Topics and Expertise: Distinguished Alumnus of the Year

Learning and leadership in pharmacy: 2022 Distinguished Alum Daniel Robinson

Mon Apr 25, 2022
Robinson

2022 Distinguished Alumnus Daniel Robinson, PharmD ’76, resident alumnus ’77

This year’s Distinguished Alum found a career’s worth of inspiration from formative experiences in pharmacy school

Expanding the scope of practice: 2020 Distinguished Alumnus James E. Knoben

Thu May 21, 2020
Knoben

James E. Knoben, PharmD ’71, MPH

James Knoben, PharmD ’71, MPH, was named the 2020 UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Demanding change: 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD

Fri Mar 15, 2019
Stimmel

Glen L. Stimmel has had a distinguished career in pharmacy.

“Challenging the status quo leads to very good things,” said Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD ’72, who has spent a career doing just that. As a motto, it has served him, and his profession, quite well.

Remembering Robert D. Gibson

Tue Aug 21, 2018
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Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, wearing his Remington medal at an event in 2010

A beloved educator and alumnus of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, died on July 19 at the age of 93. Gibson had an illustrious career over five decades at UCSF and was a strong national leader for diversity in the pharmacy profession.

Kennedy delivers Alumnus of the Year Award address at Alumni Weekend pharmacy gala

Fri Jun 15, 2018
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Elisabeth Fall

Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD

On June 2, 2018, Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association, for her “outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.”

Donald Kishi: leader, mentor, friend

Thu Jun 15, 2017
Kishi at podium
“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

Pharmacy Alumni Weekend report

Wed Apr 27, 2016
Alumni Weekend

History event highlights School innovations in research, practice, education

Wed Jun 17, 2015
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Elisabeth Fall

19th century School instructor Josephine Barbat (aka former associate dean Lorie Rice) leads the event’s closing cheer as Dean Guglielmo looks on.

Concluding a year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of UC San Francisco, the School of Pharmacy presented its own “Making History” event in Byers Auditorium on the Mission Bay campus on May 30, 2015.

Robert Gibson: alumnus, educator, advocate

Mon Feb 23, 2015
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Robert Gibson, PharmD, in 1976

School of Pharmacy alumnus Robert Gibson, PharmD '58, has been a tireless advocate for equality in education and in the profession of pharmacy, and is still active as a board member of the California Pharmacists Association Education Foundation.

Winter named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year

Mon Feb 23, 2009
Winter
Michael E. Winter, PharmD, professor emeritus of clinical pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy, has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award. In announcing the award, UCSF Alumni Association President Cooky Quandt, PharmD,...