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Jennings
Murphy Award |
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The Jennings Murphy Award recognizes
the best paper published during a calendar year in the Journal of the
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. Papers to be considered for this award
should represent professional or scholarly work that advances the practice
of pharmacy in the State of Wisconsin. Articles that can be considered for
the award should fall within one of the following categories: Practice
Innovation, Pharmacy Education, Pharmacotherapy, Legislative or Governmental
Affairs, or Research. Outstanding papers not included in one of these
categories may also be considered. The selected paper will be chosen by a
committee comprised of members of the JPSW editorial board and School of
Pharmacy faculty. The author(s) of the paper will receive the award at the
annual PSW Educational Conference. |
Past
PSW Recipients
2007 Amy Belger
2006 David Mott,
David Kreling,
Carol Hermansen-
Kobulnicky, and
Chia-Hung Chou
2005 James Hoffman,
Thomas Thielke, and
A.B. Orlik |
Who is Jennings Murphy? Mr. Murphy served as
Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association from
1934-1959. Prior to that appointment, he served as assistant to Association
president, Oscar Rennebohm and also served as Director of WPhA Extension. He
was the editor of TheWisconsin Pharmacist, a position he continued to hold
after his retirement as Executive Secretary of WPhA. His colleagues credited
him with enhancing the quality of the publication during his editorial
leadership. In 1947, Murphy was appointed as executive secretary to Governor
Oscar Rennebohm and eventually became a member of the State Building
Commission.
Jennings Murphy was president of the National Conference of State
Pharmaceutical Association Secretaries, The Wisconsin Society of Association
Executives, and was the first president of the State Pharmaceutical
Editorial Association. He served as editor of the SPEA Pharmaceutical News
that appeared in fourteen state pharmacy journals. He was one of the
organizers of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy and served
as its first secretary.
Mr. Murphy died in 1975 after many years of service to Wisconsin pharmacy. |
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