It was a dark and stormy night ...

That's how it looked the night before the 9^th Annual BoileRx Golf Outing on Thursday, May 19, 2005. The skies over north central Indiana were full of ominous clouds, which were sending down huge amounts of rain, along with the dreaded thunder and lightning of which canceled golf outings are made. As late as 8:30 that morning, it was still storming.

But hearty souls began to trek out to the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex around 10:30, and the more who arrived, the clearer the skies became. A quick box lunch in the Voinoff Pavilion preceded the 12:00 noon shotgun start. A total of 135 loyal School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty and friends set out under mostly sunny skies to have a fabulous eighteen holes of golf on what turned out to be a beautiful day, capped off by a great dinner back at the Pavilion and the awarding of prizes and congratulating of participants.

Preliminary figures show that this year's BoileRx raised nearly $18,000 for Pharmacy Scholarships, including revenue from the first ever BoileRx Silent Auction. Items auctioned off included a basketball autographed by Illinois Coach Bruce Weber, a cherry mallet face-balanced putter, a Coach Gene Keady autographed basketball, a Coach Joe Tiller autographed football, a foursome on the Kampen course, a genuine Indianapolis Colts helmet, a tailgate party package, a team-signed Colts football, a dinner with Illinois Coach Bruce Weber, golf lessons, premium tickets to an Indianapolis Colts football game, and two Indiana Pacers suite tickets.

Some of the golf winners of the day were Men's Longest Putt: Jack Beilfuss (BSPHAR '52); Men's Longest Drive: Dave Ewbank (BSPHAR '78); Men's Closet to the Pin: Scott Glosner (BSPHAR '89); and both Ladies' Closest to the Pin and Ladies' Longest Putt: Tina Root.

The winning team, who walked away with a set of cherry mallet face-balanced putters was Bob Bennett (Professor of Pharmacy Practice), Joel Brooks, Jamie Keiler, and Tom Howell.

Special thanks go to our dedicated Pharmacy Alumni Association volunteers, without whom the day would not have been possible, to the Professional Partners and the corporate and individual sponsors who really made things happen, and particularly to The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing, primary sponsor of this year's event, and Dr. Craig Davis, the Chao Center Director, who also served as emcee for the day.

Golfers register, check out the silent auction, and have a boxed lunch before heading out onto the course.		Team Johnson Controls: Bret Teany, Brian Crabbs, Kevin Mowan and Jeff Kuhl
Gina Becovitz, Joe Becovitz, George Wood and Mike Furgason		Brian Musial, Jeremy Thain, Alan Thompson and Max Barnhart
Team Albertsons/Osco: Dave Burand, Dan French, Jennifer Prather and Heather Scholl		Kevin Riley, Gordon Riley, Brian Riley and Steve Coryell
Bob Mercker, P.J. Fisher, John B. Kane and John P. Kane		Team Mylan 1: Mark Fitch, Dan Bashour, Pete VanderVeen and Mike Moore
Dale Bultemeier, Jerry Fuhrmann, Bob Merchant and Dan Smith		Keith Fisher, Chuck Conroy, Chris Bultnick and Bill Jones
Team IUPUI 2: Julie Koehler, Kevin Sowinski, Brian Overholser and Alan Zillich		Team CVS 2: Mark Bunton, Sylvia Howell, Mike Murphy and Larry Webb
Jim Bedford, Jim Messina, John Sharp and Don Wilkins		Team CVS 1: Pat George, Dave Purdy, Hanley Wheeler and Andy Arland
Bob Gibson, John Sloan and Dick Emig		Joel Brooks, Jamie Keiler, Tom Howell and Bob Bennett
Chris Miller, Tina Root, Gary Barkdull and Tim Root		Team Eli Lilly: Ed Brondyke, John Masengale, Joe Natalie and Bill Brocious
Joe Borowitz, Eric Barker, Val Watts and Pete Watts		Von Mason, Joe Stodola, Carl Miller and Ernie Presser
Team Mylan 2: Scott Chervcinch, Jim Joyce, Alex Lee and Chris Anderson		Chao Center Team: Dave Ewbank, Mark Nesbitt, Brad McKinney and Gerald Thomas
Dave Butler, Morgan Beatty, Steve Nail and Mike Akers		Team Walgreens: Mike Wichlinski, Krista Massa, Scott Linger and Tom Barnett
Mark Beatty, Dave Grote, Dwight Noble and Dennis Rockhill		Chip Ellerman, Jeff Schwartz, Tim Ellerman and Lyman Morris
Team Hunt Construction: Randy Ket, Mike Mick, Bruce Wylam and Bob Fuller		Jerry Lindley, Brian Vervaet, Mike McNear and Jeff Huff
Bill Byrum, Brent Byrum, Doug Byrum and Jeff Byrum		Team IUPUI One: Craig Williams, Michael Kays and Noll Campbell
Gene Crum, Chris Smith and Wayne McKeehan		Quent Besing, Joe Barbarossa, Jeremy Moss and Jack Kibort
Pfizer Team: Gary Buck, Robert Sanchez, Chris Conner and Scott Glosner		Jack Beilfuss, Bill Prather, Sam Lawson and Matt Meneghetti