125 Facts

125 Facts

125 Facts You Should Know

1. Purdue School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus, Charles A. Walton (MS 1950, PhD 1956) was a founding member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
2. The average salary for 2008 Purdue PharmD graduates was $105,202.
3. C. B. Jordan served as the Dean of the Pharmacy School for 31 years (1910-1941) which is longer than any other Dean of the School.
4. The Purdue School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ranked #9 on the list of Best Pharmacy Graduate Schools in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report. Also, Purdue Pharmacy finished in Top 10 as #2 in 2002 Survey and #4 in 2005 Survey.
5. The Purdue School of Pharmacy opened its doors in September 1884 with John N. Hurty as head.
6. The Purdue School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has seven faculty members who are Named or Distinguished Faculty: Steve R. Abel, Bucke Professor of Pharmacy Practice; Donald E. Bergstrom, Walther Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; Richard F. Borch, Lilly Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Stephen R. Byrn, Charles B. Jordan Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; G. Marc Loudon, Gustav E. Cwalina Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; D. James Morre, Dow Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; and David E. Nichols, Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Distinguished Chair of Pharmacology.
7. The Purdue University Book of Great Teachers bears the names of 316 faculty members, past and present, who have devoted their lives to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Eleven of those faculty members are from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
8. Thirty-eight of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Fellows are Purdue School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences alumni, faculty or former faculty. AAPS confers the honor of Fellow to recognize individuals for outstanding contributions that elevate the stature of the pharmaceutical sciences and for professional excellence in the field relevant to the mission of AAPS.
9. 49% of living Pharmacy Alumni are women.
10. 3,975 of the close to 9,000 living Pharmacy Alumni live in the state of Indiana.
11. The School has awarded 141 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awards.
12. The School has recognized 9 individuals as Friends of Pharmacy. The title of Friend of Pharmacy is conferred upon non-alumni friends of the University in recognition of their outstanding achievements in professional and scientific endeavors in the field of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
13. Purdue University has granted 41 individuals from the field of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences with an Honorary Doctorate Degree.
14. John N. Hurty was the first Pharmacy Honorary Doctorate recipient at Purdue University.
15. Dr. Gloria F. Francke was the first woman from Pharmacy to receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Purdue University in 1988.
16. Don M. Newman and Gloria F. Francke are the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences only Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
17. The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has recognized 24 individuals with the Glen J. Sperandio Award for Advancement of Pharmacy Practice since the award was established in 1983.
18. Glen J. Sperandio was the first recipient of the Glen J. Sperandio Award on March 16, 1984.
19. Maureen Gutgsell was the first woman to receive the Glen J. Sperandio Award for Advancement of Pharmacy Practice in 1990.
20. 7,110 of the almost 9,000 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences living alumni have received either a B.S. or PharmD from the School.
21. John N. Hurty received the first PharmD degree from the School in 1888.
22. Johnnie L. Early, II was the first minority Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni in 1993.
23. Gloria F. Francke was the first woman to receive a Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Award.
24. Robert E. and Arda T. Saute are the only husband and wife recipients of the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awards.
25. Twenty-one women have received the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Award.
26. Sarah "Sally" Rushmore Byrn was the first woman to receive the Friend of Pharmacy Award.
27. Frank Brown, Jr., Arthur J. Fiocco, Jr. and Mark A. Foglesong were the first recipients of the Friend of Pharmacy Award.
28. Kappa Psi was the first student organization within the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
29. There are currently sixteen student organizations in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
30. The first BoileRx was held in 1997 at Ravines Golf Course.
31. The first White Coat Ceremony was held in 2001 in the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall.
32. There are over 125 faculty in the School of Pharmacy.
33. G.W. Lacey was the first African American to graduate from the School and he graduated in 1890.
34. Nearly twenty percent of all deans of pharmacy schools in the United States are either Purdue alumni or former faculty members.
35. Since the Dean's Executive Forum began in 2002, there have been eighty-two alumni and friends of the School share their career experiences with Pharmacy students.
36. Dr. Ronald W. Dollens (BS 1970, HDR 2001) was the guest lecturer in the Dean's Executive Forum on January 25, 2002.
37. Dr. Kenneth W. Schafermeyer (PhD 1990) was elected an APhA Fellow by the Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science in 2008.
38. The American Pharmacist Association established the Remington Honor Medal in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American pharmacy during the preceding years, culminating in the past year, or during a long period of outstanding activity or fruitful achievement. Purdue Pharmacy alumni Lloyd M. Parks (BS,PhC 1933, MS 1938, HDR 1962), Gloria N. Francke (BS 1942, HDR 1988), and James T. Doluisio (PhD 1962, HDR 1995) as well as Purdue Pharmacy Honorary Doctorates Josiah K. Lilly (1939), Glenn L. Jenkins (1976) and Donald E. Francke (1951) have won this prestigious award.
39. The Hugo H. Schaefer Award was established in 1964 to recognize APhA members who have made outstanding voluntary contributions to society, the profession of pharmacy, and APhA. Dr. Arthur G. Zupko, Ph.D. 1949, is the only Purdue Pharmacy alumni to win this award.
40. Three Purdue Pharmacy alumni have won the Hubert H. Humphrey Award which honors APhA members who have made major contributions in government and/or legislative service at the local, state, or national level since it was established in 1978.
41. Eleven Purdue Pharmacy alumni have been recognized as Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management.
42. George R. Spratto and Varro E. Tyler, a former faculty member and former Dean of the School respectively, have served as President of ACPE.
43. 54 % of the School's 2008 PharmD graduates stayed in Indiana to work.
44. The Average cumulative GPA for the 2008 Admitted Students to the School was 3.67.
45. Of the 152 students admitted to the School in 2008, 100 were female and 52 were male. Also, 112 were from Indiana, 24 were from out of state, and 16 were international.
46. Of the 2008 PharmD Graduates, 52.1% went into chain community pharmacy and 15.1% went into hospital pharmacy.
47. 20.5% of the 2008 Class of PharmD graduates did a residency.
48. 317 couples of alumni where both husband and wife are pharmacy alumni!
49. The only cover of "The Purdue Pharmacist" that featured a caricature was the Spring 2002 issue honoring the retirement of Dean Charles Rutledge.
50. The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences logo is a stylized mortar and pestle that consists primarily of the letters "P" and "U", for "Purdue University".
51. The School of Pharmacy Logo Design was the result of a contest held as part of the celebration of the opening of the new Pharmacy Building in 1970.
52. PharmaTAP, an engagement program of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Purdue's Technical Assistance Program was established in August 2007 to promote pharmacy education, outreach, and research.
53. The mission of PharmaTAP is to improve patient safety, clinical quality, and efficiency in any setting where medications are used.
54. As of a yearend June 30, 2008, 18.1% of Pharmacy alumni give to the University and the School. 2nd best among schools and colleges at Purdue!
55. 27% of Pharmacy Alumni are members of the Purdue Alumni Association. 1st among schools and colleges at Purdue!
56. First Ph.D. in Pharmacy Administration in the United States was awarded at Purdue to Dr. Robert V. Evanson.
57. In 1975, Bruce Carlstedt became the first School of Pharmacy faculty member placed at Regenstrief Institute at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis to develop clerkship opportunities with the ambulatory medicine clinics at Wishard Memorial Hospital and the Family Practice Clinic at Indiana University School of Medicine.
58. Currently, the School has 24 faculty, five secretarial and support positions in Indianapolis, as well as post-doctoral and graduate students in Indianapolis.
59. The first academic Nuclear Pharmacy certificate program was developed and offered at Purdue beginning in 1988. It allowed practicing pharmacist to obtain the knowledge and skills to enter nuclear pharmacy practice.
60. The Chao Center is the second FDA approved pharmaceutical manufacturing facility located within a state university in the U.S. which prepares dosage forms for human consumption.
61. The Chao Center is first center of its kind to own rights to its own drug.
62. On average, 70% of the PharmD class passes through Wishard for at least one rotation.
63. Dr. John E. Christian was one of the first if not the first to introduce the use of radioactive drugs (radiopharmaceuticals) to the profession of pharmacy.
64. First textbook with the title "Clinical Pharmacy" was written and published by Professor G. J. Sperandio.
65. On December 18, 2004, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences was renamed the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
66. Purdue's School of Pharmacy was the third state supported school of Pharmacy established in the United States.
67. In 1897, there were three distinct degree plans were instituted at the School of Pharmacy at Purdue: Graduate in Pharmacy (Ph.G.), which consisted of two years of twenty-six weeks each; Pharmaceutical Chemist (Ph.C.), two years of thirty-six weeks each; and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, four years of thirty-six weeks each.
68. In some years, as many as 25-30 percent of all doctoral degrees granted by all pharmacy schools in the United States originated at Purdue.
69. The non-traditional PharmD degree was instituted at Purdue in 1992.
70. Purdue School of Pharmacy Faculty and Alumni have been recognized by AACP with nine Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Awards. Dr. Robert V. Evanson was first Purdue faculty to receive this honor in 1982.
71. Purdue School of Pharmacy was the first to offer courses in isotope tracer techniques, compulsory manufacturing pharmacy, hospital X-ray imaging, and radiographic procedures.
72. The Purdue School of Pharmacy was the first to offer departments in Bionucleonics and Clinical Pharmacy.
73. The Purdue School of Pharmacy was the first to substitute supervised externship in lieu of the traditional state board apprenticeship requirement for licensure.
74. The Purdue School of Pharmacy established the first school-associated externship program in the country in 1971.
75. The first publication involving the application of radioactive (Na-24) tracer techniques in the area of pharmaceutical research originated at Purdue's School of Pharmacy.
76. Purdue Pharmacy faculty were first to publish undergraduate textbooks in the areas of physical pharmacy and clinical pharmacy.
77. Graduate instruction began in the Purdue School of Pharmacy in 1922, when the Master of Science degree in pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry was first offered.
78. The Alpha Zeta chapter of Rho Chi at Purdue obtained its charter in 1945.
79. Dean Chip Rutledge was the first pharmacologist associated with a pharmacy school to have been elected president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
80. The first women to graduate from the School of Pharmacy were Nina B. Hart and Love Caulkins and they graduated in 1892.
81. As of the fall 2008, there were 638 students working toward a PharmD degree.
82. First Graduating Class was in 1886 and included Ernest G. Eberhardt, Manual Jay, Edwin J. Mowry, Bert O. Westenfelder, Louis Schulmeyer, and Emory James Yeager.
83. Ph.D. in Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Chemistry was approved in 1930.
84. Ph.D. in Bionucleonics was approved in 1959.
85. Ph.D. in All Pharmaceutical Sciences was approved in 1959.
86. Pharmacy alumnus Matt Waddell, BS 1996, is one of forty-two Purdue Men's Basketball players to score over 1,000 points in their career at Purdue.
87. Pharmacy alumnae Corissa Yasen, BS 1998, holds the Purdue Record for the Women's High Jump of 6' 3.5".
88. Dolores Cooper Shockley, MS 1953, PhD 1955, is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from Purdue University and the first African American woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in pharmacology.
89. Warren Moore, PharmD 2002, played on the 2000 Purdue Football Team that earned a Big Ten Conference Championship and Rose Bowl berth.
90. Pharmacy alumnus Robert Anderson, BS 1957, served as President of the Purdue Alumni Association from 1993-1995.
91. Student expenses in the first year of Pharmacy School (1884-85) included a Matriculation fee of $10, an incidental fee of $8, a fee of $10 for Chemicals and a lab deposit of $10. Instruction was free.
92. Chase Wood of Winamac, Indiana was the first to graduate from the School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor's of Pharmacy.
93. In 1886, our first graduating class consisted of seven men. One went on to work as a Chemist for Eli Lilly, & Co., one became a Pharmacy proprietor, one went on the practice law and the others took positions as pharmacy clerks.
94. Edwin J. Mowry from Oskaloosa, Iowa was the first out of state student to enroll in the School of Pharmacy at Purdue.
95. In 1893-94, the School of Pharmacy celebrated its tenth anniversary and had 85 students enrolled, compared to the seven students in 1884-85.
96. In 1893-94, the School of Pharmacy already had over 100 graduates.
97. Alonzo D. McDonell from Ottawa, Ontario, was the first international student enrolled in the School.
98. In 1909-10 when the school was 25 years old, the school expenses for a student were approximately $45 dollars a year. There was a $5 diploma fee charge when a student was to graduate.
99. Purdue Pharmacy Christian Student Association (PPCSA) became an official organization of Purdue University in the year 2002 with 5 members. Membership has grown to about 20 students now.
100. Jean Ann Neese was the first President of the Purdue Pharmacy Christian Student Association. Other past presidents include Erica Uitto, Jessica Larva and Cory Smith. Creighton Kaiser is the current president of PPCSA.
101. The purpose of the Purdue Pharmacy Christian Student Association is to meet weekly to read the Bible and discuss how Christian principles affect the practice of Pharmacy as well as our lives as citizens and as members of our communities. PPCSA invites practicing pharmacists who have gone on Medical Missions to foreign countries (China, Guatemala, and Ecuador etc) to share their experiences with other students once or twice each year.
102. Charles B. Jordan was the first Purdue Pharmacy Dean to become President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 1918-19. Glenn L. Jenkins, Varro E. Tyler, and Chalres O. Rutledge have also served as President of AACP.
103. Seventeen Purdue Pharmacy Alumni, Faculty or Former Faculty have served as President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy with the most recent being Marilyn K. Speedie, BS 1970, PhD 1973, in 2006-07.
104. Former Faculty and Honorary Doctorate, Heinz G. Floss was the first Purdue faculty member to be awarded the Volwiler Research Achievement Award from AACP.
105. Two Purdue Pharmacy Alumni, David A. Knapp, BS 1960, MS 1962, Ph.D. 1965 and Laurence H. Hurley, Ph.D. 1970, have been awarded the Volwiler Research Achievement Award from AACP.
106. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy began awarding the Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award in 1993 and since that time two Purdue Pharmacy alumni, Marilyn K. Speedie, BS 1970, PhD 1973 and Laurence H. Hurley, Ph.D. 1970, have received this award.
107. The Rufus A. Lyman Award is presented annually by AACP to the author(s) of the best paper, which appears in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Since 1969 when the first Lyman Award was awarded, fourteen Purdue Pharmacy Alumni and Faculty have received this award.
108. Former Purdue Pharmacy Professor Nicholas G. Popovich has been awarded the Lyman Award by AACP five times.
109. The Seed for Success Award was established in 2003 by the provost and vice president for research and recognizes faculty members who attract large sponsored research grants in excess of $1 million to Purdue University. Karen S. Hudmon and Alan J. Zillich, of the Pharmacy Practice department were 2008 award winners.
110. The Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Purdue University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, has been awarded to seven Pharmacy faculty members since 1966. Robert K. Chalmers was the first Pharmacy faculty member to win this award.
111. Alice H. Hayden received the first PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Purdue University in 1932.
112. Hubert W. Murphy received the first PhD in Pharmacognosy in 1942 under the guidance of Glenn L. Jenkins.
113. John W. Nelson received the first PhD in Pharmacology in 1945 from Purdue University.
114. In the fiscal year 2007-08, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was awarded $12,548, 487 in research funding through grants, contracts, voluntary support and fellowships.
115. In 2007 through a generous gift of Hamid A. Abbaspour, BS 1985, the Dr. Aziz Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award was established to recognize the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Eric L. Barker, Kimberly S. Plake and Kevin M. Sowinski have been the three faculty members awarded the Dr. Aziz award.
116. The Professor Henry Heine Award was presented annually from 1971 to 2006 to an outstanding teacher in the Purdue University School of Pharmacy. Award winners were selected by the student body for excellence in teaching. Stanley L. Hem and Nicholas G. Popovich received this award five times each.
117. Six School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate students currently have fellowships.
118. The 2008 Kienly Award recipients were: Ryan J. McCann, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy; Lori M. Ward, Pharmacy Practice; and Kristy J. Wilson, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology. The Kienly Awards have been endowed since 1976 in memory of Dr. Albert V. Kienly's father and mother and recognize graduate students who excel in teaching.
119. The 2008 recipients of the Jenkins-Knevel Awards were: Lisa Bonner, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Fang Liu, also from Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular, and Michelle K. Papp, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. The Jenkins-Knevel Awards are given in honor of Dr. Glenn Jenkins and Dr. Adelbert M. Knevel for outstanding graduate research.
120. Dean Charles Rutledge started the Minority Advocacy Council. Original members of the Council included Otha Bright, BS 1989, Georgina Jones, BS 1969, MS 1974, Paul Jones, BS 1968, Cresinda Martin, BS 1989, Loraine Owolabi, BS 1984, Virgil Rowley, BSIM 1973, Charles Sanders, BS 1978, Sarah Sanders, BS 1978, PharmD 1980, Georgia Thomas-Sanders, BS 1979, and Bryan Woodfork, BS 1980.
121. The School of Pharmacy Multicultural Programs academic retention initiatives were in place beginning with the 1993-1994 academic year. The retention of entering underrepresented minority students who participate in Multicultural programs retention is greater than 93% and for most years, equals 100% after one year.
122. Pharmacy alumni, Warren Moore, PharmD 2002, and R'Kes Starling, BS 2002 were both members of the 2000 Big Ten Champion and Rose Bowl Purdue Boilermaker football team.
123. Four hundred seventy eight Purdue Pharmacy alumni have been members of the Purdue Bands.
124. The School of Pharmacy student organizations hosted the first annual Pharmacy Spring Fling on April 12, 2003. Spring Fling is a school-wide event sponsored by all pharmacy student organizations that provides a carnival type atmosphere with games and prizes, entertainment, a disc jockey, and food for the community, students, faculty, staff and their families.
125. Dr. Elizabeth Topp is the first woman to serve as Department Head in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She began her duties as head of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy on July 1, 2009.