Summer 2006 - Purdue College of Pharmacy - Purdue University

“Dane was a true teacher, mentor, and friend to
me for almost 27 years. I give him full credit for
inspiring me to obtain my Purdue degree, and his
tutoring helped me to successfully complete a math
class. I witnessed on a daily basis how he always
helped others, both professionally and personally.”
Judi A. Yost
Department Head Secretary,
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
& CPPR Program Director
During his tenure with us, Dane was
the major professor for nearly 100 PhD
students in the School of Pharmacy.
Many of his former students went on to
become well-known in their own rights
and are highly respected in the pharmaceutical
industry. He published 70
articles and had 6 publications through
the National Research Center in Cairo,
Egypt. Dane was also recognized as a
Fellow of the Academy of Pharmaceutical
Sciences (1975), and a Fellow of the
American Association
of Pharmaceutical Scientists (1986).
The Center for Pharmaceutical
Processing Research (CPPR), founded
in 1995 by Dane, is one of over 40 such
Centers established by the National
Science Foundation (NSF), and the only
one devoted to pharmaceutical processing
research. The CPPR is funded in
part by NSF under the Industry/University
Cooperative Research Centers
(I/UCRC) program, which encourages
cooperative research between academia
and industry. In May, 2005, NSF officially
renamed the center the Dane
O. Kildsig Center for Pharmaceutical
Processing Research in his honor.
In recognition of Dane’s dedication
and leadership in the field of industrial
pharmacy throughout his career, a
group of his former students spearheaded
an effort to honor Dane prior
to his death by establishing The Dane
Kildsig Graduate Scholarship in Industrial
and Physical Pharmacy to support one or
more annual scholarships for graduate
students in the Department. The
fundraising was successful and quickly
raised the necessary $500,000 to endow
a graduate scholarship. At that point,
the School decided to raise an additional
$250,000 to qualify for a Goodwin
Chair match. An estate gift to Purdue
University from George E. Goodwin
was given with the intent to create 20
endowed professorships throughout
the campus. Goodwin’s gift formed a
challenge match, whereby money from
the estate is used to match dollar for
dollar every new $750,000 gift, and the
combined total of $1.5 million will fund
each chair. The School of Pharmacy is
pleased to announce that we’ve raised
our goal of $750,000, including generous
gifts from SSCI, Inc., and The Chao
Center for Industrial Pharmacy and
Contract Manufacturing, thus
establishing the Dr. Dane Kildsig Chair
in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy.
This is a tremendous honor to Dane.