Bernardo, Whitney Receive College's
Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

wo Michigan Pharmacy alumni received the College's Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award at a special ceremony held during the Saturday, June 2, 2007 PharmD Commencement exercises at Rackham Graduate School.

The alumni were Peter Bernardo, MSPharm '63, PhD '66, and Harvey A.K. Whitney Jr., BSPharm '59, MSPharm '61. Bernardo is president and chief executive officer of Xerimis Inc., a Moorestown, N.J.-based contract packaging company. Whitney is the president, publisher, and editor emeritus of Harvey Whitney Books Co., which he founded in 1985.

The Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award honors alumni who have made significant lifetime contributions in their profession or to society through practice, research, education, or public service.


About the 2007 Honorees:

Bernardo's firm, Xerimis, provides customized primary and secondary clinical packaging, labeling, and distribution services for companies engaged in Phase I through Phase IV clinical trials, worldwide. Xerimis clients include pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, as well as contract research
organizations.

Bernardo has over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to establishing Xerimis Inc. in 2001, he successfully developed and guided Simirex Inc. through exponential growth during its 10-year existence (1988-1998). He then sold the firm to Quintiles Transnational Inc., one of the world's largest clinical research organizations. From 1998 to 2000, Bernardo served as Quintiles' chief operating officer, worldwide clinical supplies. Leading up to the launch of Simirex, he was vice-president of the Flint division of Baxter Travenol where he was involved in all aspects of product development and production. Before that, he was head of formulations development at Lederle Laboratories with responsibility for both prescription and OTC product formulation. Bernardo started his industry career at Parke-Davis and then SmithKline where he gained experience in manufacturing and clinical supply production, labeling, and packaging.

In addition to serving as a member of the Colleg's Dean's Steering Committee, he is a member of AAPS, DIA, APhA, ISPE, Rho Chi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Sigma Xi.

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In addition to establishing his own publishing company, Whitney served as a publisher and editor of Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy, Inc. for over 10 years, and also served as editor of many other newsletters, journals and publications. Some of Whitney's publications include Pharmacy International Christian Archives (1987-1989), The Annals of Pharmacotherapy (1978 to date), and The Journal of Pharmacy Technology (1985 to date).

Besides his career in publishing and editing, Whitney worked in academia for 20 years, serving in leadership and teaching roles including associate professor at the University of Cincinnati where he was also chairman of the PharmD program for the College of Pharmacy (1971-1978); assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and pharmaceutical director of four city hospitals in St. Louis Missouri (1969-1971); director of pharmacy at the University of Texas and Southwest Regional Poison Control Center (1964-1969); and assistant director of pharmacy services at the Duke University Medical Center and assistant professor at Duke's College of Medicine (1961-1964).

Among his many awards are: the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Lifetime Achievement in Pharmacy Award (2005); the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Service Award (1982); Poland's Medical Center of Postgraduate Education 20-Year Anniversary Award (1979); the Medical School of Krakow 600-Year Anniversary Medal from Jagiellonian University (1977); and the Southeastern Texas Society of Hospital Pharmacists Leadership Award (1967).