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Aetna Releases 2005 African American History Calendar
Calendar highlights African American pharmacists health care contributions
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Aetna (NYSE: ΑET ) released the 24th edition of its African American History Calendar, which recognizes the work of African American pharmacists in health care. The calendar has become an important educational tool that is utilized by many schools across the country in demonstrating the contributions of African Americans. Proceeds from the sale of the 2005 calendar will benefit the National Pharmaceutical Association Foundation, which funds scholarships for members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association. |
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"Over the past 24 years, Aetna has been proud to produce a calendar that recognizes the many important and lasting contributions that African Americans have made to our society," said John W. Rowe, M.D., Aetna chairman and CEO. "We are particularly pleased that our 2005 calendar highlights the important service to health care in America made by African American pharmacists." |
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The 2005 African American History Calendar recognizes the following individuals:
January
Henry Lewis III, Pharm.D., professor and director for the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A & M University (FAMU) and Marisa A. Lewis, Pharm.D., M.P.H., executive director of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association and an associate professor at FAMU.
February
James Colbert, Pharm.D., U.S. Army officer and active in pediatric care associations.
March
Sybil Richard, R.Ph., M.H.A., Esq., Florida’s Bureau Chief of Medicaid Pharmacy Services.
April
Sylester Flowers, R.Ph., operates a single state-of-the-art facility serving an ethnically diverse low-income community in California.
May
Marvene Augustus, Pharm.D., R.Ph., pharmacy manager, instructor and adjunct professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
June
Charles A. Champion, D.Ph., registered pharmacist and expert herbalist at Champion Pharmacy and Herb Store in Memphis, Tennessee.
July
Lieutenant Colonel Jasper W. Watkins III, M.S.A., R.Ph., N.P., B.C.N.P., officer in United States Army for 22 years and re-established the Nuclear Pharmacy Residency Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
August
Miriam A. Mobley Smith, Pharm.D., clinical assistant professor and coordinator of Academic Programs in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.
September
Ene I. Ette, Ph.D., F.C.P., F.C.C.P., head of clinical pharmacology at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
October
Lenore T. Coleman, Pharm.D., C.D.E., F.A.S.H.P, co-owner of Total Diabetes Care and Medical Supplies, an ADA-certified education center.
November
DZ Washington, Pharm.D., M.B.A., works at Priority Healthcare, a biologics pharmacy that distributes protein-based therapies used to treat conditions such as hepatitis, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
December
Arcelia M. Johnson-Fannin, Pharm.D., R.Ph., only female to have started two schools of pharmacy, one at University of Incarnate Word and one at Hampton University.
Historian
Ira C. Robinson, Ph.D., R.Ph, former Dean and Professor of Pharmacy, Florida A & M University College of Pharmacy and Howard University College of Pharmacy.
The calendar will be available in electronic form on
Aetna's diversity web site,
www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/2005/index.html
. It may also be ordered for $4.00 by making a check
payable to Aetna and sending the request to: Aetna Calendar,
Corporate Communications, 151 Farmington Avenue, RWAB,
Hartford, CT 06156.
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