the national competi-tion at the APhA Annual Meeting in March in New Orleans.

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Editor’s Note: Matt Savoie (P1) was one of seven Harrison School of Pharmacy students who visited our nation’s capital to discuss community pharmacies on Capitol Hill. These are his words.

“Get into politics or get out of pharmacy” is the unofficial motto for the advocacy efforts of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). Community pharmacists play a vital role in healthcare and the government has a significant impact on their businesses, so political advocacy must be a priority for every community pharmacist. For three days in May, pharmacists and student pharmacists from across the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., to inform and gain support from their respective state representatives on current issues facing independent pharmacies.

The most pressing issues involved pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, which are unregulated “middle men” between independent pharmacies and insurance companies. PBMs use certain abusive and burdensome audit practices that not only place independent pharmacies in a bad light, but interfere with patients getting optimal and affordable healthcare. NCPA is fighting for legislative support to mandate PBMs to fully disclose its practice methods so all information can be on the table and create honest and even-handed business. Pharmacists also want the opportunity to negotiate fair contract terms with PBMs, as they currently cannot do so.

Other important issues involved mail-order prescription practices. Using mail-order options negates patient-

pharmacist interaction along with, and most importantly, the medication education that spurs from it. One such issue concerns diabetic patients on Medicare. NCPA wants support on a bill that would exempt small pharmacies from a competitive bidding program for diabetes testing supplies which would limit patient access to these vital supplies. Patients in low income, rural communities would be steered toward using mail-order options that are more expensive and lead to inadequate diabetes care. Another matter concerning mail-order pharmacy is that Tricare, the healthcare program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, wants to increase the copay for patients to get its medication at the local pharmacy, bullying them toward the lesser copay of the mail-order option. NCPA wants to make the two copays equal so that the patients can make the decision that is best for them.

Alabama was well represented by several passionate pharmacists and students, including from the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, President Donnie Calhoun and Vice President Kenny Sanders; from the Alabama Pharmacy Association, President Dane Yarbrough and Director

Advocating on Capitol Hill

Facing Hunger in Honduras

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For the past seven years, the partnership between Auburn University and the United Nations’ World Food Programme has resulted in annual summits for members of Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH). Each year, students from across the country gather at these summits to form relationships, develop innovative ideas, and renew the commitment to fighting the war on hunger. In 2010, UFWH broke new ground, hosting its first conference outside the continental U.S. in Guelph, Canada. This year, the borders were stretched again, finding a home for the seventh annual UFWH summit in Catacamas, Honduras.

In February, Kendal Germain and I were given the incredible opportunity to serve as representatives of the Harrison School of Pharmacy and travel to Honduras with a dozen other Auburn students. I can’t say that I’ve ever made a weekend trip to Central America before. Leaving Auburn early Thursday morning and coming home on Sunday night made for a whirlwind weekend.

Our trip was definitely an adventure. After landing on one of the most danger-ous runways in the world, we were escorted through the mountains by two police squadrons and an ambulance for the dura-tion of a five-hour journey from the capital city of Tegucigalpa to Catacamas, the home of La Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNA). Once we arrived, UNA students went above and beyond to make us feel wel-come. From cooking elaborate and delicious meals, to taking us to late night concerts featuring American bandstand-playing orchestras and tribal choral groups, I only hoped that we could be as wonderful hosts, if given the opportunity to return the favor.

The summit began with a humble opening ceremony, recognizing the work Auburn had done to create UFWH, but now is an alliance of more than 200 universities in the U.S. and around the globe. Porfirio Pepe Lobo, Honduras’ president, welcomed us and made it known that hunger is an issue the Honduran government is dedicated to eradicating. This was a

theme repeated throughout the weekend; the fight against Honduran hunger is being fought not only by activists groups, but by students, politicians, educators, and community members. The country of Honduras is united for the cause, and its passion posed a challenge for us, as Americans, to do the same.

For me, as a pharmacy student, it’s an opportunity like this that makes our grueling curriculum worth it and helps me remember why I chose to be a pharmacist in the first place. A desire to help others serves as the basis for most of us who choose this career, and it’s involvement in organizations like the Committee of 19 that allow us to serve others, even as we are not yet pharmacists. It is a reminder that we do not have to wait four years to make a difference in the lives of others and a welcome encouragement that students around the world are joining together to slowly conquer massive issues, like world hunger, that would have seemed an unconquerable feat if faced alone.

Editor’s Note: As the Harrison School of Pharmacy representative on the Committee of 19, Sarah Montgomery (P3) was part of a delegation of Auburn students who attended the seventh annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit in the Central American country of Honduras in March 2012. These are her words.

Louise Jones; from American Pharmacy Cooperative Inc., Bill Eley; and independent pharmacy owners Danny Cottrell and Lancer Smith. There were 50 students at the conference, including seven representing Alabama and the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. They were Denise Sutter, Boopathy Sivaraman, Jeffrey Doss, Jimmy Huynh, Anna Jernigan, Adam Patterson, and Matt Savoie. The pharmacists and students met with Congressmen Mo Brooks and Mike Rogers, and Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby (or a staff member) to discuss the importance of the issues facing community pharmacy.

Advocacy for the protection and progression of the pharmacy profession is so very important because if we do not fight for it, no one else will. NCPA and the Alabama Pharmacy Association have great leaders that devote much time and energy to protect the future of our profession, and are working with the next generation of pharmacists to pass on the torch. As pharmacy students, it is now our turn and we must wake up, pay attention, and be active in preserving one the world’s most trusted professions.

Pharmacists and student pharmacists from across the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., to gain support from their respective state representatives on current issues facing independent pharmacies.


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Student News Margaret Williamson was selected as

the 2012 Auburn University President’s Award recipient from the Harrison School of Pharmacy. She was honored, with other recipients, at a luncheon hosted by Auburn President Jay Gogue in April. The President’s Award comes with a $1,000 scholarship.

In early April, P2s competed in the fourth annual Rite Aid Marketing Plan Competition. Rite Aid executives Earl Pace and Birch Gentry served as judges and determined 1st-3rd place winners in two categories of achievement – Most Creative and Best All Around. Winning teams were:

Most Creative1st place: Katie King, Kaitlin Raley, Hannah Cauley, Lydia Thornhill, Sylvia Canaj, and Stephanie Muns for Beale St. Pharmacy providing Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia MTM advanced care services.

2nd place: Patrick Polk, Eric Anderson, Scott McClain, Ann Nodhurft, Hannah Williams, Ashley Jones, Ashley Coole, Kristi Payne, and Jessica Patanella (Mobile) for ‘Down to Protect’ Skin Cancer Screening and Treatment advanced care services at the ‘Jersey Shore’ community of Ocean Heights.

3rd place: Abbi Kelley, Haley Matthews, Jenn Lakanen, Nicole Ringers, Morgan Burch, and Haley Jordan for Northstar Pharmacy, Breast Cancer Treatment, Recovery, and Support.

Student News Best All Around1st place: Abbie Dixon, Lauren Barron, Victoria Gant, Jennifer Davis, Mandy Stanley, Saige Kauffman, and Juddson Seebrat for Blue Water Pharmacy, Pain Management-Arthritis.

2nd place: Molly Benefield, Tara Veasey, Jennifer Key, Julie Craft, Amanda Outz, and Cecilia Smith for Delta Drugs, Heart Healthy Smiles.

3rd place: Adam Hodel, Norman Westervelt, Stacie Davis, Niegel Hill, Matt Brown, and Kristin Wheeles for Homefront PTSD and Anxiety MTM advanced care services for military personnel in the Ft. Benning/Columbus, G.a., area.

The team of Joseph Ho, Ariel Robison, and Kent Owosu was the top team in the local ACCP/SCCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge and represented Auburn in the online national competitions in September 2011.

Manal Buabeid (Grad student – Pharmacal Sciences) was selected in a national competition for a pre-doctoral fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

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HSOP LIFEpMembers of Kappa Psi traded the club’s red attire in for pink in October 2011 for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and also for our own Mrs. Carolyn Campbell, a breast cancer survivor.

pTarget awarded a grant to the Harrison School of Pharmacy to support a program developed by Mobile pharmacy students to help the Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy meet the needs of the uninsured residents of Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties. Allison Chung, associate clinical professor on the Mobile campus, said student pharmacists discovered a need for medication therapy management, or MTM, services after running a health screening fair at the non-profit pharmacy in December 2010. To read the whole story, visit http://wireeagle.auburn.edu/news/4039.

p SNPhA members joined the Delta Sigma Theta and Chi Omega sororities on March 28, 2012, for “Tie Dye with Pat Dye” to benefit Camp Seale Harris, a children’s camp in Alabama whose mission is to motivate persons living with diabetes through educational, social, and recreational experiences. Event participants were able to tie dye a t-shirt orange and blue and meet former Auburn Coach Pat Dye and former Auburn football player Kendall Simmons. SNPhA members and students in the Auburn School of Nursing offered free blood glucose screenings and diabetes education.

t The Student Council hosted its annual Bake a Difference Day Bake-off Feb. 16, 2012, with assortments of cookies, pies, brownies/bars, and cakes/cupcakes. Prizes were awarded and all proceeds went to the EAMC Foundation’s Celebrate Life Events, which raise awareness in the community about how the hospital touches lives on a daily basis and raise funds to support hospital programs.


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t Dean Lee Evans traveled to Dothan with the development team to talk to alumni at a Fly Like an Eagle event.

t SNPhA, along with Health Promotion and Wellness Services and the Unity Wellness Cen-ter, teamed up to pro-vide free, confidential, and rapid HIV testing at the Student Center in February 2012.

t As part of the nationwide Script Your Future Challenge, Harrison School of Pharmacy student pharmacists in Auburn and Mobile engaged in many activities during October 2011 to raise medication adherence awareness and provide wellness screening services. Activities in both communities included health fairs, community presentations, and a PPE hypertension monitoring program. The students were featured on the Auburn University homepage, http://ocm.auburn.edu/featured_story/medication_information.html.

t While in Birmingham for rotations, P4s Ashley Lightfoot, Brooke Grayson, Ian Haywood, Tara Tatum, Denise Kelley, and Caitlyn Crockett spent one night making dinner for the families of sick or injured children staying at the Ronald McDonald House.

p LiveHSOPhealty and Healthy Tigers held a 3.2-mile walk/run event on National Run at Work Day.

pMembers of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association participated in a fair in November 2011, offering free blood glucose and blood pressure screening services, as well as providing general patient education on medica-tions to more than 200 participants. SNPhA is an association that is con-cerned about pharmacy and healthcare-related issues, and the poor minority representation in pharmacy and other health-related professions.

t Jean Liddell, the pharmacy liaison reference librarian, retired Dec. 1, 2011. She was presented with a gift of Echoes Strong and Clear, Auburn University’s new photo book, signed by members of the Harrison School of Pharmacy family.

t The Free Radicals won the 2012 Auburn Univer-sity Intramural Soccer Championship by a score of 2-1. Andrew Wallace and Kent Owasu were the scorers.

pThe annual Chili Cook-Off held by the Student Council on Nov. 8, 2011, was a huge success, with more than 100 student pharmacists, faculty/staff, family, friends, and a handful of COSAM Chemistry faculty attending. The event raised $340 for the Student Travel Fund, which is designated to reimburse classmates and peers who travel to local, regional, national, and international conventions. Dr. Murali Dhanasekaran (faculty) claimed first place in the chili cook-off. Dustin Brooks (P3), pictured at left, was runner-up.

pA donation of $1,300 was made to Mercy Medical Center after nearly 100 people participated in the Harrison School of Pharmacy Wellness 5K on March 25, 2012.

Big Blue TestThe Harrison School of Pharmacy encouraged participation in this year’s Big Blue Test for diabetes. To learn more, visit http://www.tudiabetes.org/video/big-blue-test-2011-moundville-medical-clinic-near-tuscaloosa-Al.

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Jeff Jerkins, ’96, didn’t grow up with hopes of one day being a doctor or a policeman. He was going to be a pharmacist.

“I was one of those kids that never changed his mind,” he said.

Jeff learned about pharmacy from his father, Ken Jerkins, who owned pharmacies in Florida. Since his father attended Auburn University and graduated from its pharmacy school in 1966, Jeff was bound for the Plains as well.

“I knew from the beginning where I was going to go (to college) and what I would study,” he said.

Jeff came to campus as an undergraduate in 1991 and graduated from the Harrison School of Pharmacy in 1996. With strong ambitions to be a community pharmacist, he began working at Bubba’s Medicine Shop in Opelika. Owner Bubba Young knew the Jerkins family, having graduated from Auburn with Ken Jerkins.

Also in 1996, Jeff married April Hollingsworth, a ’97 Harrison School of Pharmacy graduate. The couple have two children: a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son.

Bubba and Jeff had an arrangement that upon Bubba’s retirement, Jeff would buy the store and continue its operation. As of Jan. 1,

Jerkins Shows Auburn Pharmacy Students About Community Pharmacy at Bubba’s in Opelika

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David Serota, ’69, senior vice president of Drug Safety Development and senior principal study director at MPI Research in Michigan, will serve as the 2012 American College of Toxicology (ACT) president. Serota has been a member of ACT since 1981 and served a three-year term on the membership committee, a three-year term as councilor, one year as vice president, and one year as president-elect.

He received his PharmD from Auburn in 1969 and a doctorate in toxicology from the University of Tennessee Medical Center in 1976.

Deeatra S. Craddock, ’01, received her Young Alumni Achievement Award from Auburn University in November 2011. She was one of 16 alumni selected as the first recipients of the new award from the Auburn Alumni Association, designed to recognize young alumni who have made significant achievements in their professional lives and for distinguished community service. Craddock currently serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy in Dallas. In an email to Auburn Dean Lee Evans, she wrote: “It was an awesome day for me, and I am very appreciative of the care taken with this prestigious recognition! Thanks so much again for all that was done to make this possible for me.”

Bobby Scott, ’66, was recognized in December 2011 at a small reception with family, friends, and staff for his 40th anniversary behind the counter at Mallette Drug Co., in Andalusia, Ala.

Tim Martin, ’78, has been appointed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley to the hospital pharmacist position on the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. He immediately fills the vacancy created by the expiration of Rob Nelson’s term. Martin is member of APA and AlSHP.

Martin also has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Auburn Alumni

Association. He will serve a four-year term. New board members were installed at the annual association meeting at Homecoming. Martin resides in Northport, Ala., and serves as director of pharmacy at DCH Regional Medical Center.

Lewis E. Redditt II, ’71, and his wife,

Elizabeth, became first-time grandparents with the birth of a granddaughter, Mary Scott Tindle. Lewis currently works for Rite Aid. Daughter Beth Redditt Tindle, ’75, is an academic recruiter for Auburn. Daughter Sarah Allison works with Crown Health Care and son Lee, ’09, has completed his second year of dental school at UAB. In June, Lee wed Brittany Broadus, ’09.

Leeann Cline, ’10, and her husband, Alex, welcomed their first child, Tripp, on July 22, 2011. She is currently pharmacy manager for Kmart.

Chris Barwick, ’96, director of pharmacy at Jim Myers Drug, Inc., was profiled in the February 2012 issue of Pharmacy Today for offering medication therapy management to clients at the Jim Myers Health and Wellness Center.

David Duncan, ’79, at Westmeade Pharmacy in Decatur, Ala., was featured in the March 2012 issue of America’s Pharmacist for his efforts to offer compliance packaging to assisted living facilities and group homes throughout Alabama with a closed door pharmacy in Westmeade.

Susan Hicks, ’81, celebrated the graduation of her daughter, Kristen Hicks Whiddon, from the Harrison School of Pharmacy 30 years after her own graduation.

DeAnna Woods, ’01, and her husband, Wesley, welcomed a baby boy, Aiden Lee, on May 7, 2012. Aiden was greeted by two big brothers: Tyler and Weston.

Where Are They Now?

2010, Bubba’s was under new ownership.“I’ve always been comfortable in a

community pharmacy,” Jeff said. “You need to have the knowledge you get from pharmacy school, but to be a successful pharmacist, people want you to care about them. We’re all about building relationships here.”

Bubba devoted his career to nurturing relationships and Jeff knew he would have to do the same if he wanted the same amount of success. What Jeff didn’t expect when he took over the pharmacy is how often he is mistakenly called Bubba by a customer.

“And I don’t dare correct them,” he said, because it’s good to be confused with an honorable man such as Bubba Young.

“We are part of this community. We have been since 1969,” Jeff said. “The owner has changed, but the roots are still the same.”

Since becoming owner, Jeff has made Bubba’s a site for P4 rotations. Just as Bubba was a mentor for him, Jeff appreciates the opportunity to share his knowledge with young pharmacists. It’s also a chance to teach students about owning and operating an independent pharmacy.

“From what I hear from the students, they learn a lot more practical stuff now than I did in pharmacy school. I think I would enjoy being a pharmacy student these days,” he said. “I do learn quite a bit from them and that makes me a better pharmacist.”

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Editor’s Note: I met Mrs. Elizabeth Lipscomb in the fall of 2011 to consider using her family scrapbooks and journals to write a book about the connection between her late husband, McAdory Lipscomb, ’49, the Auburn pharmacy school, and Toomer’s Drugs. After more than a year, there is still much work to be done to complete the project, however, the following story is an excerpt I hope to include in the future book.

University enrollment dropped during World War II, but grew with the establishment of the G.I. Bill. The student body at Alabama Polytechnic Institute tripled in 1946, with pharmacy enrolling 226. Nearly 300 students enrolled in pharmacy the following year and 340 in 1948.

The growth created a need for additional classroom, lab, and office space. In 1952, the first building designed and built exclusively for pharmacy at API was occupied. Miller Hall was considered to be one of the most modern pharmacy teaching facilities in the country.

By the 1960s, enrollment at Auburn was growing steadily again. The pharmacy school boasted the largest enrollment in the Southeast in 1966. But Miller Hall could hardly accommodate the demand, and it would be another 10 years before the Walker Building would be erected.

George Hocking wrote in his book, The School of Pharmacy Auburn University: A History, that in 1966, 281 students were in the professional pharmacy program, and students were being encouraged to take the pre-pharmacy course at other schools because of space pressure at Auburn. In 1967, the two-year pre-pharmacy curriculum was moved from the pharmacy school to the School of Arts and Sciences.

“Still, facilities were literally bursting at the seams,” he wrote.

•At the time, the Alabama legislature

was looking at a $50 million bond issue to support medical schools and mental health centers in the state. Auburn University was expected to get $4 million.

With a glaring need to find a new home for the pharmacy school, some considered moving it to the new Auburn University Montgomery campus. The separately administered branch campus was established in 1967 and moved to a 500-acre site east of Montgomery in 1971.

“It was felt that relocation in Montgomery would be beneficial by making the pharmacy school an important unit in a Health Sciences Division there,” Hocking wrote.

AUM Chancellor Hanly Funderburk, Auburn President Harry Philpott, the Board of Trustees, and Sam Coker, dean of Auburn’s pharmacy school, were all in favor of a move, according to newspaper reports. Auburn faculty, alumni, citizens, and local physicians and pharmacists like Mac Lipscomb were all opposed to the move. The Chambers of Commerce in Auburn and Opelika were also against it.

“First and foremost, he wanted to keep pharmacy here in Auburn,” said Nim Lipscomb, Mac and Libba’s second youngest son.

The move seemed reasonable to a great many people, but Libba said resistance grew because not much was known about the proposed legislation. She believed, as Mac did, that it would have allowed for other schools at Auburn to follow pharmacy and relocate to Montgomery, “bit by bit.” At a

time when the city of Auburn depended on the university as much as the university depended on the city, a decision like that would have been detrimental to the university as well as the city.

“He realized that once they got the ball rolling, it might never stop until every school in the university had been relocated to Montgomery,” Libba said.

Nim and Libba said Mac wasn’t one to be overtly public, but remembered how he worked behind the scenes in his spare time. He often wrote letters to the editor and tried to influence people he knew to pressure state legislators.

“Daddy had a vision for the city and for Auburn, and moving to Montgomery was not part of it,” Nim said.

•The debate ended in the following weeks

as the House Ways and Means Committee added an amendment that money received for Auburn’s pharmacy school “shall be spent at the main campus at Auburn.” The legislature appropriated almost $4.7 million for a new building; the Walker Building was opened in 1975.

“It comes down to what was best for the pharmacy school,” Coker said. “Today, we are reaping the benefits of remaining a part of the Auburn University main campus.”

The year was 1907. Teddy Roosevelt was president and taxi cabs

first began running in NYC. Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth bought Barnum & Bailey circus. The Chicago Cubs won its first series title ever in 1907 and repeated in 1908, but haven’t won it again since.

William Howard Holley was born Feb. 1, 1907, in Samson, Ala. His family ran a farm and logging business on the Pea River and a general mercantile store in town. One of his jobs was delivering groceries to the logging campus surrounding Samson in a Model T Ford, when he was too young to crank the car by himself. His early days were spent working on the farm, but on weekends he and a friend camped out on the riverbank and caught fish on a trotline.

When he completed high school, Mr. Holley boarded the train for Alabama Polytechnic Institute, earning a degree in pharmacy in 1929. He married Martha Elizabeth Solomon of Headland. They lived in Abbeville where he owned Cash Drug Store. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1937.

After World War II began, Mr. Holley sold the pharmacy and moved his family to Headland. He joined the war effort, serving with the U.S. Army 179th General Hospital in Rouen and Paris, France. He was awaiting deployment to the Pacific when the Japanese surrendered.

Mr. Holley returned home to Headland, where he owned and operated Holley’s Pharmacy. The family welcomed a son, William Howard Jr., in 1947. While the drug store filled most of his hours and many of his nights, Mr. Holley was often at his farm waiting for daylight to begin fencing, planting blueberries, and tending his garden.

Mr. Holley retired from the pharmacy business in 1973. He was a member of the Headland United Methodist Church, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Confederacy, and volunteered at Landmark Park. In 2010, Auburn University awarded Mr. Holley, 103, the Golden Eagle Award for being the oldest male alumnus.

He maintained that title until his death on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at the age of 105.


CLASS OF ’29


Feb. 1, 1907 in Samson, Ala. –

May 10, 2012 in Headland, Ala.


From Auburn’s Pharmacy School to Toomer’s Drugs


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CLASS OF ’44

Aug. 3, 1923 in Wright, Fla. –

Feb. 6, 2012 in Pensacola, Fla.

At the time, Ina Bobelle Wright Sconiers was the first and only woman admitted to the School of Pharmacy at Auburn. She graduated in November 1944 at the top of her class – earning Phi Kappa Phi and Cardinal Key honors – and became one of the first women licensed to practice pharmacy in Florida. Bobelle was also licensed in Alabama.

Not long after graduation, Bobelle trained for and received a pilot’s license and flew missions as a member of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. She married 1st Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers, a decorated WWII hero, while attending Auburn. Unfortunately, in 1942, his plane was shot down and Sconiers was captured by the Germans.

He was imprisoned in the Stalag Luft III POW camp, where he died mysteriously in 1944, months before Bobelle earned her degree. Sconiers was declared “unrecoverable” in 1955.

Bobelle married Philip Harrell, a fellow pharmacist, in 1954. They raised five daughters, and owned and operated Harrell’s Brentwood Drugstore for more than 30 years. Bobelle was born Aug. 3, 1923 in Wright, Fla. She died Feb. 6, 2012, at the age of 88.

Ina Bobelle Wright Sconiers HarrellFriend of AuburnArthur McDonald “Mac” Jones

Aug. 26, 1947 in Hattiesburg, Miss. –

April 14, 2012 in Hoover, Ala.

Arthur McDonald “Mac” Jones, a longtime member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Harrison School of Pharmacy, died April 14, 2012, in Hoover, Ala., at the age of 64. Mac earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Mississippi State University in 1969. He spent the majority of his career as a certified public accountant with Bruno’s, Inc./Big B, Inc. In recent years, Mac was an entrepreneur, currently working as the chairman and CEO of MedWorks RX, LLC. He was instrumental in working with the James I. Harrison Jr. family whose generous gift to the Harrison School of Pharmacy allowed for the addition of the new education wing. Mac was an active member of Shades Crest Baptist Church, United Way of Central Alabama, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, and Boy Scouts of America. Mac was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as an officer at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

CLASS OF ’50

William “Bill” Coleman Booth Sr.

March 9, 1928 in Fredericksburg, Va. –

April 16, 2012 in Opelika, Ala.

Mr. Booth, born March 9, 1928, in Fredericksburg, Va., died April 16, 2012, in Opelika, Ala. He was 84. Mr. Booth was a licensed pharmacist for more than 50 years and worked at Haynie’s Drug Store in downtown Opelika and East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, Mr. Booth was a pharmacist and Navy Corpsman.

CLASS OF 2017

Frances Lee “Franny” McLemore

Nov. 30, 1991 in Birmingham, Ala. –

Oct. 22, 2012, in Auburn, Ala.

Franny, the daughter of Lee and Amy McLemore of Birmingham, Ala., was a 2010 academic 4.0 graduate of Hoover High School with an International Baccalaureate diploma. The active member of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church died unexpectedly Oct. 22, 2012. A junior at Auburn University, Franny had been accepted into the Harrison School of Pharmacy for fall 2013. She was a member of the Dean’s List every semester, Alpha Epsilon Delta honor society, and the National Society Collegiate Scholars. She was a College of Sciences and Mathematics Outstanding Freshman and Outstanding Sophomore. She was a member of the Pre-Pharmacy Club and Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority. She was to be inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society in November. Franny’s mother, Amy, graduated from the Harrison School of Pharmacy in 1988 and her cousin, Trent McLemore, is currently a P2.

CLASS OF ’40

Benjamin J. Eich

Feb. 25, 1919 in Fort Davis, Ala. –

Oct. 28, 2011 in Mountain Brook, Ala.

Benjamin J. Eich, a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Harrison School of Pharmacy, died Oct. 28, 2011, in Mountain Brook, Ala. He was 92. Mr. Eich, a retired district manager for Parke Davis Pharmaceutical, was active with Highland Methodist Church and the Marvin Williams Sunday school class, as well as many outreach ministries. He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Besides the Dean’s Advisory Council, Mr. Eich was a member of the Jefferson County Pharmacy Association and the Samford Society.

Bobelle trained for and received a pilot’s license and flew missions as a member of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II.


Brent Fox, associate professor in Pharmacy Care Systems, can be humble about being named the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award winner from the Harrison School of Pharmacy.

He jokes that the best part of the award is that it acknowledges him for being young. Established by the Auburn University Office of Alumni Affairs in 2011, the new award is meant to recognize extraordinary accomplishments by members of the Auburn Family, age 40 and under.

This year, 16 recipients were recognized for significant achievement in their professional lives and for distinguished community service.

Brent also jokes that Oscar-winning actress and Auburn alumna Octavia Spencer is “in good company” as a fellow Young Alumni Achievement Award winner.

But in all seriousness, Brent admits it means a great deal to him to be recognized by his alma mater and nominated by his department head and friend, Richard Hansen.

“The fact that Rick wrote the nomination letter meant more to me than actually getting the award,” he said. “I know how busy he is, and I know he took time to craft that letter. I’m honored to be appreciated like that and to be worthy of nomination.”

Brent earned his undergraduate degree in pharmacy and then completed his doctor of pharmacy in 1999, both at Auburn. In 2005, he earned his doctor of philosophy from Auburn and got married to Georgia Wavra, a fellow Auburn pharmacy graduate.

After spending a year in Virginia, the couple moved back to Auburn and both began working at the Harrison School of Pharmacy.

“It’s awesome to be able to work where I got my degrees because I love Auburn,” Brent said. “To be recognized for the skills I developed here as a student is pretty cool.”

He maintains a balanced portfolio in teaching, research, service, and outreach. He’s also president of the Auburn Pharmacy Alumni Association, and this year became the coordinator for the school’s Foundations

of Pharmacy course, the weeklong orientation for incoming PharmD students.

Brent knew it was a huge undertaking, but he took it on anyway.

“It’s so important to help students with the transition to Auburn, to the pharmacy school and to the professional program that Foundations has to be significant and challenging, fun and interactive in just one week,” he said.

Looking back, Brent admits he didn’t appreciate all the work it takes to run a successful Foundations course until he was in charge. In a letter to Dean Lee Evans, Brent gave credit to a list of faculty, staff, company sponsors, and student organizations that were essential to effectively preparing the Class of 2016 for what lies ahead.

“They say it takes a village to raise a child,” he said. “Well, I can tell you that it takes a school to orient a class.”

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Paul Jungnickel will do almost anything for pharmacy students.

Even travel the world.In 2011, Jungnickel and his loyal traveling

companion, wife Mariann, voyaged with Harrison School of Pharmacy faculty to Thailand. In 2012, they made a similar trip to Taiwan.

Salisa Westrick, an associate professor in Pharmacy Care Systems, led the trip to her native Thailand, to attend the meeting of the U.S.-Thai Consortium for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education and visit two universities. The arrangement would allow Auburn students to spend a portion of the P4 year on an international clerkship.

In the fall of 2012, five P4s completed a clerkship at either Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand’s first university, or Naresuan University, a newer institution in Phitsanulok.

Jean Lin, a post-doctoral student in Pharmacal Sciences, accompanied the Jungnickels to her native Taiwan. The goal again was to establish a relationship with universities to offer Auburn students another international clerkship opportunity. Jungnickel said the arrangements with Taiwan’s China Medical University may be complete for clerkships to start in fall 2013.

As associate dean for academic and student affairs, Jungnickel feels fortunate that international travel has become part of his job. He said having Auburn President Jay Gogue advocate for the university to broaden its international reach has been extremely positive for the Harrison School of Pharmacy. The Office of International Programs even offers grant money to cover travel expenses to set up programs abroad.

Auburn student pharmacists are able to go to Kenya, South Africa, and Ecuador on medical missions, but international clerkships affiliated with pharmacy schools would be a new and welcome addition, he said.

“For a number of our students, it’s important for them to understand how healthcare works internationally and how we can compete as health care becomes a global marketplace,” Jungnickel said.

Jungnickel says he is fortunate to make the trips with Mariann. She had worked as a psychiatric and medical-surgical nurse for more than 30 years prior to retirement.

“She has been a strong supporter of my career and contributed much to any success I have achieved,” he said.

Jungnickel added another responsibility to his plate in 2012, becoming president-

HSOP’s Own Brent Fox Earns Accolades from Auburn

Jungnickel Travels the Globe for Pharmacy Students

elect of the National Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society at its annual meeting.

He first became active in Rho Chi when he was inducted as a student at Oregon State University in 1971 and got involved again when he joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska in the early 1980s.

Jungnickel continued to serve as a chapter advisor when he came to Auburn. He also became active at the regional and national levels.

Jungnickel admitted he tends to take on more work than he should, but he is willing and able, and he enjoys it. Besides, he calls it a “distinct honor” to serve as the national Rho Chi president. In May, he got to serve over the installation of the new Rho Chi chapter at the University of Findlay in Ohio.

“We encounter so much in academics to prepare the next generation of pharmacists,” he said.

It’s no wonder that in 2010 Jungnickel was recognized for his efforts with the Harrison School of Pharmacy’s Hargreaves Faculty Mentor Award, one of the school’s highest honors.


Richard Hansen, (head, Pharmacy Care Systems) was elected chair of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences (ESAS) Section. He began his duties at the APhA annual meeting in New Orleans in March.

Several faculty members had work appear in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education including: Lynn Stevenson (Experiential Learning), Lori Hornsby (Pharmacy Practice), Haley Phillippe (Pharmacy Practice), Kristi Kelley (Pharmacy Practice), and Sharon McDonough (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) for “A Quality Improvement Course Review of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences;” Lynn Stevenson and April Staton (Experiential Learning) for “Consortium-based Approach to an Online Preceptor Development Program;” and Pamela Stamm (Pharmacy Practice) for “A Critical Appraisal of and Recommendations for Faculty Development.”

For special issues of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Karen Marlowe (assistant dean, Mobile), Lynn Stevenson (Experiential Learning), Dana Carroll (Pharmacy Practice), and Miranda Andrus (Pharmacy Practice) collaborated on “Establishing and Maintaining a Satellite Campus Connected by Synchronous Video Conferencing” and Brent Fox (Pharmacy Care Systems) wrote “Information Technology in Pharmacy Education.”

Heather Whitley (Pharmacy Practice) was awarded a $10,000 grant from Diabetes Hands Foundation/Big Blue Test to support her work with diabetic patients at the Capstone Rural Health Center in Parrish, Ala. The grant was one of five that DHF/BBT awarded nationwide in 2011.

Peter Panizzi (Pharmacal Sciences) was the lead author on a study regarding a new way to detect specific types of infections, namely those caused by Staphylococcus

aureus, published in Nature Medicine. He is also part of collaboration with the College of Sciencea and Mathematics, Lucigen Corp., in Wisconsin, and the National Center for Nature Products Research at Ole Miss School of Pharmacy that received a significant grant from the National Institute of Health.

Lea Eiland (Pharmacy Practice) is the new chair-elect for the ASHP section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. She assumed her role as chair in June. Eiland was also named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The ASHP Board of Directors grants fellowships based on the high standards of practice excellence demonstrated by Eiland and others.

Laura Susan Cain (Pharmacy Practice) gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Matthew Springer Cain, on Sept. 1, 2011.

Randall Clark and Jack DeRuiter (Pharmacal Sciences) received an award from the National Institute of Justice to support “Analytical and synthetic studies on designer drugs of the piperazine class.” Additionally, Clark was invited by NIJ to participate in the peer review of research proposals for the NIJ’s Forensic Science Research and Development Program.

Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd (Pharmacy Health Services) was named the Sandra Klein Gilliland and David Lewis Gilliland Professor, becoming the fourth named professor in the Harrison School of Pharmacy. Also, she was appointed to the position of vice chair of the Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners on Clinical Business Development and named one of the recipients of the 2012 Alumni Achievement Award at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala.

Jay Ramapuram (Pharmacal Sciences) is part of a research group at Tuskegee University that received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for

“Enhancement of Research and Educational Infrastructure in Material Science and Engineering at Tuskegee University.”

Six Pharmacy Practice faculty members passed BPS board exams. John Allen, Sarah Treadway and Diana Wells are certified in pharmacotherapy, while Jess Bellone, Emily McCoy and Robin Koffarnus are certified in ambulatory care.

Jianzhong Shen (Pharmacal Sciences) secured a Scientist Development Award from the American Heart Association. His application ranked in the top 25 of the 294 received in summer 2011. The funds will enable Shen to test his innovative hypothesis that circulating SDF-1 regulates vascular homeostasis and plays a role in atherosclerosis.

Harrison School of Pharmacy faculty and staff honored at a university ceremony in May 2011 for their years of service include Barry McConatha for 30 years, and Dave Brackett, Kathy Kyle and Maggie Phillips for 10 years each.

Richard Hansen (head, Pharmacy Care Systems) and Mark Carpenter, statistics professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, are collaborating with research groups conducting ways to improve the drug safety surveillance process. It is one of five research projects across the nation to receive funding from the National Pharmaceutical Council for 2012. The pair is conducting methods research to improve the process of identifying drug safety concerns with pharmaceutical products on the market.

Allison Chung and Emily McCoy (Pharmacy Practice-Mobile) received an extramurally funded research award from the CDC through the Alabama Department of Public Health to pursue the Alabama Asthma Program. The award allows the pair to train pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, and other healthcare providers on the initial diagnosis, assessment of

asthma severity and control, monitoring asthma triggers, inhaler technique, and medication therapy.

Erika Kleppinger (Pharmacy Practice)

served as the 2012-13 chair-elect for the Laboratory Instructors Special Interest Group during its annual meeting at the 2012 AACP Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., in July.

Catherine Loosier (Pharmacy Health Services) and her husband, Bill, welcomed a baby girl, Charlotte Elizabeth, on May 17, 2012, her due date.

Allison Chung (Pharmacy Practice-Mobile) is part of the editorial board for the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology.

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Noteworthy

Comings and GoingsDeparturesAmy DonaldsonSharon McDonoughLeslie A. HamiltonTahir Hussain

New facesPharmacal SciencesRobert “Rusty” Arnold, associate professor from UGAPharmacy Care SystemsJingjing Qian, assistant professor from University of BaltimorePharmacy PracticeMeredith Jernigan, assistant clinical professor on Mobile campus from University of Pittsburgh

Bobby Helmer, assistant clinical professor on Mobile campus from Tennessee-Knoxville

Abbey Cox, facilitator on Mobile campus from Auburn University

Amber Hutchison, assistant clinical professor, Auburn University alumna


Laura Susan CainAmy ParkerJimmy Harris


The Harrison School of Pharmacy had 33 pharmacy students in attendance, as well as more than 100 alumni.

State-of-the-art educational opportunities were provided by our very own: Drs. Pamela Stamm, Dave Brackett, Marilyn Bulloch, and Jared Johnson.

Award-winning performances were awarded to: John H. Harmon, ’69, Bowl of Hygeia; and Rosalyn E. Beech, ’83, Lester White Good Government Pharmacist of the Year.

Getting involved with APA is one of the absolute best moves you can make for not only your career, but our profession as a whole. Without the continued efforts put forth by the hard-working staff at APA and participation by our profession (practitioners and students), our career opportunities would very much not be going anywhere. We, as students, are about to come out with the skills to be on the cutting edge of pharmacy practice, and without the organizational bodies of APhA, APA, NCPA, and so forth, we would be at a standstill. Don’t let this happen.

For those of you not aware, the biggest rivalry of the year takes place between HSOP and MSOP (aka Samford) at APA. Not only were we able to equal their attendance this year, but we brought home the championship trophy for the Self-Care Challenge Pharmacy Trivia Bowl.

Round one was off with a bang, with Auburn dropping knowledge like it was going out of style. We knew we had it in the bag when the structure of

It would be an understatement to say Dean Lee Evans is a busy man. Anyone who has ever encountered him must wonder when he sleeps or eats. His endless responsibilities in the Harrison School of Pharmacy take a lot of time and energy, and yet he is always willing to meet with faculty or students who need to bend his ear. In what spare time he does have, Dean Evans will visit family, hunt wild game, tend to his yard, or be with his wife Brenda, at home or abroad.

Greetings from Sandestin and the 2012 Alabama Pharmacy Association Annual Meetingby Jeremy Smith, P3

acetylsalicylic acid was projected on the big screen and Samford answered “para-amino benzoic acid.” (Silently, all Auburn giggled a little.)

Round two proved to be interesting as Samford closed the gap with the classic answer “refer to physician” whilst Harrison School of Pharmacy forged on providing the answer of what the physician will do. (We still have not mastered the ‘refer to physician’ answer yet … touche’ MSOP touche’.)

During intermission, AU spouted off three more cheers, while Samford responded “Give me an S-A-M-F-O-R-D…” Suddenly, it was final jeopardy and both teams were neck and neck. Samford chose to bet it all, while we hung on to most of their points, and alas, it was done. We were the champions.

Congrats to the team: Sierra Schmidt, Victoria Tarpos, Erin McCreary, Grant McGuffey, and Courtney Watts. Also, congrats to Samford’s team and to everyone for being good sports about the whole competition and having fun.

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Where in the World is Dean Evans?


Dean Evans isn’t in many pictures because he’s usually taken them himself.

Stereotypical street with many pharmacies. They looked like those in the U.S. in 1950.

The Olde Castle Bar in Donegal is Dean Evans’ favorite pub. Like other pubs, it is located next to Donegal Castle.

Across from Durty Nelly’s in Bunratty is the Blarney Woolen Mills store.

Dean Evans did not kiss the Blarney Stone, perhaps because he’s not brave enough to lay on his back, be held by his ankles and lean far enough back to kiss the stone while practically hanging upside down.

Pharmacies are everywhere.

Hiking to the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge in Northern Ireland

The Walled City of Derry, Northern Ireland is the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland. Dean Evans wants you to know they walked the entire wall, which was built in the early 1600s.

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Pharmacy Pride. Show Yours.

Julian R. Haynes created an endowed scholarship after his wife, Lucile McGehee Haynes, ’58, passed away. Her former classmates, friends, and colleagues are encouraged to support her legacy by giving to the Dr. Lucile McGehee Haynes Endowed Scholarship.

When Harrison School of Pharmacy Dean Emeritus Samuel T. Coker and his wife, Carolyn R. Coker, ’71, wanted to support graduate students and faculty in the pharmaceutical sciences, they created the Endowment for Excellence in Graduate and Research Programs.

W. Scott Arledge, ’85, wanted to help support the Harrison School of Pharmacy because it helped him have a successful career in long-term care pharmacy practice. The gift started an endowed scholarship and earned Scott a spot on the school’s Wall of Honor. He died unexpectedly April 10, 2011, but his legacy remains.

In 2012, the McAdory “Mac” Lipscomb family endowed a scholarship “to preserve his legacy” at Auburn. Mac graduated from API, just like brother, Lan, and father, Andrew D. The five children of Mac and Elizabeth “Libba” Lipscomb – McAdory Jr., Denson, Freddie, Nimrod, and John – all graduated from Auburn, although none of them pursued pharmacy. The Mac Lipscomb family ran Toomer’s Drug Store for 32 years.

Therefore, the McAdory Lipscomb Toomer’s Drugs Scholarship ensures a permanent bond between Mac, Auburn’s pharmacy school, Toomer’s, and generations of future pharmacists.

Endowments Are Meant to Make a Lasting Impact.

Your membership to the Auburn Pharmacy Alumni Association is but one way to show your support for the Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University. Contact Hunter Peak in the school’s Development Office today at (334) 844-3624 to discuss what giving option best fits your needs and goals.

Gifts of any amount can be made online at www.auburn.edu/giving.

Checks should be made payable to the Auburn University Foundation and mailed to:Harrison School of Pharmacy DevelopmentAttn: Development Accounting317 S. College StreetAuburn, AL 36849-5153

Be sure to designate the Harrison School of Pharmacy in the memo line.

Many companies participate in matching gifts of their employees. To discover if your employer does, go to www.matchinggifts.com/auburn.

Gifts of any size can also be made by monthly bank draft.

For gifts of stock or real estate, long-term capital gains tax may be avoidable while the fair market value may be allowable as a charitable deduction.

Property, such as art, rare books, and antiques that Auburn can use in a sustainable manner in achieving its mission, can also be donated. Please contact Auburn first, however, to determine if there is a need for the property.

Purchasing a new life insurance policy and naming Auburn University as the owner and beneficiary is a way to leverage a smaller gift into a larger one.

The Harrison School of Pharmacy can be included in your will or estate plans.

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