![]() Friend of Pharmacy 2005: Clyde N. Cole![]() Clyde N. ColeBS, Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 1966 Clyde Cole received his BS in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1966 and MS in Nuclear Pharmacy from the University of Southern California in 1971. He served as a captain in the US Army, where he developed a nuclear pharmacy training program. He co-founded RadPharm in 1976, serving as Chief Nuclear Pharmacist and Director of Regulatory Affajrs until 1982. He practiced hospital nuclear pharmacy and was manager of nuclear pharmacy development for Mallinckrodt Nuclear and subsequently served as vice president of Cadema Medical. He managed traditional and PET pharmacies for Amersham Health, recently acquired by GE Healthcare. Mr. Cole is currently the director of Pharmacy Standards for GE Healthcare in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cole has been an adjunct professor and preceptor for multiple nuclear pharmacy clerkship programs and is co-chair-elect for the Radiologic Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP). He chaired the Nuclear Group of the Specialized Pharmaceutical Services Section in 1991 and has served on and chaired multiple committees for the APIIA Nuclear Pharmacy Section. While an APPM officer, he was vice chairman of the policy committee and served on the awards committee. He has been a speaker and moderator at numerous APhA and FTP annual meetings and a speaker and moderator at the 9th and 10th FTP European Radiopharmaceutical Symposia. He is a Fellow of the APTiA and is recognized as a Pioneer in Nuclear Pharmacy Specialty Practice by the APhA. Mr. Cole's wife of 40 years, Barbara, is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an artist specializing in printmaking. The Coles live in Chicago near their daughter, Courtney, a fine arts graduate of Mount Holyoke College. Mr. Cole is an enthusiastic sailor and enjoys kayaking. He and Barbara also enjoy cooking, art, and traveling. |