PostScript Fall 2008

PostScript Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Magazine

NEW NAME, MORE PROGRAMS

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LETTERS /

Fall 08 Vol. 19 No. 2 PostScript provides an on-going review of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, featuring news of the faculty, students, alumni, programs and activities of ACPHS. Published for alumni and friends of the College by the Office of Institutional Advancement, the magazine welcomes letters and story ideas from all members of the ACPHS community.

EDITOR

Christine Shields EDITORIAL BOARD

James J. Gozzo Ph.D. PRESIDENT Mehdi Boroujerdi Pharm.D., Ph.D. DEAN Vicki A. DiLorenzo VP INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Packy McGraw ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Mehdi Boroujerdi Pharm.D., Ph.D. Gil Chorbajian James J. Gozzo, Ph.D. Patrick Rathbun Christine Shields CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Gil Chorbajian Don Elliott Photography Mark McCarty Kris Qua/Qua Photo Patrick Rathbun Christine Shields David Zdunczyk DESIGN

End of an era!

Though no one identified the photo on the back of the last issue of PostScript, we figured that everyone just took it for granted that the Champagne Breakfast at Ralph's needed no explanation! Alas, that venerable watering hole on the corner of New Scotland and Madison Avenues closed at the end of July, shortly after hosting an ACPHS Reunion Weekend event. Before the tavern’s demise, the owner/manager donated Collegerelated memorabilia (remember those ceiling tiles?) for future display in the Panther’s Den.

Coppola Design www.coppoladesign.com OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Vicki A. DiLorenzo VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

David Zdunczyk ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Donna Beebe DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

Michael J. Buckley MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

Gil Chorbajian EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Deanna Ennello-Butler

To the Editor:

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT RESEARCH

Although it has been 22 years since I left ACP for the pharmaceutical industry, I continue to enjoy keeping up with things at ACPHS through PostScript, several former students and a couple of visits to the college. After reading the most recent edition of PostScript (Su08), I am writing to compliment you on your excellent publication. Its focus on the the accomplishments of alumni, students and faculty is apparent and very much appreciated.

Candace Madden SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Patrick Rathbun ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Deborah S. Reutter COORDINATOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Christine A. Shields DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS

Please extend my congratulations to all current faculty, especially the ones who graduated between ’73 and ’86, for their accomplishments and dedication to the college as well as to the profession.

Although I am not an ACP alumnus, my fondest memories are with the students and colleagues I had at the College.

Thomas E. Platek, Pharm.D. Frederick, MD 21701

STAY CONNECTED visit us online at www.acphs.edu

v NOTE OUR NEW WEB ADDRESS

Christina Spinelli COORDINATOR OF DONOR RELATIONS, STEWARDSHIP AND ACPHS ACADEMY

Patty Tompkins EVENTS MANAGER

Please send story ideas, comments, letters and suggestions to: PostScript Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 106 New Scotland Avenue Albany NY 12208 1.888.203.8010 / alumni@acphs.edu © 2008 ACPHS

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FEATURE STORIES

+ Life changing art + New athletics conference

+ Welcome to Vermont

+ ACPHS Academy

+ Experiential Ed Goes Public

+ Move-in day

+ Faculty Alumni Part 2

+ White Coat Ceremony + New spaces, new places

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+ Cronin Room Dedication

FACULTY NEWS

+ Vermont Open House + Patient Assessment Lab

+ Faculty Briefs/In the News

+ Dean’s Cup + Career Panel

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ALUMNI AFFAIRS

+ Student Roundup

+ The Legacy Continues

+ Student Honors

+ Calendar of Events

+ The DIRT on Ryan Robinson

+ AAACP Update

+ Hannah Fudin Scales the Heights

+ Hoop Dreams

+ Colleges Against Cancer

+ Zeolla/Sorensen Memorial Golf Tournament

+ Anika Ejaz—new student, new citizen

+ In Memoriam + Class Notes

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REPORT OF GIFTS

PRESIDENT’S LEDGER /

James J. Gozzo Ph.D.

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pleased to share with you that on October 16, 2008, we introduced a new name for the College — Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

The name was selected to better reflect the range of academic programs now offered at the College and will ultimately play a role in driving the growth and diversity of the institution.

The decision to expand the name of the College was given much consideration over a period of several years. Feedback was solicited from representative groups of students, faculty, staff and alumni before a decision was made to move forward with the new name.

For those of you were not part of this process, let me provide some background on why we made this decision.

As you are aware, the health care industry is in a period of great change, which is impacting everything from how we provide health care to how we will pay for it. As part of this transition, many professionals — including, but not limited to, pharmacists — are being asked to take on additional responsibilities to enhance the delivery of health care services.

One need look no further than the recent decision by New York State to pass legislation allowing pharmacists to conduct immunizations for evidence of the changing landscape.

With these shifting dynamics in mind, we have been building around the pharmacy program for the past several years with B.S. degrees in pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical tech-

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nology and health and human sciences; a certificate program in cytotechnology; and opportunities for students to pursue joint degrees in medicine, law or business. In the course of the last year, we also received approval of the College’s first three master’s degree programs Pharmacy Administration, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Outcomes Research.

The addition of these programs opens up a wider number of career pathways and provides ACPHS students in all programs with more opportunities to explore areas of personal and professional interest.

Consider the value that can be gained by pharmacy students who take courses in the physician assistant program. Or the clinical laboratory science major who enhances his/her skills through research projects with faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The possibilities for integrated teaching and learning across all programs are limitless.

Pharmacy will always be our largest program, but shortages exist in nearly every health care sector. Through the combination of our Pharm.D. and health sciences programs, the College is better positioned to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving health care industry. And now we have a name that communicates this message more clearly.

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A shot in the arm NEW YORK PHARMACISTS NOW ABLE TO IMMUNIZE The following letter from Dean Mehdi Boroujerdi, Ph.D. appeared in the Albany Times Union on September 16, 2008

New York Governor David Paterson recently signed more than 50 bills into law, including multiple laws related to agriculture, business, consumer protection, criminal justice and the environment.

So perhaps it was little surprise that amid this flood of legislation a new law authorizing pharmacists to conduct immunizations was not widely reported. Its impact, however, could be far reaching.

The grim facts are that influenza and pneumonia kill thousands of New Yorkers each year — many of whom are over the age of 65 or who suffer from chronic health conditions.

Many more of these deaths and related hospitalizations will now be preventable through increased access to vaccines, made possible by allowing pharmacists to immunize adults 18 years of age and older.

A 2004 study published in the journal Vaccine found that adult flu immunization rates in states that allow pharmacists to administer immunizations are up to 27 percent greater than rates in those states that do not. The same study found that flu vaccination rates among those over age 65 grew at triple the rate in states that have passed this legislation compared to those that have not.

These statistics confirm a simple truth — the more places that flu shots are available, the more likely it is that people will get vaccinated. New York State currently ranks just 39th in the country for flu vaccinations and 41st for pneumonia vaccinations for adults over the age of 65.

Studies show that seniors who receive immunizations experience fewer cardiac- and stroke-related hospitalizations, less hospitalizations for pneumonia or other influenza complications and are at a lower risk of death from all causes during flu season. So in addition to saving lives, increased immunizations will equate to improved quality of life for

many New Yorkers, plus an untold savings in health care costs.

Expanding the role of the pharmacist to include immunizations is a logical and long overdue move in light of the role pharmacists play in helping patients manage their medications and overall health. Pharmacists are the most accessible of all health care professionals. It is not uncommon to find pharmacies open 24 hours a day, and no appointment is needed to speak with a pharmacist.

Additionally, pharmacies are widely distributed throughout traditionally underserved areas of the state, a fact which could help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in immunization rates.

Pharmacists are also in close contact with seniors as well as those at high-risk for influenza, such as those with chronic health conditions, as these patients regularly see their pharmacists to discuss their treatment regimens and refill their prescriptions — visits that offer ideal opportunities for vaccinations.

Taking it one step further, authorizing pharmacists to administer immunizations could also play a critical role in issues of state/national security. Consider the chaos that would result from a pandemic flu outbreak or a terrorist attack that requires large scale inoculations. The medical community alone simply does not have the infrastructure to manage such scenarios. Allowing pharmacists to assist with immunizations will help assure that, in the event of an emergency, people get the necessary aid and in a safe and timely manner.

In an election year, where health care is one of the most hotly debated issues, this is an example of one piece of legislation that will produce a meaningful, and immediate, impact on the health and welfare of citizens across the state.

What’s next?

Before being allowed to immunize patients, New York State pharmacists will have to complete the following steps: w Pass a course approved by the New York State Education Department/ Centers for Disease Control w Complete courses in CPR and BLS w File an application with the New York State Office of the Professions w Pay a fee of $100 A Hepatitis B shot is also recommended

KEEP AN EYE ON the ACPHS Web site at acphs.edu for important information regarding a series of Immunization Certification programs coming to Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences beginning in February 2009.

TO CONTACT the New York State Board of Pharmacy, e-mail Pharmbd@mail.nysed.gov FOR MORE INFORMATION and links to training courses, visit the New York State Office of the Professions Web site at www.op.nysed.gov

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A huge crowd filled the Student Center for the unveiling of the new logo, with faculty, staff, and students lining up for giveaways from t-shirts to pens.

New name, new look SAME COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH CARE ON OCTOBER 16, the Board of Trustees, in conjunction with President James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., announced that Albany College of Pharmacy had expanded its name to become Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The new name, which was approved by the State Board of Education, has been chosen to better reflect the broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs now offered at the College.

Over the last several years, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has added to its core degree program in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) with B.S. degrees in pharmaceutical sciences, clinical laboratory sciences and health and human sciences; a certificate program in cytotechnology; and opportunities for students to pursue joint degrees in medicine, law or business through cooperative agreements with area schools. This past year also saw the approval of the College’s first three master’s degree programs — Pharmacy Administration, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Outcomes Research.

“While the pharmacy program remains central to our mission, we are building around it with new and expanded programs to better align with the needs of students and the demands of a constantly evolving health care industry. We believe the name change will play an important role in driving this

institutional growth,” said President Gozzo.

The new name will precipitate other changes with the school. The College has unveiled a new logo which retains its traditional burgundy and white colors and features the pediment of the school’s signature structure — the O’Brien Building. The building, which has served as the central campus building since its opening in 1927, is named for Francis J. O’Brien, the long time dean of the College who served as a member of the faculty and administration for 47 years, from 1920–1967.

Additional changes include the College’s web site URL, which became www.acphs.edu effective October 16. The old URL (www.acp.edu) will also continue to work until the end of March.

“The College has seen remarkable growth in the past decade, highlighted by new academic and research programs that build upon a foundation of academic excellence established more than 125 years ago. The Board of Trustees believes that the addition of ‘Health Sciences’ to the College’s name will play a key role in helping the College take the strong reputation it has earned in pharmacy and extending it to other fields within the health care industry,” said Kandyce Daley, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

In addition to the new academic programs, the last ten years have seen the following developments at the College: Campus Growth— In 1998, the College had one building that sat on two acres of land; today it is an eight building campus that occupies more than 30 acres. Included in this expansion is a recently constructed Student Center, which opened in 2006.

Increased Student Enrollment— During this same period of time, enrollment has more than doubled. There are more than 1,500 students enrolled in classes this fall.

Geographic Expansion— The College will be opening a satellite campus in Colchester, Vermont beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year. The campus will eventually enroll close to 300 students.

Research— Investment in research and research facilities has increased substantially, in part due to the creation of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute (formed in 2003) and the Research Institute for Health Outcomes (formed in 2007). ACPHS faculty have more than $6 million in active grants and contracts.

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A natural fit INAUGURAL NATURE-CEUTICALS SYMPOSIUM A BIG SUCCESS In June, ACPHS hosted its inaugural Natureceuticals Symposium, which attracted a large turnout of scientists, clinicians and manufacturers from around the country to discuss the use and impact of natural products. Many students also participated in the weekend.

The symposium led off with a keynote address by David M. Eisenberg, M.D., director of the Division of Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and finished with a special Japanese tea ceremony, led by the headmaster of the Ueda Sokei school of tea.

The tea ceremony was presented in honor of the late Higurashi Akifumi, president of Maruzen Pharmaceuticals in Hiroshima, Japan. The site of clinical rotations for several ACP students each year, Maruzen provided partial funding for the conference.

New Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences MSPS TO LAUNCH IN FALL ’09 A new Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program at ACPHS will focus on the discovery, development and evaluation of new drugs and other pharmaceutical products.

Students will be able to choose between one of two major sub-disciplines: pharmacology (drug composition) and pharmaceutics (drug preparation and dispensing). The program will also provide flexibility for students’ individual research interests.

“This program will strengthen existing programs at the College by helping recruit nationally recognized faculty and enhancing research funding and infrastructure development,” said Mehdi Boroujerdi, Ph.D., dean of ACPHS. “It will also fill an important need for research personnel in local and regional colleges and universities, in state research and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.”

There will be a variety of career paths available to graduates of this program. They may be employed by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; participate in research enterprises; or join government organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They will also be well prepared to pursue a Ph.D. degree or professional degrees in medicine and other health care related fields.

According to a 2007 survey of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) members, the average starting salary for pharmaceutical scientists beginning their careers in 2007 was $85,000. The average salary of those working in industry with a master’s degree was $99,500.

The new degree in pharmaceutical sciences is one of three M.S. programs that will be offered by the College beginning next fall. ACPHS will also offer master’s degrees in pharmacy administration and health outcomes research.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on graduate education programs at ACPHS, please visit www.acphs.edu/grad-ed.html

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A new era ACPHS JOINS NEW ATHLETICS CONFERENCES

Life changing art STUDENT CENTER MOLECULE DEDICATED An unusual piece of artwork installed in ACPHS’s Student Center was officially dedicated in October during Parents Weekend.

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences had been looking to commission a dynamic piece of art to hang in the atrium of the Student Center for more than a year when President James J. Gozzo and Dean Mehdi Boroujerdi came across the perfect fit while touring an exhibit at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga, N.Y. “Molecules That Matter,” organized by the Tang in partnership with the Chemical Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia, featured large-scale models of ten organic molecules that have had a significant impact on modern life.

ACPHS contacted that exhibit’s fabricator, Phil Fraley Productions of Paterson, N.J., who crafted a large scale penicillin model, measuring 12 by 4 feet, of aluminum and plastic. The company is well known in the museum field and has created models for the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum in Chicago among others.

The selection of a pharmaceutical once commonly known as the “wonder drug” for the Student Center is particularly fitting as it underscores scientific breakthroughs that have changed the world. Prior to the discovery of penicillin, bacterial infections were a leading cause of death.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928 when an unknown mold destroyed the staphylococcus bacteria he was

working with. Though discouraged, Fleming fortunately realized the mold’s lifesaving potential before he discarded it. The rest is history. Interestingly, Fleming was born in 1881, the same year that the College was founded.

The piece was funded by a generous donation from the ACPHS Parents Fund.

The winds of change swept across campus when the 2008–09 athletics season kicked off this fall. After 12 years as members of the NIC, the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences varsity athletic teams have begun competing in the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) and the Hudson Valley Men’s Athletic Conference (HVMAC).

After two years of planning, ACPHS was officially accepted into the conferences in September 2007 and started participating this September. The College has competing teams in soccer and basketball in both the HVWAC and HVMAC. “This is a great opportunity for our studentathletes to be recognized, both individually and as a team,” said Coordinator of Athletics and Recreation Ryan Venter. “The HVWAC and HVMAC are great homes for our varsity athletic teams and provide an opportunity for us to grow in the future.”

Member schools in the HVWAC include the College of St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph’s (N.Y.), the College of New Rochelle, Pratt Institute, Medgar Evers College, Yeshiva University and Sarah Lawrence College.

HVMAC includes Berkeley College, the Culinary Institute of America, Pratt Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, St. Joseph’s (N.Y.), Webb Institute and Cooper Union.

w Both ACPHS soccer teams won Hudson Valley Athletic Conference titles in November.

ACPHS men beat the Culinary Institute, 1–0, on November 1 with Ryan Michonski scoring the game’s only goal. The following day, the women’s team defeated Medgar Evers College, 2–1. Sarah Wurz scored both goals for the Panthers.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on each conference please visit www.hvwac.net and www.hvmac.net

President James J. Gozzo, second from right, shows off the molecule during Reunion weekend in June.

TO STAY UPDATED on ACPHS athletics with game recaps, schedules, rosters, etc., please visit http://acphs.edu/student_athletics.html

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Summer fun!

On Friday, August 15th, children in the ACPHS Academy summer program celebrated their last day with a field trip to the Adventure Racing Family Fun Center in Queensbury, N.Y. Students rode go-carts, climbed rock walls, played laser tag and video games and enjoyed a delicious lunch. The trip was made possible through the generosity of the Fun Center’s owner, Ken Ermiger.

Move in day on campus In August, faculty, staff and students donned pink t-shirts and made short work of unloading cars for incoming freshmen moving into South Hall.

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White Coat Ceremony Members of the Class of 2012 in the Pharm.D. program were welcomed into the professional years of the program on September 26, 2008 during the annual White Coat Ceremony.

Faculty members fastened an ACPHS pin on each of the students to symbolize a commitment to becoming a competent and caring pharmacist and Mariette Sourial ’10, president of APHA-ASP, led students in the Pledge of Professionalism. The White Coat address was given by David M. Kile ’74, R.Ph., M.S., director of pharmacy at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady and an ACPHS trustee.

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New places, new spaces!

The fall semester has seen a number of changes on the Albany campus.

In September, a second residential facility opened in the former Department of Transportation building on Holland Ave. that ACPHS purchased in 2007. Princeton Suites joins Holland Suites as apartmentstyle living facilities that now occupy two of the building’s three wings. Each of the fully-furnished two-, four- or five-bedroom apartments features Internet access, cable television and air conditioning.

The Pharmaceutical Sciences program has relocated to the Biosciences Research Building located in the former Bender Lab on Samaritan Drive. The building previously housed ACPHS’s Pharmaceutical Research Institute, now located at UAlbany’s East Campus in Rensselaer.

In October, a new Patient Assessment Lab was added to the O’Brien Building. The space will be used by Pharm.D. students to develop and test assessment skills on five life-like “patients” complete with pulses and heartbeats. ACPHS will be able to offer a First Aid course in the new lab and students will practice everything from triage and referral to advanced cardiac life support. The project was made possible with support from Walgreens.

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FACULTY NEWS /

Faculty News + Notes Jim Anderson, M.Div., an assistant professor in the Department of Arts and Sciences, has an article entitled, “The Psychological Robot: A New Tool for Learning,” in the most recent issue of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Dr. Anderson co-authored the piece with Erin Applegarth, his former teaching assistant in the General Psychology course.

Indra Balachandran, Ph.D., director of the Cytotechnology program, and Joe Walker, B.S., an instructor in the Department of Health Sciences, received an award in the amount of $10,000 from The Bender Scientific Fund of The Community Foundation for the Capital Region. The funding will be used to acquire a ThinPrep 2000 Processor, an automated slide preparation unit used for cervical cancer screening.

Leon Cosler, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, delivered the keynote address at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Science Teachers Association of New York State Conference in October. Dr. Cosler shared insights on research that has been conducted on the impact of pharmaceutical personal care products and veterinary medicines in the environment and discussed possible solutions to helping address this emerging concern.

Kevin Hickey, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and Africana Studies in the Department of Arts and Sciences, showed his multimedia presentation Four Years across Africa by Bike at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, over the summer. The presentation chronicles the trip of a lifetime; Dr. Hickey spent six years (1978–84) traveling by bicycle in Europe and Africa, touring the equivalent of 15 times around the world. He was the first American and fifth person to cross the Sahara Desert by bicycle. His film is currently showing on cable television in Wyoming and Montana, and Dr. Hickey has been invited as featured speaker and presenter at the 35th Annual African Literature Association Conference in April 2009. Each February, Dr. Hickey shows three African films at ACPHS’s Annual Africana Film Festival. In 2009, the film fest will include a showing of Four Years across Africa by Bike on Tuesday, February 3. For details, see the Events Calendar on page 27.

John M. Polimeni, Ph.D., an assistant professor of economics in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, has received the University of Tokushima Fund for International Education and Research Exchanges grant.

Dr. Polimeni will work with colleagues at the University of Tokushima on sustainability and energy issues. Dr Polimeni also spoke at the 2008 Watershed Science and Technical Conference in September. He participated in a panel discussion on emerging contaminants.

Shaker Mousa, Ph.D., MBA. FACC, FACB, executive vice president and chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute at ACPHS, and PRI researchers are part of a team working with Robert Linhardt, Ph.D., of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to create and evaluate a safer alternative to the anti-coagulant heparin.

Their findings — which have resulted in the largest dose of heparin ever created in a lab — were presented at the American Chemical Society’s national conference in August.

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Dr. Kevin Hickey’s journey across the Sahara by bike will be the subject of a film at ACPHS on February 3.

Tom Lodise, Pharm.D., an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, has received the 2008 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP). The award recognizes past research accomplishments and rewards young investigators who show research promise in the broad area of infectious diseases.

Nominees are evaluated on research funding, publication record, leadership, teaching and honors or awards received for their research.

Dr. Lodise made a presentation on his work at the SIDP annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in October.

Leon Cosler ’82, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and director of the Research Institute for Health Outcomes at ACPHS, was quoted in an article in Oncology and Biotech News about the high cost of cancer care. The cost of treatment is rising at the rate of approximately 15 percent annually, mostly due to new drugs and related drug combinations. The use of cost effectiveness and cost-benefit studies in oncology is peaking right now, according to Dr. Cosler.

The Albany Times Union’s September 10th edition included an article on $469,000 in grants awarded to Associate Professor Tom Lodise to study methicillin-resistant staphlococcus aureus (MRSA). The “superbug” is plaguing hospitals and nursing homes and is rapidly spreading into the community. The Buffalo-based Business First newspaper also included coverage of the grants. Stay tuned for the President’s Report for more on Dr. Lodise’s work!

Bill Millington, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was quoted in the Capital District Business Review discussing the new master’s program in pharmaceutical sciences.

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Student News Roundup Lisa Murphy ’09, a student in the B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences program, spent her second summer in the Summer Fellowship Program at Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL) in Utica, N.Y. The 10week program permits students direct involvement in research projects under staff guidance in the fields of experimental cardiology, molecular biology and molecular genetics. The MMRL is an internationally known medical research and educational institute dedicated to studies of the electrical activity of the heart.

Caleb T. Selby ’08 was the winner of The Wall Street Journal 2008 Student Achievement Award.

For more than 60 years, this distinguished program has given colleges and universities an exclusive opportunity to recognize the performance of their most outstanding students. Students are nominated by their schools and are recognized for, among other things, academic achievement, leadership potential and/or entrepreneurial spirit. Winners receive a commemorative

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award medallion, a one-year subscription to The Wall Street Journal and a congratulatory letter.

In addition, both Caleb and the College were listed in a full page announcement in the Journal on September 25, 2008.

Andrea Searle Traina’s essay entitled “To do a residency or not to do a residency: That is the 6th year question!” was selected for the 2008 Corporate Sponsor Scholarship Award by the New York State Council of Healthsystem Pharmacists (NYSCHP). The winning essay was featured on the front page of NYSCHP’s fall 2008 student newsletter. Andrea’s essay was selected from many submitted from across the state.

ACPHS students Anna Vasyukhnevich ’09 and Shawna Brownell ’09 helped organize and staff one of the booths at the second annual Veteran’s Health Information Expo at the Bath (N.Y.) Veteran’s Administration Medical Center as a part of their public health rotation (see page 18). Nearly 150

veterans were in attendance at the expo, where they learned about disease management, health and wellness tips and prevention strategies.

Sarah Wurz ’12, a striker on the women’s soccer team, was named Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference Player of the Week during September. Sarah scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Morrisville State on September 13.

Brandon Schenck, a fourth-year pharmacy student, recently broke the men’s career soccer goals record at ACPHS. Schenck led the College to a Hudson Valley Athletic Conference (HVAC) Championship in the team’s first year as an HVAC member.

He’s scored 39 goals over four seasons as a forward, besting the previous record of 37 goals, which was set in 2002. As a freshman, Brandon led the Panthers in scoring with 10 goals and six assists and helped the team to a Northern Independent Conference (NIC) Championship. The team went 11-2 in

2005 and 2006, Schenck’s first two years, and won the NIC Championship both years. This year, Schenck scored 15 goals and added three assists. He has been named an allconference player for three of his four years.

Six ACPHS students took home honors in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Annual Local Clinical Skills Competition, competing against a total of 11 teams.

Teams of two assess and write recommendations for a mock patient case. This year’s winners are sixth-year students Ellie Napper and Whitney Caron, who will represent the College in the national competition at the ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting in Orlando in December.

Second place went to Allison Trawinski ’09 and Tom Colligan ’09 while Marissa Cavaretta ’10 and Jo Carreno ’10 scored third place. The College’s student chapter of the group, created last year at ACPHS, has been nationally recognized by the national affiliate of the ASHP. The chapter works to educate students on the role of pharma-

cists within healthsystems and has a Professional Outreach program that provides information on residencies, fellowships and other career opportunities. A Poison Prevention Outreach is designed to educate the public on safe uses and disposal of medication as well as other household materials that could be considered poison. This year, outreach programs have been expanded to include smoking cessation.

Fourth-year pharmacy student Kyle Guay has been re-elected into the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhAASP) as a Regional Delegate for 20082009. APhA-ASP is the largest Student Pharmacist professional organization in the United States and consists of eight regions across the country. As a delegate, Kyle oversees the workings of the region, keeping communication open among the various colleges of pharmacy and acting as a liaison for the local chapters to the national offices.

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It’s an honor!

Phi Lambda Sigma Inductees The Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society promotes leadership in pharmacy students across the country. In October, nine ACPHS students were elected into the organization.

Maryann Craig, Daniel Gharbawy, Colleen Lawless, Kimberly Mazzarisi, Christine Morkos, Leslie Riddle, Mariam Tadros, Neil Tierson, Alison Trawinski.

The DIRT on Ryan Robinson ’12 WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE RACE TRACK Ryan Robinson ’12 puts his own touch on the family business. Ryan’s father, Guy, is a retired DIRT car racer (Driver’s Independent Race Tracks) and member of the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame.

But Ryan doesn’t get behind the wheel. Instead, he works on the technology side of the track.

Admission in the Society is based on peer recognition of an individual’s leadership and organizational skills demonstrated throughout their college years. Associate Dean for Students John Denio serves as faculty advisor.

Rho Chi Inductees The mission of the Rho Chi Honor Society is to encourage and recognize excellence in intellectual achievement, and to advocate critical inquiry in all aspects of pharmacy.

In October, 47 ACPHS students were elected into the organization.

For the past six years, Ryan Robinson Enterprises, his eponymous business, has worked behind the scenes, overlooking the tracks that his dad used to race on. Ryan acts as a Web site consultant and does information technology projects for several DIRT tracks in New York State.

And with his ACPHS degree, the second-year student sees a further intersection of academic and personal interests.

“I plan to become an emergency medicine or sports medicine physician and eventually provide emergency services to commercial sports entertainment venues at a national or international level,” Robinson says with determination.

With his business, his academic path and firefighting and emergency medical technician training, it doesn’t seem Ryan is far from the family business or reaching his career goals.

Class of 2010: Amy Austin, Jennifer Bailey, Stephanie Button, Jessica Campito, Tara Carlin, John Cosmello, Kamalpreet Dhami, Jessica Dunne, Sean Eckard, Skakil Farooqui, Kathryn Hogle, Megan Jensen, Yuh-Shin Jiang, Amy Kage, Pamela Leonardi, Yu Jin Lim, Michael McCarthy, Jeffrey Meredith, Erin Meyers, Patrick Plas, Gurmukh Singh, Inna Stashenko, Joan Westcott, Jordan Wong, Kristen Wrigley, Nonik Zadikian, Daniel Zebrowski.

Class of 2011: Raymond Best Jr., Solomon Chang, Marissa Chisdock, Joseph Cross, Kelsey Fagan, Donato Forlenza, Shady Ghobrial, Merina Johnson, Sonia Kurian, Rahne Minckler, Caitlin Mowers, Ngoc Nguyen, Aniwaa Owusu Ob, Elizabeth Pollard, Katelyn Shanahan, Kimberly Siskavich, Brian Spoelhof, Diana Thi, Kurt Wojak.

Pharmacy Practice Assistant Professor Sara Dugan, Pharm.D., BCPP and Associate Professor Gina Garrison ’94, Pharm.D. serve as faculty advisors.

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Ain’t no mountain high enough HANNAH FUDIN ’13 Hannah Fudin, daughter of Jeff Fudin ’81, ’98, B.S., Pharm.D., DAAPM, and granddaughter of Gilbert Fudin ’53, B.S., never intended to enroll at ACPHS as a third-generation pharmacy student. She entered SUNY–Buffalo in 2006 as a pre-med major and only later changed her focus to the pre-pharmacy program there. An unexpected illness in her sophomore year at UB led her to ACPHS as a second-year transfer student this fall.

Hannah at the Crystal Lake Triathlon in August.

Fall 2007 was a different story. That’s when Hannah, an athlete who prides herself on physical fitness, began to suffer from sudden onset muscle weakness and fatigue.

“I felt exhausted all the time,” says Hannah. “I couldn’t stand up. I knew something was really wrong.”

After undergoing a battery of medical tests at the SUNY Health Center and making several emergency room visits, Hannah was no closer to a diagnosis and the problem was getting worse.

Dr. Fudin, a clinical pharmacy specialist in pain management at the VA Medical Center in Albany, CEO and founder of NovaPain Consultants and an adjunct professor at ACPHS, made arrangements for Hannah to be seen by a neurologist in Albany who diagnosed Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Guillain-Barré occurs when the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms include varying degrees of weakness or tingling in the legs that can spread to the arms and upper body and eventually lead to almost total paralysis. The syndrome is rare, afflicting only about one person in 100,000, and usually occurs a few days or weeks after the patient has had symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection. Occasionally, surgery or vaccinations can also trigger it.

“While most patients fully recover, many have residual muscle weakness and/or chronic pain,” Dr. Fudin explains. His daughter was one of the lucky ones.

Hannah’s neurologist started treatment with high-dose immunoglobulin therapy, intravenous injections of proteins that in small doses the immune system uses naturally to attack invading organisms. In addition, Robin Fudin, a licensed physical therapist who also happens to be Hannah’s mom, began a regimen of P.T. to strengthen her weakened muscles.

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many classes that she was forced to withdraw from the Pharmacy program at Buffalo. Last semester, she earned 15 credits at the University at Albany to make up for her lost semester and then transferred to the Pharm.D. program at ACPHS this fall.

And she began making up for lost time, both inside and outside of class. An avid mountain climber, Hannah is a “Forty Sixer” who has scaled every one of the major peaks in the Adirondacks.

The summer she was 17, she took five weeks to reach all 46 summits, ranging from Couchsachraga — an unmarked mountain that is the smallest at 3,820 feet — to Cascade, at 4,093 feet.

In July, she repeated the hike to the top of Cascade, the first of the peaks she has climbed since her illness.

“If nothing else, the hike to the top is a testament to her recovery,” says her dad with obvious pride.

She followed up with the Crystal Lake Triathlon in August — coming in third for her age group in the swimming, biking and running event — and ran a half-marathon with her brother and sister in October.

In her “spare” time, Hannah is employed at Four Corners Pharmacy in Delmar, owned by Paul Pagnotta ’92 and John Croce ’84, and also works as a lifeguard at Bethlehem Town Park.

And she’s busy at ACPHS as well, where she is following in the footsteps of several other family members including her dad, grandfather and great-great-uncle Hyman Moses ’17.

Eventually, she would like to join the neurological scientists, immunologists, virologists and pharmacologists working together to try to discover how to prevent Guillain-Barré and to make better therapies available when it strikes.

“I’d like to spend some time researching Guillain-Barré to find answers for people like me,” Hannah says. “There’s so much you can do with a degree in pharmacy.”

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COLLEGES AGAINST CANCER TAKES HOME NATIONAL AWARDS Congratulations go to ACPHS’s Colleges Against Cancer Chapter, which was named the winner of the American Cancer Society’s “Rookie of the Year” award. The award was announced at ACS’s National Collegiate Summit held in Atlanta, Ga., in August. Current chapter president Christine Morkos ’10 attended the summit and accepted the award on behalf of the College.

In other CAC news, the chapter’s very first Relay for Life event, held in April, won the “Nationwide Top Five Per Capita Award — College,” presented to a school with less than 2,499 students. ACP was one of only five Eastern Division schools that won national awards in the youth category.

“The per capita award is based on how much money is raised at a school’s Relay for Life event versus how many people are at that school,” said Alex Baron, special events manager for the American Cancer Society in the Capital Region. “At ACPHS’s Relay for Life the amount raised by participants was roughly $100 per person, which is well above the national average for a college event.”

ACPHS raised $31,000 during the Relay.

“The event could not have been as successful as it was without the combined efforts of our extremely enthusiastic students, dedicated faculty and supportive administration,” said Sarah Scarpace, Pharm.D., BCOP, faculty advisor to CAC. “These awards are true testaments to how involved our campus community is!”

During the 2008 Relay For Life season, more than 20,000 college students from 51 campuses across New York and New Jersey participated in the events.

A VERY BIG DAY FOR ANIKA EJAZ ’14 Being named high school salutatorian might have been enough of an accomplishment for most people, but Anika Ejaz also became a U.S. citizen on the day of her graduation!

A first-year Pharm.D. student whose family originally hailed from Pakistan, Anika says ACPHS’s “small campus and urban setting encouraged me to look into the college and the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum caught my interest.” She looks forward to someday working in a hospital or running her own pharmacy.

Anika’s parents, Ahmed and Jasmin Ejaz, own a deli mart in Troy, N.Y., and she credits them with much of her success. During her salutatorian speech, she said: “It is a dream for them, as it is for every parent, for their child to make the accomplishments and attain the opportunities that they themselves did not receive. My success is their success.”

Meet This Year’s Freshmen Class!

Anika is in good company as part of the largest first-year class in the College’s history — 319 students. Here are some quick facts on this year’s class: Average SAT: 1180 Average GPA: 92 12 valedictorians 8 salutatorians 186 National Honor Society members

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Welcome to Vermont!

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has begun work on its new satellite campus in Colchester, Vermont, which will open in the fall of 2009. Colchester is located near Burlington in Northwest Vermont, in close proximity to a number of pharmacy retailers and clinical partners, such as Fletcher Allen Health Care. Fletcher Allen is a community hospital serving approximately 150,000 residents, which in partnership with the University of Vermont, also serves as the state’s academic medical center.

The hospital will serve as a principal site for student rotations.

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We welcome the Albany College of Pharmacy to Vermont and look forward to helping them grow and succeed here.

—Vermont Governor Jim Douglas

I am very excited about [ACP’s decision to open a Vermont campus], since there has never been a pharmacy program in Vermont.

ACPHS TO OPEN SATELLITE CAMPUS IN COLCHESTER The new campus will fill a crucial need; Vermont is one of only three states in the U.S. currently without a pharmacy school.

According to the Boston Globe, “Drugstores around Vermont have been trimming hours in response to a growing shortage of pharmacists.

It is a problem nationwide, and some think it may be especially acute in Vermont because the state lacks a pharmacy school.”

“We reviewed multiple options for the Vermont campus and selected the Colchester site because it offers the combination of location and state-of-the-art facilities we need to provide students with a first rate pharmacy education,” said James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., president of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

As of October, the College had already received more than 300 applications for the program’s 70 seats.

The College has also been approved for an incentive grant by the Vermont Economic Progress Council to help facilitate its plans for student enrollment, job creation and campus improvements.

When fully implemented, the program will enroll nearly 300 students and approximately 50 faculty and staff positions. ACPHS currently has 1,525 students and nearly 250 faculty and staff at its Albany campus.

The main campus building will occupy an existing 62,000 square foot facility in the Water Tower Hill development with a spectacular — and quintessentially Vermont — view of Lake Champlain ringed by mountains. The facility will include classrooms, an Information Commons, a Pharmacy Practice lab, a sterile products lab area, mock pharmacy, counseling rooms, a conference area, Pharmaceutical Sciences facilities area, dining hall, fitness center and offices.

Students will have access to housing in one-, two- or three-bedroom apartments at the Severance Corners condominium community in Colchester. Free transportation between the complex and campus will be provided.

The pharmacy program for the Vermont

campus will be a four-year professional offering, mirroring the Pharm.D. curriculum offered in Albany in years 3-6. Students at the Vermont campus will have four-year undergraduate degrees or have completed all college course prerequisites prior to enrollment.

Courses will be delivered through traditional and non-traditional methods, with Vermont faculty working closely with their colleagues in Albany to provide students on both campuses with the latest teaching and learning resources.

“It’s a challenging curriculum to be sure, but it is one that has proven successful through the years,” said Robert Hamilton ’77, Pharm.D., founding dean of ACPHS–Vermont.

“We look forward to replicating these same academic standards in Vermont, and in the process, graduating students who will play key roles in helping patients manage their health.”

Dr. Hamilton received his Pharm.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. The many hats he has worn during more than 25 years at ACPHS have included department chair for pharmacy practice and director of the Pharm.D., continuing professional development and professional experience programs. He will be relocating to Vermont in the coming months and is eagerly anticipating his new responsibilities.

Ron DeBellis, Pharm.D., is the new chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice for ACPHS — Vermont. Dr. DeBellis earned his Pharm.D. from the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and did an ASHP-accredited general residency at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center. With a specialization in infectious diseases, specifically pneumonia, Dr. DeBellis also holds an adjunct position as an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

Stay tuned to PostScript and other college publications for updates on this most important initiative.

—Executive Director of the Vermont Pharmacists Association, James Marmar ’69

The opening of an institution this size will undoubtedly have a great economic benefit on the greater Burlington area. But of greater importance, it should help address the extreme shortage of pharmacists the area is currently facing.

—Essex (VT) Rotary Club president Jason Ruwet

One prospect for allaying the [pharmacist] shortage in Vermont comes from Albany College of Pharmacy, which has announced plans to open a satellite campus in the Burlington area. That comes as welcome news to Jane McConnell, pharmacy director of the Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vermont. She has been trying to fill a pharmacist slot on her staff for more than a year.

—Burlington Free Press

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“We really want to develop an experience that will have an impact.”

TRACEY PITCHER, LMSW Director of patient and family services Capital Region American Cancer Society

Going Public NEW PUBLIC HEALTH ROTATIONS PROVIDE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE

As the College continues to provide programming in both pharmacy and the health sciences, a newly created Public Health rotation through the Department of Experiential Education is giving students a sampling of a whole new area of practice.

“With the inclusion of this new rotation, all students will have an exposure to a public health setting, which was previously missing from the curriculum,” says Director of Experiential Education Laurie Briceland ’83, Pharm.D. To date, students can serve at more than a hundred different sites for the one week rotation, which takes place in one of the required eight modules per year.

One of the largest clinical sites for the rotations is The YMCA in North Albany, which takes up to 30 ACPHS students per year.

Sixth-year student Whitney Caron, one of the first students assigned to the ’Y’ when the rotation launched last May, has been instrumental in giving direction for the students who have come after, providing information and activity suggestions on the three main threads that comprise the Capital District YouthWise Program. Students try to incorporate at least one of the following into their projects: Wellness R.E.A.D. (Rest/Exercise /Achievement/Diet) program, Sport specific training and/or the Childhood Diabetes program.

“It’s important for students not to tackle too much in each project,” says Whitney, who cautions against overwhelming children and their parents. “It may be more beneficial to focus on one component and stress that it is alright to start slow and work up to a healthier lifestyle.”

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Joseph Ramli, a sixth-year student who completed his rotation at the Y this summer, focused his group’s project on vending machine education and an exercise challenge for a group of 15 to 20 children.

“Our idea was to create a challenge for the children to burn 10,000 calories collectively in five days,” Joseph explains. “This seemed like a realistic goal for each individual - 100 to 130 calories per day - and the kids can choose from a multitude of exercise options including aerobics, fitness machines or even games like ultimate Frisbee, soccer and basketball.”

Students who reached their goal received a free healthy meal from Subway as a reward.

“We wanted to excite the kids about exercise and show them the benefit of doing a little bit at a time with activities they already enjoy,” says Joseph.

Other students have participated in a monthly Parents’ Night at the Y which focuses on areas such as healthy shopping and recipe tips and reading product labels.

The American Diabetes Association is also thrilled to have ACPHS students on board, says director Joan Clifford, and hosts one student per module at their headquarters in Albany.

The students at the ADA are involved in Project Power, a program targeting the African-American community which was developed to provide churches with a foundation for integrating diabetes awareness messages and healthy living tips into the life of the family and church.

Students work with parishioners at four different churches to provide information about diabetes and the risk factors for the disease, in particular stressing prevention and

the role that pharmacists can play.

“I loved attending the church meeting and working at such a personal level with those who needed help the most,” says Daniel Gharbawy ’09.

Over the course of a year, Pharm.D. students are involved in presenting an introductory Diabetes Day workshop and A Power Over Diabetes module that cover basic information and treatment. In addition, there are sessions on physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight; healthy eating; the relationship between diabetes, heart disease and stroke and the increase in type 2 diabetes among African American youths.

Another rotation site for students is the Birch Family Alliance (affiliated with Camp Heartland) in Carmel, N.Y, which serves children with AIDS/HIV or who have an immediate family member with AIDS/HIV. The overnight camp program utilizes four ACPHS students in each of the two weeks of the program. Students assist doctors and nurses in handing out medications, do family intake and med reconciliations with parents and, as licensed interns, man the “Med Shed” during meals, the busiest time of day for dispensing medications. They also educate parents about drug classes, adherence, nutrition and role of the pharmacist in HIV drug therapy.

In a bit of a different twist, they also act as regular camp counselors and are involved in all that entails — from swimming to hopscotch to hair braiding — for the hundred or so children from age 6 months to age 18 who participate in the program.

One aspect of this role involves learning to

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to get a close-up experience with families who are affected

by HIV.” LESLIE RIDDLE ’09

Alisha Gerber, Carrie Fox and Melissa Youngblood present nutrition information at the YMCA.

understand the family dynamic for those affected by HIV, as well as various reasons for disclosure or non-disclosure of the disease — many of the children are not aware of why they are there. It’s just “camp” to them.

Leslie Riddle ’09, says, “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to get a close-up experience with families who are affected by HIV. It gives you a different view of what these families endure, and how they handle their individual situations. In addition, you get to spend time doing something most pharmacists don’t — drawing up medications and trying to get young children to take them.”

Another one of the new rotations is at the American Cancer Society, whose Capital Region affiliate is based in Loudonville. Two students participate in each module, making a grand total of 16 students per year.

The ACS provides a concentrated experience, with the students participating in activities that run the gamut from clinics to chemo classes, helping provide a real overview of how cancer affects both patients and their families.

“We really want to develop an experience that will have an impact,” says preceptor Tracey Pitcher, LMSW, director of patient and family services at the Capital Region ACS. Each day is dedicated to a “piece” of ACS. Students have been on board a mobile bus that provides advocacy services to patients, circulated “Access to Care” petitions, worked to provide information at fund raisers and helped out at Koinonia Primary Care, a medical practice in the heart of inner city Albany dedicated to providing comprehensive primary care and mental health care to a popu-

lation that is underserved and underinsured.

In September, students participated in a cancer community initiative that the American Cancer Society organized at Glens Falls Hospital. In addition to ACS representatives, the “Community of Solutions” included local hospitals and hospices and myriad cancer-related organizations such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Gilda’s Club and Paul Newman’s Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch. The group reviewed the Comprehensive Cancer Plan for New York State as well as the three-year strategic plan for ACS. “It gives students a good idea of the cancer burden, how it affects quality of life and how community organizations collaborate to address needs,” Pitcher explains.

The meeting was an eye opener for students.

Topics covered ranged from legal assistance for cancer patients whose insurance claims have been denied to the rising price of gas and how it affects the ability of patients in rural communities to get to chemo appointments.

All in all, every single one of the new public rotations have provided so much more than “book learning” can give.

Sixth-year student Thomas Colligan, who did a rotation at Camp Heartland, sums it up in a nutshell.

“Public health, as defined in class, is organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.

That being said, my public health rotation was perfect. It demonstrated the community coming together in a positive environment aimed at the promotion of health and well being.”

Leslie Riddle and Patricia Snider go over medications at Camp Heartland.

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ALUMNI COME BACK—AND GIVE BACK— TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

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In our last issue, we wrote about the wealth of experience collectively provided by alumni who have returned to ACPHS as faculty members, carrying on a long-standing tradition of graduates giving back to their alma mater by mentoring its students. The story continues below. w

After earning her B.S. at ACP and a Pharm.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Terry Lubowski ’85 completed a two year research fellowship in infectious disease at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. She spent the next two years as a clinical pharmacist in infectious disease at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester and then Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey.

“I worked at Pfizer for 10 years in outcomes research, sales, marketing and international marketing but I came back to the College in 2003 because I wanted to teach,” says Dr. Lubowski.

For the past four years, Dr. Lubowski has been busy growing opportunities for students to “learn by doing” as the coordinator of experiential education expansion.

As an ACP student herself, she says she “learned the importance of caring for patients as your central goal if you want to be a good pharmacist,” and she has tried to pass that on to her own students over the years.

Now in a new role as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Dr. Lubowski is looking forward to continuing to conduct research in the area of experiential teaching and clinical services.

This year she will get a chance to turn her hand to something new as she takes over from Bob Hamilton ’77 as director of continuing professional development.

“I’d like our programs to be considered high-quality by the pharmacists in New York and to provide the most current and helpful programs we can to advance the practice of pharmacy in the state.”

w An instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice since 2004, Anne Myrka ’92, M.A, CGP, BCPS, went on after earning her B.S. in Pharmacy at ACP to get a Master’s in Teaching from the State University of New York at New Paltz.

“I knew that pharmacy was the right avenue for me,” says Myrka, who originally earned an associate degree in Chemical Technology from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy before landing at ACP. “College provides the spring board; it’s experience and initiative that allow you to fly. At ACP, I got a solid framework of pharmacotherapeutic knowledge upon which I was able to build a post-graduation expertise in geriatric pharmacotherapy,” says Myrka , now a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS).

“Most importantly,” she goes on to say, “I met some of my greatest mentors at ACP.”

Another research interest for Myrka is interdisciplinary teaching and learning, as well as online/distance learning.

“Students at ACPHS now have the option of utilizing an online learning platform,” says Myrka, who has worked enthusiastically with the College’s online “Blackboard” system. “And, e-mail has greatly enhanced student/teacher communication,” which will be crucial as Myrka enters a new phase of her career that will require her to sometimes be in “two places at once.”

In addition to her position at ACPHS, this year she will be teaching “across state lines” as chair of the John Merck Division of Science and Technology at Southern Vermont College, where she previously served as an adjunct faculty member in the nursing division.

w Having earned both her B.S. and Pharm.D. degrees from ACP, Jennifer Cerulli ’93 B.S.,’95, Pharm.D., BCPS, AE-C, has fond memories of student life at the College.

“I especially remember Dr. Dave Newton drawing on his wipe board to help me understand biopharm, fun times at Ralph’s and good friends who have become good pharmacists.”

After graduation, Dr. Cerulli completed a residency in pharmacy practice at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in nutrition support at Albany Medical Center and ACP. Soon after, she joined the faculty ranks at her alma mater.

“I love the Capital District and the College,” she says. “I wanted to be back at home.”

Now an associate professor of pharmacy practice at ACPHS, Dr. Cerulli has a strong interest in community pharmacy and also serves as a clinical pharmacist at Four Corners Pharmacy in Delmar, N.Y., owned by husband Paul Pagnotta ’92 and John Croce ’84.

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At both ACPHS and in the Delmar pharmacy, Dr. Cerulli has worked with pharmacists, pharmacy residents and student pharmacists to develop, implement and assess the outcomes of community pharmacy patient care programs in the areas of hypertension, asthma/COPD, osteoporosis, menopause education and medication therapy management.

During her years as coordinator of community pharmacy practice experiences at the College, Dr. Cerulli was intimately involved in the development, management and assessment of community pharmacy experiential education programs.

“My work in experiential education enabled me to reach out to alumni to talk with them about having ACP students on rotation,” Dr. Cerulli explains. “I was able hear about their careers and to visit their practice sites. It’s nice to learn about what everyone has achieved in their personal and professional lives.”

Dr. Cerulli has served on the Board of the Capital Area Pharmacists Society (CAPS) and the Greater Capital District Asthma Coalition. She is a past recipient of the CAPS Pharmacist of the Year Award and the Albert B. Prescott Leadership Award and serves as an associate editor for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.

w Darren Grabe ’95, Pharm.D., earned his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from ACP in 1993 and followed two years later with his Pharm.D. “The Pharm.D. program was one of the best experiences I had when I was a student in the program,” says Dr. Grabe. “There were only seven of us in the class and it made for a highly focused educational program.”

After graduation, Dr. Grabe went on to complete both a residency in nephrology/internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology and has specialized in that area since coming to ACP as an assistant professor in 2000.

Now an associate professor in the department of pharmacy practice, Dr. Grabe is part of the College’s Albany Nephrology Pharmacy Group (ANephRx) which deals with research and outreach concerned with medication use in patients with chronic kidney disease. Another area of interest is intravenous iron associated with oxidative stress.

“I enjoy collaborations between other faculty members in regards to teaching and research initiatives,” says Dr. Grabe, who has collaborated in the group with George Bailie, Pharm.D., Ph.D., associate dean for research and graduate education, and former faculty members Harold Manley ’96, Pharm.D., BCPS, and Rowland Elwell ’99, Pharm.D., as well as Katie Pallotta ’06, Pharm.D., Darius Mason, Pharm.D. and Amy Barton Pai ’99, Pharm.D., all recent additions to the ACPHS faculty.

Dr. Grabe has served as chair of the Nephrology Practice Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and as co-vice chair of Medical Advisory Board of the Northeast New York Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation.

w “The college has certainly grown since I graduated,” says Aimee Ansari Strang Pharm.D., BCPS, who earned both her B.S. (1995) and Pharm.D. (1998) degrees from ACP and has witnessed the school’s phenomenal growth during this decade. She goes on to add that “many of the same professors and staff are still here from when I was a student.”

A resident of Troy, Dr. Strang was thrilled to be able to stay local in her chosen profession and signed on as an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at ACP in 2001.

“I had a good experience here; I wanted to give back to the College.”

Dr. Strang has since risen to the position of associate professor and has taught a variety of courses in the pharmacy practice department.

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She has recently been named director of the Pharmacy Practice Laboratories and is helping transition the labs over to a new six-semester lab-based curriculum.

“My goal is to ensure that students receive training that prepares them to face the challenges of health care,” she explains.

In 2007, Dr. Strang earned the designation of Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist from the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. The credential is pharmacy’s highest in the practice of pharmacotherapy.

w One of the newest additions to the faculty is Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Amy Barton Pai ’96, B.S., ’99, Pharm.D., BCPS, who earned both of her pharmacy degrees from ACP and joined the College in October.

“ACPHS has well-trained professors with extensive clinical acumen and national recognition,” says Dr. Barton Pai, who as a student at ACP says she learned “to consistently set the bar higher for myself and for pharmacy practice.”

While a student, she was strongly influenced by George Bailie, Pharm.D., Ph.D., now associate dean of research and graduate education, who steered her toward her area of specialization. After earning her Pharm.D., Dr. Barton Pai headed off to the University of Illinois at Chicago where she did a two-year fellowship in nephrology.

Before returning to her alma mater, she spent the past seven years as, first, an assistant professor and then associate professor of Pharmacy and Nephrology at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine. With an interest in research education, she oversaw a program designed to longitudinally train aspiring

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clinical pharmacy scientists as director of the Clinical Pharmacy Research Program at UNM. Now back on campus, Dr. Barton Pai is excited by the wealth of opportunities that ACPHS has to offer.

“The College has a commitment to focused research programs combined with rapid and broad growth of the health sciences and access to local collaborators and resources,” she says.

Her own clinical and translational research focuses on oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic kidney disease patients and she is looking forward to collaborating with the Albany Nephrology Pharmacy Group (ANephRx) at ACPHS, which includes Dr. Bailie and Darren Grabe ’93, Pharm.D. “I also conduct outcomes research to examine the impact of pharmaceutical care on medication costs, hospitalizations and quality of life in dialysis patients,” says Dr. Barton Pai, who has published extensively on her areas of interest.

w Nicole Stack Lodise ’02, Pharm.D., has been a member of the ACPHS faculty for nearly six years. An assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and a clinical pharmacist in the Women’s Health Clinic at Albany Medical Center, she serves as one of the co-coordinators of a tobacco cessation service for inpatients and employees of the hospital.

Dr. Lodise has recently been tapped as a resource for students, faculty and staff at ACPHS who wish to quit smoking as the College navigates

w At ACPHS as a faculty member for nearly four years, Tanya Vadala ’03, Pharm.D., began as an instructor in the Pharmacy Practice Laboratory, served as interim director of the lab for the 2006–2007 academic year and, last January, began a new position as a faculty member in community practice.

“In my experience, the College community has always been a very close group and I have made many valuable friendships both as a student and faculty member.”

“My favorite part of working here is interacting with students,” says Dr. Vadala, who works extensively with students at her community practice site at the Hannaford Pharmacy in Voorheesville, N.Y., and also serves as a faculty co-advisor of the American Pharmacists Association — Academy of Student Pharmacists chapter at ACPHS.

College provides the spring board; it’s experience and initiative that allow you to fly.

At ACP, I got a solid framework of pharmacotherapeutic knowledge upon which I was able to build a post-graduation expertise in geriatric pharmacotherapy. —Anne Myrka ’92

toward a smoke free campus. Another area she specializes in is the use of over-the-counter medications by pregnant women.

For her work in tobacco cessation and women’s health, this spring Dr. Lodise was named Pharmacist of the Year by the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists. Contributions are judged by involvement in professional organizations, pharmacy education, research activities, publications, community service and clinical practice sites.

“I was truly honored to receive this recognition from my peers,” said Dr. Lodise. “Pharmacists play an integral role in assisting patients with their health care needs. I am proud to be a member of this profession and to work with so many inspiring colleagues on campus, in my practice setting and within professional organizations.”

In addition to her work with NYSCHP, Dr. Lodise serves on various committees for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

At a more regional level, she is involved with the Capital District Tobacco Free Coalition and precepts health care-related clerkships in women’s health, tobacco cessation and pharmacy education. She also co-mentors students at ACPHS in a new public health rotation at the Capital District Tobacco Free Coalition.

“I also have many extremely intelligent and dedicated colleagues,” she goes on to say. “Working together, we are motivated to ensure a quality education for our students. It is an amazing experience to see the transformation of a student to a pharmacy professional.”

“ACPHS’s expansion from a one building college to a campus has been just incredible,” says Dr. Vadala. “When I was on the basketball team, we practiced in the gym, also known as the ’shoe box,’ in the basement of the O’Brien Building. Now that space is a laboratory for compounding, counseling and dispensing.”

w After she earned her Pharm.D. from ACP, Shannon Rivers Miller ’04, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE did a residency in ambulatory care with, Michael Kane ’84, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Soon after, in 2005, she joined the faculty as an assistant professor.

Like her mentor Dr. Kane, her research and teaching interests are in the area of diabetes education and management and she maintains a clinical practice at Albany Medical Center in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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A big part of her decision to return to the College, she says, was her colleagues on the faculty.

“Everyone is very supportive of one another.”

In 2006, Dr. Miller was recognized by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties as Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy. Board certification is the pharmacy industry’s highest credential and BPS-certified pharmacy specialists are recognized for their advanced level of knowledge, skills and achievements by government agencies and health care organizations throughout the United States.

For more about Dr. Miller, see Class Notes.

w A part-time instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Stephanie Young ’06, Pharm.D., is one of the most recent graduates teaching at ACPHS but, even so, she has seen lots of changes.

“Everything has grown so much in just two years! More students, more faculty, more buildings and more degrees,” she says.

She remembers her time as a student fondly, especially making lifelong friends and meeting her husband, Miller Young ’02, Pharm.D. “One of the highlights of my student days was going on a medical mission to Kenya as one of my clerkships during my sixth year,” she explains.

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After graduating from ACP in 2006, Dr. Young went on to complete a PGY-1 Pharmacy residency at the Stratton V.A Medical Center.

“When my residency ended and it was time to choose a career, the decision was easy,” says Dr. Young, who started at the College in the summer of 2007. “Being a part of educating future pharmacists is a wonderful experience. Getting to know the students and seeing all of the great things that they accomplish during their years at the College is highly rewarding. ” She continues to work per diem at the V.A., Albany Medical Center and at Young’s Pharmacy and General Store in Averill Park, N.Y., an independent pharmacy she owns with her husband. In their precious spare time, the Youngs enjoy spending time with their year-old daughter Mya.

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Events

The William M. Cronin Room, a meeting and dining area in the Student Center, was dedicated in July.

Cronin was the long-time CFO at ACPHS.

A reception for alumni and friends was held at the new Vermont campus in September. Pictured, left to right, are Tanya Vadala ’03, student Lindsey Davison, and Corey ’97 and Kelly Duteau.

Walgreens officials visited campus in October for the dedication of a new Patient Assessment Lab they have provided in the O’Brien Building. Sharing a laugh, left to right are, John Foley, vice president, store operations; Rich Zaccone, district manager; John Marraffa Jr. ’03, district pharmacy supervisor and ACPHS Alumni Council chair; and Adrienne Johnson, district manager.

President James J. Gozzo and Board of Trustees chair Kandy Daley ’74 at the Dean’s Cup golf tournament with first-year student Leanna Tice, this year’s recipient of the Dean’s Endowment for Excellence Scholarship, and her father and sister.

An Alumni Career Panel held in November featured Robert Blum ’83, R.Ph., director of the Buffalo Clinical Research Center; Victoria Ardia Dingman ’94, R.Ph., Nuclear Pharmacist, Cardinal Health; Jim Notaro ’84, R.Ph., president of Clinical Support Services, Inc. and Fred Macri ’74, MPA, executive vice president and COO of Rhode Island Hospital.

Seated in front are Student Government Association president Neil Tierson ’11 and the panel moderator Colleen Lawless ’11.

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The Legacy Continues

Almost since the College’s very beginning, ACPHS has had a tradition of generations of families returning to the alma mater of their fathers, mothers and grandparents. The trend continues with the latest group of students at the College.

Pictured at a reception held over the summer for first-year students and their families are Jacqui Jacobi ’88 with daughter Chelsea, John Westerman ’78 and son Michael, and Louise and Troy Spaulding ’85 with daughter Olivia.

Alyssa Shangraw ’12, the fourth generation in her family to attend the College, at the ACPHS White Coat Ceremony in September along with dad Bill Shangraw ’80 and grandfather Walter (Skip) Shangraw ’54. Great-grandfather Walter Shangraw Sr. was Class of 1921.

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JANUARY

Friday, January 9, 2009 Continuing Education Program: Respiratory Disease and Pharmacotherapy

For more information contact Lori Kline Office of Continuing Professional Development (518) 694-7231 or lori.kline@acphs.edu

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Classes of 1970–1979 Luncheon Sunday, January 18, 2009 Continuing Education Program: Annual Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Symposium

3 credits For more information contact Lori Kline Office of Continuing Professional Development (518) 694-7231 or lori.kline@acphs.edu

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FEBRUARY

Tuesday, February 3, 2009, Student Center, 202 at 7:00PM

Africana Film Series presents “Four Years across Africa by Bike” and “And So Angels Die” (Ainsi Meurent Les Anges).

The MultiCultural Club will provide foods from around the world beginning at 6:00PM. For more info call (518) 694-7359 or e-mail kevin.hickey@acphs.edu

Tuesday, February 10, Student Center, 202 at 7:00PM

Africana Film Series presents “Shake Hands with the Devil” For more info call (518) 694-7359 or e-mail kevin.hickey@acphs.edu

Sunday, February 8, 2009 Continuing Education Program: Annual Infectious Disease Symposium

4 credits For more information contact Lori Kline Office of Continuing Professional Development (518) 694-7231 or lori.kline@acphs.edu

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Classes of 1980-1989 Luncheon Tuesday, February 17, Student Center, 202 at 7:00PM

Africana Film Series presents “Mahaleo” For more info call (518) 694-7359 or e-mail kevin.hickey@acphs.edu

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Classes of 1990-2000 Event

MAY

Saturday, May 9, 2009 Commencement 2009

Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Albany, N.Y.

JUNE

Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 7 Reunion 2009 for classes ending in 4 and 9 Watch your mail for details!

Rocco Giruzzi ’58, right, with the ACPHS men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Hoop Dreams NEW BASKETBALL SCORING TABLE DONATED BY ’58 ALUMNI Rocco Giruzzi Jr. and Frank Viviani, both members of the Class of 1958, have donated a scoring table to be used at ACPHS basketball games beginning this season. Giruzzi and Viviani were both members of the famed 1957–58 men’s basketball team at the College that finished the season 13-1.

“On behalf of the ’58 players, I want to thank everyone who made possible the dedication of our team plaque during this year’s Reunion — the 50th for many of us,” said Giruzzi. “Given the blessings that my ACP education has provided me, and the enjoyment my basketball years gave me, I was more than happy to support this effort and help out future Panthers!”

“The new table looks absolutely fantastic and I’d like to thank Rocco and Frank for their

generosity to ACPHS basketball,” said Coordinator of Athletics and Recreation Ryan Venter. “This is a huge upgrade for the teams and for the atmosphere in the Albert M. White Gymnasium. The table will be used for many years to come.”

“I’m happy to help out the basketball program,” added Viviani. “We were thrilled that the scoring table was used at the alumni–student games.”

The new scoring table debuted on November 1, 2008 at the Rita E. Leighton Alumni Games. The basketball games are held in memory of the late Rita Leighton ’86, a former ACP trustee and the career scoring leader for the College’s women’s basketball team from 1986 until 2005.

FOR A COMPLETE LISTING of all events visit www.acphs.edu

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Mario Zeolla and Noah Sorensen Memorial Golf Tournament UHA Director of Public Safety Bob Grebert with ACPHS representatives Packy McGraw, Ryan Venter and Craig Tynan. Many of Mario and Noah’s friends participated in the tournament. Pictured, left to right, John Castro, Megan Castro ’97, Heather Manley ’97, Joe Manley, Jeannie Baratta ’97, Stephan Baratta ’98, Christine Daniel ’97, John Daniel.

The first Mario Zeolla and Noah Sorensen Memorial Golf Tournament took place in June, drawing a large crowd to remember these special friends. The event was sponsored by the Friends of Noah Sorensen and Mario Zeolla (FONSMZ), an organization formed by friends and family with the goal of keeping the spirit and the enthusiasm of Noah and Mario alive.

More than 150 relatives, friends, colleagues and students gathered at the Mohawk River Golf Course to celebrate the lives of Mario and Noah — roommates, fraternity brothers and teammates who had been friends for more than 20 years before their untimely deaths in June 2007.

“We were totally sold out,” said Mike Zeolla, Mario’s brother and a 2001 ACPHS graduate. “And the weather held for us. It rained up until tee time and then the clouds literally parted. We ended with sunshine and a rainbow over the course.”

The idea behind the day was to honor both men with a charity tournament organized around the game that these two great friends held close to their hearts — golf. The event gave attendees the opportunity to come together on one special day to share stories, laugh and cry, and take part in the game that Mario and Noah loved so much. The group hopes to make the fundraiser an annual event.

An important goal of the organization is to raise funds to donate to causes in honor of Noah and Mario. This year’s tournament brought in about $10,000 to be split between the Grand Circle Foundation, which funds the Minh Tu Care Orphanage in Hue, Vietnam, and the Mario M. Zeolla ’97 Memorial Scholarship at ACPHS, developed by Mario’s wife, Christine Tallo Zeolla ’99, and family to carry out the values that he believed so strongly in.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS FIRST PLACE with a score of 58 Dave Bruce Leo Carroll Bill Kehn Bill Ryan LAST PLACE (all alumni and/or faculty members, and “the most honest team” according to Mike Zeolla) Machaon Bonafede Darren Triller ’89 Leon Cosler ’82 Patrick Meek CONTEST WINNERS Bill Ryan—closest to the pin Joe Manley ’93—closest to the line Jim Gile—longest drive

FOR MORE INFORMATION or to donate, visit www.fonsmz.org

Bob Single—closest to the pin in 3 shots Bill Bartyzel—putting contest

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IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM

Christine Audette ’99 ACPHS Assistant Professor Christine Audette ’99 died July 4, 2008, after a long illness.

Raised in Troy, Chris resided there most of her life but had lived in Kinderhook, N.Y. for the past two years.

After earning both her B.S. and Pharm.D. from ACPHS, Chris served as director of the pharmacy practice lab at the College and as a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, where she taught compounding, dispensing and counseling.

“Chris had the ability to make everything in life an event,” said Darren M. Triller ’89, Pharm.D., a former faculty member at the College who now serves as director of pharmacy services for IPRO. Dr. Triller gave a moving tribute to his friend and former colleague at her memorial service in July.

“Whether it was a birthday party, Christmas or a week of vacation, Chris always made it big, exciting and memorable. Even at a fund raiser held for her after she was diagnosed with cancer, she was out on the dance floor barefoot until late in the evening, looking at those of us mopes sitting in the chairs as if to say, ’What’s wrong with you guys? Get off your butts and dance!’”

“The loss of such an energetic, vibrant young woman should challenge us to live every day to its fullest, to make a difference and to ’get off our butts and dance’,” said Dr. Triller.

In addition to her position at ACPHS, Chris worked as a pharmacist for CVS. She was a member of the American Pharmacist Association, Pharmacists Society State of New York, NYS American College of Clinical Pharmacists and Northeast New York Society of Health Care Pharmacists.

Survivors include her daughter, Jessica Lynne Audette, who is following in her mother’s footsteps as a second-year student in the Pharm.D. program at ACPHS.

Contributions in memory of Christine Audette may be made to Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Office of Institutional Advancement 106 New Scotland Avenue Albany, N.Y. 12208

1945 Mary E. “Liz” Doyle

1954 Herbert D. Heitmuller

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July 31, 2008

1946 Jean Beaty Chambers

1958 C. David Fox

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August 23, 2008

1950 Louis Kalbfeld

1967 Jerome Lozoff

September 29, 2008

Aug. 19, 2008

William D. McClellan

1986 Malcolm E. Payne Jr.

July 10, 2008

September 23, 2008

1953 Gilbert J. De Lucia August 1, 2008

1999 Christine Audette July 4, 2008

C. David Fox ’58 C. David Fox ’58, Ph.D., passed away on August 23, 2008. Dr. Fox served as a senior pharmacist specialist in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the National Defense Service medal before his honorable discharge in 1956.

Dr. Fox graduated magna cum laude from Albany College of Pharmacy and obtained both his master’s and doctoral degrees in pharmaceutical technology sciences from the University of Maryland. A scientist at WyethAyerst Laboratories in Rouses Point, N.Y., he retired in 1998 after 34 years of employment.

He was a registered pharmacist in New York, Vermont and Maryland and an active participant within the professional pharmaceutical community, serving as a member of the steering committee and chairman of the Current Manufacturing Practices Committee — Production and Engineering sections of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.

He also was a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and Pharmaceutical Sciences Group in Canada and served on several committees for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and United States Pharmacopeia.

An avid NASCAR fan, “Chet” drove in the early days of the competition against such well known competitors as Lee Petty and Banjo Matthews, as well as at the West Palm

Beach Raceway in Florida. Additionally, he was an avid small plane pilot, photographer, gardener and trumpet player with the local marching band.

A steadfast annual fund supporter of the College over the years, Dr. Fox had recently made a $700,000 pledge, one of the largest in the College’s history, to support research at the Albany and Vermont campuses.

He was back at his alma mater in June for his 50th Reunion and enjoyed a tour of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute in addition to the Reunion dinner with his classmates on Friday night.

“My father’s ties to the College were very strong and, even in his later life, he loved to recall escapades with his friends from that time,” said his daughter, Dr. Sharon L. Fox. “We had talked about his trip to Reunion a few times and I know that he was both pleased and overwhelmed with the opportunity to see many of those friends again. I am very proud of his accomplishments during his life; many of them were a direct result of the program, faculty and student body that make up the College.”

Pre-deceased by his wife, Sue McNamara Fox ’61, Dr. Fox is survived by his daughter and his sister, Patricia, wife of the late Julius Osowick ’55.

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1947 Regina Snyder sent in a photo of a group of friends and classmates at a 1993 gathering at TGIF’s in Albany. Pictured, left to right, are Eleanor Downes Maloney ’48 of Albany, Regina of North Carolina, the late Mary Davidge ’45, Jo Stancampiano McClimans of Schenectady and the late Louise Swendsen Maggiacomo (Photo 1).

All got together on a regular basis when Regina used to travel to her summer home in Richfield Springs, reuniting most of the seven “pharmacy girls” in their class. Regina met with other North Carolina alumni at a reception held in October.

1948 Lucille Cerro, widow of Armante Cerro, sent in a picture of Armante with niece Shannon Hogan ’12 (Photo 2), now quite a bit bigger and a student in the Pharm.D. program at ACPHS. Armante was the owner of the Hess Pharmacy in Boonville until 1987. He served on the Board of Trustees at ACPHS for 14 years and was named as vice chair in 2000, a position he held until his death in 2001.

1966 Ray E. Richardson and his wife Janet, of Charlotte, N.C., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 6. Ray was a pharmacist for the House of the Good Samaritan, now Samaritan Medical Center, and for Kinney Drugs in Malone, Ogdensburg and Watertown. The Richardsons have a son, Rande, and daughter, Kara, as well as two grandsons.

1972 Judy Michela Beaulac wrote to update us on her new job. After almost 24 years as a staff pharmacist at HealthAlliance Hospitals in north central Massachusetts, Judy has taken a job with Cardinal Health Rxe-source in Marlboro, Mass.

Rxe-source (pronounced “resource”) is an order entry service designed to maintain continuity of service when hospital pharmacies are closed or during periods of peak demand. Currently, Judy’s office covers 10 hospitals from New Hampshire to Cape Cod. Orders are scanned to Rxe-source by fax and entered directly into the hospitals’ pharmacy systems via the internet. Judy says it’s a challenge to keep up with the “rules” for order entry at each hospital and to know how to use each system. But, the position allows her to be a hospital pharmacist “without all of the side issues that come with working in the hospital” and she is enjoying it immensely. She just concentrates on order entry and determines if the prescription is clinically appropriate for the patient…“pure pharmacy,” in her words. “One more avenue that pharmacy graduates can consider after having had a few years of experience,” she says. Judy would love to hear what other 30

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members of the class of 1972 are doing. E-mail her at her new ACP “e-mail for life” at judith.beaulac@alumni.acphs.edu.

1976 Marilynn Miller O’Dell, a staff pharmacist at CVS Pharmacy with more than 20 years of professional experience, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of consulting.

Cambridge Who’s Who is an organization of 250,000 active members that recognizes and empowers executives, professionals and entrepreneurs throughout the world / Charlie Bryden has joined the staff of the Kinney Drugs store in Mooers, N.Y. Charlie first worked at Fay’s Drugs, where he assumed the role of supervising pharmacist for 23 years. After Fay’s was sold, he also worked for Eckerd and Rite Aid at the Malone location until joining Kinney’s.

1978 Bill Fiero wrote to say hi to all ACP friends and classmates. Bill and his wife Jayne have lived in Walden, N.Y. for the last 30 years and he’s enjoying watching his two daughters enter adulthood.

In his 24th year as an employee of the NYS Office of Mental Hygiene, Bill currently works at MidHudson Forensic Psychiatric Center. He and Jayne regularly indulge their passions for long distance bicycling, birding and world nature travel and, over the years, have explored many exotic locales. In his spare time, Bill also dabbles in eastern philosophy and sells his nature photographs at local shops, community festivals and craft shows. He encourages everyone to drop a line and say hello at wfiero@gmail.com.

1981 Ray Bleser has been named the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Chamber of Schenectady County. Ray was honored on October 21 for his success and achievement as a “business owner with less than 100 employees who has contributed to the growth of Schenectady County.” Ray opened the Northeastern Coin Gallery in 1980, during his last year at ACP. In 1985, Ray purchased and renovated a building in Schenectady, N.Y., and Northeastern Fine Jewelry was born. Since that time, he has added stores in Albany; Manchester, Vermont; and, most recently, a second location in Schenectady. Ray is very involved in the community and in charitable endeavors, including sponsorship of fundraisers for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Living Resources. He and his wife and business associate, Valerie, have a son, Richard, 26, and daughter, Valerie, 25.

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1982 Jamey Skelly has joined the staff of the Kinney Drugs store in Mooers, N.Y. Jamey’s career began with Kinney Drugs in 1982 as supervising pharmacist in the Malone and Lowville pharmacy locations. In 1991, he joined Fay’s Drugs, which was acquired by Eckerd Drugs and subsequently Rite Aid. He spent the last seven years with Rite Aid in Malone.

1990 Michael ’91 and Michele Fernandez welcome the addition of Maria Estela Fernandez, age 7 (Photo 3), to their family. Maria was adopted from Guatemala in August 2008, and joins her brothers Christopher and Daniel and sister, Allison.

1991 Susan Poupore has joined the staff of the Kinney Drugs store in Mooers, N.Y. Susan began her career in 1988 with Kessler’s Pharmacy in Albany.

She most recently worked as a staff pharmacist at Rite Aid in Malone.

1996 Jennifer Evans married Gregory Wetmore (Photo 4) on September 6, 2008 at “A Wedding in the Country” Chapel in Galway, N.Y. A reception followed at Jen’s parent’s house in Galway. Wedding guests included alumnae Kristen McComb ’97, Carol Fiorillo Halpin ’97, Tracy Teitsch Aunkst, Aimee Ansari Strang ’95, Sue Bruce ’98 and Anne Myrka ’92. / Five 1996 alums had a minireunion in New Mexico where they attended the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Pictured (Photo 5), left to right, are Marilyn Brown Adams, Michelle Piatek Stevens, Amy Barton Pai, Steven Moshinskie and Deborah Fay Dempsey.

Amy has recently relocated from N.M. to N.Y. where she has joined the faculty at ACPHS as an associate professor of pharmacy practice. For more on Amy, see the article on page 20.

1997 Philip “PJ” Zoccolillo Jr. married Jill Gallinger in July 2007. On June 24, 2008, their first child, Joseph Philip, was born. The family lives in Baldwinsville, N.Y. and Philip is employed at Rite Aid in Syracuse.

1998 Greg Stanley was recently named to the Albany Times Union all-time Capital Region college basketball team. A guard on the ACP team, Greg averaged 32.4 points while carrying a 4.0 GPA for eight of his 10 semesters at the College.

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1999 Michael Dufort sent in a photo of his children, (L to R), Cecelia Michael Dufort, Claire Mary Dufort, John David Dufort and Julia Dufort (Photo 6).

Michael is pharmacy manager at The Pharmacy Inc. in Bennington, Vt., and works with fellow ACP grads Phil O’Neill ’59, Ed Molloy ’62, Marie Robert Hare ’49, Tom Reif ’73, Jim Cross ’87, Colleen Coffey Cross ’88, Lisa Beelen Hommel ’88, Gail Townsley Hopkins ’92 and Ken Segreto ’03. / Vincent H. Tam has been promoted to tenured associate professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy.

of the Year by the Virginia Pharmacists Association. Sarah is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy at Shenandoah University.

2005 Tara A. Mosher married Adam Baird on July 11 at the Sandals Regency Resort in St. Lucia. Tara is employed at CVS in Greenwich, N.Y. Her husband is an environmental consultant in Albany.

The couple resides in Mechanicville.

2006

Matt Coleman was named director of pharmacy at Auburn Memorial Hospital in October after serving as interim director for three months. Matt has been on staff at the hospital since 2005.

Previously, he worked for Kinney Drugs.

Kiera Cilley married Eric Warner on July 7, 2007.

The couple resides in Ogdensburg, N.Y. Kiera is employed by Kinney Drugs. / Emily Caitlin Floor and Michael Zinsmeyer were wed on June 14, 2008 in North Syracuse. Emily is a pharmacy manager for Walgreens in Cicero, N.Y., where they live.

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Shannon Rivers Miller and husband Chris welcomed the arrival of daughter Amelia Kathryn Miller on August 18, 2008. Shannon is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at ACPHS, where her husband is also a faculty member. / Sarah A. Parnapy has been named the 2008 Distinguished Young Pharmacist

Amanda Forward and Joshua Nettleton were married on May 24, 2008. The wedding party included classmates Tiffany Franklin and Katie Fealey as well as Christine Yu ’08. The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic.

Amanda works as a pharmacist in Saratoga Springs. / Jason Richard McCann and Heather

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Lynne Sheffield and were united in marriage on July 21, 2007. The groom is the son of Monica and Richard McCann ’76 of Hudson Falls, N.Y. Jason is currently employed as a pharmacist at Rite Aid while Heather is a special education teacher in South Glens Falls. The couple resides in Queensbury with their dog, Jackson.

2008 Kimberly Whalley and Michael Roberts have announced their engagement. Kimberly is a pharmacist at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts while Michael is employed at RiteAid. / Lindsey M. Conlan and Nathaniel L. Turck exchanged wedding vows on Aug. 30, 2008.

Lindsey is employed by Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, N.C. Her husband is employed by CVS Pharmacy in Raleigh. / Russell James Aiken and Kasey Morgan Mosconi were united in marriage on July 26, 2008. The groomsmen included fellow 2008 graduates Willie Bawarski and Bradley Pastore. After a honeymoon in Las Vegas, the couple returned home to Glenmont, N.Y. Russell is employed at the pharmacy at the East Greenbush Price Chopper. Kasey is working toward her Pharm.D. at ACPHS and is a pharmacy intern at the Albany RiteAid / Christine Marion Brady and Nicholas Bouchard were married September 19, 2008, in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.

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REPORT OF GIFTS /

Report of Gifts Giving Clubs President’s Circle $10,000+ Burlington Drug Company Thomas & Constance D’Ambra C. David Fox ’58 * Melvin S. Friedland ’58 James J. Gozzo Help Yourself Foundation Fouad & Amal Morkos # Pepsi Rite Aid Corporation Walgreens William Mansfield Circle $5,000 – $9,999 Atef & Mervat Besada # Kandyce J. Daley ’74 + Kinney Drugs, Inc. Thomas O. Maggs + Richard G. Robison ’52 + TD Banknorth, N.A. Wyeth Willis Tucker Circle $2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous James E. Bollinger ’58 + CVS/Caremark Atef & Hala Demian # Eli Lilly and Company Envision Architects PC Follett Higher Education Group Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc. NACDS Foundation Novartis U.S. Foundation Frank A. Viviani ’58 Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Founder’s Society $1,881 – $2,499 Abbott Laboratories Lucille Cerro Paula M. DiLascia Wright ’86 Warren E. Doetsch ’58 Leonard E. Dwyer ’58 Jon J. Gallagher ’62 Rocco F. Giruzzi Jr. ’58 Bridget-ann Hart ’80 + Donald Seifert ’58 Lewis W. Sturgess ’53 Archibald McClure Circle $1,000 – $1,880 Nick G. Anagnost ’57 Daniel W. Barnes ’58 Seymour L. Budoff ’58 Robert S. Busch + Chicago Title Insurance Company Richard A. Cognetti ’69 James F. Davis David P. Demagistris ’77 Francis J. DiLascia ’54 + Vicki A. DiLorenzo Excel Engineering, PC Louis P. ’58 & Marilyn C. ’61 Fortin GE Foundation GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. 32

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In preparation for a transition from a calendar year Report of Gifts to a fiscal year report of gifts (July 1 through June 30), this report includes donations of more than $100 received only during the period January 1 through June 30, 2008. Donations received after that date will be listed in the next fiscal year report covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Anthony J. Graziano ’84 Zachary I. Hanan ’63 + Frank A. Hempstead ’58 InterfaceFlor Commercial Kathleen F. ’84 & William V. ’85 Krazinski Jr. Leo E. Maggy ’58 Mark K. Maggy ’91 Markel Insurance Company Robert F. McGaugh ’57 + Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. Robert A. Miller ’54 Nfrastructure Technologies George H. O’Connell Pfizer, Inc. P. Ronald Pollack ’63 Robert S. Pomerantz ’58 Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. RBC Capital Markets Frank R. Renna ’63 Roche Jack M. Rosenberg ’58 Robert W. Rozek ’58 Sano-Rubin Construction Services Edgar V. Stevens ’67 Robert B. Thomas ’58 Janice K. Treichler ’58 Pharmacy Associates $500 – $999 Anthony Albano ’57 Anonymous James P. Byrnes ’66 Thomas E. Byrnes ’57 Citi Foundation Elliot Cohen ’58 Ralph N. Comanzo ’58 William M. Cronin Amy Cucinella Roush Patricia A. Cunningham William C. ’58 & Ann S. ’58 Hallenbeck Robert C. Hartz Jr. ’66 J M T Brokerage, Inc. Michael P. ’84 & Teresa ’84 Kane David S. Knightes ’69 Michael B. Levine ’72 David W. Oliker ~ Charles W. Owens ’54 Manuel Ramirez ’91 Tech Valley Communications William H. Throop Tamara H. Turner ’88 Diane Vincent Ronald Winchell ’65 A. John Wylie ’68 Matthew T. Yancey ’99 David J. Zdunczyk Christine M. Zeolla ’99 Mortar & Pestle $250 – $499 Ace Pest Control Specialists, Inc. Alfred A. Austin Jr. Patricia C. Baron ’87 John E. Boylan Christopher K. Casey ’79 Karen A. Certo ’85

The Trust of Rhoda & David Curley (Rhonda Childs) Corey J. Duteau ’97 Excel Systems Inc. James Farrell ’77 Gilbert Fudin ’53 William Galarneau David & Virginia Gionet # Frederick S. Haggerty ’50 Owen W. Halloran ’75 Robert A. Hamilton ’77 Hession Electric, Inc. Higher Education Marketing Associates, Inc. Hiscock & Barclay, LLP Stephanie L. Goodwin ’83 & Mark E. Hopson ’83 Conrad J. Knapp ’58 Michael & Mary Kohan # John J. Kwasnowski ’53 David Langley Dawen & Gloria Liu # Carmine Lotano ’58 Joseph P. Mangione, Inc. Lockheed Martin MassMutual Financial Group Marilyn A. Mc Carthy ’54 Merrill Lynch Milliman Consultants & Actuaries Moore Fire Extinguisher Company LLC Arthur W. Muldoon ’72 Donald M. Nash Jr. ’79 Frederick R. O’Toole ’58 Robert C. & Becky B. Petronio Jr. ’86 Eugene R. Ponessa ’53 Jack A. Pross Sr. ’67 Darren M. Pynn ’88 RPh Floaters, PC Peter J. ’65 & Karen M. ’68 Ryan sanofi-aventis Robert C. Schmitt ’52 Christine Shields James E. Skeals ’58 William L. ’66 & Alice M. ’66 Sliter David R. Stachnik ’77 William R. Steed ’57 Elwin E. VanValkenburg ’52 John D. ’70 & Maria ’70 Wakefield Jamila W. Weintraub ’83 Adam R. Zalewski ’07 Maroon & White $100 – $249 Thomas & Valsamma Abraham # Richard K. Aikens ’63 Thomas W. Algozzine ’93 Beatrice C. Allis-Minion ’72 Amgen Foundation William B. Amsden ’59 Anonymous Frank Avason ’94 Maria O. Bachynsky ’67 Joseph M. Barbuto ’00 G. Wesley Barnard ’58 Karen M. Barrows Richard D. Baylis ’61 Judith M. Beaulac ’72 Donna Beebe Alan R. Bilicki ’86

Raymond J. Blake Jr. ’51 Amy D. Blanchard ’81 David ’83 & Anne ’87 Bombard Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Robert G. Brockley ’77 Cynthia L. Brown ’84 Thomas E. Buchanan ’80 Michael J. Buckley Peter T. Burdash ’97 J. Michael Burns ’77 Gene W. & Julie Burns Sr. # Shelly A. Calabrese Frank Capristo Jr. ’70 Francis A. Carbone ’63 Norman W. Carter ’68 Lawrence J. Casey Jr. ’64 John & Mary Ann Chaknis # Joseph Cherkis ’93 Walter ’52 & June ’55 Cherniak Joseph A. Colangelo ’76 Donald T. Collea ’91 Alfred J.Collins III Anthony & Joette Colucci # Lois J. Conklin ’53 Leslie B. Coons ’50 Nicole D. Corbett ’86 David R. Corina ’52 Richard T. Cornell ’65 Richard L. Culver ’52 Donald W. Davison # Erik A. Debruin ’77 Joseph W. Decker Sr. ’63 Geraldine A. DeGrazio ’68 William Delahant ’67 Mark DellArciprete ’93 Thomas & Lynne DellaRocca Jennifer L. Dickenson ’00 Angela C. Dominelli ’78 Patricia F. Donato ’79 Marie Dropkin ’82 Walter E. Dunham ’78 Clayton D. ’90 & Michelle ’91 Edwards George M. Ehrmann ’54 Deanna Ennello-Butler Andrew J. Farrell ’84 Christopher A. Fausel Jocelyn R. Fiederer ’80 William J. Finn ’59 Joseph A. Fiscella Sr. ’53 Scott & Sheri Fitzgerald # Derek E. ’94 & Amy ’94 Fluty John P. Fratto ’78 Kenneth R. Freebern ’88 Timothy T. Garrity ’66 Randy W. & Gloria B. Gibbon # Justine M. Gilbert ’91 Ronald A. Giordano ’63 Stephen T. Godlewski ’65 Gail Goodman Snitkoff Ronald B. Goodspeed ’69 Benjamin P. Graham ’71 Gene S. Gray ’69 Marilyn S. Green ’57 Edwin P. Greenman Jr. ’84 John J. Guokas ’62 Diadra E. Halfmann ’95 Donald F. Hall ’59 Mary Ann Halloran ’85 Steven B. ’85 & Joyce ’86 Hansel

REPORT OF GIFTS / Elaine I. Harrica ’71 William V. Hastings ’62 Kathleen M. Hayes ’81 Suzanne M. Hemingway ’83 John C. Henty ’66 Alan J. Hess ’72 Christopher T. Horning ’96 Richard L. ’67 & Paula A. ’68 Jansen Martha J. Jolly ’80 Stacy D. Keppler ’93 James E. ’75 & Lorraine F. ’75 Kewley Emad & Magda Khalil # John Edward Kirker ’70 L. Jane Klippel ’52 Robert A. Klupa ’71 Norman G. Kraft ’54 Philip K. LaFluer Jr. ’94 Jennifer R. Landaverde ’97 David S. ’77 & Kathleen ’77 Lee Sharifa N. Lockridge ’96 Donald F. Lutz ’49 Marc J. Mahay ’92 Joseph N. Marzo ’80 Lisa Ann Mason ’83 Raymond D. Matthews ’89 Kenneth J. Maxik ’86 Richard K. McCann ’76 Richard J. Menapace ’56 Ronald C. Menard ’61 Catherine Merriman Tracey L. Mertz-Puleo ’93 Robert W. Miller ’59 Theodore L. Mitchell ’80 Patrick M. Mongillo ’78 Francis J. Mosher IV ’80 Mary E. Murphy ’48 Albert V. Nicolella ’59 Brendan P. ’97 & Melissa ’96 O’Hara Michael A.’93 & Lori A. ’94 Panasci David M. Pelton ’69 Brenda L. Petrie ’00 Katherine F. Petrone ’59 Henry J. Phillips ’57 Frank J. Piccirillo ’57 Karl F. Popp ’73 Ashok & Sunita Punjabi # Nagy & Mona Rezkallah # Brian J. ’79 & Roxanne H. ’78 Richardson Shery W. Richardson ’71 Mary Ellen Rinaldi ’83 Scott F. Rogler Clyde H. Ronk ’73 Brandt ’63 & Susan G. ’65 Rowles Sawchuk, Brown Associates Thomas A. Saxby ’85 Schering-Plough Corporation Brian J. Scott ’93 Matthew ’94 & Diane ’97 Scott James L. Senese Stephen R. Shearer ’82 John J. Sheeley Jr. ’63 Leonard G. Sherwood ’56 Robert C. Shockley ’58 James T. Shott ’53 Richard A. Sillato ’99 Mark S. Simkins ’86 Jason S. ’97 & Jennifer ’97 Southworth Dexter B. Spaulding ’58 Christina Spinelli Norton W. Taylor ’49 Jacqueline R. Thomas ’74 James H. Toomajian ’82 Edward J. Trnka ’59 Vanguard Group Foundation

Laurie A. Villanueva ’99 Joe W. Walker Jr. Joseph M. Waltz ’91 Harold L. Weisberg ’55 Elizabeth A. Weston ’90 Alan White ’57 Leo A. Wisniewski ’72 Helen T. Wolek ’87 Matthew J. Woodcock ’87 Cynthia M. Wyman ’80 Michael J. Zandri ’84 Jeffrey M. Zurek ’74

1953 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Lois J. Conklin Gilbert J. DeLucia * Joseph A. Fiscella Sr. Gilbert Fudin John J. Kwasnowski Lawrence M. Mosse Eugene R. Ponessa James T. Shott Lewis W. Sturgess Robert E. Thiess

Class Giving 1943 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: June T. Bloomer Joseph F. Verrastro 1948 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Mary E. Murphy 1949 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Betty B. Frink Donald F. Lutz John H. Schell Norton W. Taylor 1950 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Leslie B. Coons Frederick S. Haggerty 1951 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Raymond J. Blake Jr. Alice R. Kinisky Harold E. Ransley Helen F. Scott Martin Scully 1952 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Walter Cherniak David R. Corina Richard L. Culver L. Jane Klippel Richard G. Robison Robert C. Schmitt Gordon VanDebogart Elwin E. VanValkenburg Robert H. VanVlack

11 2 18 $75

21 1 1

42 4 10 $325

50 2 5 $400

62 5 8 $313

60 9 15 $1,200

1954 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Francis J. DiLascia + George M. Ehrmann Lorraine P. Godson Norman G. Kraft Marilyn A. Mc Carthy Robert A. Miller Charles W. Owens John J. Rivolta Jr. 1955 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: June Cherniak Harold L. Weisberg 1956 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Joseph W. MacFarland Richard J. Menapace Leonard G. Sherwood Elmer P. Vandenburgh 1957 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Anthony Albano Nick G. Anagnost John E. Boylan Thomas E. Byrnes Marilyn S. Green Robert F. McGaugh + Henry J. Phillips Frank J. Piccirillo William J. Reilly William R. Steed Alan White Jerome A. Wilk 1958 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Richard K. Barber G. Wesley Barnard Daniel W. Barnes James E. Bollinger + Seymour L. Budoff

54 10 19 $3,066

54 8 15 $3,100

44 2 5 $200

50 4 8 $375

57 12 21 $4,490

Elliot Cohen Ralph N. Comanzo Selig D. Corman Warren E. Doetsch Leonard E. Dwyer Louis P. Fortin C. David Fox * Melvin S. Friedland + Rocco F. Giruzzi Jr. William C. & Ann S. Hallenbeck Jane H. Harvey Frank A. Hempstead Conrad J. Knapp Richard J. Kuhn Carmine Lotano Leo E. Maggy Ann D. Oathout George H. O’Connell Frederick R. O’Toole Robert S. Pomerantz Jack M. Rosenberg Robert W. Rozek Donald Seifert Robert C. Shockley James E. Skeals Dexter B. Spaulding Robert B. Thomas Janice K. Treichler Frank A. Viviani 1959 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: William B. Amsden William J. Finn Donald F. Hall Kenneth W. Hunter Robert W. Miller Albert V. Nicolella Katherine F. Petrone Edward J. Trnka Betty L. Williams 1960 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Joseph M. Battaglia Michael A. Lotano 1961 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Richard D. Baylis L. Kirk Benedict James K. Dubuque Marilyn C. Fortin Ronald C. Menard

67 35 52 $214,828

1962 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Ford C. Balch John J. Duffy Jon J. Gallagher John J. Guokas William V. Hastings Wilma D. Kenny Herbert D. Randall Howard R. Search

63 9 14 $770

60 2 3 $100

73 5 7 $1,369

74 8 11 $2,516

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REPORT OF GIFTS / 1963 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Richard K. Aikens Francis A. Carbone Lois A. Cogovan Joseph W. Decker Sr. Daniel J. DelNegro Maureen Foley Jay M. Frank Ronald A. Giordano Zachary I. Hanan + P. Ronald Pollack Frank R. Renna Brandt Rowles John J. Sheeley Jr. Jay A. Sherline 1964 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Lawrence J. Casey Jr. 1965 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Richard T. Cornell Robert S. Edson Stephen T. Godlewski William Leroy Sandra F. Lory Evan D. MacEwan Susan G. Rowles Peter J. Ryan Ronald Winchell

88 14 16 $4,020

1969 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Kalsey D. Arquette Richard A. Cognetti Ronald B. Goodspeed Gene S. Gray David S. Knightes James S. Larnard David M. Pelton Dianne S. Rutledge

17 1 6 $225 225

86 9 11 $1,300

1966 Class Size: 71 # of Donors: 7 10 % of Participants: Total Gift: $1,620 James P. Byrnes Anna K. Forster Timothy T. Garrity Robert C. Hartz Jr. John C. Henty William L. & Alice M. Sliter 1967 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Maria O. Bachynsky William Delahant Jo-Adele C. Dumper Richard L. Jansen Richard L. Johnson Barry B. Liepshutz Jack A. Pross Sr. Edgar V. Stevens Frederick L. Wendt 1968 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Norman W. Carter 34

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Geraldine A. DeGrazio Paula A. Jansen Karen M. Ryan James E. Stanton A. John Wylie

79 9 11 $1,870

89 6 7 $1,325

1970 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Frank Capristo Jr. Ted Cohen John Edward Kirker John D. & Maria Wakefield 1971 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: William E. Baisley Bernard G. Ettinger William B. Fischer Benjamin P. Graham Elaine I. Harrica David P. Hores Anne M. Klupa Robert A. Klupa David W. McEntarfer Shery W. Richardson Mary Anne K. Valenti Judith A. Werlau 1972 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Beatrice C. Allis-Minion Judith M. Beaulac Michele S. Danish Alan J. Hess Michael B. Levine David J. Minarski Edward L. Moses Arthur W. Muldoon Leo A. Wisniewski 1973 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Joseph M. Aliberti James P. Hranek Karl F. Popp Thomas R. Reif Clyde H. Ronk

88 8 10 $1,950

77 5 7 $505

78 12 15 $665

81 9 11 $1,375

72 5 7 $285

1974 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Kandyce J. Daley + C. John Dean Eileen L. Faist John F. Naioti Cecelia A. Steffek Jacqueline R. Thomas Jeffrey M. Zurek

86 7 8 $5,631

1975 Class Size: 107 # of Donors: 7 % of Participants: 7 Total Gift: $505 Edward F. Dombroski Sr. Owen W. Halloran James E. & Lorrane F. Kewley Timothy L. Magila Barbara L. McNiff Thomas E. Roberts 1976 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Catherine M. Boudreau Joseph A. Colangelo James F. Fazzari William Galarneau Ellen J. Howe David A. Keyser Richard K. McCann William I. Schuman David M. Stack 1977 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Dean R. Aldi Robert G. Brockley J. Michael Burns Erik A. Debruin David P. Demagistris James Farrell Robert A. Hamilton Deborah U. Henderson David S. & Kathleen Lee William J. Libera James L. Senese David R. Stachnik Susan M. Strauch Susan E. Waterman 1978 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Patricia A. Cunningham Angela C. Dominelli Walter E. Dunham Colleen Fleshman John P. Fratto Patrick M. Mongillo Wendy R. Perry Roxanne H. Richardson Joseph P. Sanzone Wayne F. Vallee

103 9 9 $750

111 15 14 $2,557

1979 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Michael J. Bertoni David Bibliowicz Christopher K. Casey Patricia F. Donato Donald M. Nash Jr. Brian J. Richardson Vincent L. & Melody Scavo Jean E. Siegrist 1980 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Thomas E. Buchanan Jocelyn R. Fiederer Roman Flis Martin J. Fox Geraldine K. Gates Bridget-ann Hart + Garret H. Huyer Martha J. Jolly Elizabeth M. Maney Joseph N. Marzo Theodore L. Mitchell Francis J. Mosher IV Frank M. Riley Roseann W. Stanton Cynthia M. Wyman 1981 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Amy D. Blanchard Jill W. Edd Kathleen M. Hayes Thomas & Michelle Hoskins Eugene R. Jackey Jr. Cheryl H. Smith Merrit S. Stanton Joann Q. Stevens 1982 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Marie Dropkin Janet M. Johnson Terrence K. Reid Kellie A. Sanzone Stephen R. Shearer James H. Toomajian

114 10 9 $1,374

126 9 7 $975

114 15 13 $3,045

122 9 7 $433

118 6 5 $425

1983 Class Size: 107 # of Donors: 12 11 % of Participants: Total Gift: $1,145 David S. Bombard Dawn B. Carlisle David E. Etz Suzanne M. Hemingway Stephanie L. Goodwin & Mark E. Hopson Lisa Ann Mason Jerry F. Powers

REPORT OF GIFTS / Lori E. Farquhar Anne Marie D. Hume Sondra G. Powers Helen T. Wolek Matthew J. Woodcock

Mary Ellen Rinaldi John R. Ripley Sandra J. Shuhart Jamila W. Weintraub 1984 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Robin J. Alteri Kevin J. Bates Stephen A. Bean Marion E. Bradley Cynthia L. Brown Suzanne E. Caravella Robert L. Correia Joanne M. Daprano Andrew J. Farrell Anthony J. Graziano Edwin P. Greenman Jr. Michael P. & Teresa Kane Kathleen F. Krazinski Renata A. McKenzie Bonnie T. Peters James H. Purcell Cynthia Rella Harris Suzanne S. Walpole Daria F. Yuschak Michael J. Zandri 1985 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Anonymous Karen A. Certo Mary Ann Halloran Steven B. Hansel William V. Krazinski Jr. Angela D. Miczek Karen R. Miller Lynn C. Ray Thomas A. Saxby Cathy A. Tillman

109 21 19 $4,318

125 7 6 $1,056

1989 Class Size: 148 # of Donors: 8 % of Participants: 5 Total Gift: $389 Veronica Asabere Holly Delape Lisa A. Findlater Nancy H. Huntington Raymond D. Matthews Becky L. McNulty Lynda M. Overstrom Jacquelyn A. Peters Mitchell 121 10 8 $2,025

1986 Class Size: 129 # of Donors: 12 % of Participants: 9 Total Gift: $2,895 Alan R. Bilicki Ronald Conti Nicole D. Corbett Paula M. DiLascia Wright Tammy V. Garrett Joyce Hansel Kenneth J. Maxik Robert C. & Becky B. Petronio Jr. Deborah M. Quiri Mark S. Simkins Fred Valenti 1987 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Mainak M. Amin Patricia C. Baron James A. Bartosik Anne Bombard Diana R. Boschi Astrid L. Cook

1988 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Michael A. Farina Kenneth R. Freebern Darren M. Pynn Concetta C. Rahn Nancy Trips Tamara H. Turner Suzanne M. Walton

130 11 9 $969

1990 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: John A. Carriola Clayton D. Edwards Sharon C. Geerts Michael J. Reff Susan M. Van Vranken Carlos N. & Sarah C. Velez Elizabeth A. Weston 1991 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Marybeth Brown Donald T. Collea Michelle B. Edwards Justine M. Gilbert Mark K. Maggy Manuel Ramirez Joseph M. Waltz 1992 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Gail T. Hopkins Marc J. Mahay Melissa L. Mannino Sharon G. Segouin 1993 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Thomas Algozzine

112 8 7 $450

141 7 5 $2,300

140 4 3 $215

120 12 10 $990

Joseph Cherkis Mary E. Coolidge Mark DellArciprete Christopher A. Fausel Scott T. Hanson Stacy D. Keppler Tracey L. Mertz-Puleo Michael A. Panasci Brian J. Scott Kevin D. Valade Jon K. Vorreuter 1994 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Frank Avason Todd D. Bourn Theresa A. Faul Derek E. & Amy Fluty Kristin Hanson Kimberley A. Jakubiak Margaret W. Karl Philip K. LaFluer Jr. Donald P. Light Lori A. Panasci Matthew Scott Dina Vorreuter Jennifer J. Wagner 1995 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Christine M. Coleman Diadra E. Halfmann Susan F. Johnson Kelly A. Jones Robert D. O’Brien Mary J. St. Hilaire Vincent J. Zammiello 1996 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Gina M. Adamo Lisa M. Burg Christopher T. Horning Sharifa N. Lockridge Melissa O’Hara Jennifer J. Zammiello

1998 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Margery M. Fellenzer Cynthia D. Nekos Tracey L. Torrey

136 14 10 $795

1999 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Julie U. Nguyen Richard A. Sillato Jennifer Stone Laurie A. Villanueva Matthew T. Yancey Christine M. Zeolla 2000 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Joseph M. Barbuto Jennifer L. Dickenson Brenda L. Petrie

126 7 6 $258

2001 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Kelly C. Sullivan 2002 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Cheri L. Hazelton Dipak K. Mistry

122 6 5 $585

1997 Class Size: 133 # of Donors: 12 % of Participants: 9 Total Gift: $1,355 Alfred A. Austin Jr. Erin M. Buckley Peter T. Burdash Corey J. Duteau Jennifer R. Landaverde Lai Wah Lee Theresa A. Lee Lynn Odett Brendan P. O’Hara Diane Scott Jason S. & Jennifer Southworth

146 3 2 $80

130 6 5 $1,270

109 3 3 $300

111 1 1

138 2 1 $100

2004 Class Size # of Donors: % of Participants: Deanna A. Marsh

130 1 1

2005 Class Size # of Donors: % of Participants: Amee J. Doshi

123 1 1

2006 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Kathleen E. Sawicki

148 1 1

2007 Class Size: # of Donors: % of Participants: Total Gift: Carolyn R. Chapman Adam R. Zalewski

144 2 1 $270

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REPORT OF GIFTS /

Friends of Albany College of Pharmacy Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Administration, Parents and Friends Total Gift $226,789 Faiez & Bushra Aboelezz # Thomas & Valsamma Abraham # Anonymous Daryl & Elizabeth Barra # Joseph & Kimberly Barres # Karen M. Barrows Brian & Joan Beaulieu # Donna Beebe Atef & Mervat Besada # James E. Bollinger ’58 + Michael & Susan Botti # Paul W. & Teresa Breuer Jr. Michael J. Buckley Gene W. & Julie Burns Sr. # Robert S. Busch + Robert & Maria Buzzonetti # Shelly A. Calabrese JoAnne Castaldo # Diana L.P. Caswell # Lucille Cerro Steven & Shelley Chaffee # John & Mary Ann Chaknis # Fritz & Donna Charitable # Michael Cheng Alfred J. Collins III Anthony & Joette Colucci # Joseph & Kellyann Convertini # Kenneth L. & June Crawford # William M. Cronin Amy Cucinella Roush The Trust of Rhoda & David Curley (Rhonda Childs) Michel & Lorraine Curran # Kandyce J. Daley ’74 + Thomas & Constance D’Ambra Paul & Barbara D’Ambrosio # James F. Davis Donald W. Davison # Robert & Marcia DeGilio # Thomas & Lynne DellaRocca Atef & Hala Demian # Daniel E. & Lisa A. Dennis # Francis J. DiLascia ’54 + Vicki A. DiLorenzo Angela C. Dominelli ’78 Joseph & Sarah Dudas # Keith S. & Carol Dunn # Shawn & Cynthia Early # Deanna Ennello-Butler Scott & Sheri Fitzgerald # Donato M. & Anna Forlenza Sr. # Stephen P. & Mary Forrest # Arthur D. & Marilee J. Fuss # Randy W. & Gloria B. Gibbon # David & Virginia Gionet # Thomas & Deborah Goetz # Gail Goodman Snitkoff James J. Gozzo Douglas E. & Ann T. Grassi # Edward J. & Kim M. Griffin # William & Jackie Guercio # Anthony & Elizabeth Gugino # James V. & Sharon Harrington # Bridget-ann Hart ’80 + John & Lynn B. Harter Jr. # David & Penny Haynes # Donald & Mary Henderson # Theresa M. Higgins # 36

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Shamim & Khaleda Hydery # Randall & Lorraine Jerauld # Laurie Just-Torrance # Michael P. ’84 & Teresa ’84 Kane Martin & Jana Kasikova # Marty & Linda Kelly # Emad & Magda Khalil # Michael & Mary Kohan # James & Bernadine Komenda # Heather Landry David Langley Lawrence & Christine Lansing # David & Clare LaPier # John & Cheley Limner # Dawen & Gloria Liu # Thomas O. Maggs + Peter & Frances May # Robert F. McGaugh ’57 + Catherine Merriman Anthony & Tina Micena # Theresa Michels # Fouad & Amal Morkos # Lee M. Nackman John Nieckarz Gerard & Anne Ogden # David W. Oliker ~ Joseph & Lisa Paoloni # Ashwin & Jigna Patel # Mani & Susan Philipose # Joseph & Nancy Piraino # Howard & Maureen Pirofsky # Kenneth & Susan Plaske # Michael & Deborah Potrzeba # Ashok & Sunita Punjabi # Edward & Cynthia Pursley # Gerald & Susanne Reed Jr. # Debbie Reutter Nagy & Mona Rezkallah # Richard G. Robison ’52 + Daniel & Anne Rochester # Scott F. Rogler Jeffrey & Karen Sanderson # Frederic & Patricia A. Schoen # Khalid & Amena Shahzad # Christine Shields Christina Spinelli Michael & Patricia Stephens # George & Mary Tadros # Anthony & Theresa Thomas # William H. Throop Anthony & Sharon Tiballi # Mark & Marialana Tubert # Everett & Sheila Underhill # Valerly & Mila Utkin # Ryan P. Venter Diane Vincent Joe W. Walker Jr. Rex & Patricia Wiggers # John & Dale Woods # Simon & Ellen Yee # David J. Zdunczyk

Matching Companies Total Gift: $21,818 Amgen Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Citi Foundation Eli Lilly and Company GE Foundation GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. IBM Corporation Kinney Drugs Foundation, Inc.

Kinney Drugs, Inc. Lockheed Martin MassMutual Financial Group Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. Novartis U.S. Foundation Pfizer, Inc. Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Roche RPh Floaters, PC sanofi-aventis Schering-Plough Corporation Vanguard Group Foundation Wyeth

In-Kind Gifts The Trust of Rhoda & David Curley (Rhonda Childs) Envision Architects PC sanofi-aventis

Mark W. Fagnan ’97 Warren D. Ficke ’59 John L. Finnegan ’57 Charlotte Helprin Richard F. Isele ’49 David S. Knightes ’69 Chester Koblantz Bruce D. Martin ’55 Roxie J. Miles ’70 Arthur W. Muldoon ’72 Kenneth M. Nirenberg William F. O’Brien Charles W. Owens ’54 Katherine F. Petrone ’59 Eugene R. Ponessa ’53 Regina G. Snyder ’47 Shirley C. Stolarski ’74 Norton W. Taylor ’49 Robert M. Toomajian ’62 Gino & Willie Turchi Robert H. Van Vlack ’52

In Honor of

Corporations and Foundations

In Honor of Natasha Buzzonetti Robert & Maria Buzzonetti #

Total Gift $171,150

In Honor of Erin Fitzgerald Scott & Sheri Fitzgerald #

In Memoriam In Memory of James E. Davis ’49 James F. Davis In Memory of Frank G. Giamartino ’76 William Galarneau ’76 In Memory of Solomon Levine ’49 Selig D. Corman ’58 In Memory of Wendy Vragel Muldoon ’72 Arthur W. Muldoon ’72 In Memory of Francis J. O’Brien Jerry F. Powers ’83

The Francis J. O’Brien Society The Francis J. O’Brien Society honors individuals who have made charitable planned gifts or have made known their intentions to include ACPHS in their wills or estate plans. Donors who have made financial or estate gifts of any size through wills, trusts or other planned gifts are recognized for their dedication to the college’s mission.

Alan Blum ’69 Lucille Cerro Donald R. Charles Jr. ’67 John R. ’70 & Lynne K. ’69 Cote ~ Jack & Kandyce J. Daley ’74 + Edward J. Enos ’84

Abbott Laboratories Ace Pest Control Specialists, Inc. Anonymous Burlington Drug Company Chicago Title Insurance Company CVS/Caremark Envision Architects PC Excel Engineering, P.C. Excel Systems, Inc. Follett Higher Education Group Help Yourself Foundation Hession Electric, Inc. Higher Education Marketing Associates, Inc. Hiscock & Barclay, LLP InterfaceFlor Commercial J M T Brokerage, Inc. Kinney Drugs, Inc. Joseph P. Mangione, Inc. Markel Insurance Company Merrill Lynch Milliman Consultants & Actuaries Moore Fire Extinguisher Company LLC NACDS Foundation Nfrastructure Technologies Pepsi RBC Capital Markets Rite Aid Corporation Sano-Rubin Construction Services sanofi-aventis Sawchuk, Brown Associates TD Banknorth, N.A. Tech Valley Communications Walgreens Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Wyeth

* # + ~

Deceased Parent of current student Trustee President’s Advisory Board

It’s Elementary The future of ACPHS is in your hands Make a gift that makes a difference + A bequest + Life insurance + Real estate + A gift from which you receive income, such as a Charitable Remainder Trust, Pooled Income Fund or Annuity + A Charitable Lead Trust FOR MORE INFORMATION about how you can ensure the future of ACPHS through planned giving opportunities, contact Director of Major Gifts Donna Beebe at (518) 694-7125 or donna.beebe@acphs.edu

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