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C.A. Bond
Calvin C. Brister
On June 8, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy family lost one of its most treasured members when Dr. C.A. (CAB) Bond passed away at his Amarillo home.
Dr. Calvin C. Brister, professor emeritus at the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Pharmacy Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, passed away on Dec. 30, 2008. Dr. Brister was a wellknown and respected professor. He retired in July 2008 after 37 years of service at the School of Pharmacy. Dr. Brister brought a genuine love and compassion for his fellow humankind and the ability to always see the value and potential in every person he encountered at the Health Sciences Center. A scholarship fund is being established in memory of Dr. Brister. He had a special place in his heart for students with financial needs and the school hopes to honor his memory by providing support to students in his name. Checks can be made out to the WVU Foundation with Dr. Brister Scholarship for Pharmacy in the memo portion. Gifts may be sent to the WVU Foundation, P.O. Box 1650, Morgantown, WV 26507.
CAB was a founding faculty member and associate dean for the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy. He did his undergraduate work at the University of San Francisco and completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He also completed an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited residency in clinical pharmacy at the University of California Hospital and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital. CAB spent 23 years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine where he was professor of pharmacy and psychiatry. He also served as UW’s associate dean for professional affairs for 12 years. In 1994, the Department of Veterans Affairs recognized his practice as one of the eight best clinical pharmacy practices with a VA Practice Achievement Award. CAB and his wife, School of Pharmacy department chair and AACP past president Dr. Cynthia L. Raehl, relocated to Amarillo from the UW School of Pharmacy in 1995 to help plan the new TTUHSC pharmacy school, recruit the founding faculty and admit the first class of students for its inaugural semester in the fall of 1996. “I came to TTUHSC because it presented me with an opportunity to help create a school with one of the best professional curriculums,” CAB said in 2006 as the school celebrated its tenth anniversary. “I was impressed with the quality of the building and facilities and how committed the people were.” During his long and distinguished career, CAB’s dedication to the profession of pharmacy was recognized many times. Together he and Cindy received seven Research Literature Awards from the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, the most recent coming in 2008. “The partnership that Cindy and CAB enjoyed benefited all of pharmacy in that together they produced outstanding research and insights into clinical pharmacy practice that moved the national agenda for patient-centered pharmacy practice forward,” said Dr. Lucinda L. Maine, AACP executive vice president and CEO. CAB also earned Fellowship status in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and ASHP, and in 2005 he received the ACCP Russell Miller award for his sustained contributions to the literature of clinical pharmacy. In 2001, CAB was the recipient of a TTUHSC President’s Distinguished Research Award. Five years later, the university bestowed upon him the title of University Distinguished Professor. He was also named the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus honoree by his alma mater, the University of California, San Francisco.
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Nathan Back Dr. Nathan Back, professor emeritus of the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Pharmacy and first chairman of the Department of Biochemical Pharmacy, passed away on March 1, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel at the age of 83. Dr. Back, who arrived at the university in 1959, was the author of 180 PubMed articles as well as many books and referred papers. His work on the fibrinolysin systems and kallikreins earned him an international reputation. In 1995 he participated in mission to Israel as advisor to the Negev College in the pharmaceutical sciences where he explored the establishment of a pharmaceutical sciences program to ease the country’s shortage of pharmacists.