Alumni News Fall Interaction 2007

The Forties

This fall, Howard Parker, BSPharm’40, celebrated his 20th year of tutoring math to students at Thurston Elementary School on Ann Arbor’s north side. Once a week for 90 minutes, he works with fifth graders in Sherrie Pokela’s class. “I tutor as many students as need their math papers corrected, typically 15 to 20 per session, one at a time,” explains Parker, 92. “We eventually get the children to the point where they know how to multiply and divide. I’ve always enjoyed math, so I try to get the kids to see the fun in it.” Parker notes that although Thurston students are permitted to use calculators in math class, he insists that the students he tutors leave their calculators behind. “With calculators, kids can plug in numbers and get the right answers to math problems, but they don’t always understand the underlying concepts or develop practical computational math skills,” Parker notes. His tutoring method is to have children frame the math problem as a question. “I do it to help them conceptualize the problem. Even for fifth graders, who are fairly mature, this can be a challenge, ” he says. Occasionally, Parker encounters a student who isn’t interested in improving his or her math skills, but this is the exception rather than the rule, he says. “Basically, the kids are good and appreciative of the extra help.” E-mail: hep2751@msn.com.

The Fifties

Class of 1957 updates:
For the first 25 years of his professional life, Charles Donmyer, BSPharm’57, worked in retail pharmacy. Ten of those years he owned and operated his own community practice with his wife, Anne, BSPharm’58, now deceased. The last 16 years of his career, Charles was a staff pharmacist at the VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He has three children and four grandchildren. E–mail: cdonmyerjuno.com.

Robert S. Dunsky, BSPharm’57, owned and operated a community pharmacy for 40 years before changing his career path. After selling his business, he worked for Walgreen Pharmacy and for the last five years has been a staff pharmacist at St. John Pharmacies, owned by Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich. Robert, a member of Phi Delta Chi, says his Michigan Pharmacy years were the most fun of early life. He and his wife, Harriet, a retired prosthetic shop owner, have two sons. E–mail: rxrsd@go.com.

Like most present–day U–M PharmD students, Barton M. Feldman, BSPharm’57, earned a degree before starting his pharmacy program at Michigan. His first degree was a BS in biological science from Rutgers University. After graduating from U–M, Feldman returned to New Jersey where, for eight years, he was a pharmacy manager at Baron Drug in Westfield, and owner of Rapps 24–Hour Pharmacy in Plainfield for 10 years (1957–1967).

He also owned Village Pharmacy in Irvington, N.J. for 36 years (1958–1994). From 1994 to 2005, he was pharmacy manager at Rite Aid in Edison; was a staff pharmacist at BJ’s Pharmacy in Watchung (2005–2007); and became a staff pharmacist at CVS Pharmacy in East Northport, N.Y. in 2007.

Feldman was a preceptor of Rutgers University College of Pharmacy students for 30 years.

He says he retains many happy memories of his days at U–M, especially those associated with fellow Phi Delta Chi fraternity members Jim Richards, BSPharm’55; Charles R. “Corky” Walgreen III, BSPharm’58; Fred Lyons, BSPharm’57; Len Allen, BSPharm’57; and Robert S. Dunsky, BSPharm’57.

Barton and his wife, Terri, have four children and six grandchildren. E–mail: Gretelnp@msn.com.

It’s not often an aspiring young pharmacist gets to hear words of wisdom directly from a living legend. Franz Geisz, BSPharm’53, MSPharm’57, PharmRes’57, PharmD’65, had that experience while a Michigan Pharmacy student attending a guest lecture by none other than Remington Medal–winner Donald E. Francke, BSPharm’36, MSPharm’48, then–director of pharmacy services for University Hospitals. “Francke predicted that future pharmacists would have doctorate degrees and that clinical information would be an important part of a pharmacist’s practice. He was right,” Geisz observes.

Geisz has made his own impact on pharmacy during a half–century of practice. Currently a full–time clinical staff pharmacist at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Geisz has held a variety of management positions at several major medical centers: St. Luke’s Hospital in Cleveland; Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Ohio; the University of Texas Medical Centre in Galveston; Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit; and St. John’s Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights, Mich.

While in Cleveland, Geisz registered two firsts: he was the first PharmD to practice hospital pharmacy in that city, and also the first to use a laminar flow hood. (He operated an analytical lab in the St. Luke’s Hospital pharmacy to check the quality of drugs. At the time, there were only two such labs in Ohio.) In addition to his work accomplishments, Geisz has been president of a local Kiwanis Club, and president of hospital pharmacy societies in Texas and Ohio; and has served on numerous committees of APhA and ASHP.

Franz and Violet, PharmD’91, have four children and 11 grandchildren. E–mail: FGEISZ@yahoo.com.

Now semi–retired, Marshall Grillo, BSPharm’57, DO, was a physician his entire career. He was director of radiology at Bay Osteopathic Hospital in Bay City, Mich.; Standish Community Hospital in Standish, Mich.; Grim Smith Hospital in Kirksville, Mo.; and Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in Manistique, Mich. Grillo also served as associate professor of radiology at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He and his wife, Margra (Underhill) Grillo, BSPharm’60, now divide their time between homes in Gladwin, Mich., and Lady Lake, Fla. The Grillos have 10 grandchildren and three children, one of whom is alumna Nancy (Grillo) Strauss, PharmD’91, a clinical pharmacy coordinator at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. E–mail: msgrillo@aol.com.

A resident of Ann Arbor since graduation, Ellen Hsi, BSPharm’57, notes that Tree Town has been a great place to live, work, raise kids and enjoy her golden years. Now retired, Hsi had a career in both hospital and community pharmacy. Her mother, Phoebe Wang Lee, received her master’s degree in education at U–M in 1929. “She and my father, Y.O. Lee, who went to the University of Pennsylvania, were very active in the Michigan Alumni Club in Hong Kong for many years,” Hsi notes. “Even though my father was a U–Penn graduate, he would lead U–M Hong Kong alumni and visitors from Ann Arbor to sing Michigan’s fight song. I had very go–blue parents.” Ellen and her husband, Kai, have two children, both U–M alumni, and four grandchildren. Three of the four grandchildren have expressed an interest in attending U–M. If that happens, the family will boast four generations of U–M alumni, Hsi points out. E–mail: ellenleehsi@hotmail.com.

Retired and living in Seminole, Fla. with her husband, Jack, Irma G. (Glauberman) Mayer, BSPharm’57, started her career as a hospital staff pharmacist, advancing to pharmacist in charge: a position she held for many years. Mayer recalls the time when, as a freshman Pharmacy student, she attended a Sunday afternoon movie with a group of friends. At the theatre, she met Pharmacy Dean Tom D. Rowe who addressed her by name. “My friends were impressed that the dean knew me on sight, especially since they didn’t even know the name of the dean of the schools they were attending,” Mayer states. Irma maintains an active volunteer schedule, serving as a docent at the Florida Holocaust Museum, a volunteer for the Florida Orchestra, and holding office in several women’s charitable organizations. She and Jack have three daughters and five grandchildren. E–mail: imayer1@gmail.com.

John P. McCormick, PharmRes’54, BSPharm’55, MSPharm’57, retired after a long pharmacy career that included appointments as chief pharmacist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky; chief pharmacist at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.; staff pharmacist at University Hospital in Ann Arbor; staff pharmacist at Flint Osteopathic Hospital in Flint, Mich.; and staff pharmacist at Foote Hospital in Jackson, Mich.

John and Shirley A. (Swinson) McCormick, BSPharm’54, MSPharm’56, MD, a retired family physician, celebrated 50 years of marriage last summer with a family gathering on Lake Michigan. They have two children and six grandchildren.

Jack G. Scruggs, BSPharm’52, MSPharm’53, PhD’57 retired as vice president of research and development at Phillips Fibers Corp. in Greenville, S.C. in 1993. Scruggs reports that he is “enjoying retirement in the sunny South, playing golf, even in February.” In summer 2006, he revisited the Michigan campus with his granddaughter, proudly showing her around campus and pointing out landmarks from his own College days: Michigan Stadium, the central campus bell tower, and the sites of the old and new pharmacy buildings, among others. “I have many fond memories of the Michigan Pharmacy Class of 1952,” Scruggs says. “We were among the last of the Pharmacy students under Dean Charles Stocking, a kind and jolly gentleman. Since we students had most of our classes together, we got to know everyone quite well.”

Jack and Anna have two daughters. E–mail: jgscruggs@aol.com.

John A. Wiltse, BSPharm’57, has had a varied career that has included ownership of Wiltse’s Community Pharmacy in Plymouth, Mich.; serving as a clinical instructor of pharmacy at Idaho State University’s College of Pharmacy in Pocatello, and as director of pharmacy at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho; serving as executive director of Idaho Society of Health–System Pharmacists, Boise; and current services as director of education at the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists (TSHSP) in Austin. In addition to his U–M degree, Wiltse earned a master of education degree at the University of Idaho in 1989. A former Idaho “Pharmacist of the Year” and honorary life member of the Idaho Pharmacists Association, Wiltse notes that four consecutive generations of the Wiltse family have attended U–M including his son, Peter Wiltse, BSPharm’80, now CEO and chief of surgery at Hood Hospital in Granbury, Tex., and most recently, his grandson Sean who is majoring in computer science. E–mail: johnleilawiltse@cs.com.

For 37 years, Jerry L. Witham, BSPharm’57, was the owner, Eastgate Apothecary, and for 10 more years was the owner of Longe Drug in Jackson, Mich. After 47 years of entrepreneurship, he changed his career path. Since 2004, he has worked, parttime, for Target, K–mart, Walgreen, and, currently, Hometown Pharmacy. Among Witham’s most vivid College memories are his walks to the now–vanished student watering hole, Pretzel Bell, and his attendance at many Wolverine hockey and football games. He also recalls working at Quarry Drug Store on State Street to supplement the income he received from the G.I. Bill following a two–year hitch in the U.S. Army. Jerry and Betty have five daughters and 11 grandchildren. Their second–oldest daughter, Sandra W. (Witham) Smith, BSPharm’80, is a staff pharmacist with Brown’s Advanced Care in Jackson, Mich. E–mail: jerrywitham@msn.com.

The Sixties

Class of 1967 updates:
Since graduation, David J. Osterberger, PharmD’67, PharmRes’68, has held a variety of administrative positions in hospital pharmacy, among them: director of pharmacy at Cincinnati General Hospital and assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy; administrator of pharmacy services at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla.; director of pharmacy at Deering Hospital in Miami, Fla.; and, at present, director of pharmacy support, and quality and ambulatory services for pharmacy, at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. A fellow in the American Society of Health–System Pharmacists, Osterberger has become a leading advocate for the use of electronic asset tracking systems (e.g., barcoding and wireless technologies) to manage medications and improve patient care.

Among Osterberger’s cherished College memories are social gatherings at Bimbo’s and Pretzel Bell, tours of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, and rounding as a PharmD with the medical team at University Hospital. (In 1966, this was a big step toward clinical parity.) “The preceptors and employees of the University Hospital were great, and I continue to think fondly of them for their kindness,” Osterberger states.

David and his wife, Mary, an infusion care pharmacist, have three children. E–mail: Djohlwd@bellsouth.net.

Five years ago, James T. Stewart, PhD’67, retired after a distinguished academic career at the University of Georgia (U–G) where he advanced from assistant professor to full professor and head of that school’s medicinal chemistry department. Now professor emeritus of medicinal chemistry at U–G and living in Athens, Ga. with his wife, Ella, Stewart remarks that he stays in touch with colleagues and former students. “It has been a particular pleasure to witness the success of my graduate students, many of whom are in positions of leadership with prominent pharmaceutical companies, academia, or the U.S. Pharmacopoeia,” says Stewart.

Stewart sings in his church’s chancel choir, which he has done for more than 20 years. He also is a member of a vocal group called, “Mellows,” which performs for shut–ins, and at retirement and nursing homes Thursday afternoons from October to May.

Retirement has provided the opportunity for Stewart to unpack his O–Gauge Lionel model trains that have been in homestorage for almost 50 years.

“I set up a train table in my basement and started enjoying a hobby I began when I was about 12 years old,” Stewart explains. “I’ve added engines, cars, scenery, etc., so that I can run six trains, simultaneously.”

Two years ago, he passed along his interest in model trains to his grandson, Thomas, now seven. Thomas now has his own train table, and he and grandpa carry engines and cars back and forth to run on each other’s train table. “Hopefully, I am building memories with him,” remarks Stewart.

Having come to the U–M from the South after earning a BS and MS from Auburn University, Stewart discovered just how cold Michigan winters can be.

“I decided my car just would not make it through Michigan winters so I left it with my parents in Birmingham, Ala.” he notes. “I found myself walking to campus from University Terrace student apartments, and later riding the bus from the Bishop Street student apartments and then walking to class in the winter snows. Br–r–r–! I don’t miss those days.”

Being away from home for Thanksgiving meant getting together with friends to share a meal in an apartment. The friendships built in such times have lasted over the years, “even though we may have graduated at different times and moved geographically in many directions,” Stewart reflects. “I cherish them and am glad we got to know each other while we were young. We have all matured together.”

James and Ella Stewart have three daughters and eight grandchildren. E–mail: jamess98@charter.net.

The Nineties

Kristjan S. Gudmundsson, PhD’96, returned to the College on Thursday, May 17, 2007 to deliver the Third Annual Leroy B. Townsend Lecture in Medicinal Chemistry. This seminar program is sponsored by the Leroy B. Townsend Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Students Fund and features alumni of the program. Gudmundsson, a former graduate student of Medicinal Chemistry Professor John C. Drach and Albert B. Prescott Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Professor Townsend, spoke to students, faculty, and researchers on the topic, “Tetrahydrocarbazoles as Potential Agents for Treatment of Papillomavirus Infection.”

Gudmundsson is a group leader in the Infectious Diseases Drug Discovery Division at GlaxoSmithKline. His research interests are in the area of heterocyclic chemistry and its application for antiviral drug discovery. He has worked on and/or led several multidisciplinary projects targeting herpesviruses, papillomaviruses and human immunodeficiency viruses. His interests include not only development of synthetic methodology, but also how to use rational medicinal chemistry to optimize development characteristics, such as pharmacokinetics, without reducing activity. He has contributed to over 60 patents and publications.

Kristjan received an MS degree in pharmacy in 1991 from the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, where his MS thesis focused on synthesis and antifungal evaluation of azole derivatives. His thesis work at U–M evaluated the synthesis and antiviral activity of fluorinated benzimidazole nucleosides and imidazopyridine C–nucleosides as analogs of 2,5,6–Trichloro–1–(?–D–ribofuranosyl) benzimidazole.

After receiving his PhD, Gudmundsson joined Tanabe Research Laboratories in San Diego where he worked on biphenylalanine derivatives as integrin antagonists for treatment of autoimmune diseases. In 1998, he moved to his current position at GlaxoSmithKline.

Kristjan resides in Raleigh, N.C., with his wife, Micki, and their two children, Nikulas and Lilja. E–mail: Kristjan.S.Gudmundsson @gsk.com.

The Aughts

John Chung, PharmD’03, PhD’07, married Christine Chung on July 28 in Orange County, Calif. After honeymooning for a week in Moorea and Bora Bora, the Chungs returned to California where John has a new job as a senior scientist at Simulations Plus Inc. in Lancaster.

“Christine and I were introduced by our parents,” John explains. “We had a long–distance relationship for two and a half years. Webcam was extremely helpful during that time.”

The new Ms. Chung teaches students who are deaf or hard of hearing at Alhambra High School in Martinez, Calif.

College colleagues attending John and Christine’s wedding included David Gu, a graduate student in the laboratory of Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Steve Schwendeman, PhD’92; and Pei–Hua “Patty” Yang, PhD’07, a former graduate student of Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Gordon L. Amidon, PhD’71.

John actually began working for Simulations Plus several weeks before he successfully defended his PhD thesis at the College in mid–September. His employer develops absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity neural net and simulation software for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. This software allows pharmaceutical scientists to predict certain key potential drug dynamics, such as absorption, “in silico,” thereby eliminating costly clinical trial failures and speeding up the time to market of effective new medications.

As a senior scientist, John will be primarily responsible for helping develop new pharmaceutical software products and improving existing software. He will also conduct in–house research and contracted studies with Simulation Plus customers and will represent the firm at professional conferences.

“The oral drug absorption modeling research I did as a PhD student correlates very closely with the work I will be doing at Simulations Plus,” he adds.

Chung reports that in late August, fellow U–M Pharmacy alumnus John Crison, BSPharm’77, MSPharm’78, PhD’93, started working for Simulations Plus as director of simulation technologies.

E–mail: jichung@umich.edu.

On July 21, Sherry DeLoach, PharmD’03, and her husband, Vin, celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary. Two weeks later, they became parents for the first time, at age 42, when Sherry gave birth to Rawson Henry DeLoach. Delivered by C–section on August 6, 2007, almost 10 days past his official due date, Rawson weighed in at 8 lb. 8 oz. and was 21 inches long.

The family menagerie of felines (Tanuki and Luka) and canine, Bear, have absorbed Rawson into the pack with Bear taking on the role of self–designated nanny.

“Rawson is sleeping about six hours at a stretch, now, which is more sleep in one stretch than I have had in the past 10 months: Whoo–hoo!” says Sherry. Rawson is especially fond of cuddling into a fetal position on Vin’s chest, Sherry notes.

Sherry worked up until a few days before her due date. For a little over two years, she had been a pharmacy services manager at M–CARE, formerly the U–M’s HMO, now owned by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/Blue Care Network (BCBSM/BCN).

She is a U–M employee leased by BCN and is helping transition former M–CARE members to BCBSM plans. Sherry plans to continue working for M–CARE through the end of her current lease agreement, which expires in December 2007. She will then weigh other full–time opportunities at U–M, and elsewhere.

Vin, a licensed customs broker, left his job in August to become a full–time, stay–at–home dad. “Vin has lots of plans for his time with Rawson, so they will be very busy,” Sherry notes. E–mail: sdeloach@mcare.med.umich.edu.

In July 2007, Heidi Diez, PharmD’04, joined the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor of pharmacy. Diez will fill a newly created full–time, non–tenure–track clinical faculty position in community pharmacy. The position is jointly funded by the College and the Kroger Co.

As part of maintaining a clinical practice at the Maple Road, Ann Arbor, Kroger store, Diez will be involved in individual and collaborative scholarship/research activities; will have didactic classroom teaching and experiential teaching responsibilities both at the Kroger site and at the College; and will help design and implement store–based community pharmacy clinical services.

Diez had been involved in a similar project in Seattle, Wash. After completing a one–year community practice residency at Kelley–Ross Pharmacy/University of Washington (U–W) in July 2005 she joined Bartell Drugs in Seattle where she was the company’s liaison with the U–W College of Pharmacy (UW–COP).

As a staff pharmacist and preceptor, Diez and two fellow pharmacists annually vaccinated over 1,200 patients with influenza and/or the pneumonia vaccines as well as with hepatitis and tetanus vaccines. She was also a certified prescriber of emergency contraception via a collaborative practice agreement.

Diez was one of the six pharmacists (out of 153) to begin Bartell’s medication therapy management service with Community Care Rx. Part of her job was to interview patients and to help coordinate their care with physicians. While at Bartell, she annually co–precepted six to eight PharmD students.

Along with her store responsibilities, Diez held an appointment at UW–COP where she taught courses in vaccine administration and community–based screening, including blood pressure, bone density, and cholesterol screening. In addition, she taught a first–year dispensing lab and co–taught an elective course in contraception.

“Prior to my residency, I never dreamed of teaching,” notes Diez. “After getting past the stage fright, I discovered I really like it.”

Her father, Paul, has been a community pharmacist for nearly 30 years, and a pharmacy student preceptor almost as long. In 1997 he was selected the College’s Preceptor of the Year. Heidi was motivated to become a pharmacist based upon her father’s example.

“I absolutely loved Seattle and my practice, there, but the opportunity to come back to my alma mater as a faculty member, to be involved in an exciting and innovative community practice program, and to infuse my passion for community pharmacy into the students I work with, was just too good to pass up,” Heidi explains. “I’m really thrilled about working with Michigan PharmD students, the Kroger Co., and with many of the same faculty who inspired me as a student.” E–mail: hdiez@umich.edu.

Since May 2007, Matt Dormarunno, PharmD’05, has been a therapeutic area manager employed in drug safety in Johnson and Johnson’s Benefit Risk Management (BRM) Division in New Jersey. Although his working group is comparatively small, the therapeutic areas it encompasses includes three large families of drugs: biologic, cardiovascular, and oncology.

“We use aggregate data to draw conclusions about the safety of our drugs,” explains Matt. “We have to take into account the disease state being treated, as well as concomitant medications, each of which may be a contributing factor to the risk for the adverse event being reviewed.”

To help draw therapeutic conclusions, his group analyzes clinical and post–marketing data. Their analyses become reports presented on both an ongoing and an ad hoc basis in response to questions from global health authorities, or queries from an internal or external J&J partner. Matt’s group also investigates potential adverse drug event topics originating from external databases (e.g., the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System).

Matt notes that his job does not require extensive travel— a huge advantage as he and his wife, Cathy, now have two children under the age of two. The newest addition is Cara, born on July 4. “Our home in Yardley, Penn., is now a very busy place.”

He comments that he really enjoys the BRM group he works with: mostly MDs, PharmDs, and people with advanced degrees in public health or biomedical sciences.

“Nearly everyone in our group has either extensive clinical or pharmaceutical industry experience,” Matt adds. “We’re making a positive contribution by ensuring that healthcare providers and patients are aware of the adverse events that may be attributable to our drugs so they know how to weigh the benefits and risks of therapy on an individual basis. We also ensure that we are compliant with regulatory requirements, allowing our drugs to continue to be available to patients who need them.”

After graduating in 2005, Matt took a position at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor where he worked primarily in the operating room pharmacy. His intern experience in an OR pharmacy at a hospital in Kalamazoo prior to starting pharmacy school opened the opportunity at St. Joe’s. He left St Joe’s in June 2006 for a fellowship in BRM at J&J, which led to his current therapeutic area manager position. E–mail: catmattrx@gmail.com.

In June, P. Neil Edillo, PharmD’05, PharmRes’07, finished a specialty residency in pharmacy informatics and technology at University of Michigan Health System. One year earlier, he completed a general pharmacy practice residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Edillo’s specialty residency research project involved getting patients to take a more active role in their own care while in the hospital. After completing his second residency, Edillo accepted a position at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland. OHSU Health System includes OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and dozens of primary care and specialty clinics serving every county in Oregon. His first major assignment as an information technology pharmacist at OHSU will be to help roll out an Epic Systems Corp. integrated patient records and data system.

Between the time he finished his specialty residency and relocated to Portland, Edillio was married at a ceremony in Ann Arbor. Friends attending his wedding included classmates Angela Baker, Ajay Desai, Vu Nguyen, Anish Patel, and Ralph Winston Jr., all PharmD’05. E–mail: neil.edillo@gmail.com.

Ralph Winston Jr., PharmD’05, is pharmacy manager at a Kroger Co. store in Irving, Tex. “My staff is wonderful and I love the patients I see,” Winston reports. “I live very close to my store, so I run into a lot of my patients at the grocery store or at church. I know most of my patients by name and have truly gained the trust of the community where I practice. (You wouldn’t believe the types of questions people ask me because they know and trust me! It’s very gratifying and humbling. I’ve been blessed, indeed.)

“I’m using a lot of the knowledge I acquired at U–M and trying my best to make a difference.”

This summer, Winston, along with several other recent alumni, signed on to Assistant Dean Valener Perry’s PharmD student recruitment effort. All are acting as testimonial spokespersons.

Winston could not have been more effusive in his praise of Michigan’s PharmD program:

“Not only will U–M give you a top–notch education that will prepare you for any position in the world of pharmacy, it also provides an outstanding curriculum taught by first–class faculty who make the learning challenging, interesting, exciting, and fun,” Winston states. “Michigan’s PharmD curriculum is the envy of other schools because we have so many opportunities that aren’t possible elsewhere. Opportunities such as attending national ASHP and APhA meetings; a generous financial aid package; a P–4 clinical rotation program that provides an exhaustive range of clinical experiences, instate and out; and the opportunity to work, one–to–one, with a faculty member on a research project of publishable quality. I can honestly say that my Michigan Pharmacy education was, hands down, the best investment I’ve ever made.” E–mail: rwinstonjr @gmail.com.