Photos: Hospital, School Honor Fred Eckel - UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Divisions Faculty Grants and Awards Practice Advancement and Clinical Education,

Grayson Mendenhall
June 30, 2011

UNC Hospitals and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy honored professor Fred Eckel, MS, on June 28 at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center during a reception to recognize the 2011 class of pharmacy residents for completing their residencies.

Eckel, a faculty member in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, joined the School in 1966 and established the UNC Hospital Residency Program in 1967. To honor his accomplishments, the residency program presented Eckel with a newly established Pharmacy Leadership Award bearing his name. Eckel also delivered a lecture on lessons he learned over the course of his career.