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Swiss AccountStudents benefit from new clerkship in ‘Pharmacy Capital of the World’

Swiss AccountStudents benefit from new clerkship in ‘Pharmacy Capital of the World’

N E W S O F A L B A N Y C O L L E G E O F P H A R M A C Y N E W S O F A L B A N Y C O L L E G E O F P H A R M A C Y

SPR ING 2006VOLUME 17 NUMBER 1

SPR ING 2006VOLUME 17 NUMBER 1

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On the Cover: Scenes of Basel, Switzerland,site of a new ACP clerkship

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FEATURES_________________________________________

Always a GentlemanPresident and Dean Walter Singer 16

A Superb PartnerBill Cronin retires 18

Cover Story:Swiss Account

Student clerkships in Switzerland 22

DEPARTMENTS____________________________________

President’s Ledger 1From the Dean’s Desk 2Letters to the Editor 3

On CampusNew Board members 4UHA Neighborhood Expo 5Through the decades 5Leighton auction/White dedication 6New Physician Assistant program 7Gould appointed CFO 7Campus Partnership House 8Women’s hoop championship 8ACP Health Fair 9

Student News Student scholarships 10Phi Delta Chi PSAs 10Academic honor roll 11Transplanted Katrina victims 12SGA elections 12NASA summer camp 13

Faculty News Faculty achievements 14A leap of faith 14Mousa recognized 15Faculty authors 15

Advancement President’s Gala 26Calendar of events 27Planned giving 28Support education through scholarships 29

Alumni Affairs Phi Delta Chi celebrates 75 years 30New Alumni Council 31

Class Notes Engagements, births, retirements & much more 32

In Memoriam 36

Focus on … J. Gordon Dailey ’57 37

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LedgerPresident’s

James J. Gozzo, Ph.D.

Double VisionACP today – a unique perspective on the past, present and future

This is a unique time to be a part ofthe Albany College of Pharmacy family.

From our vantage point as we nearthe end of our 125th academic year, wecan reflect on a tradition of excellencein pharmacy education, a proud historybuilt by individuals dedicated to pro-viding high-quality care.

We also are able to look ahead toan exciting future filled with promiseas the College expands on this tradi-tion to enhance all things ACP – ourcurriculum and academic programs,our degree offerings, our campus, ourstudent services, our faculty and stu-dent research, our relationships withour alumni and friends, and our statureon a local, state, national and interna-tional level.

You will find evidence of all of thisand more in this issue of PostScript.

You will find a retrospective look atACP through stories such as thoseabout former President and Dean Wal-ter Singer, Ph.D., and recently retiredVice President of Finance and BusinessAffairs William M. “Bill” Cronin, as wellas the dedication of the Albert M.White Gymnasium and the continua-tion of our decade-by-decade history inconjunction with our 125th celebration.

It was with sadness that we sharedthe news of Dr. Singer’s death in thelast edition of this magazine. Becausethat unfortunate event occurred soclose to press time, we have dedicateda more prominent place in this issue toDr. Singer’s many achievements as theleader of this institution for 15 years.

We enjoyed a memorable day lastOctober with two wonderful events:the gym dedication in honor of AlWhite, who touched so many of youduring a 50-year career as a pharma-cist, educator, administrator and coach,and a benefit auction as we establishedthe Rita E. Leighton ’86 MemorialScholarship in memory of our lateBoard of Trustees member.

In this issue, we also hope you’llenjoy an opportunity to catch up withJ. Gordon Dailey ’57, Thomas Friello’80, Charles W. Owens ’54 and FrankViviani ’58, among many more alums.

And then we hit fast-forward. Our cover story this issue details an

exciting new international clerkshipopportunity for sixth-year Doctor ofPharmacy students. The five-weekexperience in Basel, Switzerland, aswell as a clerkship opportunity inJapan, provide unique and innovative

opportunities for our students to learnnot only about a different approach topharmaceutical care, but also about adifferent way of life.

The combination of novel profes-sional and cultural experiences is a keyelement of our emphasis on preparingour students to provide quality care tothe increasingly diverse populationsthey will serve. It is a key element ofwhat we mean by Sciences for Life.

So, too, are new academic offeringssuch as the joint admission programwe have initiated with Albany MedicalCenter toward a Master’s degree inPhysician Assistant Studies. By continu-ing to diversify the academic environ-ment at ACP, both through our ownprogrammatic growth and our partner-ships with area institutions, we areenhancing our role as a pre-eminentscientific institution.

Please enjoy this edition of Post-Script.

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We all have had the experience oftaking action based on assumptionsthat turn out not to be true! Depend-ing on the circumstances, the conse-quences can be serious or not so seri-ous. When inaccurate assumptionsrelate to the care of patients, negativeoutcomes can be significant.

This example probably soundsfamiliar. Let’s say a patient is directedto take a certain medication with eachmeal. We might assume that the per-son will eat three meals and thereforetake the desired three doses per day.I think we all know people who don’tnecessarily eat three meals every day!The quantity of medication takencould vary from what was intendedunless that point was clarified.

While I worked at the VA MedicalCenter a number of years ago, someof my pharmacists were preparing ahospitalized patient to continue hislong-term intravenous antibiotic thera-py at home. He demonstrated theability to use the infusion pump andcould list what to do if selected prob-lems occurred. His discharge wasdelayed, however, because it hadbeen assumed he had a refrigerator athome to store several days supply ofthe antibiotic. We became sensitizedto the fact that all homes don’t neces-sarily have the same amenities.

It is easy for student pharmaciststo presume that all patients will wantthe same health outcomes that wedefine as optimal. In some cases,

however, there may be cultural, reli-gious or socioeconomic factors thatmight modify what is ideal or accept-able from the perspective of a givenperson. It is also an error to think thateveryone in a particular ethnic, racialor religious group will have the samebeliefs or values.

Therefore, it is essential that healthprofessionals respect differencesamong individuals while developingcultural awareness to guide discus-sions with those for whom they care.

In addition to the traditional com-petencies stated for courses at ACP,which describe other types of knowl-edge, skills and attitudes that shouldbe developed, we will be initiating aprocess to ensure that “cultural com-petency” is identified as a studentlearning outcome.

As defined by the National MedicalAssociation, cultural competency is“the application of cultural knowl-edge, behaviors and interpersonaland clinical skills that enhances aprovider’s effectiveness in managingpatient care.”

Census data indicates that the U.S.population has become more diverserecently; this trend is expected tocontinue. The demographic profile ofstudent pharmacists in the UnitedStates does not reflect the same levelof diversity.

If our goal is to assume responsibil-ity for ensuring optimal use of medica-tions, pharmacists need to be aware

that inadequate cultural competencyresults in poor health outcomes inpopulations that already may be sub-ject to disparities in health care.

Cultural competency also can befostered outside of the classroom.You may know of examples in whichpatient care was significantly modifieddue to the background or beliefs ofthe patient. Those real life examplescan be very powerful when sharedwith students.

I am looking forward to opportu-nities to hear about what currentpractitioners might have learned byexperience and to discuss the wide-spread integration of cultural compe-tency into the “ACP experience.”

Cultural Competency

Dean’s Desk Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D.

FROM THE

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SPR ING 2006VOLUME 17 NUMBER 1

PostScript is published as a magazinefor alumni, parents and friends of

Albany College of Pharmacy.

Managing EditorRon Lesko

EditorChristine Shields

2006-07 Editorial BoardJames J. Gozzo, Ph.D., PresidentMary H. Andritz, Pharm.D., DeanVicki A. DiLorenzo, Vice President

of Institutional AdvancementRobert J. Gould, Vice President of

Finance and Administrative OperationsPacky McGraw, Director

of Student Affairs

Contributing WritersJames J. Gozzo, Ph.D.

Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D.J. Gordon Dailey ’57

Ron LeskoCharles W. Owens ’54

Christine Shields

Contributing PhotographersShannon Ballard

Elizabeth Bell, Poughkeepsie JournalJoel BenwareJohn DenioDon ElliottRon Lesko

Anna Ritchey, Tri-Town News

Office of Institutional AdvancementVicki A. DiLorenzo, Vice President

of Institutional AdvancementSergio A. Mendez, Executive Director

of College Relations Shelly Calabrese, Director of Annual Programs

Lynne DellaRocca, Systems Administrator Deanna Ennello-Butler, Associate Director

of Advancement ResearchRon Lesko, Director of Communications

Christine Shields, Assistant Director of Communications

Please send story ideas, comments, letters and suggestions to:

PostScriptAlbany College of Pharmacy106 New Scotland Avenue

Albany, NY [email protected]

To the Editor:

I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed receiving the “vintage” postcards ofACP and reading the decade-by-decade history of the College.

As an alumna who now teaches in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences atACP, I am very aware of the changes we have gone through since my own graduation. It’sbeen fascinating to see just how far we’ve come in 125 years, from a two-year program (thatdid not even require a high school degree for entrance!) to a six-year doctoral program forpharmacists and a diversifying academic environment.

Of particular interest to me is the expansion of our student body from one woman, whograduated with the first full graduating class in 1883, to nearly 700 women today, 58percent of our total enrollment.

I always tell my students that to have a complete picture of where we are going, they need toappreciate where we have been as well. Thanks for helping them develop an appreciation of ourhistory!

I look forward to reading upcoming installments, including the saga of “my own” decade!

-- Angela Pasquariello Dominelli ’78, Ph.D.

To the Editor:

I recently received the 1910s installment of your monthly postcards in celebration of theCollege’s 125th year and am eagerly looking forward to the Roaring ‘20s, when the phar-macy profession was affected drastically by Prohibition, and on into the present.

ACP was so much more than just a College to me. I often look back fondly on my daysplaying basketball under Coach Al White and other non-academic pursuits. It’s been inter-esting to read about the life that students led outside of classes in “the old days,” includingthe formation of a basketball team and the beginnings of the sports program. We’ve come along way!

I am thrilled with the school’s progress in the new millennium. With the PharmaceuticalResearch Institute taking a leading role in the emerging field of nanopharmaceuticals, astudent body that is growing by leaps and bounds and the new Student Center scheduledto open this spring, we are indeed living in exciting times as we prepare for our next 125years!

-- J. Gordon Dailey ’57

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Letters to the Editor

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On Campus

4 Spring 2006

ACP alums Christopher Del Vec-chio ’88 and Bridget-ann Hart ’80 andwell-known Capital Region invest-ment strategist Hugh A. Johnson arethe newest members of the ACPBoard of Trustees.

The three new members wereelected to the board at its annualOctober meeting.

“All three new trustees bring awealth of experience to the Board,”said President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D.“Their contributions will be invalu-able as we continue to grow to meetthe expanding needs of the pharma-cy and health care professions.”

As Chairman of Johnson IllingtonAdvisors, Johnson manages nearly$624 million of equity, fixed incomeand cash investments for institutionalclients, and serves as a consultant tomore than $900 million in institution-al assets. In addition, he serves as aconsulting investment strategist toFirst Albany Cos. Inc., where he pre-viously served as Director.

Johnson gained national recogni-tion as an investment strategist afterjoining First Albany in 1978. His work

appears regularly in The New YorkTimes, The Wall Street Journal, USAToday, Barron’s, Business Week andother leading business publications.He is a regular guest on CNBC andCNN and has appeared on “WallStreet Week with Louis Ruykeyser”and on the nightly news shows forABC, NBC and CBS.

He serves as an economic advisorto the New York State AssemblyCommittee of Ways and Means and isDirector of the New York BusinessDevelopment Corp.

Since earning her Bachelor of Sci-ence in Pharmacy from ACP in 1980,Hart has served in various capacitiesof increasing responsibility with Gou-verneur-based Kinney Drugs, includ-ing vice presidencies in the areas ofprofessional services, pharmacy tech-nology, corporate development andstore operations.

A 25-year veteran of the company,Hart serves on Kinney’s Board ofDirectors and in her new role asSenior Vice President and ChiefOperating Officer is instrumental inhelping lead the future growth and

development of Kinney Drugs, a pri-vately held business with 80 employ-ee-owned stores in New York andVermont.

Del Vecchio is Chairman and ChiefExecutive Officer of enfrastructureTechnologies, Inc. in Clifton Park.Founded this year, enfrastructureTechnologies is a leading provider ofe-business and e-government tech-nology infrastructure solutions. Thecompany works with clients through-out North America in four areas ofbusiness: professional services, man-aged services, deployment and struc-tured cabling.

A 1988 graduate of ACP with aB.S. in Pharmacy, Del Vecchio previ-ously served as Principal of Catalyst-One, a firm providing strategic man-agement and business developmentexpertise to health care clients, andas President and Chief Executive Offi-cer of Health Solutions Ltd., a phar-macy benefit and health informationmanagement company.

ACP Welcomes Three New Board Members

Christopher Del Vecchio ’88 Bridget-ann Hart ’80 Hugh A. Johnson

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The second annual UniversityHeights Association NeighborhoodExpo was a home run!

Held September 20 in ACP’s AlbertM. White Gymnasium, the eventattracted more than 650 students fromthe four University Heights colleges –ACP, Albany Law School, Albany

Medical College and The Sage Col-leges.

The Expo featured 35 vendorsfrom a variety of businesses and orga-nizations in the neighborhoods sur-rounding campus, providing anopportunity for students to learnmore about the activities and services

available to them nearby andthroughout the Capital Region.

Free food samples from participat-ing eateries were a highlight of theevent, as were door prizes thatincluded MP3 players, a fitness centermembership and gift certificates forlocal businesses.

Getting to Know the Neighborhood

Students nibbled their way through the Albert M. White Gymnasium as they learned more about their neighborhood.

ACP THROUGH THE DECADES 1927. Charles Lindberg makes the first

nonstop solo flight. Popular vaudevillian AlJolson amazes audiences in The JazzSinger, the first full-length “talkie.” Bel-gian astrophysicist Georges Lemaitre pro-poses the Big Bang Theory.

And Albany College of Pharmacyopens a brand new building.

From a shared building downtown withAlbany Medical College to its home inAlbany’s University Heights neighborhoodto today’s rapidly expanding campus, ACPhas grown into one of the nation’s premierscientific teaching institutions.

Join us throughout 2005-06 as we mark

our 125th academic year – our quasqui-centennial! – with a decade-by-decadehistory of the College. Each month, we willexplore a new decade, reliving our past aswe build for the future.

To see how ACP fared through WorldWar I, The Great Depression, Prohibitionand the Jazz Age, visit www.acp.edu andclick on the “Celebrating 125 Years” for afascinating look at the 1910s and 1920s.You also can access the “Celebrating 125Years” pages of our Web site by visitingthe Our Story section. Check back eachmonth to learn about a new decade inACP history!

The ACP basketball team in 1927.

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A Scholarship Benefitted …

A Gymnasium Dedicated …

October 29, 2005

ACP hosted two special events October 29, 2005 – an auc-tion to benefit the new Rita E. Leighton ’86 Memorial Scholar-ship in memory of the late basketball star and Board ofTrustees member, and a dinner to dedicate our gymnasium inhonor of Albert M. White. The Leighton auction, attended byfamily (including Rita’s mother, Josie, below, right) andfriends, raised nearly $9,000 for the scholarship, which was created by members of the current ACP women’s basketballteam (below, left). Later that evening, approximately 130 family members, friends and former students were in attendanceas President Gozzo dedicated the Albert M. White Gymnasium. Dean White (above, right) served ACP tirelessly during a50-year career as a pharmacist, faculty member, administrator (Associate Dean of Students and Director of Athletics) andmen’s basketball coach.

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Continuing the strategic plan todiversify academic offerings in partthrough partnerships with CapitalRegion institutions, ACP has added aPhysician Assistant Studies option inconjunction with Albany MedicalCollege.

The program allows combinedacceptance into both ACP’s Bachelorof Science program in BiomedicalTechnology and Albany Med’s Mas-ter’s-level Physician Assistant Studiesprogram. Qualified students will com-plete the entire program, with theopportunity for dual certification in adiagnostic laboratory field and as aphysician assistant, in 51⁄2 years insteadof the traditional six.

Freshmen accepted into the pro-gram will be exempt from taking theGraduate Record Examination, provid-ing they maintain the required under-graduate academic standards while atACP. The program is available begin-

ning this fall. To learn more, visitwww.acp.edu.

“This unique professional pathwayis an important addition to ourexpanding catalog of academic pro-grams,” said President James J. Gozzo,Ph.D. “Allowing students to come toACP as freshmen and pursue a widerange of career options in health-relat-ed professions, both through our ownprograms and through partnershipswith outstanding area institutions likeAlbany Medical College, is a centralfocus for us.”

The program builds on similar rela-tionships ACP has with other area insti-tutions, including an Early Assuranceadmission program with Albany Medfor medical school, joint degree pro-grams with Albany Law School and TheGraduate College of Union University,and academic affiliations with The SageColleges, The College of St. Rose andHudson Valley Community College.

Physician assistants, or PAs, play animportant role in the provision ofhealth care services, working interde-pendently with physicians to providediagnostic and therapeutic patient careacross the spectrum of practice settingsand specialties.

PAs take comprehensive patienthistories, perform physical exams,interpret and evaluate diagnostic data,establish treatment plans, counsel andeducate patients, and respond toemergency care situations. They arehighly sought-after members of thehealth care team.

“As the demand for physician assis-tants continues to grow, acceleratedjoint degree programs such as thesebecome that much more important,”said Vincent Verdile, M.D., Dean ofAlbany Medical College and ExecutiveVice President for Health Affairs atAlbany Medical Center.

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ACP, Albany Med Partner on UniquePhysician Assistant Studies Option

GOULD APPOINTED CFORobert J. Gould,

director of ACP’s enroll-ment expansion since1999, has been appoint-ed Vice President ofFinance and Administra-tive Operations, replac-

ing William M. “Bill” Cronin, who retiredin December after 27 years as the Col-lege’s Chief Financial Officer.

“Robert has been an invaluable con-tributor to our strategic growth during this

decade,” said President James J. Gozzo,Ph.D. “I am confident his exceptional lead-ership skills and strategic vision will con-tinue to enhance our plans for the future.”

Robert came to ACP as Director ofAdmissions in 1999. He served as VicePresident of Enrollment Managementfrom 2003-05, overseeing a strategicincrease in freshman enrollment duringhis tenure.

Last fall’s freshman class of 257 repre-sented the largest incoming class in the

college’s 125-year history, the fourthstraight year ACP has enrolled a recordclass. Applications for the traditional first-year-entry Doctor of Pharmacy programand the Accelerated three-year programalso have risen sharply.

In his new role, Robert maintainsresponsibility for admissions and finan-cial aid while also serving as CFO anddirector of administrative functions,including human resources.

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From dodgeball to bowling to the NCAA Tournament and just plain digging inthe dirt, the ACP community has been busy raising funds and helping with con-struction on the Habitat for Humanity Campus Partnership House project thatbegan in the Fall semester.

A partnership of four Capital Region colleges and universities, the CampusPartnership House in North Albany was progressing nicely into the spring. Stu-dents, faculty and staff from ACP participated in build dates on March 4 and April1.

ACP held several fundraisers for the project, including a Dodgeball Tourna-ment organized by the freshman class on February 4, a Bowling Night on Febru-ary 15 and a Hoops for Habitat game in conjunction with the NCAA Tournamentin March. The events raised more than $1,300 combined.

Through March, ACP had raised more than $7,000 overall and John J. Denio,Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, was confident the College wouldhit its target of $10,000 for the project. Also participating are the University atAlbany, The College of St. Rose and Albany Medical College.

Anyone wishing to contribute can send checks payable to ACP and addressedto Dean Denio at 106 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208. All gifts will beacknowledged.

On Campus

Campus Partnership Progress

Bowling, digging and dodging for Humanity!

Three-peat!The women’s basketball team won its third-straight North-ern Independence Conference championship – a schoolrecord! – with a 68-51 victory over Clinton Community Col-lege in the Albert M. White Gymnasium on February 18.Amber Jillson led the Panthers (14-7) with 17 points andRandi Maurer added 12 in her final game to extend herschool career scoring record to 1,621 points. The victorywas ACP’s 14th in a row against NIC opponents, dating toJanuary 2004. For complete coverage of the 2005-06women’s and men’s basketball seasons, visit the StudentLife section at www. acp.edu.

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HEALTH FAIR

ACP Health Fair 2005 was held October25 in conjunction with American Pharma-cists Month. The College’s first comprehen-sive health-related event, it attractedabout 300 attendees. Organized by theACP chapter of the American PharmacistsAssociation Academy of Student Pharma-cists (APhA-ASP) and sponsored byBrooks/Eckerd Pharmacy, the event fea-tured information and services on a widearray of health issues, including cancer,kidney disease, diabetes, heart disease,osteoporosis, smoking cessation andmore. A flu shot clinic also was provided.

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Student News

Students Receive Prestigious ScholarshipsDoctor of Pharmacy candidates

Sarah Kokosa ’07 and Nimish Patel ’06have received prestigious scholarshipsfor academic and professionalachievement.

Sarah, a fifth-year student, receivedthe 2005 Adirondack Branch Memori-al Scholarship from The AmericanAssociation of University Women. TheAAUW, founded in 1921, currentlyhas 160,000 members nationwide.The organization promotes educationand equity for all women and girls,lifelong education and positive soci-etal change.

Last year marked the 50th anniver-sary of the Adirondack Branch Memo-rial Scholarship, created in 1955 bythe family of Glens Falls Mayor MiltonG. Tibbitts.

Nimish, who will graduate in May,received a highly competitive scholar-ship to attend the Fourth Annual PaulAmbrose Health Promotion StudentLeadership Symposium last summer inWashington, D.C. The program strivesto cultivate a cohort of student leaderscapable of assuring quality health pro-fessions education, and ultimately,improvement in the public’s health.

Nimish joined 49 medical, pharma-cy, physician assistant and graduatenursing students selected from appli-cants representing 36 health profes-sions schools nationwide.

In addition to financial support forthe symposium, Nimish received amicro-grant to be used to implementa community project once hereturned for his final year at ACP.With materials donated by the Centerfor Disease Control, his project was topromote public health in ambulatorycare centers, predominantly by main-taining an immunization record.

ACP’s chapter of the Phi Delta ChiProfessional Pharmacy Fraternity hastaken on big tobacco.

The Alpha Theta chapter produceda television public-service announce-ment aimed at reducing teen smok-ing. Produced to coincide with theAmerican Cancer Society’s GreatAmerican Smokeout in November, thePSA aired on local ABC, NBC andFOX affiliates through January.

“The PSA is part of an effort tostop big tobacco from forcing itsinfluence on teens and young peo-ple,” said Stephen Esker ’08, a fourth-year Doctor of Pharmacy student and

the chapter’s Professional CommitteeChair. The spot was co-sponsored bythe New York State Tobacco-FreeCoalition.

The spot, filmed at Scotia-GlenvilleSenior High School, features studentsfrom the high school interacting withACP students, alumni and faculty.Stephen, a Scotia-Glenville graduate,wrote the script. His father, a produc-er at WNYT-TV, Albany’s NBC affili-ate, filmed the piece and worked withhim on editing.

The nation’s first pharmaceuticalfraternity, Phi Delta Chi sponsors awide variety of professional events at

ACP. The Alpha Theta chapter is cele-brating its 75th anniversary in 2005-06.They produced a similar spot, whichbegan airing in January, in support ofthe Red Dress Campaign, an interna-tional effort sponsored by the Ameri-can Heart Association to raise aware-ness of the dangers of heart diseaseand stroke for women.

Stephen plans to submit both PSAsto the Health Improvement Institute,whose Aesculapius Awards recognizeexcellence in health communicationsthrough the use of television or radioPSAs and Web sites.

Fraternity Takes on Big Tobacco

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Phi Lambda SigmaThe National Pharmacy Leadership

Society Phi Lambda Sigma inducted 14new members in October. Phi LambdaSigma encourages, recognizes and pro-

motes leadership in the field of phar-macy. The Society selects memberson the basis of their service to andleadership in the advancement ofpharmacy.

David AboelezzSal BottiglieriNicole DottMargot DubucStephen EskerJoseph FarrellJeffrey GravesJessica KnowlesAbby LahartLisa LeeAmy MurdicoMichael NashatMichelle PotterDerek Valentine

National Honor Society of Rho ChiThe Gamma Gamma chapter of The

Rho Chi Society, the American honorsociety in pharmacy, inducted 37 newmembers from the fourth- and fifth-yearclasses in October. Rho Chi is the onlynational scholastic honor society forpharmacy and holds membership in theAssociation of College Honor Societies.

Richard AdamczykMark Abdel-MalekDavid AboelezzSal BottiglieriChristopher BriffaErin BurkeCandice CarrChristopher CarterRobin CarvilleCarolyn ChapmanLindsay ConlanMichael DapranoAmy DavisLauren DeRitterHillary DessureaultStephen EskerJessica FarrowXiaodong FengKelly JohnsonJennifer LaskyAmy LaValleeNicole LavertyYi LiKristen MeiningerDanny MillerRyan MontpetitHung NguyenCarrie PhillipsKimberly PhillipsToni SchaefferAndrea SearleShahira ShokrallaDorothy SzczerbaTerri UnderhillKatrina Van der KloetCourtney WarnerBrent Yeager

Who’s Who Among Students Who’s Who Among Students

in American Universities and Colleges added 25 ACP studentsto its ranks in January. One of themost highly regarded and long-standing honors programs in thenation, Who’s Who recognizes theoutstanding campus leaders of theyear, chosen by faculty and peers.

Kiera Cilley Danielle CitroloMark DanekJames DeFoeFiras Salah El-SahebChristopher GardinerDavid GoodmanDaniel HindWendy JohnsonMichael KrugerAnnamaria LogozzoKelli Manor Kevin MocerineAmy MurdicoKatie PallottaNimish Patel Tressa RahnTimothy Randolph Melissa RealeMatthew RizzoCarolyn Smith Julie Stark Amy Stewart Justin SzucsKimberly Thomas

It’s an Honor!Congratulations to the following ACP students who earned academic honors during 2005-06:

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Melanie DeFusco and Staci Dufrene

Student News

The elements, at least, have beenkind to them this time around.

Driven by Hurricane Katrina fromtheir native New Orleans and thestart of their fifth year in the Doctorof Pharmacy program at Xavier Uni-versity, Melanie DeFusco ’07 andStaci Dufrene ’07 restarted their lives– academic and otherwise – at ACPlast September.

Their first northeast winter passedbenignly without so much as a snowday. Staci took up snowboarding, andMelanie and husband Mike were for-tunate to have Murphy, one of theirtwo toy poodles, take to the snowlike an Iditarod veteran (Brady, onthe other hand, remains a decidedlySouthern pooch).

Still, life never will be the same foreither woman.

The nearly incomprehensible dam-age Katrina wrought on their home-town has wiped away so much of thecity they knew and loved. It is hard,

and sad, to miss a place so drasticallyand permanently changed.

“What we miss doesn’t exist any-more,” Melanie said.

“The New Orleans that I knewisn’t there anymore,” Staci added.

What has been familiar is their phar-macy education. When Katrina threwtheir lives into disarray August 29, theywere faced with a decision: take at leasta semester off or transfer. They contact-ed ACP, and were welcomed warmlyby Associate Dean of Student and Aca-demic Affairs John Denio and the entirecampus community.

They arrived in Albany for goodSeptember 19 and were in class thefollowing morning. They settled firstin Delmar, furnishing the apartmentpartly with desks, dressers, chairs andbeds donated by the College.

“I just think the attitude of all thepeople here is amazing,” Staci said.“Everyone was just so helpful, sonice. It was just amazing to see the

outpouring of help. It was very heart-warming.”

Both now live in their own apart-ments near campus. Melanie’s hus-band, an accountant, was hired byPricewaterhouseCoopers and movednorth in December. The couplelearned over the winter that they areexpecting their first child in August.

Melanie and Staci are looking for-ward to the end of this academicyear, the last of the didactic portion ofthe curriculum before beginningclerkship rotations in their final year.A chance to rejuvenate, reflect andcontinue rebuilding in their newhome.

“It just teaches you that at anygiven point your life can be turnedupside down,” Melanie said. “Youhave to think about what’s reallyimportant to you.”

After the FloodTwo Hurricane Katrina victims begin again at ACP

Ryan Madison ’08 and Lindsay Davison ’09 will serve as President and Vice President of theStudent Government Association in 2006-07 following ACP’s first campus wide elections for thetwo important positions.

Ryan, in his fourth year, and Lindsay, in her third, were elected in March in online balloting by588 students – an impressive 50 percent of the student body. Both Ryan and Lindsay are Doctor ofPharmacy candidates.

SGA moved to campus-wide elections this year to ensure that all students on campus had anopportunity to voice their opinion in the selection of the leaders of the vital student organization.The President and Vice President had been selected only by SGA members in the past.

“Congratulations go to all of the candidates who ran,” said Elizabeth Finochio, Coordinatorof Student Activities. “The energy and effort they put into the election made it a huge success.”

SGA ELECTIONS GO CAMPUS WIDE

Newly elected SGA President Ryan Madison andVice President Lindsay Davison

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Joshua Vinson

Forgive Joshua Vinson ’09 if heseems a little spacey at times. Tenweeks spent contemplating a round-trip journey to Mars can do that to aperson.

Joshua spent last summer atNASA’s Johnson Space Center inHouston, serving an internship in thePharmacotherapeutics Department ofthe Human Adaptations and Counter-measures Office. A primary focus ofAmerica’s space program currently isa manned mission to Mars, a sixth-month journey each way.

“It was actually surreal beingthere,” he said.

Among Joshua’s main projects, hedeveloped monographs for HMG-CoAreductase inhibitors. More commonlyknown as statins, these drugs are usedto lower cholesterol levels. The trickyvariable in space travel is that zerogravity has a significant affect on thegastrointestinal system, altering theway the body processes medication.

That basic fact of life on the finalfrontier was the gateway to a summerfull of intense and exciting explo-ration, both about career options inpharmacy and about the massivespace program.

“It wasn’t in a traditional pharmacysetting, and it was good to see howpharmacy can be applied in many dif-ferent arenas, even space,” Joshuasaid. “It became evident that pharma-cy is not just about dispensing med-ications and getting patients on theirway. It is so much more.”

The internship was throughNASA’s Summer Temporary Employ-

ment Program. It included seminars,lectures and tours of the sprawlingJohnson Space Center complex andrelated facilities.

Lecture topics included the effectsof radiation in space, pharmacothera-peutics and muscle effects in space.Astronauts lectured about their expe-riences, including Gene Kranz, FlightDirector of the famous Apollo XIIImission (portrayed by Ed Harris in thepopular Ron Howard film).

“Space, it’s a whole ‘nother world,”Joshua said. “It’s harsh on the humanbody.”

Now finishing the third-year of theDoctor of Pharmacy program thisspring, Joshua also conductedresearch into muscle atrophy inspace. The lack of gravity significantlyreduces the use of muscles for move-ment as basic as standing or sittingupright, so astronauts lose musclewhen they are in space for any periodof time.

A year-long expedition to Marswould take a heavy toll, even onwell-conditioned astronauts.

That connected with his work onstatins. One study he discovered inthe British Journal of Pharmacologyfound that 17 out of 22 highly condi-tioned professional athletes withgenetic histories of high cholesterolexperienced some type of muscleproblems while taking a statin.

“If astronauts already are losingmuscle due to gravity, is it really safeto give them one of those drugs dueto the risk of increased muscle dam-age?” Joshua said.

No, he determined. And that washis recommendation to NASA on thebasis of his research.

Throughout his first two years atACP, Joshua’s aspiration was tobecome a clinical pharmacist. Howev-er, his eyes were opened to a widerange of new possibilities during hismost excellent summer adventure.

“Many aspects of the researchinterest me,” he said. “Whatever Ichoose to do, the primary objective isto help achieve optimal healththrough my knowledge of pharmacy.”

Pharmacy on the Final Frontier

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Faculty News

ACP faculty members have receivednumerous awards in recent months,highlighting the College’s high level ofacademic and professional excellence.

Department of Pharmacy PracticeAssociate Professor Harold J. Manley’96, Pharm.D., BCPS, has been nameda Fellow of the American Society ofNephrology, one of only three phar-macists in the nation to achieve FASNstatus. Two of the three pharmacistswith FASN status are ACP faculty mem-bers; the third is an alumna of the Col-lege. The FASN designation recognizesleaders in basic and clinical research,clinical nephrology or renal pathology.Fellowship status represents recogni-tion by the society of high professionalachievement, personal integrity andcommitment to the field, superiorcompetence and demonstrated schol-arship. Dr. Manley, who specializes inkidney disease, was awarded FASNstatus in the investigator track. Hisresearch focuses on medication-relatedproblems in hemodialysis patients.

Department of Pharmacy PracticeProfessor Margaret Malone, Ph.D.,FCCP, has been designated as a Fellow

of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society ofGreat Britain, the professional and reg-ulatory body for pharmacists in Eng-land, Scotland and Wales. Fellowshipin the Royal Pharmaceutical Societyrecognizes outstanding original contri-butions to the advancement of phar-maceutical knowledge, or those whohave attained distinction in the sci-ence, practice, profession or history ofpharmacy. Dr. Malone’s area of clinicalexpertise is nutrition, in the last eightyears focusing primarily in the man-agement of obesity.

Four Department of Pharmacy Prac-tice faculty members earned certifica-tion from the Board of PharmaceuticalSpecialties, an independent arm of theAmerican Pharmaceutical Association.Assistant Professor Sara Dugan,Pharm.D., achieved certification inPsychiatric Pharmacy; Assistant Profes-sors Christopher Miller, Pharm.D.,and Shannon Rivers ’04, Pharm.D.,earned certification in Pharmacothera-py; and Assistant Professor Sarah L.Scarpace, Pharm.D., received certifi-cation in Oncology Pharmacy. BPS-certified pharmacy specialists are rec-

ognized for their advanced level ofknowledge, skills and achievements bygovernment agencies and health careorganizations throughout the UnitedStates. Five specialty practice areas arecertified by the agency: OncologyPharmacy, Pharmacotherapy, NuclearPharmacy, Psychiatric Pharmacy andNutrition Support Pharmacy. TwelveACP faculty members are BPS-certified.

Lisa Vines, Ph.D, an Associate Pro-fessor in the Department of Humanitiesand Social Sciences, had two series ofoil paintings on display during Januaryat the Bethlehem Public Library in Del-mar. The series are entitled “G.I. Joeand Barbie” and “Window Treatments.”

Department of Pharmacy PracticeAssistant Professor Mario Zeolla ’99,Pharm.D., is one of 10 award recipi-ents in the Pharmacy Today One toOne Counseling Recognition Pro-gram. All of this year’s winnersreceived a trip to San Francisco forthe annual meeting of the AmericanPharmacists Association. Dr. Zeollaalso will be profiled in upcomingissues of Pharmacy Today and Annual Meeting News.

Faculty Achievements

Kara Lee Shirley,PharmD., BCPS, BCPP, ismaking a leap of faith tohelp stop sexual violence.

An Assistant Profes-sor in the Department of

Pharmacy Practice, Dr. Shirley planned toparticipate in Operation Freefall: the Two-Mile High Stand Against Sexual Assault.She will join thousands of people at sky-dive centers across the country April 29,jumping to raise awareness and funds forthis serious issue.

Dr. Shirley is not a skydiver and, likemany of the other participants, this will beher first-ever jump. This year’s sixth annu-al event will include 2,000 volunteers atdrop zones in 18 states. All will make tan-dem dives along with tandem masterslicensed by the United States ParachuteAssociation.

Dr. Shirley planned to join other partic-ipants at Skydive The Ranch in Gardiner,N.Y., near New Paltz.

By participating in Operation Freefall,Dr. Shirley is raising funds for Speaking

Out About Rape (SOAR) and Rape, Abuseand Incest National Network (RAINN) aswell as the Monadnock Center for Vio-lence Prevention.

Founded in 2001, Operation Freefallhas received national attention and hasbeen featured on television shows suchas Oprah, The View, Extra and Today.

For more information, visit Dr. Shirley’sdonation Web site atwww.firstgiving.com/ squirrely or theOperation Freefall Web site, www.opera-tionfreefall.com.

A LEAP OF FAITH

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Shaker A. Mousa, Ph.D., ExecutiveVice President and Chairman of thePharmaceutical Research Institute atACP, was recognized as one of the 10most influential people in New YorkState’s Capital Region during 2005.

Dr. Mousa was among the “TechValley Hot 10” in the December issueof Visions magazine, the monthlypublication of the Albany-ColonieRegional Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Mousa’s internationally recog-nized research focuses on better regu-lating the flow of blood to treat dis-eases such as cancer, vascular andcardiovascular disorders, diabeticretinopathy and macular degenera-

tion. His contributions led to dynamicgrowth at PRI in the past year.

Under Dr. Mousa’s direction, PRIgrew from three employees at theend of 2004 to 17 at the end of 2005and is expected to double during2006. A former research scientist atDuPont Pharmaceuticals Co., Dr.Mousa has attracted specialists in nan-otechnology, medicinal chemistry,molecular biology, cell biology andother related fields.

With the scientific and administra-tive additions, as well as the comple-tion of a Preformulation and StabilityTesting Laboratory, PRI has accelerat-ed the use of nanotechnology and

biotechnology to advance its work indrug discovery and development, aswell as nanopharmaceuticals.

Dr. Mousa has filed, independentlyor in conjunction with other researchersin the Capital Region and beyond, sixU.S. patent applications in late 2004and ’05. Beside his previous publica-tions, which exceed 600, he published55 peer-reviewed publications this pastyear and presented his work in variousnational and international conferences.He was noted in 2005 as among thetop 1 percent of cited authors for jour-nals in the life sciences.

PRI’s Mousa Among Area’s Most Influential People of 2005

Book NookChinese culture in

America and U.S. diplo-macy during a formativeera in the nation’s historyare the subjects of bookspublished this academicyear by two members of

the Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences.

Professor and Department ChairKenneth J. Blume, Ph.D., wrote Histori-cal Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy fromthe Civil War to World War I, publishedby Scarecrow Press. The book, the firstof a new series on diplomacy, providesa convenient introduction to a criticalperiod in American history. The half-century spanning 1861 to 1914 was acrucial time in the development of

American approach to the world as theUnited States laid the foundations forits 20th century foreign policy and setthe stage for our foreign policy today.

A specialist in 19th-century U.S.maritime, diplomatic and naval histo-ry, Dr. Blume is at work on severalmore books. Historical Dictionary ofU.S. Maritime Industry is scheduledfor release in 2007, while AdvancingAmerican Seapower: The Story ofRichard W. Meade III (1837-1897), isunder revision for University Press of Florida.

Assistant Professor Erika A. Muse,Ph.D., published a book on heranthropological research in Boston’sChinatown community. Published byRoutledge, the book is entitled The

Evangelical Church in Boston’s China-town: A Discourse of Language, Gen-der and Identity.

The book provides valuable anthro-pological data on the identity construc-tion of a rapidly growing ChineseChristian population in the UnitedStates. As more and more Chinese ofdifferent generations and varying cul-tural backgrounds practice evangelicalChristianity, the meaning of Chinese-American will change accordingly, Dr.Muse writes.

Significant linguistic data for anascent but important area of anthro-pological research is another importantfeature of the volume.

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In 1948, when he graduated from ACP, Walt Singer’sclass prophesy predicted that, by 1962, their “brilliant”cohort would be teaching Biochemistry at UCLA. It was-n’t far off, as it turned out, although the crystal ball just

didn’t see far enough into the future.Fourteen years after graduating from ACP, Dr. Singer

was indeed teaching in the University of California system,just further north on the San Francisco campus. It wouldbe a precursor to a 15-year tenure at the helm of ACP.

Dr. Singer, who served the College faithfully in a varietyof roles over many years, died last July. He was 87.

“He was always a gentleman,” said Kenneth W. Miller,Ph.D., who succeeded Dr. Singer as President and Dean ofACP in 1983. “I liked him very, very much.”

Dr. Singer received his B.A. in Biology from the Universityof Michigan in 1939 and then went on for a Master’s degreein Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley.

In a career-changing move, he enrolled at ACP in 1946,earning a B.A. in Pharmacy two years later. He was hiredat the College as an Instructor in Chemistry upon gradua-tion and quickly made the transition from student to facul-ty member. His former classmates had to adapt as well.

‘He was always a gentleman’

President and Dean Walter Singer, Ph.D.

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“All kinds of expressionsgreeted Professor Singerbehind his desk as he rose tothe challenge of teaching thefirst class in Chemistry to theClass of ’52,” noted the 1949yearbook.

Outside of the classroom,Dr. Singer became involvedin campus life. He served asan honorary member andfaculty advisor of Rho Pi PhiPharmacy Fraternity and wasknown to “look the other

way” when certain residents of “Rope Hall” drifted in lateto class.

Dr. Singer taught at ACP until 1954, when he decampedfor UC-San Francisco to earn a Ph.D. in PharmaceuticalChemistry. At that institution’s School of Pharmacy, he washired as an Instructor and eventually rose to Assistant Dean.

In 1966, Dr. Singer returned to ACP as Associate Deanand became Dean of the College the following year, suc-ceeding Francis J. O’Brien, who had served since 1943. Dr.Singer was named President and Dean in 1980, the firstleader of the College to hold both titles. His tenure includedthe 1981-82 construction of the administration and librarybuilding (named in honor of 1931 alumnus Rudolph H.Blythe in 2000) in conjunction with the College’s centennial.At the same time, the O’Brien Building was modernized,providing new lecture hall space and the Student Lounge.

William Cronin, hired by Dr. Singer in 1979 as ACP’sChief Financial Officer, remembered Dr. Singer as “a verygentle and compassionate man whom I had ultimaterespect for and enjoyed working for. He had a great, andvery dry, sense of humor.”

“He probably did more than anyone to enhance facultysalary and benefits,” said Cronin, who retired last Decem-ber after 27 years at the College.

Dr. Singer also set the foundation for excellence inresearch at ACP to complement and enhance the College’sexcellence in teaching.

“Walt was kind of a renaissance person,” said Dr. Miller,now Vice President of Graduate Education, Research andScholarship for the American Association of Colleges ofPharmacy. “He knew a lot about a lot of topics and he wasalways great to talk to.”

Dr. Singer published widely and gave more than 200talks on a range of pharmacy topics, most notably onnon-prescription drugs. One of his most in-demandspeeches was “Advertisements You Shouldn’t Believe,”

about the packaging and promises of many over-the-counter medications.

Upon his retirement in 1982, Dr. Singer was appointedDean Emeritus. He was awarded an honorary Doctor ofScience degree in 1983.

With more time to devote to them, Dr. Singer becamevery involved in the Capital Region and statewide pharma-cists societies.

“Walt played a very significant role both locally and atthe statewide level,” Dr. Miller explained. “He really almosthad a second career in his workings with CAPS and PSSNY.”

Dr. Singer witnessed great changes in the role of thepharmacist.

“The professional pharmacist can provide invaluableadvice to his customers and this is increasingly importanttoday when more and more health care products are avail-able without prescriptions,” he said during an interview inthe 1980s. “The individual has greater opportunities tomake decisions regarding self-care but, along with thisfreedom, comes the need for information regarding thecorrect usage of such medications.”

Outside of work hours, tennis was Dr. Singer’s lifelongpassion. With a national ranking in his age group, heplayed in several tournaments a year. For several years, heorganized the Senior Tennis Tournament for the Albanyarea and held that tournament each year until 2004.

“He invited me to play once, and he beat me so badly Inever played with him again,” Dr. Miller said with a smile.

Dr. Singer is survived by his wife of 42 years, LiliaSinger, also a pharmacist and a well-known artist. In the1980s, Mrs. Singer was commissioned to do portraits ofseveral of the College’s leaders, including one of her hus-band (below, center). From the stairway in the entrance tothe O’Brien Building, Walter Singer still surveys the Collegethat he served so well.

Walter Singer in the 1948 yearbook.

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From July 1, 1979 (when, on his first day of work [above],

he discovered that no books had been ordered for the

upcoming school year) to December 31, 2005 (when

he rang in not only a new year, but a new stage in life)

William M. “Bill” Cronin stored up – and left behind! –

a lifetime of memories at ACP.

ASuperbPartner

William M. “Bill” Cronin

retires after heading

financial and administrative

operations for 27 years

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Bill retired at the end of 2005 after27 years as ACP’s Chief Financial Offi-cer. He started as Chief Business Offi-cer under Dean Walter Singer, Ph.D.,and completed his career – five CEOslater! – as Vice President of Financeand Business Affairs under PresidentJames J. Gozzo, Ph.D.

“I have so many wonderful memo-ries of my times at ACP,” Bill said.“The people that I’ve worked withand the students that I interactedwith. I could not have been in a bet-ter situation or worked for a betterinstitution than ACP.”

Dedicated. Hard-working. Loyal.Stubborn. Caring. Outspoken.Respected.

These are words friends and col-leagues use to describe the mansometimes referred to as “Dollar Bill”for his frugal style of managing theCollege’s finances. It was that conser-vative approach through the first twodecades of his tenure that helpedposition ACP to expand when thelong-awaited opportunity presenteditself in the late 1990s.

Not that he ever parted with thatcautious approach while helping theCollege maintain a strong financialposition during the dynamic strategicgrowth of this decade!

“His role has been critical in thedevelopment of the campus and ourgrowth in enrollment and academicprograms in terms of financing,” Dr.Gozzo said. “He always did a terrificjob in securing the best financialarrangements for us. He was a verycareful money manager and alwaysfought for the best rates.

“I think many people don’t reallyappreciate that because it’s not some-thing most people are aware of, but itis a vital role he played for us.”

Bill came to ACP after eight yearsas the Business Manager at Siena Col-lege, and before that three years withBurroughs Corp. He intended to stay

at ACP for five years, “then the jobjust grew around me,” he said.

His role as ACP’s money managercertainly was his most important andmost prominent, but it was only oneof many responsibilities Bill shoul-dered for the College.

From assistant men’s basketballcoach to manager of the humanresources and physical plant staffs –roles that grew significantly as the Col-lege added new facilities and employ-ees in recent years – Bill was involvedin nearly all aspects of administration.That also included auxiliary servicessuch as the bookstore, cafeteria andthe infirmary contract.

“You couldn’t ask for a better per-son in that position,” said Kenneth W.

Miller, Ph.D., who succeeded Dr.Singer as President and Dean in 1982and served until 1993. “He did thework of three people.

“Bill is probably the most hard-working guy I have ever known, themost loyal to an institution that I haveever known in my life. And, whilethose are all serious matters, he has agreat sense of humor.”

He needed it more than ever onJanuary 30, 1983, the day of the SuperBowl Flood.

Bill was at home in Troy preparingto leave for church that morningwhen he took a call from the Col-lege’s cleaning service. ACP was plan-ning to open its new library the nextday in conjunction with the start ofthe Spring semester – the new admin-istration building, now the RudolphH. Blythe ’31 Building, had opened atthe start of that school year.

Bill had asked the company tospend the morning making sure thenew facility was in perfect condition thefollowing day when it welcomed stu-dents, faculty and staff for the first time.The library was anything but perfect.

In the equivalent of a “Houston,we have a problem” conversation, Billlearned that the heavy rain that had

fallen the previous night on top of alayer of ice was starting to leak intothe library because the drain pipeswere frozen.

Crews had placed a garbage canunder the leak to collect the waterdripping in. Bill headed for the office.

“I get down there,” he said, “and Iwalk into the library – everything inthe place is brand new, never beenused – and there are three ceilingpanels crashing down and water’spouring in.”

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Before the drains could bethawed, several inches of water flood-ed the library and adjoining offices.The start of the semester was post-poned a day to clean up the mess.

“We had some adventures, that’sfor sure,” Bill said.

Although he admits it is hard tosingle out defining moments in hisACP career, he points to his first dayon the job and the formation anddevelopment of the UniversityHeights Association, the driving forcein the growth of the College’s physi-cal campus, as most memorable.

His achievements were many. • He was instrumental in the con-

struction of the administrationand library building as well asthe renovation of the O’BrienBuilding under Dr. Singer in1981-82.

• He helped the College acquireits first residence facility, the for-

mer Alumni Hall and Annex onHolland Avenue, under Dr.Miller in 1985.

• He was instrumental in the con-tinuous enhancement of employ-ee benefit packages.

• He was a stabilizing administra-tive presence as the Collegestruggled through leadershipchanges in the mid-1990s.

• He was Chair of the Safety andSecurity Committee for his entiretenure.

• He was a key financial andstrategic advisor to Dr. Gozzo inthe development and executionof the current strategic growthinitiative, which, since 2000, hasincluded the addition of NotreDame Residence Hall, the Class-room Building and Albert M.White Gymnasium (the formerChristian Brothers Academybuildings), the Pharmaceutical

Research Institute (the formerBender Hygienic Laboratory),South Hall (the former NelsonHouse) and the new StudentCenter, which will open thisspring.

“He was involved in everythingthat concerned the running of thisinstitution,” Dr. Gozzo said. “I foundhim to be a superb partner.”

Though he officially has retired,Bill has agreed to stay on as a part-time consultant to the Office of Insti-tutional Advancement.

Following an extended vacation toFlorida and other relaxing southernstops with his wife of 37 years,Elaine, he returned to the CapitalRegion in mid-March ready for hisnew role.

Friends and former colleaguesgathered at Franklin Terrace in Troyon March 31 for a retirement celebra-tion that also served as a fundraiser

The William M. Cronin Room in ACP’s new Student Center will be a private meeting and dining room adjacent to the main diningarea on the first floor. The room is named in honor of the College’s longtime Chief Financial Officer, who retired in December afterserving ACP for 27 years. The College’s goal is to raise $100,000 to support this valuable component of the Student Center project.

If you would like to make a donation to the Cronin Room, please contact Lynne DellaRocca in the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement at (518) 694-7253 or [email protected]. You also can send a check to Albany College of Pharmacy in care of TheWilliam M. Cronin Room, 106 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208. Checks should be payable to Albany College of Pharmacy. Allcontributions are tax deductible.

SUPPORTING THE WILLIAM M. CRONIN ROOM

Bill enjoyed lots of laughs – some of them at his expense! – with friends and family(seated around him at right) during a retirement dinner in his honor March 31.

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Six CEOs Later …After serving under six CEOs over his 27-year tenure as ACP’s Chief Financial

Officer, William M. “Bill” Cronin had this advice for surviving leadership changes:“Bend like a willow,” he quipped. “People used to ask, ‘What do you do when

a new President comes in?” I’d say, ‘The first thing I do is update my resume!’”Bill retired December 31 after an illustrious career helping lead the College

through unprecedented growth. When Bill came to ACP in 1979 the College had one building, about 550 students

and 56 employees, including about 26 faculty members. ACP now has six buildings, aseventh (the Student Center) set to open in a matter of weeks, more than 1,100 stu-dents and about 190 employees, more than 80 of whom are faculty members.

Bill offered these thoughts on each of the CEOs he served.

Walter Singer ’48, Ph.D., 1967-82“I thought he was a very underrated leader of this institution. He probably didmore to enhance faculty salary and benefits, and he spearheaded a $4.5 mil-lion construction project that included the construction of the Blythe Build-ing and the renovation of the O’Brien Building. On a personal side, I foundWalter to be a man of impeccable integrity, tough and stern on the outsidebut fair and compassionate on the inside. I had the ultimate respect for him.”

Kenneth W. Miller, Ph.D., 1982-93“He was a perfect fit for us at the time. He had a tremendous sense of humor.Very gregarious, very open. Just a pleasure to work for. … He brought a littlebit of spirit into the place. It was really the reason I stayed here, because hemade it so enjoyable.”

Ronald W. McLean ’51, 1993-94 (interim)“He was the epitome of professionalism. As a pharmacist, he was wellrespected both internally and externally. He had a quiet, mild way about him.He kept people united. His objective was to keep the ship steady, and he ful-filled that.”

Claire M. Lathers ’69, 1994-96“She heightened the importance of having a strong research program thatwould help enhance the instructional program already in place.”

Bobby Bryant, Pharm.D., 1996-98 (interim)“Bobby was a stabilizing force through a tumultuous period. He moved theUHA (University Heights Association) process along and made sure it wasgoing in the right direction in terms of campus development. That took a lotof planning and hard work.”

James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., 1998-present“In my estimation, the Board of Trustees could not have picked a betterleader, with the experience and vision that Dr. Gozzo brought to ACP. He wasa perfect choice and he has been an outstanding leader for the institution. …He’s the type of guy who lets you express your ideas and opinions, knowingthat he has to make the ultimate decision. Plus, he’s just a nice person, a sin-cere person.”

“I call myself a survivor,” Bill said. “I really had to adjust to their styles, and all of their styles were different. They were all great to work for and they all treated me well.”

for The William M. Cronin Room inthe Student Center. The spectacular54,000-square-foot facility will openlater this spring at the heart of ACP’sexpanded campus.

The Cronin Room, a private diningfacility, will ensure that Bill’s nameendures at ACP. But after an impactfultenure that began while former DeanFrancis J. O’Brien ’20 was a memberof the faculty and included all or partof four decades, Bill will be remem-bered as one of the most influentialadministrators in the College’s 125-year history.

“What I remember most are thestories and the laughter,” he said.“There were so many wonderful timesand wonderful people at ACP.

“I’ve been blessed.”

After 37 years of marriage, Elaine and Bill, enjoying a momenttogether during the Albert M. White Gymnasium dedicationceremony October 29, 2005, have embarked on a new stageof life together.

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Sixth-year Doctor of Pharmacy candidates James DeFoe ’06 and Michael Arcuri ’06 were the first ACPstudents to participate in the College’s new clerkship rotation in Basel, Switzerland, last summer.

The choice of Basel for the new rotation made perfect sense. Sometimes referred to as the “Pharma-cy Capital of World,” Basel is the undisputed center of the pharmaceutical and chemical industry inSwitzerland. No other industry in the Basel region employs as many people, and chemicals and pharma-ceuticals account for roughly half the region’s net output.

“I think the students would agree that the approach to pharmacy in Europe is very different from thatin America,” says Kevin Hickey, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences. Dr. Hickey was instrumental in setting up the clerkship experience through contacts hemade while living and working for several years in Basel.

Swiss AccountStudents enjoy first ACP clerkship in ‘Pharmacy Capital of the World’

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The five-week rotation included exposure toclinical pharmacology, retail pharmacy practiceand pharmacological research, as well as a pre-sentation in which the students shared their newlyacquired global perspective. They also receivedan introduction to the cityand Swiss culture.

James and Michaelspent time with faculty andstudents of the Pharmaceu-tical Sciences Departmentof the University of Baselworking with preceptorAndré Scholer, Ph.D., headof the Clinical ChemistryDepartment at UniversityHospital Basel. JürgenMuser, Ph.D., Director of Central LaboratoriesBasel Land, was also instrumental in the program.

“For me, one of the most valuable componentsof the rotation was seeing how well the Swissintegrated basic science and clinical practice withthe goal of improving patient care and developingnew medicines,” James said. “Every pharmacy stu-dent at Uni-Basel is required to do a practicalresearch-related project with industry, academicsor the hospital.”

With an interest in clinical development, Jamesfound the weekly meetings with Klinisch Phar-

makologischer Service and Clinical Pharmacologyto be especially enlightening.

Pharmacy practice differs quite a bit in Switzer-land, according to Michael, who said much of thepharmacy work is lab-oriented and publication-

related. He enjoyed hiswork at in the pharmacyof the city’s hospital, Kan-tonsspital Basel.

“Seeing how muchwork can be accom-plished in a completelylaid-back and stress-freeatmosphere was the mostvaluable lesson that I tookaway from the experi-ence,” he said.

The students also had opportunities to visitBasel’s History of Pharmacy Museum (Pharmazie-Historisches Museum Basel), the research depart-ments of pharmaceutical giants Roche and Novar-tis, and an independent pharmacy.

“Independent community pharmacies can befound on nearly every street corner in Switzer-land,” James said. “Most are solely focused onprescription medications and other health-relatedproducts.

“In the Späleberg pharmacy we visited, therewas a pharmacy business manager who took care

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Preceptor André Scholer with Michael Arcuri, center, and James DeFoe.

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of the financial aspects. And, because all prescrip-tions must be dispensed in the manufacturer’spackaging, the Swiss do not count pills, givingpharmacists adequate time to do counseling andpatient education.”

Michael was amazed to see some of the “storeowners shut down to have coffee breaks withtheir staff.”

According to Dr. Hickey, the Swiss are moreinto alternative medicine as well. Physicians pre-scribe more herbal and homeopathic remedies,and insurance companies will pay for treatmentssuch as spa sessions and massage.

Dr. Hickey hopes that the internships inBasel, in conjunction with an existing clerkshipexperience with Maruzen Pharmaceuticals inJapan, are the first steps toward expanding inter-national opportunities and perspectives at ACPwhile attracting more international students tothe College.

The next students to head for Switzerland willbe Kara Jastemski and Maria Fatiga, both currentfifth-year Doctor of Pharmacy students. They willspend June and July on rotation in Basel as theybegin the final year of the Pharm.D. program.

Faculty currently are investigating sponsoringan annual lecture at ACP that would deal withglobal perspectives on health, Dr. Hickey said.Topics might include urban malaria, increasinglyprevalent in overpopulated cities, or avian flu,which now appears more likely to be making itsway around the globe by plane rather than bymigrating birds.

“The better students at ACP understand therest of the world, the better prepared they will beas pharmacists for the increasingly global andinterconnected world,” Dr. Hickey said.

ACP students will enjoy exposure to Swiss pharmacy practice (above) and culture(below) as part of the College’s new five-week clerkship experience in Basel.

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MERCI VILMAL (THANKS A LOT!)

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William AinsworthLatefa AminMaria Amodio-GrotonRupesh AsherAnne AstemborskiJennie AyersTodd BanksJulia BartoszekBill BeachJohn BettersEd BielawskiRich BillingtonDavid BlanchardEric BogdanowiczKathleen BolandJeffrey BonnerKatie BonnierKaren BossertJane BoydMark BrackettLeigh Briscoe-DwyerPatrick BroderickDavid BrownErin BuckleyJennifer BurchHenry BusseyJohn CarriolaKoth CassavaughMichael ChicellaKelly ChillingworthKatie ChonJennifer Cichon Carol ColeRebecca ColeJonas CongelliColette ConnollyDave CorialeSelig CormanCindy CoscioneJean CottrellRobert CrainLaurie CroninGreg CwiklaTim DannehyRaymond DansereauWilliam DarkoMaryanne Davis

Peggy DecelleTracey DeNardoJennifer DiMuraEd DombroskiWarren DrezenMary DurmaJanie DutchNancy EgertonHelen EllisGerald EngelJulie EnglishKathy FamaAndy FarrellTheresa FaulDebra FeinbergMargery FellenzerMike FernandezJoseph FeryJames FinamoreJames FinnKelly FlynnTammy FolsomGeorge FredericksSusan FryJeffrey FudinAndrea GabrielMaya GaralaPeter GarganoAnthony GisoThomas GoldenJB GossJoely GraberEileen GraffunderMaria GriswoldRoy GuharoyScott GuisingerWendy GwozdzTed HahnBruno HainsChristine HambyKristofor HanchettLeza HassettEdmund HayesFrank HeinrichTanya HicksonClint HinmanChristopher Houle

Marc HudesJoseph HulettNancy HuntingtonMark HylwaMarty IronsKimberly JoedickeKelly KangJeffrey KennicuttMark KesterJim KittsGrant KnickerbockerLydia KosinskiDonna KushykGary LamPete LamannaKathy LeeTimothy LesarBen LomaestroThomas LombardiMarcus LonkyAnthony LuppinoThomas LynchTom LynchBob MacBlaneJohn MacriGary MantzMarc MarchandJeanna MarraffaLeslie MartinMichael MastersonJim MayoKaren McBrideJohn McDonaldWayne McDonaldJacqueline MerrickAaron MichelucciRoberta MillerAmy MitchellColby MitchellJeff MittendorfCatherine MondonLaura Monroe-DupreyAmy MontpelierPhylliss MoretVince NagengastSaleem NainaRob Nelson

Anne NiemiecJon NolinJohn NoviaskyFrancis O'HearnJoel OwerbachPaul PagnottaMichael PanasciJerilyn PascaleJoyce PashalidesRachel PatelShashi PatelLesa Paulsen-CortesBob PavelkaJohn PeeblesCo PhamKathy PhelanCarl PossidenteLuke ProbstTony QuaidJill RebuckStephen RichardsBrian RichardsonKevin RidgewayFrank RileyMary Ellen RinaldiLynn RogersBarbara RoglerKerri RyanElizabeth SaltsmanErnesto SamuelDawn SantonAndre ScholerPriti ShahElizabeth ShlomJudi SillsWilliam SiltaDeborah SimardVange SinEvan SlichkoThomas SmithTom SmithCarolyn SommoMaureen SontzScott SouthardRobert StankesShanda SteenburnPatty Stevens

Connie StittDave StittChristine StorkShannon StrongRobert SullivanJane SundbergElizabeth SzymaniakSharon TernulloAlecia ThompsonEdward TimmMandy TorresTerry TowersKurt TrautmannSuzanne TreenPeter TrovitchCatherine UlbrichtJenny Van AmburghNicole VanAlstyneRosina VanDeWallNancy VieleJodi WalkerKaren WamelingJohn WardRon WeathermonTricia WeedPam WeisloMarcia WhitbeckMichelle WilhardtKorey WillardKaren WilliamsWilliam WinkowskiCindy WordellAbbie WrightSergio Zullich

Basel is just one of the rotation sites available to students at ACP. Many thanks to all of the dedicated preceptors who workedwith students in our Doctor of Pharmacy program over the past year. More than 250 preceptors, many of them alumni, providedopportunities for students to experience health care management in a wide variety of practice settings, from New York to Texasand internationally in Japan, Switzerland and Canada.

For more information about how to become a preceptor, contact Laurie Briceland, Pharm.D., Director of Experiential Educa-tion, at (518) 694-7272 or [email protected].

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The first-ever President’s Gala October 15, 2005, atThe Sagamore in Bolton Landing, N.Y., was a hugesuccess. More than 80 ACP alumni and friendswined and dined overlooking beautiful Lake Georgeand danced the night away to the sounds of theKaren Lawrence Band. A special feature was a brieftalk on the historic hotel, presented by local authorWilliam Gates.

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Advancement

Far left: Seated, left to right: Board of Trusteesmember Tom Maggs; Ellen Robison and TrusteeRichard Robison ’52. Standing: Commodore PaulMurphy and Dean Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D.

Center: Lucille Cerro with Marie and Al Collins ’53,Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees.

Below: Kathleen Barlow and Bob Barlow, of HigherEducation Marketing Associates, with Dr. Gino Turchi.

President’s Gala

Help Wanted!ACP is seeking alumni interested in serving on various

committees at the College, including a current vacancy onthe Curriculum Committee.

The Curriculum Committee is charged with the assess-ment of student learning and teaching outcomes, theongoing assessment of the standing curriculum and thereview and development of proposals for changes in thecurriculum.

Because the Committee meets several times a month during the academic year, the alumni slot could be shared

among a few people. Alumni who reside outside of theCapital Region will be able to participate via teleconferenceor by phone after reviewing agendas and minutes.

Future committee needs will call for multiple alumni tobe involved with strategic planning and assessment.

If interested in serving on any of the committees, contactthe Office of Institutional Advancement at (518) 694-7393.

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MAYFriday-Sunday, May 5-7Reunion Weekend.

Friday, May 5Annual Alumni Golf Tournament. Nor-manside Country Club, Delmar, N.Y.,8:00 a.m.-noon.

Cocktails and Special Anniversary Din-ner: 45th and 50th Reunion Classes. TheDesmond Hotel, Albany, N.Y., 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Senior Salute. The Century House,Latham, N.Y., 6:00-9:00 p.m. Dinnerand awards ceremony honoring graduating students.

Saturday, May 6The Barbara M. DiLascia Lecture Series.O’Brien 110, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Watchyour mail for details on this ACP Continuing Education session onwomen’s health.

Robison Cocktail Reception. TheDesmond Hotel, Albany, N.Y., 6:00-7:00 p.m. Join fellow alumni from all classes for cocktails and horsd’oeuvres.

Alumni Dinner Dance and Awards Cere-mony. The Desmond Hotel, Albany,N.Y., 7:00-11:00 p.m. Trip the lightfantastic with former classmates!

Sunday, May 7Reunion Farewell Brunch. South HallAlumni Conference Center, 9:00-11:30 a.m. Enjoy breakfast beforeCommencement.

126th Commencement. Empire StatePlaza Convention Center, Albany,N.Y., 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Post-Commencement Reception. Tentbehind O’Brien Building, 4:30-6:00p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

JUNEThursday, June 15Continuing Education event: PharmacyLaw and CDTM Update. O’Brien 110,8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stay tuned fordetails!

Sunday, June 25Alumni Trip to Yankee Stadium. Joinalumni for a trip to the Bronx as theYankees take on the Florida Marlins ininterleague action. Game time 1:05p.m. Watch your mailbox for details!

JULYContinuing Education event: Pain Man-agement.. Stay tuned for details!

Monday, July 17Sneak Preview Day at ACP. The first ofthree opportunities for incomingfreshmen to get a jump start on theircollege experience, 8:30 a.m.-3:45p.m. Additional dates July 18 and 24.

Tuesday, July 18Sneak Preview Day at ACP. The secondof three opportunities for incomingfreshmen to get a jump start on theircollege experience, 8:30 a.m.-3:45p.m. Additional date July 24.

Monday, July 24 Sneak Preview Day at ACP. The thirdand final opportunity for incomingfreshmen to get a jump start on their college experience, 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Saturday, July 29 Day at the Races. Join friends for a dayat the Saratoga Race Track. Stay tunedfor details!

Monday, July 31Dean’s Cup Golf Tournament. Norman-side Country Club, Delmar, N.Y. Staytuned for details!

SEPTEMBERSaturday, September 9Student Center Grand Opening. 10:30 a.m.Join us as we celebrate a new era inour history with the official opening ofthis exceptional new facility!

Friday-Sunday, September 29-October 1ACP Family Weekend. Stay tuned fordetails!

Friday, September 29White Coat Ceremony. Student Center,4:00-5:00 p.m. The traditional ceremo-ny marking the start of the profession-al curriculum for third-year Doctor ofPharmacy students.

OCTOBERJoin us in celebrating American Phar-macy Month throughout October!

Sunday, October 1Men’s Alumni Soccer Game. ACP SoccerField, 1:00 p.m.

Friday, October 20Annual Fall Board of Trustees meeting.Alfred J. Collins Jr. Board Room, Class-room Building.

Saturday, October 21President’s Gala. Stay tuned for details!

Saturday, October 28Women’s Alumni Basketball Game. AlbertM. White Gymnasium, Noon.Men’s Alumni Basketball Game. AlbertM. White Gymnasium, 1:30 p.m. All proceeds to benefit the Rita E.Leighton ’86 Memorial Scholarship.

NOVEMBERFriday, November 3ACP Career Fair. Albert M. White Gym-nasium, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Open to allstudents.

Saturday, November 4ACP Interview Day. ACP, 9:00 a.m.-4:00p.m. An opportunity for graduatingstudents to meet prospective employ-ers and begin forming productiverecruiting relationships.

CALENDAR OF EVENTSImportant dates and events to watch for (all events at ACP unless otherwise noted).

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Following in the footsteps of my father, a phar-macist and alumnus of Columbia University, Class of1920, I graduated from Albany College of Pharmacyin June 1954. On August 8, I married my high schoolsweetheart, Higouhi Markarian, who has given mecomfort, support and three great children.We cele-brated our 50th anniversary with family and friendsin 2004.

After graduation, I went to work as a pharmacistfor Kinney Drugs in Massena,N.Y.

This was a great experience.At the time, the St.Lawrence Seaway was under construction and everyday was busy. In 1958, I was named Manager of anew Kinney Pharmacy in nearby Malone and heldthat position until 1973,when I was promoted toStore Supervisor and moved to the home office inGouverneur.

In 1979, I was named Vice President of Pharma-ceutical Purchasing. I was appointed to the Board ofDirectors of Kinney in 1982, serving for 12 years. In1991, I was named Vice President of Pharmacy Oper-ations and, the following year,promoted to SeniorVice President of Purchasing and Distribution.

Although I retired in 1994 after 40 years withKinney, I still remain involved as President of the Kin-ney Drugs Foundation,an organization founded in2002 and committed to supporting quality healthcare throughout Northern and Central New Yorkand Vermont. The foundation awards more than$500,000 per year to local health care,youth andeducational facilities.

I am also past President of the New York StateChain Pharmacy Association and currently serve onthe Management Board of the United Helpers

Nursing Home in Ogdensburg.For 47 years, I havebeen involved with Rotary and have served as pastPresident of both the Malone and GouverneurRotary Clubs.

As a Christmas present in 1954, B.O. and HaroldKinney presented me with a share of Kinney stockthat I still keep framed on my desk all these yearslater.This made a profound impression on me, tothink that they would give me part-ownership intheir company.Over the years, I continued toincrease my investment in Kinney and to makeother investments as well.

I have always felt indebted to Albany College ofPharmacy for the education I received; it contributedgreatly to my success. I’ve been proud to serve thepharmacy profession.The retail experience and inter-action with my customers has brought me a greatdeal of satisfaction.

In 1987, when Higouhi and I updated our estateplans we set up a Charitable Remainder Trust andearmarked a percentage to go to Albany College ofPharmacy. It’s our way of saying thank you. I wouldencourage all alumni to remember our alma materwhen making estate plans.

Planned GivingCharles William Owens ’54

Planned giving is a meaningful way to make a charitable giftof lasting value to ACP and realize significant tax benefits on yourestate. Through a bequest provision in your will, you can desig-nate a specific amount of money, a percentage of your estate orthe remainder of your estate after other bequests are satisfied.Additional planned giving tools include charitable remaindertrusts, charitable lead trusts and gifts of life insurance.

For more information about planned giving at ACP, contactVicki A. DiLorenzo, Vice President of Institutional Advancement,at (518) 694-7331 or [email protected].

WHAT IS PLANNED GIVING?

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“I am thankful for the education that Ireceived at ACP and all the opportunities andadvantages that education has provided me.After my graduation I made a promise tomyself that when I was able to, I would find away to help other deserving and qualified ACPstudents achieve their goals of an education

without having to struggle the way that I had to. This is why Icreated the Rinaldo V. DeNuzzo ’52 Alumni Scholarship, andwhy I continue to contribute to the scholarship every year.”

– Rinaldo V. DeNuzzo ’52

“The Kenneth Gordon Hunter Scholarship was a very specialgift from my wife Gloria. My father and brother were bothgraduates of ACP and I can think of no better tribute to myfather than this scholarship in his name. The need for profes-sional pharmacists is growing dramatically and he would beproud of what this scholarship will help accomplish.”

– James Hunter

“A scholarship is a very worthwhile project and I wouldencourage others to think about doing the same. Jim and I hadthe opportunity to meet Josh Wood, the first recipient of theHunter Scholarship, and believe ACP made a great selection.”

– Gloria Hunter

The Difference Is You!Scholarships at ACP provide the foundation for an

excellent, competitive education for dozens of young men and women each year and help to give every studenta chance.

Your support is critical. Whether you choose to contribute to one of the many existing scholarships listedbelow or create a scholarship in your own name or inhonor of a family member, friend or classmate, each gift,large or small, impacts upon our students in countlessways.

For more information about how you can make a difference, call the Office of Institutional Advancement at(518) 694-7253 or visit the College Relations section of ourWeb site at www.acp.edu and click on Scholarships.

ACP ScholarshipsPeter Joseph Alotta ’49 Memorial ScholarshipAllen Barnum ’24 Alumni ScholarshipJacob M. Baurle ’31 Memorial ScholarshipMilton Bernstein ’31 Alumni ScholarshipOren O. Bigelow ’42 ScholarshipRudolph H. Blythe ’31 Award Ellen Widenmann Boyian ScholarshipDebra Bramer ’87 Memorial ScholarshipBristol-Myers Squibb ScholarshipCapital Area Pharmaceutical Society ScholarshipClass of ’88 Memorial ScholarshipWilma Clinton Cytotechnology ScholarshipAlfred J. Collins Jr. ’53/Warner Lambert ScholarshipThomas Cutbush ’68 FundDean’s Endowment for ExcellenceDemers Family ScholarshipH. Russell Denegar ’43 Scholarship Rinaldo V. DeNuzzo ’52 Alumni ScholarshipBarbara M. DiLascia ’55 Memorial Fund Francis Donovan FundHarland R. Eckler ’20 Alumni ScholarshipEli Lilly ScholarshipJohn E. Flynn ScholarshipGeneral Alumni Association of ACP, Inc. ScholarshipGeneral Scholarship FundHaggerty Memorial Scholarship

Walter ’43 and Kathryn Henning ScholarshipKenneth Gordon Hunter ’25 ScholarshipPaul A. Jablon Scholarship Bruce Kay ’66 Memorial ScholarshipBurt Orrin Kinney Alumni ScholarshipKirkpatrick Memorial ScholarshipE. Charles Leighton ’59 Memorial ScholarshipRita E. Leighton ’86 Memorial ScholarshipGeorge C. Lewis ’28 Alumni FundEdward Malkonian ’34 Endowed ScholarshipDonald McAndrew ’62 Memorial ScholarshipJames McGuiness ’71 Alumni ScholarshipDr. Kenneth W. Miller ScholarshipJames J. Morrissey ’65 Memorial ScholarshipVarant Najarian Endowed ScholarshipNational Association of Chain Drug Stores ScholarshipFrancis J. O’Brien ’20 Alumni ScholarshipHenry A. Panasci Jr. Pharmacy ScholarshipBertram Rapowitz ’58 ScholarshipRite Aid Company ScholarshipEllis H. Robison Alumni Scholarship Dennis Rule ’96 Memorial Scholarship Carol Lee Sowek ’74 Memorial ScholarshipDr. Albert Vander Veer II ScholarshipAlbert M. White Alumni ScholarshipWomen’s Club Fund of Columbia University of

Pharmaceutical SciencesMichael P. ’20 & Elsie K. Yuda Scholarship

THANK YOU!

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Alumni Affairs

The Alpha Theta chapter of thePhi Delta Chi Professional PharmacyFraternity will celebrate its 75th

anniversary in May with a variety ofspecial events for brothers old andnew planned for Reunion Weekend.

The Alpha Theta chapter grew outof another fraternity, the Alpha Chap-ter of Epsilon Phi, which had beenorganized at the College in 1917.When many of the members left tofight in World War I, activities weresuspended until 1922, when thegroup was revitalized.

As early as 1907, the brothers ofEpsilon Phi had been eager to obtaina charter to Phi Delta Chi, the firstGreek society to include pharmacistsand chemists. But nothing came oftheir efforts until 1931, when chapterPresident Theodore Rittershausentraveled to the Phi Delta Chi conven-tion in Cleveland to plead their case.

The actual installation of the newchapter took place May 9, 1931, with21 men in attendance. Other events inthose early years included an annual“smoker” during the pledging periodin the fall, during which brothersenjoyed copious quantities of ciga-rettes and cigars.

During the 1940s the fraternity waslargely inactive and there was a totalcessation of activities during WorldWar II. According to the yearbook,potential members were elsewherelearning first-hand the significance oftheir motto “Alterum Alterius AuxilioEget,” or “Each needs the help of the

other.” When the war ended, the fra-ternity was reactivated by a “group ofenergetic veterans” in February 1947.

Fraternities played a leading rolein the social life of most colleges inthe United States in the 1950s and itwas no different at ACP. In 1951, PhiDelta Chi, which had been a pharma-ceutical and chemical fraternity,became a pharmaceutical brother-hood exclusively. At ACP, the fratjoined the new Interfraternity Council,started in the 1954-55 academic year,and gathered together with membersof the other fraternal organizations fordances, sporting events and picnics.

Increased enrollment at the Col-lege led to the highest number ofmembers ever in the 1960-61 academ-ic year, with a whopping 70 activebrothers. Active in the interfraternitysports program and clad in jerseys of“old gold and dregs of wine,” thebrothers took on their rivals on thebasketball court and softball field.

By 1970-71, the frat had establisheda recruitment program to aid prospec-tive freshmen in learning about phar-macy as a profession. Throughout the1980s and 1990s, members becameincreasing involved in service projectsincluding Habitat for Humanity, BigBrothers Big Sisters and Adopt-a-High-way, with the frat active both sociallyand professionally.

In the new millennium, PDC hasbeen active in dispensing informationto the public about a variety of dis-eases and health-related issues suchas teen smoking and heart disease inwomen (see story page 10).

With a recently reactivated alumnichapter, Phi Delta Chi brothers of oldhave flocked back for events includ-ing Founder’s Day and the Rush Din-ner. Alumni and their families arewelcome to join in special 75th

anniversary festivities May 5-7 duringReunion Weekend. Details on otherReunion events, such as the annualgolf tournament, are listed in yourReunion mailing.

Happy 75th Phi Delta Chi!

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Calling All Alumni!ACP has established a new Alumni Council that will assist the Office of Institutional Advancement with its fundraising

efforts.President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., has appointed Timothy Garrity ’66 to chair the new volunteer organization. Efforts are

underway to recruit new members. All alumni are invited to lend their time and expertise to the Council. Those interested inserving can contact Tim at the office, (518) 724-2484, at home, (518) 449-4243, or via e-mail, [email protected], or ShellyCalabrese, Director of Annual Programs, at (518) 694-7304 or [email protected].

Many thanks to Tim for his efforts to get this new venture off the ground!

Friday, May 5 8:00 p.m.-midnight – Phi Delta Chi Wing Ding at the Elbo Room,170 Delaware Ave., Albany. Wear your old jerseys and remi-nisce with current brothers and alumni.

Saturday, May 6Noon-2:00 p.m. – BBQ/softball game (location TBA)

4:30-6:00 p.m. – 75th Anniversary Reception, The DesmondHotel, Albany. Come and see PDC memorabilia and hear aboutthe chapter’s accomplishments. A cash bar and light refresh-ments will be available.

Matt Smollin, Worthy Alumni Liaison 367 Morris St., Apt. 1, Albany, NY 12208 [email protected](518) 669-4593

Brett Laude 686 Park Ave. Albany, NY [email protected](518) 248-3108

Michael Dufort, President, Alpha Theta Alumni AssociationThe Pharmacy, Inc., 205 North St., Bennington, VT [email protected]: (802) 442-5602, H: (518) 686-7376 Cell: (802) 376-9015

Phi Delta Chi brothers cook dinner for residents of Ronald McDonald House.

JOIN THE CELEBRATION!

PDC also will be creating scrapbooks. Brothers are requested to send in pictures or composites, including names and year, bye-mail or regular mail to:

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‘69Barry Paraizo and wifeLinda SchweikhartParaizo ’70 were featuredin an article on indepen-dent pharmacies that ran inthe Palm Beach Post lastsummer. The Pariazosbought the Winship Phar-macy in 1983. The business,a self-described “mom-and-pop type of store,” is ableto cater to Palm BeachCounty’s aging communitythrough specialized ser-vices. The pharmacy sellsmedical equipment in addi-tion to candies, cards andhousehold items, fills anddelivers prescriptions andcustomizes medications.

1960s

‘60Cynthia SpagnolettiGabriels and her husband,Dr. Joseph Gabriels, havemoved to suburban Char-lotte, N.C., “to enjoy warmweather and more golf.”Cynthia writes that she was“sorry to see so few of ourclass at the 45th reunion” inMay 2005. “Please come toour 50th – especially oursection!”

Class NotesAmerican Association ofColleges of Pharmacy. Dr.Chase and husband Jimrecently bought a house inGreystone, W.Va. Theyhave three grown children.

‘76Anthony Laiacona Jr.,who just completed 25 suc-cessful years at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuti-cals, was named DistrictManager of the Year for2005. Albany District Man-ager for CardiovascularDrugs, Tony also has beenpromoted to Executive Dis-trict Manager, one of onlyfive in the country out of350 managers. He is anAdjunct Instructor at ACP aswell, teaching Introductionto Pharmaceutical Sales andMarketing. Tony and wifeLaura, married for 20 years,have two daughters. BothTaylor, 17, and Gabriel, 14,have their sights set on ACP.The family resides in CliftonPark, N.Y.

1970s

‘71Patricia Leahy Chase,Ph.D., has been appointedDean of the West VirginiaUniversity School of Phar-macy, effective July 1, 2006.Dr. Chase has been Deanof the College of Pharmacyand Health Sciences at But-ler University in Indianapo-lis for the past six years.Under her leadership, theenrollment and number offaculty and staff at Butlerdoubled. At West Virginia,research will play a big partin her vision for theschool’s future, she said.She is also Chair-elect ofthe Council of Deans of the

1950s

‘52Richard G. Robison, amember of the ACP Boardof Trustees, was honoredlast fall for his extensivevolunteer efforts through-out the Capital Region witha Third Age AchievementAward.

‘58Winston Dobbins writesthat he enjoyed skiing withsix of his grandchildren forhis birthday this year. Hewould appreciate hearingfrom any alumni who cansend him the formulas forshow globe multi-layersand how to color them.Contact Win at [email protected].

1980s

‘82Robert Zywiak won a sil-ver medal in August in theUnited States Cycling Feder-ation Virginia State TimeTrial Championship, Cate-gory V, age 45-49. Bob cov-ered the 40-kilometer courseat an average speed of 23mph. He is the PharmacyOperations Manager atMary Washington Hospitalin Fredericksburg, Va. Con-tact him at [email protected].

‘84The Bainbridge (N.Y.) Phar-macy, owned by Edwin(Ed) P. Greenman Jr. andwife Sandy, was selected bythe Bainbridge Chamber ofCommerce as Business ofthe Year for 2005. TheGreenmans purchased thepharmacy in 2001, fulfillinga long-time dream of Ed’s.

Sandy and Ed Greenman

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‘95Melanie Leclau Martinwas a guest lecturer at Col-gate University in Hamilton,N.Y., during the Spring2005 semester. Melaniespoke on the field of phar-macy, how it is evolvingand what the future holds.

‘96Kevin Barnhart and hiswife Andrea welcomed adaughter, Kendall, onNovember 3, 2005. Kendallwas born weighing 5pounds, 14 ounces. Kevinis a District PharmacySupervisor for CVS. … AmyBarton-Pai, Pharm.D., hasbeen named a Fellow ofthe American Society ofNephrology, one of onlythree pharmacists in thenation to achieve FASN sta-tus. The FASN designationrecognizes leaders in basicand clinical research, clini-cal nephrology or renalpathology. The other phar-macists with FASN statusare ACP faculty members,Associate Professor HaroldJ. Manley ’96, Pharm.D.,BCPS, and ProfessorGeorge R. Bailie, Pharm.D.,Ph.D.

2000s

‘04Jagat Patel, owner ofCrestwood Pharmacy inAlbany, was featured innews coverage about thenew Medicare-Part D pre-scription drug coverage inthe Albany Times Union.

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Sandy’s degree in businessmanagement and retailingnicely complements herhusband’s pharmacy degree.The couple was recognizedfor their support of manycommunity, school andsports activities at a Com-mitment to the Communitydinner in October.

‘85Timothy L. Fortin, Ph.D.,has been promoted toAssistant Vice President,Research Information Man-agement at WyethResearch. Dr. Fortin joinedAmerican Cyanamid (nowWyeth) in 1992 as a Bio-medical Information Scien-tist and has been involvedin Information Managementsince that time. Tim holdsa B.S. in Pharmacy fromACP and a Ph.D. in Phar-macology from the Univer-sity of Rochester and is anactive member of severalprofessional organizations.He is the son of Louis P.Fortin ’58 and MarilynCepiel Fortin ’61, and thehusband of Diane Gugliel-mo Fortin ’86. … JohnMcDonald III of Marra’sPharmacy in Cohoes, N.Y.,received a January visitfrom U.S. Sen. Hillary Rod-ham Clinton, D-N.Y., aspart of a tour to highlightproblems with the newMedicare prescription drugprogram for seniors and thedisabled. Sen. Clinton wasjoined at the pharmacy bystate and local officials.

1990s

‘91Nicole Valente and herhusband welcomed adaughter, Emma Victoria,on October 1, 2003.

‘92Scott Preische was fea-tured in the Rochester, N.Y.,Democrat and Chronicle“Weekend Warrior” columnfor his tenure with theSharks, a team in the Ama-teur Baseball Congress thathas won the league cham-pionship 11 of the past 12years. Scott, who mostlyplays first base for theSharks, also plays softballone night a week for a localteam and dabbles in basket-ball and golf. After an injuryto his elbow tendon justprior to his arrival at ACP,Scott sat out the first seasonand put aside his pitchingcareer but joined the UnionCollege team his secondyear. Now an executivehospital representative forMerck and Co., Inc., Scottresides in Rochester withhis wife Holly.

Emma Victoria Valente

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Marlon Brando could have been acontender. Frank Viviani ’58 still is.

From high school right up throughthe present, sports have been centralto Frank’s life. For his many achieve-ments over the years, he was namedto the Rome (N.Y.) Sports Hall ofFame last summer.

A three-sport standout at RomeFree Academy, Frank was the leadingscorer for his high school basketballteam in his senior year, a two-yearstarting quarterback and a three-yearstarter in baseball. He also playedAmerican Legion baseball and was amember of three different semi-prosquads.

At ACP, Frank was a four-year let-terman, distinguishing himself on thebasketball team under Coach AlWhite. In his senior year, Frankscored 280 points and set a schoolrecord for most points in a game with55, a record that stood for nearly 40

years. He was named to ACP’s AlbertM. White Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.

Though offered a baseball contractby the Pittsburgh Pirates during histime at ACP, Frank had no troublemaking the decision to remain inschool.

“I wanted to finish school and thatwas my biggest priority,” Frank toldthe Rome Daily Sentinel. “I had tothink about my career and not play-ing baseball.”

It turned out to be the rightchoice. Frank went on to a successfulcareer in retail pharmacy and thenwith the New York State Departmentof Corrections. He still works part-time for several doctors and says “it’sthe best job I ever had … no stress!”

These days, “Frankie Viv” is morelikely to be found on the links. Anavid golfer, he still plays several timesa week at Teugega Country Club andhas captured numerous senior-flight

titles, both there and in the Rome citytournament. In 1990, he finished sixthin the New York State Senior Men’sAmateur Golf Championship.

He also skis, both cross-countryand downhill, but in February whenthe snow got to be a bit wearisome,he headed out to Arizona with wifeAngela to play golf.

In Frank’s own words, “What alife, huh?”

Thomas M. Friello ’80 never hadany doubt that he would end up in thefamily business. He got his feet wetworking in his parents’ pharmacy inJohnstown, N.Y., beginning at age 14.After attending Fulton-MontgomeryCommunity College, he went on tograduate from ACP.

In October, Friello took over thePalmer Pharmacy from his parents,Angelo ’57 and Kay. The elder Friel-los, who bought the drugstore fromFrank J. Palmer in 1964, remained atthe helm for 41 years until turning the

business over to their son and daugh-ter Tina, the store manager. WhileAngelo and Kay enjoy retirement inSurfside Beach, S.C., they can restassured that the family business is ingood hands.

Business is booming, according tothe new owners, due in large part tocontracted services with local facilities,which account for more than half of thebusiness. The company also maintainsa health care business within the store.

Tom and Angelo are not the onlyACP graduates in the family. Sister

Catherine Friello Eleiott ’79 andhusband David Eleiott ’79 recentlyrelocated to Arizona, where they areboth staff pharmacists for Wal-Mart.David, who received his Master’s inDivinity from Grace Theological Semi-nary, is searching for a congregation.

Current ACP students are involvedin the Friellos’ pharmacy as well. Fourstudents each year complete five-weekrotations at the store.

Frank Viviani on the court in 1958.

Good Sport

All in the Family

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A summer internship while com-pleting his degree at ACP led to a life-changing move for Jeffrey Papo ’97.

It was 1994 when Papo first metDominick Tuminaro, then proprietorof the Hopewell Pharmacy inHopewell Junction, N.Y., near Pough-keepsie. Tuminaro “took a chance onme and hired me as a student phar-macist,” says Papo, who spent twosummers at the pharmacy learningthe ropes.

Eventually, Tuminaro sold thatpharmacy and went to work for a localchain; but he missed his business. WithPapo also looking for something differ-ent, the duo decided to strike out on

their own, opening Tuminaro Pharma-cy together in May 2004.

The business was selected as the2005 winner of the Dutchess CountyEconomic Development Corp.’s Busi-ness Excellence Award in the new-comer category. Winners were chosenfor making a significant economiccontribution to the county.

The pharmacy, located on Route 82in Hopewell Junction, focuses primari-ly on pharmacy items and health sup-plies and emphasizes customer ser-vice. It harkens back to the time of the“personal touch,” according to a mem-ber of the award selection committee.

“If you own your own business,

you really have a vested interest inmaking sure everyone who walks outyour door is completely satisfied,”says Papo.

The co-owners contribute to thecommunity in other ways as well. Thepharmacy offers a free blood-pressurescreening each month and Papowrites for the Healthy Living sectionof the Poughkeepsie Journal.

It’s Time to Nominate One of Your Fellow Alumni for Service!We are collecting nominations for the annual alumni awards, to be presented at the Alumni Dinner Dance and Awards Ceremony

on Saturday, May 6. Please fill out this form and attach any supporting documents and return to Shelly Calabrese, Director of AnnualPrograms, Office of Institutional Advancement, 106 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208, or e-mail your nomination, including nomi-nee and category, your name, class year and contact information, to [email protected].

Your name_________________________________________________________ Class Year__________________________

Address__________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Outstanding Service to the Profession of Pharmacy Award honors an alumnus or alumna who has made an exceptional contribution to the profession. __________________________________

The Outstanding Service to the Profession of Biomedical Technology Awardis presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the profession of Biomedical Technology. __________________________________

The Outstanding Service to the Albany College of Pharmacy Alumni Body Award is givento an alumnus or alumna who has made an exceptional contribution to the alumni body. __________________________________

The Outstanding Service to the Community Award is given to an alumnus or alumna who has made an exemplary contribution to the needs of the community. __________________________________

Dynamic DuoJeffrey Papo ’97 receives Business Excellence Award

Jeff Papo, left, with Dominick Tuminaro.

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In Memoriam

‘36Harry T. TischlerDec. 25, 2005

‘38Carl H. Randall Jr.Oct. 19, 2005

‘47George M. GeorgeOct. 18, 2005

‘48Alexander J. FioreMarch 8, 2006

‘49James E. DavisSept. 21, 2005

‘52David A. CorwinSept. 11, 2005

‘53Alan L. BergmanDec. 18, 2005

‘55John E. SanfordMarch 8, 2006

‘59Gary W. HamblenMarch 4, 2006

‘61William L. CandidoFeb. 17, 2006

Sue McNamara FoxDec. 26, 2005

‘63Richard W. BeckerDec. 16, 2005

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Where am I now? I retired five years agoand I am totally enjoying my retirement. Isold my pharmacy, Holland Patent Phar-macy, to an ACP alum, Earl Robert Black’91, and he is doing exceptionally well. Imaintain my pharmacy license, but I workonly “under duress!” My wife Barbara, aretired teacher, and I live about half theyear in Holland Patent, and half the yearin Florida. I have a passion for golf. I’vegiven it a considerable amount of atten-tion and devotion, but I think the gamehas passed me by! I also do a lot of skiingin the winter time.

How my ACP education benefited memost: My ACP education provided me awonderful career in pharmacy, not onlyas an employed pharmacist but as apharmacy owner. I was shown the utmostrespect and loyalty from my clientele andcommunity. I feel that I served the com-munity favorably, and the favor wasreturned twofold. It was a wonderfulexperience for 34 years.

What I remember most about my ACPyears: I think of all the wonderful profes-sors I had, all the wonderful friends Imade long-term, the individual attentionand the family atmosphere we had goingthere. There are many wonderful memo-ries formed while attending ACP, but thisone is my favorite.

When I was in high school (at VincentianInstitute in Albany) I had chosen to go toSiena College. At the end of August ofthat year I drove by ACP on New Scot-land Avenue and I hit the red light atDeLaSalle Road. I saw the college thereand I said, “I wonder what that’s allabout.” I had discussed the possibility ofpharmacy with my older brother, so I tooka right-hand turn and went into the schoolparking lot.

I parked and went into the office and metMiss Glavin, Dean O’Brien’s secretary. Itold her that I was going to Siena Collegein the fall and that I was just interested inknowing, if I chose to transfer to ACP in ayear or two, if the courses I was planningto take at Siena would be sufficient. Shesaid Dean O’Brien was in his office andhappened to be free at that moment, soshe ushered me in to see the Dean and Ipretty much told him the same thing.

He said, “Mr. Dailey, if you’re really inter-ested in coming to Albany College ofPharmacy you should start here as afreshman. Transferring in is very difficultand you’ll have a much better opportunityif you start here.” He explained that if Iwanted to go back to Vincentian and getmy transcript, he would be happy toreview it.

So I continued this lark. I went over andgot a transcript of my marks and cameback. He took a careful look at my marksand there appeared a big frown on hisface. He commented, “Mr. Dailey, I don’tknow. You do have sufficient marks toenter our school, but you’re missingchemistry and we usually require that. Idon’t know if you can make it here.” Buthe said he would accept me conditionally.Basically, what he was telling me wasthat he had a slot open and he wanted to

fill that slot. However, it wasn’t going tobe easy for me.

I struggled at first, but with the help of fel-low students and faculty I finally got myfeet on the ground and the experiencebecame a wonderful ride.

Why I support ACP financially and what Iwould say to encourage other ACP grad-uates to support the College: Whenever Italk to my colleagues, whether my class-mates or other members of my profes-sion, I discuss with them our wonderfulexperience at Albany College of Pharma-cy. I remind myself and them that wereceived an excellent education that pro-vided us a very lucrative career, and I dis-cuss with them that it really cost us verylittle to attend. It only makes sense thatyou would give back.

What I hope ACP will be like in thefuture: Under the leadership of PresidentGozzo, this College has made greatstrides and it’s for sure it’s going in theright direction. With the need for pharma-cists in our society, there is a big need forpharmacy colleges, and I think we’re onthe cutting edge. I think it’s only going toget better with the PharmaceuticalResearch Institute and Shaker Mousa.Giving the students exposure to researchis incredible.

FOCUS ON … J. Gordon Dailey ’57

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