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Below is a sample of a nomination form. Please use this as a reference for how to writeyour nomination for the Distinguished Alumni Awards.Sample for Nominating Distinguished Alumni Award forAdvancement in Career1. Nominee’s Type of EmploymentJacob Wentworth, Ph.D., is executive vice president and president of James-Metz ResearchInstitute (MJRI), the pharmaceutical research arm of Horace-Dunn Corporation. Wentworthis responsible for all aspects of MJRI, including heading up the Leadership Board (LB). TheLB guides the strategic direction of product development programs and oversees themovement of projects through the development, registration and launch phases.As executive vice president for global affairs and global project management, JacobWentworth possesses a myriad of related responsibilities, including strengthening linksbetween global pharmaceutical business operations and the research institute through acustomer-centered project management process. He also has responsibility for overseeingdevelopment of the allergy, inflammation and primary care portfolio. Horace-Dunn is aglobal science-based health care company with leading prescription, consumer and animalhealth care products. Through internal research and collaborations with partners, Horace-Dunn discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies to meetimportant medical needs. Horace-Dunn’s vision is to earn the trust of the physicians,patients and customers served by more than 32,000 people around the world. This companyis based in Millington, N.J., and its Web site is www.horace-dunn .com2. Positions achieved in this employment and others.He joined Horace-Dunn in August 2003, and most recently was executive vice president,Global Development, MJRI, responsible for setting strategic plans for the new developmentorganization, including worldwide clinical development, pharmaceutical sciences, globalregulatory affairs and global project management. Before joining Horace-Dunn, he wassenior vice president and head of global regulatory affairs for Centura Corporation. Prior tojoining Centura, he was senior director, drug regulatory affairs, at Ortho McNaughton and a

director of regulatory affairs at Byron-Miles-Script. Wentworth received his Ph.D. degreefrom the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Roswell Park MemorialInstitute, where he studied medicine and pathology. He holds a B.S. degree in biology fromDaemen College, Amherst, N.Y.3. How have the nominee’s achievements positively made an impact on Society?His career accomplishments include 62 product approvals for drugs treating medicalconditions from arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease to hypertension, glaucoma, malaria, andtransplant rejection. Wentworth has authored or co-authored over 22 scientific articles andabstracts, acquired clinical research experience in several fields including rheumatology,oncology and pulmonary cough/colds.Submitted by:Timothy Dean ‘72