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Gerald Briggs is Outstanding Alumnus

Longtime College supporter and accomplished alumnus Gerald Briggs ’68 was presented with the College of Pharmacy’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award at the annual Evening of Excellence on March 28,2008, where he also was recognized for 25 years of giving to the College.

Gerald is currently working as a clinical specialist for perinatal support services at Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif. He also is a clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco, and the University of Southern California.

Gerald has authored or co-authored numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and nine book chapters relating to drug therapy in pregnant or breastfeeding women and drug-induced developmental toxicity. He is senior author of the book, “Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation,” now in its 8th edition, and he is co-editor of a new book, “Drugs, Diseases, and Complications in Pregnancy – A Guidebook for Pharmacists,” that has 30 contributors and is scheduled for release next year.

Over the years Gerald has earned several awards for his work from employers, industry and professional associations, including the 1999 Clinical Practice Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

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Tim Rice '77 lectures about hospital pharmacy

Hospital executive Tim Rice, a class of 1977 alumnus, lectured to WSU pharmacy students in Spokane and Pullman in April, thanks to a grant from Bi-Mart.
Rice is the president and CEO of The Moses Cone Health System in North Carolina, which is a group of five hospitals.  He has been a top executive in that organization for many years, and the CEO for more than three years.
Rice talked to pharmacy students about opportunities for pharmacists in hospitals.
Rice's visit was the 2nd in a series sponsored by Bi-Mart.

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Outstanding Alumni

The award was established by the College of Pharmacy Alumni Advisory Board “as recognition of a Pharmacy alum whose contributions to community or society at large or the health care profession, or whose personal achievement has brought distinction to Washington State University College of Pharmacy.”

Past recipients of the award were:

1991, R. Keith Campbell ’64
1992, Richard Fowler ’50
1993, Jim ’39 and Trudy ’38 Reavis
1994, Ron Doane ’50
1995, William Gaskins ’68
1996, Rick Doane ’71
1997, Raymond Olson ’57
1998, John Oftebro ’65
1999, Holly Whitcomb Henry ’78
2000, John Swenson ’68
2001, Marvin Chamberlain ’75
2002, Linda Garrelts MacLean ’78
2007, Marshall P. Roberts '57 and Bert Porter '50
2008, Gerald Briggs '68

 

Class reunion photos

 




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