Purdue College of Pharmacy

The faculty of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy annually honors exceptional alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. This prestigious award, initiated in 1984, is conferred upon selected alumni in recognition of their outstanding achievements in professional and scientific endeavors.

Nominations are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis.

2025 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

Ryan Cohlhepp

Ryan Cohlhepp PharmD 2000

Emily Hancock

Emily Hancock PharmD 1992

John "Jack" Horner

John “Jack” Horner BS 1981

Brian Schumer

Brian Schumer PharmD 2007

Previous Awardees

2024 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2023 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2022 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2021 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2020 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2019 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2018 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2017 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2016 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2015 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

2014 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • James W. Bedford
  • Carlton K. Erickson
  • Alan L. Fites
  • Timothy S. Tracy

2013 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Eric Kolodziej
  • Nancy Lilly
  • William X. Malloy
  • Steven L. Nail

2012 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Todd E. Chermak
  • Mary J. Kuhn
  • Rick F. Rondinelli
  • Mary L. Westrick

2011 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Jeffrey S. Hatfield
  • Judith Jacobi
  • Said M. Sebti
  • Robert J. Sepelyak

2010 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Heidi M. Anderson
  • M. Eileen Dolan
  • Edward L. Langston
  • Garnet E. Peck

2009 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Holly M. Bonsignore
  • Satish Reddy
  • Dolores C. Shockley
  • Gregory D. Wasson

2008 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Hamid A. Abbaspour
  • William G. Randolph III
  • Marvin R. Richardson
  • Ming-Daw Tsai

2007 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Henry U. Bryant
  • Chris T. Dimos
  • Alton D. Johnson
  • Habil Khorakiwala
  • Michael B. McMains

2006 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Stanley H. Beck
  • John F. Derr
  • Gerald P. Migliaccio
  • Thomas F. Zioncheck

2005 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Maria D. Bowman-Horner
  • James A. Eskew
  • Sumon Sakolchai
  • Donna S. Wall

2004 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Mary B. Baker
  • Gary D. Dolch
  • James P. Kehrer
  • Terry L. Schwinghammer

2003 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Roger E. Gordon
  • Robert E. Sauté
  • Arda T. (Darnell) Sauté
  • Robert G. Sikora
  • James F. White

2002 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Max D. Adams
  • Jean M. Battaglia
  • Curtis D. Black
  • James C. Mannion
  • C. Wayne McKeehan
  • Randall L. (Pete) Vanderveen

2001 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Robert M. Franz
  • Susan M. Meyer
  • Y. Joseph Mo
  • John E. Nine
  • Gerald L. Wannarka
  • Roger E. Williams
  • Jeffrey L. Winn

2000 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Joe E. Haberle
  • Dianne L. Kennedy
  • T. Lamar Kerley
  • Albert I. Wertheimer

1999 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Bruce R. Canaday
  • Albert E. Jarvis
  • Glenn R. Knotts
  • Robert A. Lipper
  • Kathryn L. MacFarlane Phillips
  • Ceferino Sánchez
  • Robert G. Wolfangel

1998 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • David C. Hsia
  • Jack A. Klee
  • Rachel Mata
  • R. Craig Schnell
  • Arthur C. Solomon

1997 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Robert A. Brown
  • Judith S. Christensen
  • Karin C.S. Chen Liu
  • Robert E. Taylor

1996 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Kyle L. Allen
  • Mark W. Fitch
  • Albert I. Peyton
  • Charles E. Pippenger

1995 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Carol W. Birk
  • Allen Y. Chao
  • William M. Hadley
  • Charles E. Sanders Jr.
  • Victor A. Yanchick

1994 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Kenneth W. Johnson
  • Winifred A. Landis
  • Steven W. Leslie
  • Aracelis M. Ortega
  • Grey F. Warner

1993 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Frank W. Deardorff
  • Ronald W. Dollens
  • Johnnie L. Early II
  • Donald L. Moore
  • Ronald D. Schoenwald
  • Bruce R. Siecker
  • Marilyn K. Speedie

1992 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Herbert J. Halley
  • Robert W. Holden
  • Richard J. Markham
  • William M. Merino
  • Ronald L. Nedich
  • Robin D. Taylor

1991 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Esam Z. Dajani
  • William H. Hatfield
  • Claudia McNulty
  • Charles J. Paget Jr.
  • Jeffrey S. Rudolph
  • Karen L. Shields
  • Bernard K. Williams

1990 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Carman A. Bliss
  • Richard S. Brychell
  • Thomas R. Cunningham
  • George C. Fuller
  • C. Rae Willis Jr.

1989 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Gilbert S. Banker
  • Jane W. Boggs
  • Richard L. Charles
  • Antoine A. Noujaim
  • Frederick M. Radzialowski
  • Timothy W. Vanderveen
  • Charles A. Walton

1988 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Steven R. Abel
  • James B. Appino
  • Angelo J. Carnaghi
  • James C. Cloyd
  • Laurence H. Hurley

1987 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • William H. Campbell
  • John L. Colaizzi
  • W. Marvin Davis
  • Richard E. Faust
  • Barbara A. Nelson
  • Richard J. Vetter

1986 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • John L. Emmerson
  • Frank W. Goodhart
  • David A. Knapp
  • Dennis J. McCallian
  • Jack E. Orr
  • Roger P. Smith

1985 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • James C. Boylan
  • Einar Brochmann-Hanssen
  • Charles V. Flemming
  • Gloria N. Francke
  • Bruce A. Hufford
  • William J. Kinnard Jr.
  • Alfred Martin

1984 Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni Awardees

  • Stig L. Agurell
  • William F. Bousquet
  • Joseph P. Buckley
  • James T. Doluisio
  • Thomas G. Gerding
  • John C. Griffin
  • Kenneth R. Heimlich
  • Herbert A. Lieberman
  • Warren E. McConnell
  • Lloyd M. Parks
  • Paul L. Sinotte
  • Merritt L. Skinner