The annual Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to health-system pharmacy. The award is considered to be health-system pharmacy’s highest honor.

2026

The 2026 Award Recipient is

Donald E. Letendre, PharmD, FASHP
Donald E. Letendre is dean emeritus and professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Following completion of his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and clinical residency at the University of Kentucky, he served as assistant director and assistant professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was on the staff of ASHP for nearly two decades, serving for much of that time as director of accreditation services. Immediately before his responsibilities at Iowa, he was dean and professor at the University of Rhode Island and executive secretary of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory Commission.

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2025

The Seventh-Generation Pharmacist

Richard M. Church, PharmD, FAPhA

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2024

Pharmacy's Golden Circle

Diane B. Ginsburg, PhD, MS, RPh, FASHP

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History of the Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award.

The Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award was established in 1950 by the Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacists to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to health-system pharmacy. The Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to health-system pharmacy, including sustained exemplary service, an outstanding single achievement, or a combination of accomplishments benefiting the profession and public health.…

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