R&E Foundation Robert G. Leonard Lecture Series

The Robert G. Leonard Memorial Lecture

The Robert G. Leonard Memorial Lecture is presented at the TSHP Annual Seminar under the joint sponsorship of The University of Texas College of Pharmacy and the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The Robert G. Leonard Memorial Fund is a separately endowed fund within the TSHP R&E Foundation with disbursements coming only from investment proceeds. Donations continue to be accepted for this fund and the Foundation hopes to soon be able to support small grants for clinical research projects.

About Robert G. Leonard

Dr. Robert G. Leonard was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 14, 1942. He earned a BS in Pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1966 and a PharmD degree from the University of Kentucky in 1973 where, during his final year, he served as Chief Resident in Pharmacy. Prior to entering the PharmD program, Bob served three years in the U.S. Army, including service as Chief of Pharmacy Services at the U.S. Ireland Army Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy in July 1973 to help develop the PharmD program. He was promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor of Pharmacy with tenure in September 1978.

During his brief academic career, Bob developed clinical service and educational models in Internal Medicine at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital (January 1974 to June 1976) and Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center (July 1976 to September 1981). He served as the Coordinator of the Clinical Pharmacy Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio beginning in September 1975. His primary research interest was cardiovascular therapeutics, an area in which he successfully collaborated with colleagues in the basic and medical sciences. In addition, Bob received the Teaching Excellence Award from the UT Austin, College of Pharmacy in 1980.

Bob was active in professional societies and organizations having held the following positions: Member, Task Force on Specialties (APhA); Nominated for Chair, Council of Faculties (AACP); Chair-Designate, SIG on Adult Clinical Pharmacy (ASHP); Chair, Program Committee (CTSHP); and Chair, 1981 Annual Meeting Program Committee (TSHP).

Bob Leonard was devoted to his family with the same intensity that characterized his commitment to his profession. He reserved an inviolable share of his time for his wife, Sheryle, and their two sons, Keith and Wesley. His caring nature and his commitment to excellence touched many; each mourned his death on September 6, 1981.

PAST LECTURERS

1983 Thomas S. Foster
1984 Philip J. Schneider
1985 Joel O. Covinsky
1986 William A. Miller
1987 William E. Evans
1988 Robert P. Rapp
1989 Milap C. Nahata
1990 Charles Walton
1991 Robert Talbert
1992 David M. Angaran
1993 William R. Garnett
1994 Mary Ann Koda-Kimble
1995 John G. Kuhn
1996 David W. Hawkins
1997 Jean M. Nappi
1998 Larry Ereshefsky
1999 Jerry L. Bauman
2000 Barbara Wells
2001 M. Lynn Crismon
2002 Barry L. Carter
2003 Henry Bussey
2004 Joseph T. DiPiro
2005 Thomas Hardin
2006 L. Cliff Littlefield
2007 Robert Elenbaas
2008 Julie A. Johnson
2009 John Murphy
2010 Cynthia Raehl

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