Category: Alumni
Photos: Inaugural Alumni Summit
August 28, 2009The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its inaugural Alumni Summit on August 28. The summit focused on strategies for achieving diversity in the student population. Attendees provided guidance and ideas to enhance the School’s efforts to reach diverse populations of students from the middle grades through college. PICTURES FROM THE SUMMIT https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157623165223199/show/
Alumni Couple Receive Highest Honor from Board of Trustees
November 24, 2008Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, 1960 graduates of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, received the William Richardson Davie Award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees. Established by the Board in 1984, the Davie Award recognizes extraordinary service to the University or society and is the Board’s highest honor. It is named for the Revolutionary War hero who is considered the father of the University. Chancellor Holden Thorp and the Board honored the recipients at a Carolina Inn dinner on November 19. The Brysons, who reside in Vero Beach, Florida, were among five University alumni … Read more
School of Pharmacy Named for Alumnus Fred Eshelman
May 21, 2008The School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today was named in honor of Fred Eshelman, a 1972 graduate of the School and founder and chief executive officer of Wilmington-based PPD Inc. The School now is the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Eshelman has been a member of the School of Pharmacy’s Board of Visitors for more than a decade and has lectured at the School as an adjunct faculty member. In 2003, he pledged $20 million to the School. At the time, it was the third largest single commitment in the University’s history and … Read more
Eshelman gift, match net $2 million for UNC pharmacy education
February 14, 2008On the heels of his recent $9 million gift to the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fred Eshelman has contributed another $1 million to support the School’s Educational Renaissance initiatives, which attracted $1 million in matching funds from the Pharmacy Network Foundation. Eshelman is CEO and founder of Wilmington-based PPD Inc., a leading global contract research organization providing discovery, development and postapproval services as well as compound partnering programs to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Educational Renaissance is the School’s plan to address the needs of the next generation of students who are expected … Read more
Eshelman Pledge Pushes Carolina First Total to $2.3 Billion
January 24, 2008University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser today announced that the Carolina First Campaign raised $2.38 billion to finish as the fifth largest completed campaign in higher education and the largest completed fund-raising drive at a university in the South. A $9 million pledge to the UNC School of Pharmacy from Fred Eshelman of Wilmington pushed the campaign to that historic mark. The board of North Carolina’s University Cancer Research Fund matched the pledge, generating a total investment of $18 million. The funds will support cancer research by the School of Pharmacy and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive … Read more
Eshelman, UCRF Give School $18 million for Cancer Research
January 24, 2008Fred Eshelman, CEO and founder of Wilmington-based PPD Inc., has pledged $9 million to support cancer research at the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The board of North Carolina’s University Cancer Research Fund matched the gift, generating a total investment of $18 million. The funds will support the work of members of the School of Pharmacy and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center who focus on genetics, individualized cancer therapy, drug discovery, and drug delivery. “This gift is a fantastic opportunity,” UNC president Erskine Bowles said. “And if we challenge ourselves to raise … Read more
Henry L. Smith ’72 Receives 2005 PAA Distinguished Service Award
August 31, 2006Henry Lewis Smith received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pharmacy Alumni Association Thursday night in Chapel Hill. Smith is the owner and president of Carolina Medical Products. He received a chemistry degree from Campbell University in 1967 and a bachelor of science in pharmacy from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1972. “Henry Smith is a credit to our School and our profession,” said Bob Blouin, dean of the UNC School of Pharmacy. “A pillar in his community, a leader in business and the pharmaceutical industry—he is the type of person we want our students … Read more
Graduate Student Recognition Awards
February 6, 2006David Bourdet, PhRMA Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutics Giulia Ghibellini, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship Mary Peace McRae, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship Enzo Palma, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship, National Institutes of Health Janelle Saulter, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Graduate Scholarship