Gregory J. Higby, BSPharm, MS, PhD, RPh, earned a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan in 1977. After 9 months in practice as a pharmacist in Bad Axe, MI, he returned to graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving an MS in Pharmacy (1980) and a PhD in Pharmacy (1984). He did his graduate work in the history of pharmacy under the guidance of Remington Honor Medalist Glenn Sonnedecker. After a postdoctoral position, Dr. Higby became the Associate Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP) in 1986 and Executive Director in 1988. In this capacity, he served as Editor of Pharmacy in History, the quarterly journal of the Institute, supervising the production of 110 issues. Dr. Higby retired as Executive Director of the AIHP at the end of 2018 and assumed his new position as Fischelis Scholar. In this part-time role, he curates the Institute’s collection of reference materials, books, and artifacts. As a Senior Lecturer, he continues to teach pharmaceutical history at the University of Wisconsin– Madison School of Pharmacy, as he has since 1984. An APhA member since 1980, Dr. Higby gave his first convention presentation in 1981. Since then, he has organized, chaired, or spoken at more than 75 sessions at APhA Annual Meetings. As a pharmacy historian, Dr. Higby has authored or edited 10 books as well as 70 articles, reviews, and book chapters. His honors include the Edward Kremers Award, the George Urdang Medal, the Hermann Schelenz Plakette, and the A. A. Parmentier Medal