Dean’s Recognition Award

The ACA Dean’s Recognition Award was established in 1992 to recognize outstanding service to community pharmacy practice by a Dean of a College or School of Pharmacy.

During 1991, the ACA Foundation established a fund to honor the Dean of a College of Pharmacy for their outstanding service to community pharmacy practice.

Selection Criteria

Criteria for selection of the recipient of this award include:

• Participation in activities of practitioner organizations:
  • American College of Apothecaries
  • National Community Pharmacists Association
  • American Pharmacists Association
  • Other national pharmacy associations
  • State associations
  • Local associations
• Serving as an officer of the above listed organizations
• Encouraging students to favorably consider independent pharmacy practice
• Supporting the development of student chapters emphasizing independent pharmacy practice
• Encouraging students to participate in clerkships, externships, and special projects in independent pharmacy practice
• Encouraging faculty to develop externship and residency programs in community pharmacy practice
• Encouraging recent graduates to consider residency programs in community pharmacy practice