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125thCommencement

NYS Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno addresses Class of 2005

125thCommencement

NYS Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno addresses Class of 2005

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LedgerPresident’s

James J. Gozzo, Ph.D.

FEATURES_________________________________________

Cover Story:Graduation Day

125th Commencement exercises 16

Dedicated to StudentsGymnasium to honor Al White 18

The Way We WereRecollections of ACP’s oldest alum 21

DEPARTMENTS____________________________________

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

On CampusACP through the decades 5Recognizing science excellence 6New law school pathway 7Denio elected to leadership role 8Cronin honored 8Springfest 2005 9Student Center update 9

Student News Student-athletes recognized 10Women’s basketball: Dynasty! 11“Board” on rotation 11Student honors, awards, achievements 12Building a brighter tomorrow 13

Faculty News Faculty awards 14Nephrologists form research group 15

Advancement Meet the Office of Institutional Advancement 22Alumni profile 22Calendar of events 23

Alumni Affairs A letter from the Alumni President 24Planned giving 25Reunion 2005 26

Class Notes Engagements, births, retirements & much more 28

In Memoriam 32

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Two Numbers Worth Noting in 2005-06Join us in celebrating our 125th year and the legacy of successful graduateswho continue to make ACP great

On the Cover: New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Brunospeaks at ACP’s 125th Commencement.

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As you read this issue of PostScript,keep two numbers in mind: 125and 6,854.The first number, of course, is

the year we will be celebratingthroughout 2005-06 – our 125th acade-mic year. Our plans for this quasqui-centennial observance include adecade-by-decade history of AlbanyCollege of Pharmacy, and the much-anticipated grand opening of our Stu-dent Center in 2006.

I am especially looking forward toexploring the history of ACP, and Ihope you will enjoy this trip throughtime with us. Beginning with the1880s, we will profile a new decadeeach month throughout the year. Wewill include important, interesting andfun pieces of history about the Col-lege, as well as a flavor of the socialcontext surrounding life at ACP duringeach decade.

For example, did you know Presi-dent James Garfield died two weeks tothe day before ACP taught its first lec-ture Oct. 3, 1881, the second U.S. presi-dent in 16 years to be assassinated? Orthat Clara Barton founded the Ameri-can Red Cross the same year?

All of this history will be availablethrough our Web site, www.acp.edu,simply by clicking on the 125th icon. Iinvite you to visit each month and joinus in this celebration.

We have enjoyed a proud traditionat ACP for generations, a tradition weare building on as we grow in this our13th decade. Which brings me back tothe second noteworthy number for thisissue of PostScript – 6,854.

That is the number of women andmen who have graduated from ACPsince our inception. Our alumni. Avital, talented, dedicated network ofpharmacy and health care professionalswho have gone on from ACP to dogreat things in the communities inwhich they live.

We are pleased to tell just a few ofthose stories within these pages, fromDan Spadaro ’23, our oldest livinggraduate, to the newest members ofour alumni body, the Class of 2005. Wewere honored to have New York StateSenate Majority Leader Joseph L. Brunoaddress our graduates at this year’sCommencement – our 125th!

We hope you’ll enjoy a look back atjust a few of the fun moments from

Reunion Weekend 2005, and catchingup with Regina Snyder ’47, Gary Hall’57 and Mona Cichello ’83, the newPresident of The Alumni Association ofAlbany College of Pharmacy, Inc.

Mostly, we hope you’ll enjoy anoth-er opportunity to keep up with all thatis going on at ACP, both on our cam-pus and wherever it is our alumniwork and live.

Our progress continues as we growin alignment with our ComprehensiveStrategic Plan. Our student body hasgrown to 1,150 – a third number tonote! – on our way to our target ofapproximately 1,400. We continue diver-sifying our academic offerings, buildingon the strength of our outstanding Doc-tor of Pharmacy program to provideadditional career options in the healthsciences for all of our students.

We are anticipating an exciting 125th

year in 2005-06, and we look forwardto opportunities to meet with you,either again or for the first time, as wework together to advance ACP.

ACP has been active in numer-ous community events in 2005,including, clockwise from top left:National Wear Red Day on Febru-ary 4, when students from the PhiDelta Chi and Rho Pi Phi fraterni-ties set up an information table atCrossgates Mall to dispense infor-mation about heart disease inwomen; the Eddy Visiting NursesAssociation Health Fair on March10 in Troy, in which students pro-vided blood pressure screeningsand other health-related exper-tise; Albany’s Freihofer’s Run forWomen, at which ACP sponsoredan information table and “Ask thePharmacist” session June 3-4;and the 25th annual GHI WorkforceTeam Challenge Race, the area’slargest road race, in which facul-ty, staff and friends participated inthis great fitness event.

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

Albany College of Pharmacy.

Managing EditorRon Lesko

2005-06 Editorial BoardJames J. Gozzo, Ph.D., PresidentMary H. Andritz, Pharm.D., DeanVicki A. DiLorenzo, Vice President

of Institutional AdvancementWilliam Cronin, Vice President of Finance and Business AffairsRobert J. Gould, Vice President

of Enrollment ManagementPacky McGraw, Director

of Student Affairs

Contributing PhotographersShannon Ballard

David ClarkeDon ElliottRon Lesko

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Office of Institutional AdvancementVicki A. DiLorenzo, Vice President

of Institutional AdvancementSergio A. Mendez, Executive Director

of College Relations Shelly Calabrese, Director

of Annual ProgramsLynne DellaRocca, Coordinator of Institutional Advancement

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During the Spring semester, someACP students saw how managementtools can be used to make improve-ments even on our own campus.

The elective course Total QualityManagement (TQM) in Health Care,taught by Angela Dominelli ’78, Ph.D.,introduces the concept of continuousquality improvement as a strategy thatidentifies goals, assesses progresstoward them and proposes means tomeet the goals if the outcome has notbeen accomplished.

To illustrate this approach, the classapplies TQM to a topic relevant to lifeat ACP. This year’s class decided tofocus on communication.

Having already formulated someideas about improving communicationfrom my office to students, faculty andstaff, I was pleased to have the oppor-tunity to meet with the members ofthe TQM class to hear their thoughtson this subject. They had begun map-ping out obstacles to good communi-cation in a “cause-and-effect diagram.”This type of chart illustrates factors thatmay be contributing to a situation.

As is usually the case when usingthis approach, the class had identifiedmany possible contributing factorsthrough which they gained an appreci-ation of the complexities and chal-lenges associated with good communi-cation. Such insight then led to ideasabout how to make improvements.

I attended the class when recom-mendations for improvement were dis-

cussed. Old and new communicationmethods were featured. Suggestionsincluded enhancing the use of ourWeb site as well as having more edi-tions of the student newspaper andputting up more bulletin boards forspecific documentation. I appreciatethe efforts of the class and am incor-porating their ideas into strategies thatare under development.

The academic experience ideallyfosters the development of knowledge,skills and attitudes. Students in theTQM class learned the theory of con-tinuous quality improvement and howto apply techniques that have beendeveloped in non-academic settings.Perhaps they learned that there areusually opportunities to improvethings that are critically important tothe development of individuals and toorganizations.

Changes in attitude are more diffi-cult to measure and sometimes areapparent only at a later date. Will theyat some point integrate into their livesthat:

• Growth comes with daring to askthe question, “Is status quo goodenough?”

• They don’t need to embrace thelatest fad to find a solution

• There are many contributors to aproblem and some are not imme-diately evident

• There are many strategies thatsuccessfully can lead to improve-ment

• Developing approaches to solvea problem can contribute tochange and is more rewardingthan just complaining about a sit-uation

• Lifelong learning can be viewedas a type of continuous qualityimprovement.

Whether we interact with studentsin the classroom, at experiential sites,in our neighborhood or at profession-al meetings, we have the potential toshape their attitudes as well as tocontribute to their knowledge andskill development. Perhaps one inter-action with you will be the nextbuilding block in the formation ofpositive attitudes about continuousself-improvement or the evolution ofour professions.

You may not see immediate results,but you may be planting a seed ornurturing one that was started at ACP.What an opportunity to shape thefuture!

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Total Quality Management course provides studentsstrategies for success

Letters to the Editor

We Want to Hear from You!Dean’s Desk

Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D.

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1881. President JamesGarfield was assassinated, thesecond president in 16 years tobe killed while in office. ClaraBarton founded the AmericanRed Cross. Albany College ofPharmacy began its first acade-mic year.

From our humble yet vision-ary beginnings – three faculty members and a sharedbuilding with Albany Medical College – ACP has growninto one of the nation’s premier scientific teaching institu-tions. As we celebrate our 125th academic year in 2005-06,we do so with more than 80 faculty members, 1,150 stu-

dents, our own rapidly expanding campus – and the sameprogressive vision for the future of health care that guidedour founders.

We welcome you to join us as we celebrate our proudheritage. We will explore a new decade in ACP’s historyeach month, highlighting interesting moments in time forthe College and the world beyond our campus.

Please take a few moments to enjoy the first twodecades in our history – the 1880s and 1890s – by visitingwww.acp.edu and clicking on the “Celebrating 125 Years”link. You also can access the “Celebrating 125 Years” pagesof our Web site by visiting the Our Story section. We inviteyou to check back monthly to learn about a new decade inACP history!

ACP Through the Decades

Albany was an attractive location for the new college. Along with classes in the building ACP shared at its inception with Albany Medical College (above), students also could attend, free of charge, lec -tures at the State Library or the State Museum of Natural History. Although there were no facilities for living on campus, “good board and rooms could be had for $3.50-$6 per week” and studentswere advised that “by clubbing together and boarding themselves, they [could] live comfortably and pleasantly at even lower rates.”

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ACP expanded its summer academic programming this year to open the course offerings to its entire student body as well asstudents from other institutions, in addition to the traditional cohort of Accelerated Pharm.D. students.

The Summer Sessions program was a success, drawing nearly 150 total students, most of them from ACP, including 68 in theAccelerated program.

The College offered two sessions – May 23-July 1 and July 11-Aug. 19. Course offerings included physiology/pathophysiology,organic chemistry, pharmacotherapy, molecular biology and math concepts.

ACP and Albany Law School haveteamed up on an exciting new jointdegree program that will allow stu-dents in ACP’s Bachelor of Science inPharmaceutical Sciences program toset a course toward a law degreefrom the start of their undergraduateeducation.

The B.S./J.D. 3+3 program willguarantee qualified freshmen in ACP’sPharmaceutical Sciences program aspot in law school, providing theymaintain the required GPA andachieve a qualifying score on the LawSchool Admissions Test (LSAT). Stu-dents will spend the first three years atACP and the final three years at thelaw school, earning their Bachelor’sdegree after the first year of lawschool and their Juris Doctor at thecompletion of the program.

The joint program was approvedby the New York State Board of Edu-cation in May and currently is accept-ing students.

“This program provides a distinctiveopportunity for students choosing ACPas we build on our core strength – anexceptional Doctor of Pharmacy pro-gram – to add new programs and path-ways related to the health sciences,”said President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D.

“Our dual focus on creating newprograms of our own and partneringwith other respected institutions ofhigher education in the CapitalRegion, such as Albany Law School,will allow us to create a unique col-lege environment and add value toeach graduate’s degree.”

The B.S./J.D. program builds onsimilar relationships ACP has withother area institutions, including pro-grams with Albany Medical College,The Graduate College of Union Uni-versity, The Sage Colleges, The Col-lege of St. Rose and Hudson ValleyCommunity College.

Students graduating from the pro-gram will be qualified to work in law

firms, the pharmaceutical and biotech-nology industries, government andhealth care-related public serviceorganizations, said David W. Clarke,Ph.D., Director of ACP’s Pharmaceuti-cal Sciences program.

“By selecting appropriate electivesstudents will be prepared to participateactively in health-related law and poli-cy development with a special empha-sis on pharmaceutical research, manu-facturing, development and distribu-tion,” he said. “Students will be poisedto provide counseling to the growingpharmaceutical and biotechnologyindustries on intellectual property andregulatory compliance issues.

“This includes filing and prosecut-ing patents, development of technolo-gy transfer agreements, negotiatinglicensing agreements, the preparationof regulatory documents and workingwith government agencies to ensurecompliance with the state and federallaws governing these industries.”

SUMMERSESSIONS@ACP

On Campus


ACP again participated in threeprestigious regional and internationalscience events this year, recognizingthe outstanding achievement of 15local, national and international highschool students.

In March, the College was a spon-sor of the Greater Capital Region Sci-ence and Engineering Fair and ScienceCongress at RPI in Troy. It is the thirdyear the College has participated.

ACP presented Biomedical SciencesExcellence Awards to two top stu-dents. Meaghan Alexandra Figge, thena junior at Albany Academy for Girls,was selected for a project entitled“Biochemical Evolution of the BreastCancer-Inhibiting Protein, BRCA-1,

Over Half a Billion Years.” Jessie Klap-per, then a senior at Burnt Hills-Ball-ston Lake High School, was selectedfor a project entitled “ExperimentalVerification of a Rational PredictionMethod for Hammerhead RibozymeActivity.” Both recipients presentedtheir research at ACP on April 8.

In May, ACP was a Special AwardOrganization for the second year in arow at the prestigious Intel Interna-tional Science and Engineering Fair inPhoenix. The Intel fair is the world’slargest pre-college celebration of sci-ence, bringing more than 1,200 stu-dents from 40 nations.

ACP selected four fair participantsas Biomedical Sciences Excellence

Award recipients: Daniel James Cromerof Englewood, Colo., Laura Ann Hup-pert of Piedmont, Calif., Katherine JoyNicholas of Ephrata, Pa., and RussellThomas Burrows of San Antonio,Texas.

ACP also offered a scholarship to afifth student at the Intel fair, ShaarikaSarasija of India. Shaarika, whoseresearch project explored the success-ful use of wild asparagus to increasemilk yield in goats, will attend ACPthis fall in the Bachelor of Science inPharmaceutical Sciences program.

The College also once again hostedthe regional Chemistry Olympiad inMarch. Eight students achieved scoresqualifying them with nearly 1,000other students across the country tomove on to a national qualifyingexam. Four students ultimately qualifyeach year to represent the UnitedStates in the International ChemistryOlympiad competition.

ACP RecognizesScience Excellence

Law School Pathway Now Available for ACP Students

Megan Figge, a senior at Albany Academy for Girls in 2005-06,was among the 2005 recipients of ACP’s Biomedical SciencesExcellence Award.

ACP welcomed area high school students in March for theregional Chemistry Olympiad qualifying exam. Eight studentsachieved scores allowing them to move on to the national qualifying exam.


Growing up as one of 18 children,John Denio learned at an early age thevalue of being proactive to achieve hisgoals. It is a trait he believes will servehim well in his new role as nationalPresident-Elect of the Phi LambdaSigma Pharmacy Leadership Societyfor 2005-06.

Denio, Associate Dean of Studentand Academic Affairs at ACP, also willserve as President of the organizationin 2006-07, and Past President in 2007-08. In a speech to delegates at thenational American Pharmacists Associ-ation meeting in April, Denio talkedabout his role as a leader and lessonslearned in his large family.

“With 17 brothers and sisters youcan’t be late to the dinner table, so

you have to be kind of aggressiveabout the things that you do,” he said.“So that’s carried on through time.There are plenty of opportunities tohelp people and assist, but you alsohave to be aggressive getting to thetable.”

Phi Lambda Sigma is a studentorganization focused on promoting thedevelopment of leadership qualities.One of Denio’s primary focuses overthe next three years will be to reachout to Phi Lamdba Sigma alums to re-engage them with the society in aneffort to offer mentoring opportunities.

“Our plan is to go out to the alumniand bring them back to the organiza-tion or make them aware of what’sgoing on in the organization, to make

them aware of opportunities that areout there to match up students withmentors and continue in leadershiproles,” he said.

Former Associate Dean of StudentAffairs Al White established ACP’s PhiLambda Sigma chapter in 1983, andDenio has been involved since 1993.He serves as an advisor to the Col-lege’s chapter, and also has been aregional delegate. This is his firstnational office.

“One of the things that I recognizedat the national meeting is that the peo-ple at these meetings are very activeand really good role models, peoplewho step up to the plate,” Denio said.“It’s really nice to be involved in agroup like that.”

Vice President of Finance andBusiness Affairs Bill Cronin wasselected by the Capital District YMCAas a 2005 President’s Award recipient.The theme for the President’s Award

Class of 2005 was “Extraordinary Peo-ple, Extraordinary Deeds.”

The President’s Award is an annualaward presented to eight “MissionChampions” representing each of theCapital District YMCA’s service areas.Cronin is an active volunteer with theTroy YMCA. He has been a Boardmember for more than 10 years andalso serves on the Development andFinance committees. He is a pastChairman of the Development Com-mittee, and also is active with the

organization’s Reach Out for YouthPhonathon each year.

“As a college administrator for thepast 34 years, I take great pride andpersonal interest in the fact that theYMCA has played such a large role inthe development of higher educa-tion,” Cronin said. “I am honored tobe recognized by such an influentialorganization within our community.”

A dinner honoring Cronin and thisyear’s other recipients was held inApril at the Albany Marriott.

On Campus

Denio Elected to NationalLeadership Role

Cronin Honored for YMCA Service STUDENT CENTER CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

SpringfestSpringfestJohn Denio, Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs.

Springfest 2005 was a big hit April 22, thanks to the great efforts of the Student Government Association, the sponsorship of Kinney Drugs and the cooperation of Mother Nature. There was a lot of bull(the mechanical variety), a lot of barbecue (the Dinosaur variety) and a lot of great bands (plenty of variety, local Irish favorite Hair of the Dog and headliner Candid, from Syracuse)!

Construction of ACP’s new Student Center moved into an exciting phase this summer as the steel skeleton emerged, giving shape to the highly anticipated project. Completion of the 54,000-square-footfacility is slated for the spring of 2006. The Student Center will feature a 500-seat lecture hall, 350-seat cafeteria, student lounge, bookstore and office space.

Bill Cronin, Vice President of Finance and Business Affairs.

Normally a clinical rotation for Doctor of Pharmacy students does not bring to mind “funand games,” but that was the case for Adam Reeners ’05, Pharm.D., during his sixth-year rota-tion last winter at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, N.Y.

Adam was given a unique opportunity by preceptor Robert Harris to create a board gameabout substance abuse to replace an outdated version being used to educate teens in the hos-pital’s adolescent psychiatry ward.

After researching and writing approximately 50 questions in four categories that coveredalcohol, marijuana and other substance abuse as well as smoking, Adam created an originalboard design and game format. His “Street Smart” game was completed in time to use withpatients in Harris’ MedEd group before the end of Adam’s five-week rotation.

“I knew before creating the game that the biggest challenge would be to make it fun,”Adam said. “That was just as important to me as the educational content, so I was a bit anxious about testing it out. It wasn’tuntil I heard ‘I want to play again!’ several times that I knew I had succeeded.”


ACP celebrated the achievements of its 2004-05 athleticteams in April with the annual Athletic Banquet at the Nor-manside Country Club in Delmar, N.Y.

The award recipients included two team MVPs who fin-ished their ACP athletic careers in style: Kevin Mocerine inmen’s basketball, and Shelby Spriggs in women’s soccer.

Shelby completed a stellar five-year career as the Pan-thers’ second-leading career scorer. She finished with 79goals, 39 assists and 197 total points, all second on thecareer list to 2005 Albert M. White Sports Hall of Fameinductee Amy Murphy ’00 (104-42-250).

Shelby earned first-team All-Northern Independence Conference honors in 2004.

Kevin became the 16th member of ACP’s 1,000-point cluband finished his career with 1,306 points, 11th-best in schoolhistory. He earned second-team NIC honors.

Below is a complete listing of ACP’s athletic award recipients:

Student News

Student-AthletesRecognized

Getting ‘Board’ on Rotation

Jason Howard receives the men’s soccer MVP award from Coach Rich Komulainen.

Shelby Spriggs, receiving the women’s soccer MVP award from Coach Jack Beckett, capped a stel-lar five-year career as ACP’s second-leading scorer.

Randi Maurer, ACP’s career scoring leader, cuts down the nets after the Lady Panthers won theirsecond straight NIC championship in February.

The women’s basketball team enjoyed a season nearly 20years in the making in 2004-05.

With forward Randi Maurer smashing the career scoringrecord set in 1986 by Rita Leighton, the Lady Panthersrolled to their second straight Northern IndependenceConference championship, the school’s first back-to-backconference titles since Leighton helped ACP to titles in1985 and ’86.

The Lady Panthers finished 17-5 and were perfect in theNIC, going 6-0 in the regular season before beating ClintonCommunity College in the championship game Feb. 18.That victory sent fifth-year players Jessica Maurer – Randi’solder sister – and Toni Baldino out in style.

ACP is 51-15 over the past three seasons under CoachRich Jones – and there is plenty of reason for optimism in2005-06 and beyond.

Randi Maurer became just the third woman in school his-tory to top 1,000 points. She averaged 20 points in 2004-05and her 421 points were the second-highest single-seasontotal in school history. She surpassed Leighton’s 1981-86career total of 1,166 points and, with one season left, is at1,356 and counting.

Randi also was named the NIC’s Most Valuable Player,leading five ACP players on the all-conference team. CenterJessica Maurer (9.2 points, 7.1 rebounds), forward PamLeonardi (15.2 points, 11.2 rebounds) and guard Sarah Gru-ber (7.9 points, 7.8 assists) earned first-team honors. GuardAmber Jillson (11.8 points) was named to the second team.Of those players, all but Jessica Maurer return in 2005-06.

Gruber, a two-time NIC all-conference selection in soc-cer, also received the NIC’s Student-Athlete Award in basket-ball for the second consecutive season.

Dynasty!Second straight NIC title, strong returning lineup bode well for Lady Panthers’ future

Men’s BasketballTeam MVP: Kevin MocerineCoach’s Award: Marcus BooneMatt Manchester 110% Award: Graig ReedAll-NIC second team: Kevin Mocerine

Women’s BasketballTeam MVP: Randi MaurerCoach’s Award:: Jessica Maurer110% Award: Cortney Komenda, Christina RexNIC MVP: Randi MaurerAll-NIC first team: Sarah Gruber, Pam Leonardi, Jessica Maurer

All-NIC second team: Amber JillsonNIC Scholar-Athlete Award: Sarah Gruber

Men’s SoccerTeam MVP: Jason HowardCoach’s Award: Tim O’Neill110% Award: Scott McCabeNIC MVP: Jason HowardAll-NIC first team: Scott McCabe

Women’s SoccerTeam MVP: Shelby SpriggsCoach’s Award: Katie Auringer110% Award: Sarah GruberAll-NIC first team: Sarah Gruber, Shelby Spriggs, Kim Whalley

NIC Scholar-Athlete Award: Sarah Gruber

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Adam Reeners ‘05


ACP is proud to recognizeour students for their honors, awardsand achievements during the 2004-05academic year. All class years are forthe 2005-06 academic year:

Cytotechnology student Jon Cali-fano received a National StudentHonor Award certificate from theAmerican Society for Clinical Patholo-gy in April in recognition of outstand-ing academic and leadership achieve-ments in the medical laboratory sci-ences.

Sixth-year Pharm.D. student Mar-got Duboc was the winner of ACP’sPatient Counseling Competition, spon-sored by the American PharmacistsAssociation-Academy of Student Phar-macists (APhA-ASP). Margot received atrip to the APhA Annual Convention inOrlando, Fla., in April and representedACP well in the national competition.

Cytotechnology student WilliamFore received the annual CytycCytotechnology Student EducationalGrant. The recognition included a$1,000 scholarship. Cytyc establishedthe grant in 2004 and recognizedanother ACP Cytotechnology student –Kelly Fischer-Lopez – with the inau-gural award.

Pharm.D. students Jeffrey Graves(fourth year) and Nimish Patel (sixthyear) won first place in the postercompetition at the International Phar-

maceutical Students Federation-PanAmerican Regional Symposium IV inKingston, Jamaica, in May. The posterwas entitled “The Red Dress Campaign– Improving Cardiovascular AwarenessAmong Women.” Nimish also took firstplace in the advanced-level counselingcompetition at the symposium for hisinsight on two medications in a com-plex HIV case.

Nimish Patel also has beenappointed to the position of APhA-ASPInternational Pharmaceutical StudentsFederation National Project Coordina-tor. It is the first time an ACP studenthas been appointed to this position.Nimish will help develop and imple-ment goals to further APhA-ASPinvolvement with the international fed-eration and advance its mission to actlocally to promote the profession ofpharmacy globally. Nimish also willserve concurrently as APhA-ASPRegion 1 Delegate until that two-yearterm expires in November.

Cytotechnology student Wing SzeLee was selected to present her casereport, “Mediastinal Solitary FibrousTumor in a Lung FNA,” at the Ameri-can Society for Cytotechnology Nation-al Conference in Minneapolis in April.

Sixth-year Pharm.D. student Timo-thy Randolph was the second-placewinner in the Eighth Annual U.S. Phar-macist Essay Challenge. Tim is thethird ACP student in the last four yearsto receive an award in this prestigiouscontest, sponsored by Sanofi Aventis;only 22 other students nationally havebeen recognized since this contestbegan in 1996. The essay topic was“Pharmacotherapy in Managing Insom-

nia: Assessing Patient Needs and Out-comes.” In addition to a $750 award,the achievement also included a$1,000 donation to the College inTim’s name. He requested that thisdonation be used for a new loan pro-gram for deserving students. Addition-ally, Tim’s essay was accepted forpublication in the journal of the NewYork State Council of Health-systemPharmacists.

The College’s APhA-ASP chapterwon first place for the second year ina row in Region 1 for its work onOperation Immunization, an aware-ness campaign designed to increasethe public’s knowledge of immuniza-tions while raising the number ofadults receiving immunizations. “It’svery impressive that our studentswould win that kind of an award con-sidering the environment they’re in,”said Associate Dean of Student andAcademic Affairs John Denio. NewYork is one of the few states that doesnot allow pharmacists to immunize.

Students Recognized for Academic,Professional Excellence

Doctor of Pharmacy students Jeffrey Graves ’08 and NimishPatel ’06 at the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation-Pan American Regional Symposium IV.

ACP’s chapter of the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Soci-ety is spearheading the College’s participation in a jointeffort with five other local schools to build a Habitat forHumanity house in Albany County.

The Campus Partnership House project will include stu-dents from ACP, Albany Law School, Albany Medical Col-lege, The College of St. Rose, Siena College and the Univer-sity at Albany. Collectively, the students will raise $70,000 incash or in-kind services to sponsor the house, which will bebuilt through the fall and winter. Dedication is scheduled forthe spring.

“There are so many different ways for students to getinvolved in the area, and this is a great way to show whatAlbany is producing as far as college students are con-cerned,” said fifth-year Pharm.D. student Abby LaHart, Sec-retary-Treasurer of Phi Lambda Sigma and one of the pro-ject’s main organizers.

Along with the vital fundraising portion of the project,the students also will volunteer as construction laborers. Theproject is an example of the spirit of volunteerism at ACP, areflection of students’ dedication to helping others in theirprofessional and personal lives, said John Denio, AssociateDean of Student and Academic Affairs.

“The theme of the (pharmacy) profession is to serve, sothis is just another aspect of that,” Denio said. “Projects likethis go beyond the scientific and professional aspects of theACP experience. It’s giving back to the community, and ourstudents seem thirsty for that.”

Phi Lambda Sigma will take a leadership role at ACP,working with the Office of Student Affairs to involve theentire campus community – students, faculty, staff andadministration.

“The people who are involved are already some of themost active students at ACP,” Denio said. “These studentsrepresent all of the organizations on campus and can bringall of these organizations into the project.”

If you would like to find out more or help with thiseffort, please direct all inquiries or contributions to Habitatfor Humanity, in care of Associate Dean John Denio, Cam-pus Partnership House, Albany College of Pharmacy, 106New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208.

Helping toBuild a BrighterTomorrow

Student News

Second-year Pharm.D. studentStephanie Kohan won first prize in theSeventh Annual Audrey Lorde PoetryPrize contest, sponsored by Medusa:Community of Poets and Writers at Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y. Thecontest is open to all Capital Regionwomen currently enrolled in an under-graduate program. Stephanie’s winningentry follows:

Hemistich

the sound rushes down the fieldof tossed away knives and elongated sighsall is devoured by mahogany towersthat stretch & flex till they reach the apexof you. only of you.

air will sift through the hairand goosebumps will chatter, chatter, then breakand as the moisture is wiped from the eyesdrying & pulsating, breathing versifies

and sartorial prosody is an art well-definedas white & black do shimmer & shinethen dull to unrefined threads of silkthat absorb and reject light column window sills

and of the shifts with a daring twitchthe corners of eyes and periphery visiondo alert to surprises that lurk in divisionbut there is only one. just remember, only one.

when the shrapnel glintswooden sandles clatter swiftair is scythed again

then lenses refractas skin gleams black on blackslight rustles of stalksthink of it, contrast intact

can you see it in your mind?nothing but a field of wheatwith occasional cypresses withering in the heat

LORDE POETRY PRIZE


Nephrology, the medical specialtythat deals with kidney function anddisease, isn’t exactly a householdword, despite the kidneys’ vital func-tion in removing waste and toxinsfrom the body and helping to regulateblood pressure.

The exciting work of four facultymembers in the Department of Phar-macy Practice may go a long waytoward changing that.

Through research and collaborativeefforts unequaled at other pharmacyschools, George Bailie, Pharm.D.,Ph.D, Darren Grabe ’93, Pharm.D.,Rowland Elwell ’00, Pharm.D., andHarold Manley ’96, Pharm.D., BCPS,aim to put kidney disease on the radarscreen. They have formed the AlbanyNephrology Pharmacy Group(ANephRx) to focus on research, ser-vice and education of patients, stu-dents and the public.

ANephRx will serve as a locus fornephrology pharmacy research. Two ofthe group’s aims: to enhance collabora-tion among clinical researchers in thefield and increase both grant fundingproposals and scholarly publications.

“There’s a near-epidemic of kidneydisease in the United States,” said Dr.Bailie, who has more than 20 years ofresearch, teaching and service activitiesin nephrology.

“Kidney disease has been classifiedas a public health issue, and we’re try-ing to make the public aware of that,”he added, noting that more than 20million Americans – one in nine adults– have chronic kidney disease.

Not only are the numbers stagger-

ing, but the disease has been on therise for the last two decades, and onlya tiny fraction of people know they’reat risk. The most common risk factorsare diabetes and hypertension.

A Fellow of the American Society ofNephrology, Dr. Bailie is the first phar-macist ever to earn that distinguishedstatus. Since joining ACP in 1988, he hasconcentrated on outpatient peritonealdialysis and hemodialysis patients.

Dr. Grabe works with predialysispatients with chronic kidney diseasenot yet requiring dialysis, and Dr.Elwell has considerable expertise inoutpatient dialysis. Dr. Manley is theANephRx member newest to the ACPfaculty. He moved from the Universityof Missouri-Kansas City last year tohone his focus on hospitalized patientswith kidney disease.

“The four of us have known, com-municated and collaborated with eachother on different endeavors for anumber of years,” Dr. Manley said.

Because of the silent nature of thewarning signs for kidney disease, thereare many people who, even in themost advanced stages, remainunaware they have failing kidneys.

According to one study, almost 45percent of people with stage 4 kidneydisease – a stage away from failure –never had been told they had kidneyproblems. Between 20 percent and 40percent of people with earlier stages ofthe condition were equally unin-formed.

With their expertise in patientstoward the latter stages of the disease,ANephRx members are investigating

various medication-related issues inpatients across the spectrum of kidneydisease, including the effects of med-ications and certain medication-pre-scribing practices, drug disposition(pharmacokinetics) and safety (phar-macodynamics) in patient populations.

Both ANephRx and ACP’s focus onkidney research are unique, Dr. Man-ley said.

“Across the nation, only a smallnumber of the roughly 90 colleges ofpharmacy have even one nephrologyfaculty member on their roster, butACP has four. That’s highly unusual forany specialty,” he said, adding that theAlbany area is “ripe with opportunitiesto collaborate with a lot of similar-minded faculty, and rich with a patientpopulation with kidney disease.”

“The College is extremely progres-sive and has the flexibility to allow alarge number of faculty with expertiseto come together,” Dr. Bailie said. “OurPresident and our Dean are very will-ing to put resources into areas wherethey see productivity.”

ANephRx works in conjunctionwith nephrology clinicians at AlbanyMedical Center, Rubin Dialysis Center,Inc. and Albany Regional Kidney Cen-ter. All four nephrologists providedaily inpatient service to approxi-mately 30-40 patients at all stages ofrenal function at Albany Medical Cen-ter Hospital and Stratton Veteran’sAffairs Medical Center.

“More and more, pharmacists arebecoming active in counseling patientsand managing disease states,” Dr.Bailie said.

ACP Nephrologistsform UniqueResearch Group

Macary Barba Weck, Pharm.D., BCPS, center, completed theGlaxoSmithKline Executive Management Program for Pharmacy Leaders.

The Albany Nephrology Pharmacy Group: Rowland Elwell ’00, Pharm.D., George Bailie,Pharm.D., Ph.D., Harold Manley ’96, Pharm.D., and Darren Grabe ’93, Pharm.D.

Faculty News

The following ACP faculty mem-bers were recognized for their out-standing professional achievementsduring the winter and spring of 2005,examples of the outstanding workdone by the College’s faculty. Con-gratulations everyone!

Associate Professor Harold Man-ley, Pharm.D., BCPS, of the Depart-ment of Pharmacy Practice receivedthe American College of Clinical Phar-macy (ACCP) Young InvestigatorAward. The purpose of this nationalaward is to highlight the research pro-gram of an ACCP member who hasmade a major impact in an aspect ofclinical pharmaceutical science. Dr.Manley’s research is focused on med-ication-related problems in chronickidney disease. He will receive hisaward and present a lecture on hiswork at the 2006 Spring Practice andResearch Forum in Monterey, Calif.

ACP Community Pharmacy Resi-dent Sarah Parnapy ‘04, Pharm.D.,and her faculty advisor Macary Weck,Pharm.D., BCPS, an Assistant Professorin the Department of Pharmacy Prac-tice, were selected as recipients of a$1,000 scholarship in the 2005 Ameri-can Association of Colleges of Pharma-cy/Wal-Mart Annual Conference Schol-arship Program. Drs. Parnapy andWeck were among 20 pairs selectedfor this award nationally. The goal isto strengthen the recipient’s skills andcommitment to a career in academicpharmacy through participation in pro-gramming and activities at the 2005AACP Annual Meeting and Seminars.

Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences Assistant ProfessorJohn Polimeni, Ph.D., has beennamed to the Editorial Board of theResearch Journal of Chemistry andEnvironment.

Departmentof PharmacyPractice Assis-tant ProfessorDarren Triller’89, Pharm.D.,was selected bythe Capital Dis-trict Center forIndependenceas a recipient ofa Special Recog-nition Award forcontributions hehas made in promoting disabilityawareness through ACP’s Foundationsin Pharmacy course. In the course, Dr.Triller requires second-year students touse equipment such as wheelchairs,walkers and oxygen tanks to helpthem develop a better understandingof patients they will serve in profes-sional practice.

Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences Associate ProfessorElisabeth (Lisa) Vines, Ph.D., hadtwo oil paintings accepted to the 23rdAnnual National Small Works Exhibit.This juried show in Cobleskill, N.Y., ispresented by the Tri County ArtsCouncil and featured 73 artworks by49 artists from 18 states. Dr. Vines’paintings are part of her “WindowTreatment” series, a series dedicated tolooking in and out of windows.

Awards Recognize Faculty Excellence

Darren Triller ‘89, Pharm.D.,was recognized for his work toraise awareness of people withdisabilities.


Reminded by New York State Senate Majority LeaderJoseph L. Bruno that graduation marks the beginningof “a new chapter in the books that you are writing foryourselves,” 107 students received their degrees during

ACP’s 125th Commencement ceremonies May 8 at theEmpire State Plaza Convention Center.

Melissa Cloonan of Gouverneur, N.Y., was among thegraduates, breaking new ground as the first student ever toearn ACP’s new Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmaceuti-cal Sciences. Cloonan, who focused on the program’s pre-med preparation, will attend medical school at SUNYUpstate Medical Center this fall.

Cloonan, who graduated summa cum laude, was hon-ored and excited to be the program’s first graduate, andreflected fondly on her ACP experiences in academics,research and undergraduate life.

“I think it’s definitely worth it to go to ACP if you want todo your undergraduate work to prepare for medical school,”she said. “I really think they prepared me well, not just aca-demically but in other ways as well.”

She cited outstanding support from the faculty and herresearch mentor, Shaker Mousa, Ph.D., Director of the Phar-maceutical Research Institute, as key elements in her suc-cess. Creation of the new Pre-Med Advisory Committee alsowill be beneficial to future students, she said.

Her solid academic preparation at ACP was underscoredduring one of her interviews at another medical school towhich she ultimately was accepted. On the day of her inter-view, the exact lecture she was missing at ACP was beinggiven to the med students.

“I told my interviewer, ‘I want to make this short. I wantto go to that lecture!’” Cloonan said. “I couldn’t believe it. Ithought that was a good thing, because if you go to ACPyou get so much farther ahead.”

Sen. Bruno emphasized three points for the graduates toremember throughout their lives – faith, hope and charity –in addition to the exciting professional opportunities await-ing them.

“As health care and medicine advance at such a rapidrate, you will be faced with tremendous challenges,” he

said. “You will not only have to keep up with what is hap-pening, but you will be breaking new ground yourselves.”

Erin E. Fifield, Pharm.D., of Fort Ann, N.Y., delivered thestudent address, drawing inspiration from a book her moth-er had given her upon graduation from high school – theDr. Seuss classic “Oh, the Places You’ll Go.” She found newmeaning in the book at this new stage in her life, challeng-ing her fellow graduates to make the most of the myriadopportunities awaiting them wherever life may lead.

Graduation Day

State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno highlights 125th commencement

Clockwise from left: President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., presents an honorary degree to NewYork State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno; members of the Class of 2005 file intotheir seats at the start of the ceremony; Dr. Gozzo presents Melissa Cloonan with the College’sfirst-ever B.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Sen. Bruno joins Dr. Gozzo, Dean MaryH. Andritz, Pharm.D. (seated, second from right) and members of the Board of Trustees for apre-ceremony photo. Below: One graduate’s mortar board communicates a popular graduationday sentiment!


For all of his nearly 50 years at ACP – as a belovedcoach, faculty member and Associate Dean of StudentAffairs, Albert M. “Al” White made students his mainfocus. Now many of them are returning the favor.

In a fitting tribute, the ACP Gymnasium will be christenedthe Albert M. White Gymnasium in October, thanks in largemeasure to the contributions of many of Dean White’s for-mer students, athletes and friends. All contributions to theGymnasium Dedication Fund Drive will go toward the con-struction of ACP’s Student Center. Plaques inscribed with thenames of all donors will be placed in both the Student Cen-ter and White Gym.

“Al did so many things for the students,” says John Denio,Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, who initiallywas hired by Dean White in 1977 to coach basketball andsoccer. “ACP was, at that time, a one-building institution withthe entire student body living off campus. There was noplace for them to be together outside of the classroom.

“Al would be thrilled to be back on campus now duringthe construction of the new Student Center.”

The 54,000-square-foot facility, rising just outside thegym’s front door, will contain a 500-seat auditorium, a book-store and food-court style dining space for up to 350 stu-dents. It will face the gym and Classroom Building, both for-mer facilities of Christian Brothers Academy before that insti-tution relocated to Colonie in 2000.

When it is completed in 2006, the Student Center willmake real Dean White’s dream of a facility to enhance theout-of-classroom experience.

The gym has been a welcome addition to ACP. WhenDean White began coaching the basketball team in 1952, hedid so in a cramped facility in the O’Brien Building, whereplayers had to adjust their shots so as not to hit the ceiling.That space now is home to the College’s state-of-the-artPharmacy Practice Lab.

“There was no locker room, just a stall with a bench

that fit two guys. Sometimes the ball would keep goingright into the furnace room,” says Harry Mikhitarian ’54, aformer member of the ACP Board of Trustees who cap-tained the team during the 1953-54 season.

In spite of the obstacles, Dean White led the Panthers to13 consecutive winning seasons before stepping down ascoach in 1966.

“Coach was a big part of all ofour lives,” says J. Gordon Dailey’57, team captain in his senioryear and a current Trustee. “Hegot the whole school interested in the team.”

Dean White revitalized theAthletic Commission andincreased opportunities for theteam to compete against morefour-year schools. As Director ofAthletics, he added new sports,including golf, tennis, soccer and women’s basketball.

His contributions to the curriculum were many as well.Always ahead of the curve, as early as 1962 Dean White hadpublished in professional journals on patient-centered phar-macy and the changes in education it would necessitate. Heintroduced physical pharmacy courses to the College, hiredclinical faculty and is credited with making ACP one of thevery first colleges of pharmacy to offer clinical studies.

From the 1970s on, one of Dean White’s most rewardingroles was as Associate Dean of Student Affairs, where heforged many positive relationships as advisor to internation-al students.

“He would go to the airport himself to pick them up,”Denio explains with a smile. “They would arrive with a suit-

case of clothes and notmuch else, and sometimesAl would have to send out amemo to the faculty askingfor sheets and towels.”

“He was a real rolemodel for me,” adds Denio,who worked closely withDean White as advisor to thePhi Lambda Sigma PharmacyLeadership Society. Afounder of the national orga-nization, Dean White began

one of the first chapters in the country at ACP and served asnational president.

Though Dean White wore many hats during his half cen-tury at ACP, all of his roles had one thing in common – stu-dents came first. The Albert M. White Gymnasium is a fittingtribute to the man who went above and beyond to makethe student experience at ACP more fulfilling.

Dedicated to StudentsACP Gymnasium to honor Al White’s contributions to athletics, student life

“The Gymnasium Dedication Fund Drive is a great way for alumni to honor Al White and support his long-time efforts to create dynamic living and learning environments for all ACP students.”

—Harry Mikhitarian ’54

You can help make Al White’s vision of enhanced campus life at ACP come true with your financial contribution to the Gymnasium Dedication Fund Drive. All proceeds will benefit construction of ACP’s new Student Center.

For more information, contact Sergio Mendez, Executive Director of College Relations, at (518) 694-7251 [email protected].

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Coach White with members of the 1952-53men’s basketball team, his first at ACP(left), and in his office with a few of themany awards he collected during 14 sea-sons leading the Panthers on the court.

ACP’s oldest alumnus has done alot of living in his 102 years, butDaniel Spadaro ’23 still remembersfondly his time at the College in theyears following World War I.

“I didn’t want to leave,” herecalled. “I liked all of the activities.”

Spadaro reminisced during arecent visit at his Florida home withVicki DiLorenzo, Vice President forInstitutional Advancement.

An excellent athlete, Spadaroplayed in the occasional baseballgame and won the 440 relay againstfellow classmates during a field dayheld at Ridgefield Park in Albany.He also was in the thick of all thingssocial at ACP, involved as secretaryof Alpha Epsilon Phi and a violinistwith the College’s first orchestra in1923. The College Orchestra andGlee Club played at official ACPfunctions and was hired for dancesand “smokers” given by fraternitiesand other school groups.

“We had a lot of fun,” he said,remembering fondly a big promthrown by the junior class at year’send that featured dancing at the TenEyck Hotel to the sounds ofMcGuirk’s Orchestra.

Spadaro grew up on a farm inNorth Vale, N.J., before relocating toAlbany and always has been fasci-nated by plant life. So it was a natur-al that when he arrived at ACP thathis favorite subject would be MateriaMedica, or materials of medicine,

and his favoritefaculty memberDean WilliamMansfield, anexpert on medici-nal and poiso-nous plants.

“He taught me all about botanyand how medicine could be abstract-ed from plants, leaves and bark,”Spadaro explained.

After graduation, he got a job inAkers Pharmacy in Albany andeventually went on to become pro-prietor of four drugstores in the areabefore the Depression.

He wed his wife, Margaret, in1928 and they spent 74 happy yearstogether before she passed away in2002 at the age of 98. “I married themost wonderful creature alive,” hesaid. Their daughter, Carol, was bornin 1931.

Spadaro considers the highlightof his career his appointment asChief Pharmacist at Sterling Drug, apharmaceutical company located atthe time just across the HudsonRiver from Albany in Rensselaer. Heretired in 1967 after 30 years withthe company.

“That was a sad day,” he said. “Ireally loved it there.”

But retirement afforded him moretime for the leisure activities he’sloved for his whole life. He hashunted bear in the Adirondacks andCatskills and fished in Canada, the

Gulf of Mexico and throughout theUnited States.

“As time goes on, the agingprocess is trying to slow me down,”he said, “but so far, I am doing fairlywell.”

Today, Spadaro enjoys the sunnyclimes of Florida and spends timewith his closest friend and neighbor,Jim Statler, and his nurse, NolaMaxwell.

He loves to receive company andespecially enjoyed his visit withDiLorenzo, who presented him witha new ACP diploma to replace theone destroyed in two vicious hurri-canes that hit the state and damagedhis home. With the help of ACP’sGeorge and Leona Lewis Librarystaff, the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement was able to recreatethe diploma based on one in thearchives.

“The diploma was the one thingDan was worried about replacing,”said DiLorenzo. “He cried when Igave it to him and then immediatelyasked Jim for a hammer and nailand hung it where he could see itfrom his chair.”


Women’s Basketball Team Creates Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial ScholarshipTo celebrate the memory and

achievements of one of ACP’s mostaccomplished student-athletes, thewomen’s basketball team has created anew scholarship in honor of RitaLeighton ’86, M.D.

Dr. Leighton, a member of the ACPBoard of Trustees from 2002 until herdeath in October 2004, was chair ofthe Department of Anesthesiology atGlens Falls Hospital. While at ACP, shewas co-captain of the 1985-86women’s basketball team – at 24-1, thebest in the College’s history – and heldthe school career scoring record for 19years. She was inducted into the AlbertM. White Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Randi Maurer, the current team cap-

tain and a fifth-year Pharmacy student,surpassed Dr. Leighton’s scoringrecord last season. Randi also has beena leader in the team’s efforts to createthe Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial Scholar-ship.

“Rita Leighton made an outstandingimpact on our women’s basketballprogram early in its development,”Randi said. “Her ability to excel in ath-letics as well as academics during hercareer at ACP serves as an inspirationto all of us as basketball players, andwe consider it an honor to have theopportunity to establish this scholar-ship in her memory.”

The team hopes to raise $10,000toward the scholarship, which will be

awarded to a second-year student-ath-lete who has played on the women’sbasketball team for two seasons.

All ticket proceeds from the ACPWomen’s and Men’s Alumni BasketballTournaments, scheduled Oct. 29 inconjunction with the dedication of theAlbert M. White Gymnasium, will fundthe scholarship. Immediately followingthe men’s game, a cocktail receptionwill be held in the Alfred J. Collins, Jr.Board Room in the adjacent ClassroomBuilding, with an auction to benefitthe scholarship to follow at 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact VickiDiLorenzo, Vice President of Institu-tional Advancement, at (518) 445-7331.

Join us Saturday, October 29, for an afternoon and evening of specialevents to dedicate the Albert M. White Gymnasium and to benefit the Rita Leighton’86 Memorial Scholarship. All events are in the gymnasium unless otherwise noted:

Noon: Women’s Alumnae Basketball Game1:30 p.m.: Men’s Alumni Basketball Game3:30 p.m.: Leighton Memorial Scholarship cocktail reception, Alfred J. Collins,

Jr. Board Room, Classroom Building4:30 p.m.: Leighton Memorial Scholarship benefit auction, Alfred J. Collins, Jr.

Board Room, Classroom Building6:00 p.m.: Albert M. White cocktail reception. Invitation only.7:00 p.m.: Albert M. White dinner and gymnasium dedication. Invitation only.

How you can support the Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial ScholarshipPlease fill out and return the following form if you plan on attending the dedication events Saturday, Oct. 29, or if you wouldlike to support this initiative in another way.

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________City: ____________________________________________________________ State: ________________ Zip: ______________Phone: __________________________________________________________ Class Year: ________________________________

c Yes, I will attend the Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial Scholarship Auction

c No, I will not attend but I would like to make a donation to the Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial ScholarshipAmount of contribution: $___________________ Method of Payment: c My check is enclosed c Credit CardMasterCard/Visa Acct #: ___________________________________ Exp. Date: ___________________Signature: ______________________________________________

c No, I will not attend but I would like to donate this prize for the auction: _________________________________________________

Please return this form to: Office of Institutional Advancement, Albany College of Pharmacy,106 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208.

Vice President of Institutional Advancement Vicki DiLorenzo presents a new diploma toDaniel Spadaro ’23, ACP’s oldest alumnus. Spadaro’s original was destroyed in hurricanesthat hit his Florida home.

Rita Leighton ’86, M.D.

The Way We WereOldest ACP alumnus shares his memories

The Office of Development andCollege Relations has a new name, anew home and a few new faces for2005-06.

ACP has restructured its primaryalumni relations and fundraisingdepartment as the Office of Institution-al Advancement. The expanded depart-ment moved from the O’Brien Buildingto South Hall in July. Located at 5Samaritan Rd., next to the Pharmaceuti-cal Research Institute, South Hall alsoincludes the offices of Admissions,Financial Aid and Bursar as well as oneof ACP’s two student residence halls.

The College also is pleased toannounce that the Institutional

Advancement suitein South Hall will benext to the newAlumni ConferenceCenter, a multi-func-tion room renovatedthis summer to helpthe College betterserve its more than6,000 graduates.Among other activi-ties, the conferencecenter will host thequarterly Boardmeetings of The Alumni Association ofAlbany College of Pharmacy, Inc.

We invite you to stop in to visit thisgreat new facility the next time you areon campus!

The restructured department is ledby Vice President of InstitutionalAdvancement Vicki DiLorenzo, whohas served the College for more than10 years in the Office of Finance andBusiness Affairs.

The staff also includes ExecutiveDirector of College Relations SergioMendez; Director of Annual ProgramsShelly Calabrese; Coordinator of Insti-

tutional Advancement Lynne DellaRoc-ca; Director of Communications RonLesko; and Assistant Director of Com-munications Christine Shields.

“We are excited about this terrificopportunity to continue spreading theword about the dynamic growth ACP isundergoing, including the ongoingconstruction of our fabulous new Stu-dent Center,” DiLorenzo said. “We haveenjoyed meeting so many of you andlook forward to building those relation-ships and establishing new ones as weall work together to advance ACP andits valuable mission.”

Meet the Officeof InstitutionalAdvancement! The staff of the new Office of Institutional Advancement, from left to right: Director of Com-

munications Ron Lesko; Lynne DellaRocca, Coordinator of Institutional Advancement; ShellyCalabrese, Director of Annual Programs; Christine Shields, Assistant Director of Communica-tions; Vicki DiLorenzo, Vice President of Institutional Advancement; Sergio Mendez, Execu-tive Director of College Relations.


Advancement

SEPTEMBERFriday, Sept. 30Annual White Coat Ceremony. Albert M.White Gymnasium, 4 p.m.

OCTOBERJoin us in celebrating American Pharmacists Month throughout October!

Friday-Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2Family Weekend. Stay tuned for details!

Sunday, Oct. 2Men’s Soccer Alumni Game, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 13Continuing Education event: SuperiorSkin Care Program. Location TBA. Additional dates Oct. 20 and 27. Staytuned for details!

Saturday, Oct. 15President’s Gala. The Sagamore, BoltonLanding, N.Y. Stay tuned for details!


Friday, Oct. 28ACP Board of Trustees Fall Meeting.Classroom Building, Alfred J. CollinsJr. Board Room.

Sunday, Oct. 23Continuing Education event: Illicit Drugand Controlled Substance Drug DiversionUpdate – What Pharmacists Need toKnow. Albany College of Pharmacy.Stay tuned for details!


Saturday, Oct. 29Men’s and Women’s Alumni BasketballGames. Albert M. White Gymnasium.Women’s game at noon, followed bythe men’s game at 1:30 p.m.

Rita Leighton ’86 Memorial ScholarshipReception and Benefit Auction. Class-room Building, Alfred J. Collins Jr.Board Room, 3:30 p.m.

Albert M. White Gymnasium dedicationceremony and dinner. Albert M. WhiteGymnasium, 6 p.m. Invitation only.

NOVEMBERWatch your mail this month for the2005 President’s Report, the annual publication of research and scholarlyactivity at ACP!

Friday, Nov. 4Annual Career Fair. Albert M. WhiteGymnasium, 2-5 p.m. Open to all students.

Saturday, Nov. 5Annual Interview Day. For studentsgraduating in 2006.

Sunday, Nov. 6Continuing Education event: Annual LawDay. Location TBA. Stay tuned fordetails!

DECEMBERTuesday, Dec. 6The Alumni Association of Albany Collegeof Pharmacy Inc., Board of Directorsmeeting. South Hall, 6:30-8:30 p.m.(alternate date Tuesday, Dec. 13)

JANUARYWatch your mail this month for theFall/Winter issue of PostScript!

MARCHWednesday, March 8The Alumni Association of Albany Collegeof Pharmacy Inc., Board of Directorsmeeting. South Hall, 6:30-8:30 p.m.(alternate date Wednesday, March 15)

MAYFriday-Sunday, May 5-7Reunion Weekend.

Saturday, May 6The Alumni Association of Albany Collegeof Pharmacy Inc., Annual Meeting. SouthHall, time TBA.

Sunday, May 7126th Commencement, 2 p.m.

CALENDAR OF EVENTSImportant dates and events to watch for during the 2005-06 academic year:

ALUMNI PROFILE: Gary D. Hall ’57Where am I now?After 35 years ofteaching at ACP, Iretired and moved tothe Vero Beach/FortPierce area of Flori-da, where Doris and I

are enjoying the ocean, beach, sunshineand hurricanes.

How my ACP education benefited memost: My education provided the back-ground needed to explore several careeropportunities, including community andhospital pharmacy practice, research inthe pharmaceutical industry and, finally,teaching.

What I remember most about my ACPyears: I enjoyed the comradeshipwith classmates, especially the sport-ing events, dinner dances and otherevening activities.

Why I support ACP financially: I amthankful that I chose pharmacy as aprofession and especially for decid-ing to attend ACP. While travelingthroughout the country presentingpharmacy review courses, I haveencountered students from many col-leges of pharmacy. It was soon evi-dent that the education provided atACP is second to none.

What I would say to encourage otherACP graduates to support the College:ACP is and will always be our almamater. Any contributions – moral,financial or service – will strengthenour College and help current students.

What I hope ACP will be like in thefuture: No one can accurately predictwhat the practice of pharmacy will be in20 years. All we can hope is that ACP willprovide an education that recognizes thediversity of career opportunities open toour graduates. A sound, broad scientificeducation will open doorways to a multi-tude of practices.

The 12th Annual ACP Dean’s Cup Golf Tournament at theNormanside Country Club in Delmar was a great successAugust 1, raising $50,000 to support the Dean’s Endow-ment for Excellence Scholarship. Among the attendees wasthe 2005 scholarship recipient, Kristin Whitaker of Corning,N.Y., an ACP freshman in 2005-06. Many thanks to all ofthe generous sponsors and participants who made theevent such a huge success!

I graduated from Albany College of Phar-macy in June 1947 with a B.S. degree in theAccelerated program – graduation in twoyears and eight months.This was during thewar years.

Hospital pharmacy was my field for 17years – Pittsfield, Mass.,Albany, Somerville,N.J., Staten Island, N.Y., and 10 years as Assis-tant Chief Pharmacist at Memorial Sloan-Ket-tering Hospital on East 68th Street in NewYork City.

In 1964 I returned to the Cooperstown,N.Y., area and worked in retail pharmacy for20 years. I worked in several stores owned byACP alumni – eight years with Elmer Jenks ’50in Canajoharie, eight years in Waterville withWilliam Mahanna ’55, one summer in a storeowned by Ron McLean ’51 in Newport, andone summer in West Winfield at the storeowned by Ray Matteson ’28.

While I was working in Canajoharie, con-tinuing education for relicensure in New Jer-sey became law.ACP had a continuing edprogram before it became New York statelaw. I could attend various classes at ACP andfulfill my New Jersey requirements. I havealways been very appreciative of this.

In November 1994,Anne Glasser, then headof Alumni Affairs at ACP, called me with thenews that there were 54 alums in North Car-olina, where I had moved in 1985. I workedwith her to form the North Carolina Chapterof The Alumni Association of Albany College ofPharmacy.We met several times over theyears.We have recently become reactivated.There are now approximately 100 ACP alumsin North Carolina.

A few years ago it became necessary forme to rewrite my will. I included ACP as abeneficiary. I would urge all of you who areable to do likewise.The school is evolvingrapidly and the College would greatly appre-ciate your support.


Alumni Affairs

I am honored to report to you inthis PostScript and hope to serve youwell over the next two years as Presi-dent of The Alumni Association ofAlbany College of Pharmacy, Inc.

Recently, I had the esteemed plea-sure to induct the members of theClass of 2005 into the Association atthe close of this year’s Commence-ment ceremony May 8. The traditionalbagpipe music at Commencementreminded me that graduating fromACP is a momentous event for thegraduates and their families. This daymarks the wondrous start of eachgraduate’s new career.

Later, however, some graduatesmay be surprised to learn that gradua-tion day is not the “happily ever after”day we all thought it was when “slav-ing” over our lessons in college. Oncewe reach that day, what happens after?

Many of us have found out it is aneverlasting, lifelong lesson of learningand working in one’s chosen profes-sion. Part of that lesson is giving backto your profession and alma mater;making a difference and a legacy. It isvolunteering in your community,speaking to or teaching audiences thatneed your information, or connectingback to ACP and colleagues.

On a related note, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you tomembers of the Association Boardand all ACP alumni for yourPhonathon contributions this year.Your generosity has made a differ-ence at ACP and will continue to doso for years to come.

I would like to take this opportu-nity to recognize your Association

Board members, including thosewhose terms recently have ended:Immediate Past President JeanneKennicutt ’79, who provided out-standing service during her two-yearterm as President; Mary-EllenJensen Rinaldi ’83, a Board membersince 1991 and fellow classmate,whom I personally will miss; MarkRoach ’86, who was instrumental indeveloping the evaluation of our fundmanager; and Linda Gizzi-Lombardi’96 for her service.

I also would like to thank the fol-lowing Board members continuingtheir service:

Evelyn Akers ’68Selig Corman ’58Dick Cornell ’65Laura Fantauzzi ’68Debra Feinberg ’81Julie-Ann Fortran ’89, President-ElectMarie Hare ’49 Tony Laiacona ’76Malcolm Payne ’86, TreasurerCarole Praga ’69Peter Robinson ’51 Faith Rothermel ’04 Angelo Ruperto ’84Nancy Shishik ’83Jane Wells-Fox ’68Russell Yandon ’75I am delighted to welcome the new

members elected to our Board, somereturning to serve again:

Thomas DiDonna ’68Tim Garrity ’66Jim Kitts ’66Cynthia Meyers ’83Frank Riley ’80Serene Shishik-Mastrianni ’91Connie Stitt ’78

With the addition of our new mem-bers, we now have filled 24 of the 25seats. We will be working diligentlythis year to fill the executive positionsof Secretary, 2nd Vice President and 1st

Vice President (and Chair of the Devel-opment Committee) on an interimbasis until our next annual meetingand elections in the spring of 2006.Right now, Julie-Ann Fortran, MalcolmPayne and I are filling in with doubleduty and we would like to share ourwealth of knowledge and, of course,the work!

Finally, I am pleased to report toyou exciting changes at ACP. TheAssociation will be working closelywith Vice President of InstitutionalAdvancement Vicki DiLorenzo and herstaff on Association activities that willinclude designated space for ourefforts and the collection of the Associ-ation’s files in a central place. We alsowill be working with the InstitutionalAdvancement staff on fundraisingefforts to benefit ACP.

In closing, my message to you isone of renewal and return to yourroots at ACP. Let us help you findyour avenue of return and legacy.You always may call your contacts atACP or any Association Board mem-ber with your questions, concernsand suggestions.

Sincerely,

Mona A. Cichello ’83

Greetings Fellow Alumni, Planned GivingRegina G. Snyder ’47

Planned giving is a meaningful way to make a charitablegift of lasting value to ACP and realize significant tax ben-efits on your estate. Through a bequest provision in yourwill, you can designate a specific amount of money, a per-centage of your estate or the remainder of your estateafter other bequests are satisfied. Additional planned giv-ing tools include charitable remainder trusts, charitablelead trusts and gifts of life insurance.

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

WHAT IS PLANNED GIVING?


OLD FRIENDS GATHERED toreconnect, share memories and enjoylaughs at ACP’s Reunion Weekend2005, held May 6-8. The weekend wasfilled with a variety of fun activities,including the Alumni Golf Tourna-ment, campus tours and the AlumniDinner Dance, to name just a few.Alumni from a wide range of classyears came together to celebrate,including the Golden AnniversaryClass of 1955! We have highlightedsome of the weekend’s activitiesbelow for your enjoyment.

Jeffrey Fudin ’81 receives the Outstanding Service to the Profession of Pharmacyaward from Jane Fox ’68, Chair of the Nominations, Elections and Awards Com-mittee of the Alumni Association.

June Favreau Cherniak ’55 receives the special medal commemorating the 50thanniversary of her graduation from ACP, an honor bestowed upon all members ofthe 50th-year reunion class.

Leonard Dwyer ’58 and wife Marcia celebrate the Outstanding Serviceto the Community award given to their good friends, the Maggy family.

Edward Burns ’55 points out hisyearbook photo to Vicki DiLorenzo,ACP’s Vice President of InstitutionalAdvancement.

The Maggy family – from right, Leo ’58,Mark ’91 and Michael ’85 – accept theOutstanding Service to the Communityaward from Jane Fox ’68, Chair of the

Nominations, Elections and Awards Com-mittee of the Alumni Association.

Julie-Ann Fortran ’89 accepts the award for Outstanding Service to theAlumni on behalf of 2005 recipient Jeanne Sutherland Kennicutt ’79,former President of the Alumni Association, from Jane Fox ’68, Chairof the Association’s Nominations, Elections and Awards Committee.

Dr. Bruce Martin ’55 addresses his classmatesat the Friday night Special Anniversary dinnerhonoring those graduates celebrating their50th and 45th reunions.

H. Russell Denegar ’43 and wife Katherine Bradley Dene-gar enjoy a moment during Saturday’s Dinner Dance.

Katherine Bradley Denegar, receives the Outstanding Service to theProfession of Biomedical Technology award from Jane Fox ’68,Chair of the Nominations, Elections and Awards Committee of theAlumni Association.

Peter Robinson ’51 and wife Helen enjoy a spin on the dance floor at Saturday’s Dinner Dance.

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Members of the Class of 1955 reminisce about the way they were in yearbook photos from 50 years ago.

Thomas McComb Maureralso was the first grand-child for Karen Kolodziej-McComb ’68! You canreach Kris and Matt [email protected] is a pharmacist at RiteAid in Northville, N.Y., andMatt is a supervising phar-macist at Price Chopper inAmsterdam.

2000s

‘00Jen Allen Van Amberg andher husband, Brian, wel-comed twins Alexis andEmma on Feb. 1, 2005. Jenis a faculty member in theDepartment of PharmacyPractice at NortheasternUniversity. She and her fam-ily are living in Weymouth,Mass., and can be reachedat [email protected].


1960s

‘63Irving L. Eckstein, D.D.S.,of North Woodmere, N.Y.,was selected by Align Tech-nology Inc., as one of thetop 100 orthodontists out of7,000 worldwide in usingthe company’s new clear,wireless braces, Invisalign.As a Captain and dentist inthe U.S. Army, Irving wasassigned to the 101st Air-borne in 1967-69, and alsohas served as an AssistantClinical Professor at NewYork University’s College ofDentistry.

Class Notes

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1980s

‘81Valerie Vashio has taken anew position at the U.S.Food and Drug Administra-tion in Rockville, Md.Valerie is a RegulatoryReview Officer for postmar-keting and complianceissues in the Office of InVitro Diagnostic DeviceEvaluation and Safety, Cen-ter for Devices and Radio-logical Health. Previously,she worked at the FDA’sCenter for Drugs and Centerfor Biologics. While in hernew position, she receivedher Regulatory Affairs Certi-fication in U.S. regulatoryaffairs.

‘89Thomas Collins of Pitts-ford, N.Y., welcomed hissecond daughter, Molly Mar-garet Collins, on June 29,2004.

‘94Lisa Morana recentlyreceived two awards fromMedicine Shoppe Interna-tional, Inc., in recognition ofexcellent community serviceand achievement at the Lib-erty (N.Y.) Medicine ShoppePharmacy. She received theCommunity Service Awardfor hosting monthly diabeticsupport groups and excep-tional customer counseling.She also received The Quar-terly Sales AchievementAward, which included a$1,000 scholarship that Lisadonated to ACP.

1940s

‘47A memorial gift to LouiseSwendsen Maggiacomo’47 and her husband, Hum-bert Maggiacomo ’50, hasbeen received from Geraldand Esther Ottaway of Pleas-ant Valley, N.Y., the villagewhere the Maggiacomo’spharmacy was operated formany years. The Ottawaysgave this memorial to honorthe Maggiacomo’s service tothe community and cus-tomers. Mr. Ottaway is acousin to Regina G. Snyder’47, a classmate of LouiseSwendsen Maggiacomo.

1990s

‘91Susan LaHart Pouporeand her husband, Casey,welcomed their seconddaughter, Claire Anne, inMarch 2004. The couple’sfirst daughter, Sarah, wasborn in March 2002. …Joseph Waltz and his wife,Helene, welcomed twindaughters on May 26, 2004.

Elizabeth Cecilia Waltz andKristen Lee Waltz are keep-ing mom and dad busy athome in Rochester, N.Y. Joe is a staff pharmacist atRochester General Hospital,where Helene also works as a physician’s assistant.Along with celebrating thebirth of his daughters, Joe, alifelong Red Sox fan, still iscelebrating Boston’s 2004World Series championship!

‘93Tracey Mertz-Puleo andher husband, Thomas, wel-comed a daughter, AriannaConstance,on Oct. 25,2004. Thefamily livesin Sparta,N.J.

‘97Jeannie Smalley Barattaand her husband, StephenBaratta ’98, welcomedtheir second daughter, Lily Mae, on March 15,2004. The Barattas can be reached [email protected].… Kristen McComb andher husband,MatthewMaurer ’96,welcomedtheir firstchild on Oct.2, 2004.

Elizabeth and Kristen Waltz

Arianna Puleo

Thomas Maurer

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Keeping it in the (ACP) family

Three ACP alumni, who together have been involved inthe family pharmacy for nearly 70 years, recently passed thetorch on to another ACP graduate when they transferredownership of the Byrnes Pharmacy in Nunda, N.Y., to Jere-miah Axtell ’90.

Paul A. Byrnes ’34 purchased the pharmacy, which hadbeen in existence since 1842, in 1935. Sons Thomas E.Byrnes ’57 and James P. Byrnes ’66 followed in Paul’sfootsteps and headed off to ACP. Tom joined the businessfull-time in 1960, while Jim worked in several pharmacypositions after graduation, eventually becoming chief phar-macist at Craig Developmental Center in Sonyea, N.Y. Jimsigned on at the family pharmacy in 1999 and assumed theroles of president and supervising pharmacist from hisbrother, who held the positions until 2002.

Axtell worked for an independent pharmacy, Milex Drug,in Caledonia, N.Y., for 15 years before he made the decisionto become “a hometown drugstore owner/operator.” Hetook over Byrnes Pharmacy in April. He and his wife Susie,a former kindergarten teacher, now live and work in herhometown as proprietors of the Nunda Family PharmacyLLC. Their family also includes four children: Andrew, Jacob,Rachel and Olivia.

“Perhaps one of them will keep the ‘family pharmacy’going, with a little help from ACP,” says Axtell.

A Business and a DestinationMaggy Marketplace, a second-generation family pharma-

cy that has expanded to meet an array of needs in the smallNorth Country community of Dannemora, received anExcellence Award from the U.S. Small Business Administra-tion and the New York Business Development Corp.

Founded by Leo “Skip” Maggy ’58 in 1973 and currentlyoperated by sons Michael “Mickey” Maggy ’85 and MarkMaggy ’91, Maggy Marketplace was honored for the posi-tive economic impact its recent expansion has had on thecommunity. The extensive project included a state-of-the-artpharmacy, bakery, meat market and deli, a produce andgrocery section and an expanded cards and gift section.

“The Maggy Marketplace has an ambiance not expectedin a small town,” the SBA wrote in announcing the award.“The result is a destination that is a focal point in this North-ern New York community.”

The Maggys received the award at the 7th Annual SmallBusiness Excellence Awards ceremony in May in Syracuse.

From one ACP family (L-R): Thomas ’57, Paul ’34 and James Byrnes ’66, celebrating theByrnes Pharmacy’s 30th anniversary in 1965 …

… To another (L-R): Jeremiah ’90 and Susie Axtell, pictured with Tom, Barb and Jim Byrnes,and longtime employee Eunice Englert.

Michael “Mickey” Maggy ’85, second from left, and Mark Maggy ’91, center, accept the Excel-lence Award on behalf of their family from the U.S. Small Business Administration and theNew York Business Development Corp.

In Memoriam

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President and Dean Walter Singer, Ph.D. Walter Singer, Ph.D., who served Albany College of Phar-

macy admirably as President and Dean from 1967-82, diedJuly 26 at home with his family after a long illness.

“We are saddened by the loss of Dr. Singer,” said ACPPresident James J. Gozzo, Ph.D. “His steady leadershiphelped the College establish a solid foundation for the acad-emic, professional and research growth we have undertakenover the past decade. We will remain forever grateful for hismany contributions to this outstanding institution.”

The son of the late Pauline and Morris Singer, Dr. Singerwas born in Detroit and spent most of his childhood inCatskill, N.Y. He was Assistant Dean and lecturer at the Uni-versity of California School of Pharmacy, where he hadearned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

In 1960 he was the medical supply officer and chief phar-macist at the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley in California,and he also served as a pharmacist at the Winter Olympicsat Lake Placid in 1980.

Dr. Singer assumed the leadership of ACP in 1967. Histenure included the construction of the administration andlibrary building in 1981-82 in conjunction with the College’scentennial. The building was named for alumnus RudolphH. Blythe ’31 in 2000. Dr. Singer also set the foundation forexcellence in research at ACP to complement and enhancethe College’s excellence in teaching.

Dr. Singer was appointed Dean Emeritus in 1983 and wasawarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

Dr. Singer was active in a number of organizations andwon many awards. He was published more than 20 timesand gave more than 200 talks on a range of pharmacytopics.

Tennis was Dr. Singer’s lifelong passion. With a nationalranking in his age group, he played in several tournaments ayear. For several years, he organized the Senior Tennis Tour-nament for the Albany area and held that tournament eachyear until 2004. Dr. Singer also was an avid reader andenjoyed collecting coins, stamps, insects, photos of flowers,tennis rackets and thousands of books.

Dr. Singer is survived by his beloved wife of 42 years,Lilia Singer, also a pharmacist and well-known artist, andhis two daughters, Paula Singer of Fresno, Calif., and Dr.Michelle Singer of Guilderland, N.Y. He leaves two grand-sons, Damian and Aaron Acevedo; a brother and sister-in-law, Martin and Eleanor Singer of Watervliet, N.Y.; and asister, Bernice Liepshutz Tolin of Tallahassee, Fla. He alsoleaves behind two great-children; several nieces andnephews.

Rudolph H. Blythe ’31

Rudolph H. Blythe ’31, Ph.D., who invented time-releasecapsules during a distinguished career as a pioneer industrialscientist and pharmaceutical inventor, died July 23 after abrief illness in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 95.

A Trustee Emeritus of Albany College of Pharmacy, Dr.Blythe generously made the largest philanthropic gift in theCollege’s history in 2000, donating $1 million to establish theBlythe Research Fund in memory of his wife of 61 years,Dorothy Skivens Blythe. The College’s administrative andlibrary building also bears Dr. Blythe’s name.

“This is a great honor for me,” Dr. Blythe said during thebuilding dedication ceremony Nov. 14, 2000. “Albany Col-lege of Pharmacy played a vital role in my education andprovided the foundation for my professional career. I amglad to have been able to give back to the College that gaveso much to me, and it is with great pride and humility that Istand here today to accept this wonderful honor.”

Born March 23, 1910, in Roxbury, N.Y., Dr. Blythe gradu-ated from ACP in 1931, receiving the Kappa Psi gold scholar-ship for having the highest grade-point average in his classduring all three years of study. He earned his Ph.D. in Phar-maceutical Chemistry from Columbia University in 1933.

Dr. Blythe established the first pharmaceutical researchlaboratory in the United States during a 32-year career withSmith, Kline and French Laboratories in Philadelphia. Itwas there that he pioneered the time-release technology,which Smith, Kline and French marketed for the first timeas “Spansule capsules” in 1952. Other companies quicklyfollowed, and time-release capsules became one of theworld’s most widely prescribed dosage forms during thesecond half of the 20th century. The invention led to aNobel Prize nomination.

During his career at Smith, Kline and French, Dr. Blythewas instrumental in developing one of the world’s mostrespected pharmaceutical research and development labs.Under his leadership, the company developed numerousimprovements in pharmaceutical product design, leading tomore stable products, better patient and clinical acceptanceof drug products and better utility of drugs. His work wasinfluential in establishing pharmacy as the equal of other dis-ciplines in the pharmaceutical industry, such as chemistry.

Dr. Blythe was a teacher and mentor to a generation ofpharmacists at Smith, Kline and French, as well as numerouspharmacists outside the company. A widely publishedauthor and active speaker, he focused on opportunities andresponsibilities facing pharmacists. Among his many awards,the American Pharmaceutical Association presented him withthe Ebert Medal for outstanding research in pharmacy in

1950. Ten years later he received the Pharmacy AchievementAward from the Philadelphia branch of the American Phar-maceutical Association for outstanding achievement in thecorrelation of research and practice in pharmacy.

Dr. Blythe was a member of the Board of Trustees at ACPfrom 1958-67. Since the College had no graduate programthen, Dr. Blythe started a scholarship fund encouraging eligi-ble graduates to continue their pharmaceutical education.

“Dr. Blythe’s dedication to the pharmaceutical professionis an inspiration,” said ACP President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D.“We are deeply honored to count Dr. Blythe as an alumnusand friend of ACP.”

Dr. Blythe retired from Smith, Kline and French in 1966and moved to Gainesville, Fla., where he was appointedAssociate Professor of Pharmacy and, in 1970, AssistantDean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, aposition he held until his retirement in 1975.

He is predeceased by his wife and son Rudolph H.Blythe Jr. Survivors include son George Blythe of VeroBeach, daughter Elizabeth Karow of Gainesville, nine grand-children and four great-grandchildren.

In honor of his life of invention and service to the com-munity, his family intends to establish the Rudolph BlytheInnovation Foundation to identify and reward high schoolseniors for their practical creativity.

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‘48Helen Simkins GeorgeJuly 29, 2004

Jane Clark HobbsAug. 12, 2004

‘51Nancy Palmer BareselMay 4, 2005

‘52Douglas C. StoneFeb. 18, 2005

‘57Patricia C. LongtinDec. 28, 2004

Norman M. SimmsAug. 30, 2004

‘63David J. DealMay 1, 2005

‘73Gary M. MooreJan. 25, 2005

‘75Edward J. OttenotDec. 12, 2004

‘93Andrea HilseDec. 10, 2004

‘00Dale S. TarapackiApril 11, 2005

Rudolph Blythe with then-Chairman Al Collins and President Gozzo in 2000.

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