April 15, 2013
Hillsborough pharmacist Evelyn Lloyd received the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s highest award for community service at the School’s April 14 awards ceremony.
Lloyd received the 2013 Samuel B. Burrus Family Award for Community Service, which is presented to alumni and students who exhibit outstanding and unselfish civic, community, or church volunteer service outside the scope of regular pharmacy practice. The award is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is given by the Burrus family in memory of Samuel B. Burrus, a 1915 graduate of the Southern College of Pharmacy in Atlanta.
One award is presented annually to a student in the School, and one is presented to an alumna or alumnus. Recipients receive a $750 cash award, and they designate an additional $750 to the charity of their choice.
Lloyd, a 1965 graduate of the school, owns and operates Lloyd’s Pharmacy. Her father, Alan Lloyd, founded the pharmacy after graduating from the school in 1940. She has served on the Hillsborough town board since 1991 and is the town’s representative to the Orange Rural Fire Department, which her father helped launch. She also served on the committee to refurbish the town’s 250-year-old clock and contributed generously toward the restoration.
Lloyd’s greatest legacy in the community may be the preservation of 66 acres of mountainside and riverfront land along the Eno River, which she and her father donated to the Eno River Association. The land is designated an ecological area of national significance and protected forever as part of the Occaneechi Mountain State Natural Area.
“The citizens of Hillsborough know they can visit her store on King Street to not only fill their prescriptions but to also share their concerns or ask questions about town matters,” said Bob Blouin, PharmD, dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. “She takes the time to listen to everyone who comes through her door, and she exemplifies the qualities honored by the Burrus Award.”
Samuel Burrus, a native of Mooresboro in Cleveland County, worked in, owned, or co-owned drugstores in Asheville, Canton, Sylva, Bryson City and Fontana Lake. His children and grandchildren created the award in memory of his generous and caring nature and in honor of the impact he made on the communities in which he practiced.
Two of Burrus’s three children and three of his ten grandchildren earned pharmacy degrees at UNC-Chapel Hill. His oldest daughter, Blanche Burrus Clark, is a 1941 pharmacy graduate and lives in Chapel Hill.
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