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Graduation 2006 Edition
Cover Story...
College bids farewell to 54 PharmD graduates
during 2006 Commencement ceremony
Plus...
• VanderShaaf is outstanding student
• Col. Holmes earns Professional achievement award
• Pharmacy graduation banquet
• Drs. Owens and Rose are teachers of the year

Table of Contents
Dr. Scott Sloan, ‘06 graduate
Commencement .. 4
Outstanding students ... 4
Class pictures ... 5
Graduate pictures ...5
Student awards .. 9
Alumni News .. 4
Marie Schneider, P2 student
Where are they now? ... 11
Faculty News Briefs ........ 5
Faculty Spotlight: ......... 14
Dr. Marilyn Silcock, ‘75 & ‘92
Students News ... 15
Phonathon ....17
Graduation Week Pictures ... 18
Cover Photo: Class of 2006 graduates during Commencement, l to r, Dr. Kelly Drollinger, Dr. Charles Ashton & Dr. Rich Arrossa.
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy
Office of the Dean
Joseph F. Steiner, PharmD
P.O. 8288
Pocatello, ID 83209-8288
(208) 282-2175
jsteiner@pharmacy.isu.edu
Preparing Leaders in Pharmacy
www.pharmacy.isu.edu
Pharmacy Bulletin
Andrew Gauss, Editor
Director of College Relations
P.O. 8288
Pocatello, ID 83209-8288
(208) 282-3393
andrew@pharmacy.isu.edu
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Dean’s Message
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
T
he inventor and philosopher Charles F. Kettering said
“we should all be concerned about the future because
we have to spend the rest of our lives there.” With the
graduation of the class of 2006 from the Idaho State
University College of Pharmacy, I have a good feeling
about the future of our profession. These are the first
students who began their professional careers by
receiving a white coat during their orientation. This
ceremony has become a tradition at the College where
family, faculty, alumni and local pharmacists welcome the
students into their new profession and they receive their
first indoctrination into the profession.
This was the first class of students to graduate under
a completely revised curriculum that integrated content,
stressed critical thinking and prepared the students for
the pharmacy practice of tomorrow. These students
worked with the faculty to help develop this curriculum.
Their constructive comments, adaptability and
professional posture were appreciated as the curriculum
was put in place.
This was the first group of students where 20
members of the class spent their last two years in
Boise. They made it work by being professionals. These
students made the new umbrella student organization
work even though the distance between Pocatello and
Boise physically separated them.
This is the first group of students who had the
opportunity to learn about the professional opportunities
that are open to them with several of our outstanding
alumni through the Executive-in-Residence Program. It is
probably fitting with all of the “firsts” that have involved
this class that they gave me a guinea pig at graduation.
These students are trailblazers and this critter is an
appropriate mascot.
As the old
adage says,
“prepare your
students as if they
were going to be
the ones taking
care of you in your
nursing home.”
While we did not
have that in mind in
teaching this class,
the results are in
congruence. I know
that the future is in
good hands.
If you know one of these students or happen to meet
one, please congratulate them on their accomplishments
and welcome them into the profession, as they are the
future.
Regards,
Joe
Joseph F. Steiner, Pharm.D., R.Ph.
Dean and Professor
P.S. The next White Coat Ceremony is scheduled August
17, 2006, 6:00 pm, at the Pocatello Holiday Inn. You are
all invited to attend the ceremony.
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College of Pharmacy bids
farewell to Class of 2006
The Idaho State University College of Pharmacy
honored 54 Doctor of Pharmacy recipients during the May
14 Commencement ceremony as the Class of 2006 joined
the ranks of nearly 3,200 pharmacy alumni.
Four of the PharmD graduates completed their course
of study through the College’s Nontraditional Doctor of
Pharmacy Program.
PharmD graduates Kenneth Stark, Kory VanderSchaff
and David Cheng earned honors, while Darren Chugg,
Robert Grabowski and Troy Zanelli received high honors.
Adeola Bankole earned a master’s degree in
pharmaceutical sciences.
Graduation week festivities included the annual
“Beat the Faculty” golf tournament and end-of-the-year
picnic, where graduates were joined by fellow students,
faculty and staff, family and friends in a celebration of the
completion of another year or milestone in their academic
careers.
The 27 th Annual Pharmacy Banquet, held the evening
before Commencement, included an awards ceremony
honoring student and faculty achievements.
See “farewell” - continued on page 9
Kory VanderSchaaf named 2006 Pharmacy
Outstanding Student Achievement recipient
Class of 2006 PharmD graduate, Kory VanderSchaff is
one of eleven Idaho State University students recognized
as a 2006 Outstanding Student Achievement Award
winner from her respective College. The awards are
presented by the ISU Alumni Association and ISU
Ambassadors.
Pharmacy Outstanding Student Award recipient, Kory
VanderSchaff and Pharmacy Proffessional Achievement
Award winner, Col. Garth Homes, ‘60, at ISU Commencement.
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VanderSchaaf has an outstanding record in the
classroom and a long list of memberships in professional
organizations, and has demonstrated leadership in
pharmacy on the local and national level.
The self-described “small town girl” from Salmon
is a member of Rho Chi, the national pharmacy honor
society; Phi Lambda Sigma, the national pharmacy
leadership organization; ISHP (Idaho Society of Health-
Systems Pharmacists); and Idaho State Pharmacy
Association.
VanderSchaaf was also president of the local
chapter of the national pharmacy association,
American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student
Pharmacists. She finished her final three advanced
pharmacy practice experiences in Coeur d’Alene, where
ISU is expanding its final year rotation sites, and has
accepted a position as a primary care specialty resident
with Kaiser Permanente in Denver.
“The fact that Kory is humble in nature, compassionate
to patients, and excels in and out of the classroom
makes her more outstanding than any other student...”
says Dr. David Hachey, clinical assistant professor in the
Kasiska College of Health Professions and the College
of Pharmacy. VanderSchaaf named Hachey as her most
influential professor during her college career.
Aaron Long was honored as the finalist for the
achievement award.

Doctor of Pharmacy
Class of 2006
Dr. Jordan Adams
Dr. Richard Arrossa
Dr. Charles Ashton
Dr. EmmyLou Baird
Dr. Gary Barben Dr. Oscar Benavidez Jr. Dr. Mark Black Dr. Kelli Buckmaster
Dr. Sheryl Burnam Dr. Vivian Cao Dr. Darren Chugg** Dr. Jason Dalling
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Dr. Steven Darling
Dr. Kelly Drollinger Dr. Michael Eaton Dr. Gina Goo-Simon
Dr. Robert Grabowski** Dr. Gerald Tracy Grow Dr. Michelle Hall Dr. James Ireland
Dr. Trenton Jenks Dr. Katie Jindrich Dr. Erin Kohler Dr. Christopher Kolody
Dr. Heath Lamoreaux Dr. James Lee Dr. Laurie Lehman-Booth Dr. Aaron Long
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Dr. Ronald Malouf Dr. Michelle Mayne Dr. William McCracken Dr. Deana McDermott
Dr. Penny Melder Dr. Nathan Myers Dr. Camille Nulph Dr. Adam Porath
Dr. Madeline Ritchie Dr. Jason Sandy Dr. Scott Sloan Dr. Julie Speth
Dr. Kenneth Stark* Dr. Aime Taylor Dr. Denni Tiegs Dr. Stacia Topham
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Dr. Yin Yin Tun
Dr. Jacob Van Vleck Dr. Kory VanderSchaaf* Dr. Donovan Victorine
Dr. Fatima Walizada Dr. Brian Weaver Dr. Shaun Wells Dr. Troy Zanelli**
* Graduated with honors ~ ** high honors
Prior to serving their advanced pharmacy practice experiences,
members of the College of Pharmacy class of 2006 attended
classes at the ISU Boise or Pocatello campus during
their third-year of pharmacy school.
Boise Campus ~ Class of 2006
Members of the class of 2006 in front of the ISU Boise
Center campus.
See more graduation week photos -
Page 18 & 19
Pocatello Campus ~ Class of 2006
Members of the class of 2006 in front of Leonard Hall on
the ISU Pocatello campus.
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Students earn honors
for academic achievements
Special recognition for academic
achievement was bestowed upon
several graduates of the Class of 2006
during the 27 th Annual Pharmacy
Graduation Banquet.
“Every student graduating from
this College has made a remarkable
achievement,” Dean Joseph Steiner
said. “They have left a mark here
and they will leave a mark on their
profession.”
Aaron Long earned the Mortar and
Pestle Professionalism Award. Long, is
the finalist for the Outstanding Student
Award, has accepted a general
pharmacy practice residency position
with Indian Health Service in Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
The Dean’s Award went to Troy
Zanelli, who was consistently at the
top of his class, Steiner said, and
earned high-honors recognition.
Outstanding Seminar Awards were
presented to Michelle Hall; Pocatello,
Richard Arrossa; Boise and a tie for the
honors in Reno led to awards to both
Jordan Adams and James Lee.
Jacob Van Vleck was honored with
the Facts and Comparison’s Award of
Excellence in Clinical Communications.
Van Vleck was also honored as
one the 2006 Boise Center Student
Excellence Award recipients.
Nathan Myers received the
GlaxoSmithKline Patient Care Award,
while Donovan Victorine was
presented the Idaho State Pharmacy
Association Award in recognition of
superior professional development.
The Lilly Award went to Michelle
Mayne. Darren Chugg and Billie
McCracken each earned Merck
Awards. The Mylan Pharmaceuticals
Excellence in Pharmacy Award was
presented to Camille Nulph.
Madeline Ritchie was the recipient
of the Natural Medicines Award.
She has accepted a managed care
residency position in Utah.
The Roche Pharmacy
Communications Award was
presented to Heath Lamoreaux,
while Stacia Topham earned the
Perrigo Award of Excellence in
Nonprescription Medication.
Farewell... continued from page 4
“I want to welcome you to your professional lives as
pharmacists,” Dean Joseph F. Steiner said. “Tomorrow
you graduate and receive your degree, but tonight
we welcome you as fellow colleagues into this great
profession.”
Steiner encouraged graduates to be active in pharmacy
organizations, civic duties and their alma mater.
“Remember the ISU College of Pharmacy. The faculty
who taught you will remember you,” he said. “I have seen
them rejoice in students’ successes and agonize when
former students face problems. You will always be a part
of this College and this College will always be a part of
you.”
Dr. Christopher Owens, Pharmacy Practice and
Administrative Sciences faculty member and Dr. Jack Rose,
Biological Sciences faculty member, were honored as
teachers of the year.
Dr. Owens, a clinical assistant professor, was held in
high regard by his student nominators.
“The amount of time it takes to prepare for his lectures
and prepare the handouts, in addition to his superior
grasp of the subject matter exemplify his commitment to
the students and the profession,” one student nominator
wrote.
The 2006 College of Pharmacy Professional
Achievement Award recipient, Colonel Garth Holmes,
R.Ph, ’60, was the keynote speaker.
Col. Holmes joined 2006 Pharmacy Outstanding
Student Achievement Award recipient, Kory VanderShaaf,
and award finalist, Aaron Long in leading the Pharmacy
processional into the commencement ceremonies.
“I want to congratulate each person here tonight who
has been through their educational challenges and are
now prepared to keep pharmacy as the most trusted
profession in the world,” Col. Holmes said. “And I want to
leave you with this thought; If you are not the leader of the
pack, your view will never change. I thank you again for
this wonderful honor.”
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Alumni News
Retired Army Col. Holmes receives
Professional Achievement Award
Retired Army Col. Garth H. Holmes, Olympia,
Washington, is the College of Pharmacy’s 2006 Professional
Achievement Award recipient.
Holmes has long been known for his energy and
enthusiasm for life. He as applied those qualities to his
community, his country, and the profession of pharmacy.
At Idaho State University, he is known as a generous
supporter of higher education as well.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy
from the College of Pharmacy in 1960. He also received
a Master of Education degree from Boston University in
1974.
His late wife, Dianne, received a Master of Arts in
elementary education from ISU in 1961. The couple
remembered their own struggle while in school, and they
wanted students to have the opportunities they had in
life. Holmes funds an annual scholarship for a first-year
pharmacy student from Idaho who shows financial need.
When his wife passed away, he established the Dianne
W. Holmes Scholarship Endowment at the College of
Education. It provides two scholarships for students who
demonstrate financial need.
This legacy is just part of a sense of service that
includes Holmes’ 34 years of active and reserve Army
In memory...
Harvey Eugene Smith, ’38
Melverton Lamar Brown, 53
George C. Ioset, ’49
Clifford Kirkendall, ’44
Philip M. Ruschetti, ’82
Robert Irvfing Woodnamsee, ’56
Samuel Dale Hatch, ‘48
Jack V. Sorenson, ’70
George Jeffers, ’49
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service. He also served with the Medical Reserve Unit
(50th General Hospital) during Desert Storm. He also
is highly regarded in his home state, where he was a
pharmacy consultant to the State Department of Health
Services, and worked closely with the Executive Director
of the Washington State Pharmacy Association.
College of Pharmacy 2006 Outstanding Professional Achievement
Award recipient, Col. Garth Homes, ‘60, and ISU President
Michael Gallagher at ISU Commencement.
Former pharmacy executive and
ISU distinguished alumni passes
ISU College of Pharmacy distinguished alumnus, George
E. Jeffers, ‘49, passed away June 4 in Fair Oaks, California,
at the age of 78.
Jeffers was known for starting his own discount chain
store, Price Less Drug Stores, in 1984, after working in retail
for 35 years for three national drug and discount store
chains.
Jeffers was honored by the University as one of
the Top Ten Distinguished Alumni during the ISU 75th
Diamond Jubilee birthday celebration.
He is survived by his wife, Penny Jeffers of Fair Oaks;
daughter, Debbie Shaughnessy of Stockton; daughter,
Joanne and son-in-law Jim Veeck of Stockton; sister,
Alene Roth of San Mateo; and four grandchildren.

Where Are They Now?
Dr. Marilyn Silcock
Marilyn Silcock, R.P.h., Pharm.D.
Graduated B.S. 1975, Pharm.D. 1992
ISU College of Pharmacy alumna, Dr. Marilyn Silcock,
is a two-time graduate of the College, earning her B.S. in
1975 and a Pharm.D. degree in 1992. Silcock is currently
Director of Pharmacy at Portneuf Medical Center (PMC)
in Pocatello, Idaho. Portneuf is a two-campus medical
center consisting of three pharmacies that operate 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
When first entering the profession, Silcock served
as an intern with Arnell Drug in Blackfoot, Idaho and
performed relief work in Southeast Idaho until she
accepted a part-time position with Bannock Memorial
Hospital in August of 1975.
To meet the demands of 90-plus years of growth in
Bannock County and the area, the hospital has expanded
to accommodate the needs of patients in Southeast
Idaho.
In 1995, Silcock became Director of Pharmacy at
Bannock Regional Medical Center, the former Bannock
County Hospital and continued in this position when
the hospital became Portneuf Medical Center in 2002. In
2000, she was honored as manager of the year.
Silcock’s
professional interests
include emergency
pharmaceutical
services, pharmacy
law and teaching.
She has been a
preceptor for ISU
College of Pharmacy
students for many
years and was voted
by her students as the
College’s Preceptor of
the Year in 1995. She
also has taught ACLS
Medications classes with the hospital. Silcock says she
enjoys teaching students and learns something herself
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Portneuf Medical Center Director of Pharmacy, Dr. Marilyn
Silcock, center, and some of her pharmacy team members at
the medical center’s west campus pharmacy.
from each student she precepts at PMC. She encourages
students to embrace the profession with an attitude of
lifelong learning and critical thinking – questioning why
things happen, she said.
Silcock has been active in state and national pharmacy
associations, serving on the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy
from 1995-2005. During her tenure on the board, she also
served as chairman twice. She also served two terms on
the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Committee
for Law Enforcement and Legislation.
An active member of her community, Silcock is a
member of Pocatello Rotary, where she received a Rotary
Vocational Achievement award in 2000, and participates
in Camarata Singers. She also has served for many years in
volunteer positions for youth groups and other areas for
her church.
When not at work, she enjoys spending time with her
grandchildren, traveling and quilting.
Editor’s Note: “Where Are They Now” is a feature section
of the ISU College of Pharmacy Bulletin and monthly Refill e-
letter. Suggestions of College alumni to feature may be sent to
editor@pharmacy.isu.edu or contact Andrew Gauss at 208-
282-3393.

Faculty news briefs
Honored as emeritus professor
Dr. Hurley retires following 30-year career with
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy
Following a 30-year career with the Idaho State
University College of Pharmacy, Stephen C. Hurley,
Pharm.D., BCPP, has retired from the College.
Hurley progressed through the ranks at the College,
retiring with emeritus professor status in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative
Sciences (PPRA).
During his tenure with the College,
Hurley most recently served as a
preceptor for a psychiatric advanced
practice experience for fourth-year
students at State Hospital South in
Blackfoot.
“Steve was one of the founding
clinical faculty who helped remold the
College of Pharmacy in the late seventies and for thirty
Campus news from across the State
Students complete first advanced pharmacy
practice experience at Kootenai Medical Center
The first phase of establishing advanced pharmacy
practice experiences at Kootenai Medical Center
(KMC) in Coeur d’Alene got underway without
difficulty during the spring semester. By May 5, the
first three students, Aaron Long, Kory VanderSchaff
and Laurie Lehman-Booth each completed adult
medicine advanced pratice experiences at KMC.
Kory also completed a hospital experience while
Laurie finished an advanced practice experience
in critical care. Details with regarding medical
staff rounds, rotation options, etc., are still being
addressed, it appears things went very smoothly for
the initial experience.
KMC administration, medical staff, nursing staff and
pharmacy personnel have all been very supportive
of the students. This is frequently reflected in their
willingness to get the pharmacy students involved
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years has contributed in an unselfish, conscientious,
and highly-professional manner to the growth and
development of the College,” said PPRA Char Dr. Vaughn
Culbertson.
Dr. Hurley is an accomplished author of several
publications and held a position with the psychiatric
collaborative practice, Cedar Health Center, Pocatello.
A former scuba diver, he has adjusted his hobbies to
the Idaho terrain where he enjoys river rafting, skiing and
hunting. He also serves as a scoutmaster.
He and his wife, Roma, a nurse, are the parents of four
children; Chris, Wisconsin; Cindy, San Carlos, Calif.; Josh,
an ISU student and Brandt, Pocatello; who is currently
serving a mission in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
and offers to provide experience opportunities at all
levels.
As the program evolves and KMC programs
expand, the educational opportunities in Northern
Idaho will increase. One concern noted by students
coming to the Coeur d’Alene area for clinical
experiences is housing options. This is probably
no different than relocating to any other area for
clinical experiences, but it is suggested that students
complete housing arrangements
early.
John Woon, PharmD, is an associate
professor for pharmacy practice
and administrative sciences based
at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho.

College of Pharmacy professor and alumna
Drs. Cathy Heyneman and Nicole Chopski open
southeast Idaho’s first nuclear pharmacy
Back from her 2005 sabbatical, Dr. Catherine Heyneman,
pharmacy associate professor, has joined pharmacy 1997
alumna Dr. Nicole Chopski to open southeast Idaho’s first
nuclear pharmacy. Advance Isotopes of Idaho opened in
April at 4968 Rainbow Lane in Chubbuck, Idaho.
During her sabbatical, Dr. Heyneman completed a certificate
program in nuclear pharmacy at Purdue University.
She is now authorized and certified by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission to practice nuclear pharmacy.
A 1993 alumna of the College of
Pharmacy, Dr. Heyneman also completed
500 experiential hours practicing nuclear
pharmacy at Sierra Pharmacy in Reno,
BioTech Pharmacy in Las Vegas, and
Pharmaceutical Diagnostics in Salt Lake
City. She was fortunate to have three
former ISU College of Pharmacy students
agree to act as her preceptors at all of
these facilities, she said.
According to Heyneman, nuclear pharmacy is a
highly specialized discipline that involves compounding
radiopharmaceuticals primarily for diagnostic imaging. The
process involves attaching technetium-99m to a ligand
which directs its localization within the body.
The benefit of nuclear medicine studies over CT or MRI
scans is that organ function is assessed, not just structure,
she said. For example, a cardiac study can tell a physician
whether the damaged area of heart muscle after a heart
attack can be revived by surgical procedures such as stent
placement or balloon angioplasty.
When an infection is suspected, a blood sample can be
sent to the nuclear pharmacy, where the pharmacist will
isolate the white blood cells, tag them with a radionuclide,
and return the cells to the patient. When the cells are
reinjected, they will naturally migrate to the site of infection
so the physician can localize the source of infection and
devise an appropriate treatment strategy. The patient’s
radiation exposure from a nuclear medicine scan is
approximately the same as the person would receive from a
single chest X-ray.
Dr. Heyneman will continue to teach at ISU, but has
changed her clinical practice site to Advanced Isotopes of
Idaho.
Located in Chubbuck, the facility provides
radiopharmaceuticals to Pocatello and surrounding
communities.
College grad touts BVAMC residency
Dr. Justin Avertt says experience has increased his skills
College of Pharmacy ‘06 graduate, Dr. Justin Avertt, recently “In completing an ambulatory care residency program at the
completed a primary care pharmacy residency under the Boise VA Medical Center, I feel that this program has benefited
direction of Professor Dr. Barb Mason, with the Ambulatory me in many ways,” Avertt said. “Upon graduating, I felt that I
Care Service at the Boise VA Medical Center (BVAMC).
needed more hands-on experience in the pharmaceutical field
The Ambulatory Care Service at the Boise VA is uniquely and the residency position at BVAMC has provided me with
comprised of four multidisciplinary teams – red, blue, purple this opportunity in a fantastic learning environment that also
and gold, which make up a system known as the “firms”. allowed me the freedom to explore my interests.”
Veteran outpatients are divided among the four teams and
Outpatient clinics are primarily general medicine with
each independent outpatient staff team is responsible
the exception of specialty clinics in the areas of pulmonary,
for its own outpatient caseload problem-solving using a rheumatology, HIV and Hepatitis C. Sixty clinics are held
multidisciplinary approach. The purpose of the described weekly, staffed by eight internal medicine residents, five
system is to increase continuity of care, patient and staff
physician assistants and eighteen attending physicians. Each
efficiency and satisfaction, as well as to enrich the learning team has approximately twelve half-day clinics weekly.
opportunities for the students/residents and staff. All
“My career goals were better met by choosing to go
outpatients are divided internally within the pharmacy with through this residency program,” Avertt said. “The practical
pharmacists assigned to each team. The ambulatory care experience that the residency program provided increased my
resident is actively integrated as a team member into one of skills as a provider, as well as confidence in my abilities.
the teams.
For additional information about an ambulatory care
Each residency program is slightly different pertaining to residency with the BVAMC, contact Barb Mason, Pharm.D.,
structure, staffing requirements and schedule Avertt said. Yet FASHP, at 208-422-1146 or mason@otc.isu.edu.
each is similar in the fact that residents are able to work sideby-side
with medical professionals and learn from them.
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Faculty Spotlight:
Dr. John Ely
When John Eley, Ph.D. first came to the U.S. to conduct
research 14 years ago, he was employed as a visiting
scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Since then, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
associate professor has remained in the states, teaching
and performing research at Auburn University,
Harrison School of Pharmacy and ISU where he
began in 2004, teaching pharmaceutics.
“Dr. Eley provides unique scientific expertise
to the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,”
said Dr. Fred Risinger, Department Chair. “His
research program devoted to drug delivery
systems is innovative and important. I expect
his research program will ultimately attract
national recognition for the College.”
Pocatello may be much different than other
cities where Eley has taught, but he says the
geography of the area and lack of urban issues
makes life here appealing.
Eley is a native of Birmingham, England, where he
attended high school. Following a period of military
service, Eley attended Aberdeen University, Scotland,
where he earned his first degree in physiology.
Immediately, he transferred to Strathclyde University,
Scotland, earning a master’s degree in pharmacology.
Remaining at Strathclyde, he worked in the
Department of Pharmaceutics School of Pharmacy as
a research assistant for two years and spent one year
as administration manager during an incubation period
for a small biotechnology company. He
completed his doctorate at Strathclyde
University, Department of Pharmaceutics
and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1988. After
spending further time as a senior research
fellow, interested in anti-cancer research, he
was invited to attend the University of North
Carolina, as a visiting scientist.
He is a past recipient of the Emmett B.
Carmichael Award, Outstanding Paper for
2002 in the Journal of the Alabama Academy
of Science.
Dr. Eley’s research interests include
the potential of alkylglycosides to enhance the oral or
nasal delivery of polypeptides, including insulin invitro
studies of anticancer drug combinations, formulation of
long-acting morphine sulfate routes of administration,
and the effect of growth factor on cartilage and bone
regeneration.
ISU College of Pharmacy, Albertson
College enter admissions agreement
The expansion of a partnership between Idaho State
University and Albertson College of Idaho is giving ACI
students an opportunity to pursue a PharmD degree at ISU
after taking prerequisite courses at the Caldwell ACI campus.
“This expanded partnership will give Albertson College
of Idaho students an opportunity to receive the benefits of a
liberal arts education and the experience of attending one of
the top pharmacy programs in the nation,” ACI President Bob
Hoover said.
Earlier this spring, leaders from the two schools signed
a memorandum of understanding creating the cooperative
program in pharmacy. Students will attend Albertson College
for three years and then enter the Idaho State University
Professional Doctor of Pharmacy for the next four years.
At the end of the student’s first year at ISU, they will have
earned enough credit to receive a bachelor’ degree from
Albertson College.
“This is a perfect demonstration of institutions working
together to provide opportunities for Idahoans,” said Mike
Gallagher, former ISU Interim President. “Students can enroll
at Albertson College and complete significant coursework
that will articulate to ISU, where they can complete a degree
in pharmacy.”
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Student news & Events
Pharmacy students raise funds
to assist fellow Xavier students
During the spring semester, first-year pharmacy
students and others raised more than $1,100 selling
hooded sweatshirts bearing ISU and pharmacy logos,
with proceeds going to Xavier University College of
Pharmacy in New Orleans, to help fellow pharmacy
students affected by Hurricane Katrina, said P1 student
Marie Schneider.
Schneider, along with classmates, Luke Stringham and
Rachel Risenmay, organized a committee to adopt the
school as a social-service project. Jonathan True designed
a logo consisting of four pillars, representative of the ones
on ISU Red Hill, and a mortar and pestle. “Idaho State
University College of Pharmacy – Pillars of Society,” adorns
the black shirts.
With a goal of selling 100 hooded sweatshirts at $25
each, the students began taking orders from College of
Pharmacy faculty, staff, students and the public to reach
their goal. They did.
College administrators, inspired by the project,
encouraged students to assist other future pharmacists.
“While New Orleans is no longer a top news story,
the devastation from Katrina still remains an issue for the
institutions of higher learning in that area and will continue
to be one for quite some time,” Dean Joseph Steiner
said. “Classes will not resume for at least a year there,
students may not return and careers have been put on
hold. Xavier provided education to many students from
disadvantaged backgrounds and I am proud of the ISU
College of Pharmacy students trying to help their southern
colleagues.”
Dr. Wayne Harris, Dean of the Xavier School of
Pharmacy, said in a prior issue of American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy News, “It is very important that we
work together to get though this crisis and I am extremely
confident that our institution and our College of Pharmacy
will recover and grow stronger from this catastrophe.”
While the funds raised in Pocatello may only assist with
a miniscule portion of the needs for Xavier, ISU pharmacy
students are pleased with their efforts and in reaching
their selling goal.
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“We hope our small fund-raiser will help in some way
the people who are trying to rebuild their school and
reorganize their lives,” Schneider said.
The students plan to order additional hooded shirts,
and continue the fundraising effort for Xavier, when they
return for the fall semester.
Members of the College student body, faculty and staff express
enthusiasum about the success of the hooded sweat shirt fundraiser
held to assist fellow pharmacy students at Xavier School
of Pharmacy, New Orleans. The proceeds were sent to Xavier to
assist with the cost of repairs and displacement at the school
following Hurricane Katrina’s August, 2005, flooding of the city.

Student news & Events
Male faculty don dresses to assist
Pharmacy student organization earns
five honors at APhA-ASP Annual Convention
ISU Pharmacy students have a reputation of being
involved in community service projects and student
representatives were honored for their efforts with five
awards from the APhA-ASP Annual Convention held in
San Francisco, March 16-19.
The contingent of students who attended the
convention returned to campus with the 2005 Region 7
Operation Diabetes Award, Operation Diabetes Certificate
of Recognition, Operation Immunization Certificate of
Recognition, Heartburn Awareness Challenge Certificate
of Recognition and honors for a greater than 90% student
membership in the ISU ASP Chapter.
“The students did a great job representing Idaho State,”
Dean Joseph Steiner said.
Student involvement in diabetes education began a
few years ago when Dr. Cindy Wilson, Associate Professor
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, implemented the program
including a campus health fair aimed at educating the
public of the disease. Pharmacy students, along with
Wilson, dubbed the project “Operation Diabetes.”
In addition to diabetes education, students host
heartburn awareness, immunization and poison
prevention clinics.
During the 2004-05 academic year 78 students,
together with guidance from 14 members of the College’s
faculty spent almost 600 volunteer hours to screen 231
patients and educate 677 children and adults through the
course of 17 events and student projects.
To provide continued support to our students, the
College of Pharmacy has established the “Operation
Diabetes Fund” to which tax-deductible contributions
can be made through the ISU Foundation and directed
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exclusively to supporting Pharmacy students in the
advancement of this program. Donations may be made by
contacting Dan Dean, Pharmacy Director of Development
at 208-282-3655.
Third-year pharmacy student, Jesse Owen, competed
in the APhA-ASP Patient Skills Competition, earning a spot
in the top ten among students nation-wide.
Prior to attending the competition, students sponsored
a “Dress in Drag” competition fund raiser where male
faculty and staff members agreed to don women’s
apparel to support travel expenses to the competition.
The two men with the highest bids placed on them by
students and colleagues dressed up for a Student Senate
meeting. Drs. Vaughn Culbertson and James Bigelow
earned the most bids, and followed through with their
commitment to help raise funds for APhA-ASP students.
“Dress in Drag” organizers and winners of the student fundraiser
are, (l to r), Alisa Stewart, P4; Dr. Vaughn Culbertson, Dr.
James Bigelow; and Denise Evey, P4.
College to hold Fifth Annual White Coat Ceremony
ISU College of Pharmacy will hold the Fifth Annual
White Coat Ceremony, Thursday, August 17, 2006, at 6
p.m. at the Pocatello Holiday Inn. The event is open to
the profession.
Held in conjunction with P1 Orientation, the ceremony
provides new students an opportunity to meet
faculty, staff, alumni and representatives from the Idaho
State Pharmacy Association, Idaho Society of Health-
Systems Pharmacists, Southeast Idaho Pharmacy Association
and Idaho Board of Pharmacy.
During the ceremony, Pharmacy students take a
pledge of professionalism, sign the Code of Ethics for
a Pharmacist and don white coats – acknowledging
entrance into the pharmacy practice.

Alumni & friends assist student scholarships, programs
Phonathon 2006 raises $81K for students
ISU College of Pharmacy students gathered pledges of
$81,115 from alumni and friends during the 2006 annual
ConnectionISU Phonathon held each spring semester.
“This is a great event for the College, it allows our alumni
and students to speak directly with each other and it
provides necessary funding,” said Dean Joseph Steiner.
Funds from the annual fund-raiser are used to support
existing scholarship endowments, student organization
projects such as Operation Diabetes, and assist with longterm
projects such as the renovation of the pharmacy
practice laboratory.
To add a little competitive energy to the event, the
College sponsored a contest for student teams of six that
raised the most funds to earn a catered Super Bowl XL
party.
The team of Jolie Jantz, (P3), Asem Sarameh, (P2), Josh
Gehrke, (P1) and David Nguyen, (P1) won the contest,
earning $16,595 for the scholarship drive the first night of
the fund-raiser.
Gehrke, an active member of Phi
Delta Chi, was the first night’s highcaller,
obtaining pledges of $9,393.
“The Phonathon creates an
environment which helps bridge
the gap between the best of the
College of Pharmacy’s past and
present,” Gehrke said. “Students
are able to interact with alumni,
which not only brings in vital
dollars, but more importantly, is
essentail to building relationships
for future years to come.”
P4 student, Mbah
Fien, calls alumni and
friends of the College
during the 2006 ConnectionISU
Phonathon.
Pharmacy practice & research
Pharmacy students earn national honors
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy students,
Stacia Topham and Tara Johnson, were recently honored for
academic achievements by national pharmacy associations
in the areas of pharmacy practice and research.
Topham, a fourth-year pharmacy student, submitted two
posters at the Spring ACCP Practice and Research Forum in
Monterey, California in April. Both entries were selected as
finalists for the best student research posters.
Topham’s entries, titled “New diagnosis of CHF/edema
and dyslipidemia associated
with thiazolidinedione
(TZD) use in a Medicaid
population,” and “Changes
in lipid lowering and
heart failure medications
associated with
thiazolidinedione (TZD) use
in a Medicaid population”
Stacia Topham
were co-authored by faculty members Drs. Rex Force and
Christopher Owens.
“Stacia did an outstanding job of taking an idea and
running with it.” Force said. “She was motivated and
dedicated to the project. It was really nice to see how she
understood her project inside and out. It really paid off
with an outstanding recognition at the ACCP meeting.”
Topham recently finished a six-week elective practice
experience with the Idaho Drug Utilization Review program
under the direction of Dr. Owens.
“It was my pleasure to act as preceptor to Stacia during
her DUR advanced practice experience at the College of
Pharmacy,” said Dr. Chris Owens. “During her experience,
she exhibited unparalleled dedication to her project
which resulted in a well-designed and executed study of a
therapeutically significant issue to
Idaho Medicaid patients. Her hard
work was recognized at the local,
state and national level by the DUR
staff and board members, the
Idaho Medicaid Pharmacy Program
and the American College of
Clinical Pharmacy.”
Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D.
Tara Johnson
student, Tara Johnson, was recently awarded an American
Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Predoctoral
Fellowship for the 2006 academic year.
The AFPE Board of Directors and Grants awarded
Johnson a $6,000 stipend.
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Pharmacy Gr aduation
The highest score team from the “Beat the Faculty” golf
tournement went to, l to r, Eric Stewart, Denise Evey, Karla
Quia-Park and Alisa Stewart.
Graduate Dr. Stacia Topham
at Commencement.
Faculty member, Dr.
Tracy Pettinger and
son, Jabob, at the
picnic.
Nontraditional graduate, Dr. Mohamed
Saber, receives his doctoral hood from
Dean Joseph Steiner, left, and Dr. Robert
Wharton, Vice President of Academic
Affairs.
Students, faculty, staff & family members
joined together for the annual End-of-
Year Picnic.
Pharmacy graduate Dr. Yin Yin Tun at Commencement.
Graduate Dr. Madeline
Ritchie at Commencement.
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Week Memories
Nontraditional Pharmacy graduate Dr. David
Cheng of Birmingham, Alabama greets ISU President
Dr. Michael Gallagher.
Graduate Dr. Vivian
Cao at Commencement.
Dr. Sheryl Burnam receives
her doctoral hood
from Dean Joseph Steiner.
Pharmacy graduate Dr. Kelly
Drollinger at Commencement.
Tonya Robinson, Walmart Invoice Associate
cooked burgers, steaks and brauts during
the End-of-Year picnic hosted by the company.
Thanks Wal-Mart!
COP staff members, Dan Dean, left, & Matt Cummins at the
End-of-Year Picnic.
Grads in front of the ISU Boise Center
are: l to r, Jacob Van Vleck, Penny Melder,
Aaron Long & Katie Jindrich.
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The most commonly asked questions
regarding scholarship endowments
by Dan Dean
Director of Development
Throughout the history of Idaho State University, gifts from
generous alumni and friends have been vital to the College of
Pharmacy becoming one of the premier pharmacy schools in
the country. Today, your support remains more important than
ever.
During my recent visits to alumni and friends, people often
as the same question: “How can I help the students and the
ISU College of Pharmacy?”
We have created a list and answers to some of these
common questions for you to review and examine for yourself.
Scholarship Endowments
Commonly-Asked Questions
How are scholarship awards made from individual
endowments?
Two accounts are established in the name of your
endowment: an invested endowment, and an operating
account. An amount equal to 5% of the market balance of
the endowment is made available for scholarship awards.
Distributions are made monthly from the endowment to your
operating account to make sure that little gains and losses are
being accurately reflected in the award. For scholarships,
the total accumulated in your operating account during
one calendar year is made available for awards in the fall of
the subsequent year. Any unused funds may remain in the
operating account from one year to the next, or these funds
may be returned to your endowment. This must be clearly
specified in your agreement. In most cases, unused funds are
returned to the endowment.
Scholarship endowments are simple to establish and by their
nature create a fit that lives in perpetuity. Following are brief
answers to some of the most commonly asked questions
regarding endowments.
What is an endowment?
An endowment is a sum of money that is never spent,
but is invested to provide a dependable stream of income.
Endowments are permanent.
How large of a donation does an endowment require?
The minimum amount to officially establish an endowment
is $5,000. This can include matching corporate gifts or
multiple small gifts from friends of the donor and/or the
College. However, the Idaho State University Foundation will
be changing the amount to create an endowment to $10,000
beginning in January, 2007.
I would like to start an endowment, but I am unable to
provide the entire $5,000 at this time. What can I do?
The ISU Foundation allows donors three years to reach
the minimum amount of $5,000 to start an endowment.
Anyone wishing to donate to the fund needs only to send
contributions to the ISU Foundation indicating the endowment
to which it should be applied.
Who can create an endowment?
Anyone may create an endowment. Individuals,
foundations, corporations, and various clubs and organizations
have all created successful endowments at Idaho State
University.
Can I determine what type of student my endowment
will benefit?
Absolutely; donors provide the ISU Foundation with the
guidelines to choose the recipients of their scholarships. You
may specify a certain major, grade point average, participation
in a certain activity or club, or any other areas you wish to
emphasize. Endowments may also support areas other than
scholarships such as research, endowed professorships,
equipment and laboratories, or any type of department or
program support desired by the donor.
Will I ever know the recipients of my gift?
Each year, you will receive a letter from the ISU Foundation
indicating the names of students who received your
scholarship and some information about them. In addition,
students are provided with information indicating the donor
of the award, and in many cases the donors receive a personal
call or letter from students. If you prefer, your gift may be
anonymous.
After the initial donation, how will my endowment grow?
Endowment funds grow most quickly through continued
support from the original donor and from additional donations
from friends and family. Endowment funds are carefully
invested for the highest yield. Unless the donor specifies
otherwise, the first 5 percent of the interest income is awarded
to students in the form of scholarships, and the rest is returned
to the principal to help the endowment grow.
For additional information on philanthropic opportunities with
the ISU College of Pharmacy, contact Dan Dean at 208.282.3655 or
dandean@pharmacy.isu.edu.
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Faculty Accomplishments:
Presentations, grants, publications, awards
The following faculty accomplishments
are from the reporting period of
October 21, 2005 to March 25, 2006.
PRESENTATIONS
Hefflinger R. April 26th 2006-
Governor’s Round Table- “Drugs
and Elderly Addiction” 7th Annual
Governor’s Round Table on Families
and Children Boise Center on the
Grove 1.15 hour presentation to
conference participants
Hefflinger R. April 26th 2006- ISU Boise
Based College Café- “The impending
epidemic of Type 2 diabetes- Are you
at risk?”
Some members of the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy faculty
gather in front of Leonard Hall before the May faculty meeting.
Hefflinger R. April 6th 2006- “Top 20
drug review from 2005” Physician’s
Assistant State Meeting Sun Valley
Idaho.
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Remmington R, Lewis
P, and Stevens DL Evaluation of an
Intervention to Decrease Nosocomial
MRSA Infections by Encouraging
Decreased Fluoroquinolone Use.
Presented at the 45th Interscience
Conference on Antimicrobial Agents
and Chemotherapy. Washington D.C.
December, 2005.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Eley J.G. A Three-Phase Morphine
Sulfate Suppository Delivery
System. American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN,
November, 2005.
Wheatley KD, Owens CT, and
Heyneman CA. Estimating cost savings
from pill
splitting based on drug utilization in
Idaho Medicaid patients. American
Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists
Mid-Year Meeting, Las Vegas, NV,
December 5, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Tirumalasetty P. and Eley J.
Permeability Enhancing Effects of the
Alkylglycoside, Octylglucoside, on
Insulin Permeation across Epithelial
Membrane in Vitro. J. Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Science. 9(1): 32-39,
2006.
Bhushan A, Puli S, Edgley KL, Daniels
CK, Leung SW, and Lai JCK. Down
regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases
and Induction of Apoptosis by
Manganese in U87 Glioblastoma Cells.
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2005, International Symposium on
Translational Research: Apoptosis and
Cancer, p.108, 2005.
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Remington R, Lewis
PG, Stevens DL. Evaluation of an
Intervention to Decrease Nosocomial
MRSA Infections by Encouraging
Decreased Fluoroquinolone Use.
Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology, 2006;27:155-69.
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Remmington R, Lewis
P, and Stevens DL Evaluation of an
Intervention to Decrease Nosocomial
MRSA Infections by Encouraging
Decreased Fluoroquinolone Use.
Presented at the 45th Interscience
Conference on Antimicrobial Agents
and Chemotherapy. Washington D.C.
December, 2005.
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Faculty Accomplishments
continued from page 21...
Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy
Practice, 4 th Ed. E. Brown. Chapter 5
Long-Term Care. Mason B, Jue S, Bauer
P.
Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic
Approach. Sixth Ed. Dipiro, et.al.
Chapter 99 Anemias. Ineck B, Mason
B, Thompson G.
GRANTS/CONTRACTS
Owens CT & Baergen R. General
Practice Physician, Physician Assistant,
and Nurse Practitioner Attitudes
Toward an Expanded Role for
Pharmacists on the Healthcare Team.
ISU Faculty Research Committee. Total
Award: $4,975. December 2005.
Liday C. Amylin Pharmaceuticals. A
Prospective, Open-Label,
Observational Study Evaluating Symlin
(pramlintide acetate) Injection Use
in Insulin-Using Patients With Type 2
and Type 1 Diabetes Following Symlin
Introduction Into the Marketplace. Co-
Investigator with Dr. Sherwin
D’Souza. Total award: $3,000.
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Clinical Outcomes
of Uncomplicated Cellulitis in Veterans
Associated With Commonly Employed
Antibiotic Regimens. Abbott
Pharmaceuticals, $ 25,500, November,
2005.
Force RW and Murdock N.
Atherothrombosis Intervention in
Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/
High Triglycerides and Impact on
Global Health Outcomes (AIM-HIGH).
The study will be the first large study
to measure the independent effect
of treating HDL-C and triglycerides
with a combination of extendedrelease
niacin (prescription Niaspan®)
and simvastatin as compared to
treatment with simvastatin alone
in the prevention of heart disease.
Simvastatin will be started at 40
mg/day and may be increased to
achieve an LDL-C target of , ≤80
mg/dl. The study will include a large
percentage of women (at least 30
percent), among whom cardiovascular
disease is the number one cause
of death. This trial is sponsored by
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute with supplemental funding
from Kos Pharmaceuticals. The ISU
Family Medicine Clinical Research
Center is one of 60 sites nation-wide
participating in the trial.
ISU Award Amount: $510,242
AWARDS/OTHER
Dean Joseph F. Steiner and pharmacy
Professor, Dr. Barbara Adamcik,
served as exam item writers for the
FPGEE examination at the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy in
Chicago, Oct. 2005.
Drs. Nicole Murdock and Christopher
Owens were recognized by the Board
of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS)
as Board Certified Pharmacotherapy
Specialists (BCPS), December 2005.
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Evaluation of an
Intervention to Decrease Nosocomial
MRSA Infections by Encouraging
Decreased Fluoroquinolone Use.
Radio Interview. Microbe World. In
conjunction with the 45th Interscience
Conference on Antimicrobial Agents
and Chemotherapy. Washington D.C.
December, 2005 (Microbe World
markets 90 second spot interviews to
NPR).
Sabbatical application
Madaras-Kelly KJ, Access and
Utilization of the Department of
Veterans Affairs(VA) Clinical Database
for Writing Pharmacoepidemiology-
Related Research Grants. Sabbatical.
Idaho State University, Funded,
December, 2005. Sabbatical July 2006
- January, 2007.
View the 2004-2005
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy
Annual Report:
http://pharmacy.isu.edu/live/annual_reports/pdf/2004-2005.pdf
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Class Notes: The happenings of your classmates
Leo Basch (Janet Basch), Class of ’95, is currently employed
by Walgreens in Las Vegas, NV. In 2004, he was appointed to
the Nevada Board of Pharmacy where he serves as treasurer.
Janet and Leo enjoy traveling in their motor home visiting
many National Parks and trail riding on their four-wheelers.
There are lots of great trails in southern Nevada and southern
Utah, said Leo.
A WWII veteran, Lyle Q. Crandall, ’48, came to the College
of Pharmacy following the war and worked nights delivering
ice for the Union Pacific Railroad. A resident of Thatcher, AZ,
the 86-year-old Crandall is the patriarch of the Thatcher Stake
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. About 12
years ago, he and his wife served a mission for the church in
England. Crandall’s son, Steve, is also a pharmacist.
Timothy P. Stratton, Ph.D., BCPS, FAPhA, ’80, recently
completed his second-year of teaching at the University
of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth, where the
program has been expanded. The specific intent of the
Duluth program is to prepare pharmacists to practice in
rural communities. Prior to accepting the Duluth position,
he taught for 10 and a half years in the School of Pharmacy
and Allied Health Sciences at the University of Montana in
Missoula. “Although my training is in the area of pharmacy
administration, because of my ongoing work as a relief
pharmacist in Alaska, I am now teaching pharmaceutical care
courses to first-professional-year students and an elective
pharmacy ethics course to P2’s and P3’s.” He was voted
Professor of the Year by Duluth’s Class of 2008 last year,
attained his BCPS recognition this past fall (not bad for a BStrained
pharmacist circa 1980, he said), and was just named
a Fellow of the American Pharmacists’ Association. The
award was presented to Stratton during the APhA meeting in
March in San Francisco.
John E. Tilley, a ’77, was recently elected president-elect of
the National Community Pharmacists Association. Following
graduation, Tilley went to work for Zweber Apothecary in
Downey, California. Seven years later, he purchased all three
Zweber pharmacies. In 2001, he opened his first Super Rx
pharmacy in a Stater Bros. Food Market. Four years later, he
owned 16 Super Rx pharmacies, which he sold to Stater
Bros. He currently owns four pharmacies with plans for
expansion.
Kendall Lee Ballard, ’57, Rexburg, ID. Ballard began his career
at a drug store in his hometown of Burley, ID, as a stock boy,
he said. “I stayed in Burley until 1961 when I moved with my
family to St. Anthony, ID, where I worked a few years, then to
Rexburg and back to St. Anthony. I retired in 2005. I still drop
in the store a couple of days a week,” Ballard said. “I live in
Hibbard and have six children – three boys and three girls.
We now have 34 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. I
have worked in the Boy Scouts program for many years and
was awarded a Silver Beaver in 1978. In 1997, I traveled to
Orlando, Florida to be awarded the Silver Antelope from the
Boy Scouts of America. My wife passed in December, 2005.”
John Crawford, ’56, Boise, ID. “I have wonderful memories of
the ISU College of Pharmacy,” he said. “The professors were
always interested in seeing students succeed, and they were
always accessible.” While attending pharmacy school, he and
his wife, Ruth, were married and two children were born.
“Three of my daughters attended ISU – Connie Christofferson
is a staff pharmacist at ShopKo in Boise, Stacie Shouse works
for Pioneer Title in Pocatello and Mary Wardell is a paralegal
in Salt Lake City,” he said. “My son-in-law, John Christofferson
is an ISU graduate as are both his parents. Jill Christofferson is
playing soccer for ISU and is a junior.” Crawford and alumus,
Ralph Smith, were partners in a pharmacy for 30-years.
Today, Crawford enjoys playing golf, spending time with his
grandchildren and traveling with his wife, Ruth.
“Thanks to ISU for the great education and great profession
of pharmacy,” Crawford said.
Robert Allen Parsons, ’51, Boise, ID, continues to work as a
pharmacist in Treasure Valley. “Even after 55 years, I still enjoy
it,” he said.
Jack Lyman Walker, ’55, of Grand Junction, CO, was the
owner of Walker Drug Company for 48 years where he
operated stores in Utah and Colorado. His daughter, Patty,
is a pharmacist. For several years, Parsons served as the
director of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores
and is a member of the NCPA, and Colorado and Utah
Pharmaceutical Associations.
The Idaho Board of Pharmacy recently honored six Idaho
State University alumni as 50-year pharmacists. They include,
James Doss, ’54, Las Vegas, NV; Robert Parsons, ’51, Boise,
ID; Clarence Tanaka, ’55, Twin Falls, ID; John Crawford, ’56,
Boise, ID; Jack Walker, ’55, Grand Junction, CO and Robert
Smith, ’56, Nampa, ID.
Send us a note regarding your career, family and life
since graduating from ISU Collge of Pharmacy. Plese send
Class Notes to: Pharmacy Bulletin - attn: Editor, Box 8288,
Pocatello, ID 83209-8288 or editor@pharmacy.isu.edu.
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College of Pharmacy
Class of 1995 Boise Reunion
July 28th & 29th
Join the ISU College of Pharmacy
Class of 1995 for a reunion weekend
in Boise on July 28th & 29th.
Weekend activities include:
• Friday evening family picnic, Julia
Davis Park, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Saturday morning golf tournament.
Contact Janet (Fowler) Stewart
for more info, (208)-887-6439.
• “The Splash” - three-hour whitewater
float trip on the Payette River
north of Boise. To register with
“pharmacist group” visit
www.cascaderaft.com or 800-292-
7238.
• Saturday evening dinner for
adults, Andrade’s Restaurant,
Meridian. RSVP to Holly Webster
by July 24 - (208)-459-0210.
Contact information:
Janet (Fowler) Stewart
4151 N Clearbrook Place
Meridian, Idaho 83642
janet-stewart@earthlink.net
Holly Webster
15169 Horseshoe Dr.
Caldwell, Idaho 83607
webster0210@hotmail.com
Office of the Dean
Joseph F. Steiner
Stop 8288
Pocatello, ID 83209-8288
jsteiner@otc.isu.edu
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