Dr. Everett Hiestand
He was named a Fellow of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1973), a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (1986), and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1980). Dr. Hiestand was awarded the American Pharmaceutical Association's Ebert Prize in 1978 and their Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology Award in 1982. He specialized in the physics of pharmaceutical tablet production and the characterization of pharmaceutical materials, which led to his development of the Hiestand Tableting Indices. Through the years, Dr. Hiestand gave many presentations and academic courses in the United States and also in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. He remained active as a consultant for many years following his retirement. Dr. Hiestand had a strong interest in education, serving for ten years on the Board of Education of the Gull Lake Community Schools. He was passionate about environmental issues, devoting his early years of retirement to the Kalamazoo (Michigan) County Environmental Concerns Committee and Kalamazoo County Environmental Health Advisory Council.
Dr. Hiestand is survived by his wife Marge, his son Nelson (Jennifer) Hiestand, his daughter Carolyn Hiestand, one grandson, Andrew (Samantha) Hiestand, and several nieces and nephews. He was laid to rest at the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan.