Honorary President
2024-2025 APhA Honorary President
Anne Burns, BSPharm, RPh, FAPhA
Anne L. Burns, BSPharm, RPh, FAPhA, is currently President of Pharmacy Horizons, LLC. For 25 years prior, she worked at the American Pharmacist's Association (APhA), most recently serving as Vice President, Professional Affairs. In this capacity, she was responsible for the Association’s strategic practice initiatives focused on advancing pharmacist's patient care service delivery, payment for pharmacist's services, interprofessional collaboration, health information technology, health care quality, and addressing the opioid epidemic. In 1999, she guided the launch of the APhA/ASHP partnership to accredit community pharmacy residency programs and implemented a multi-faceted approach to facilitate the growth of these programs. She led the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioner's development of the Pharmacist Patient Care Process and Medication Management Services Definition, co-led the creation of the APhA/NACDS Medication Therapy Management Core Elements Service Model, and contributed to the formation of the Pharmacy Health Information Technology Collaborative. She has served on many boards, coalitions, and workgroups, including the Board of Directors for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy, the National Advisory Board for the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, the National Academies of Medicine Action Collaborative on Combatting the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, the CDC Opioid Guidelines Workgroup, the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Workgroup on Professional Service Claims and Codes and the Ohio State University (OSU) College of Pharmacy Dean’s Corporate Council. She has received several awards, including the APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Lifetime Achievement Award, the OSU College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award, and the OSU College of Pharmacy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ms. Burns joined APhA in 1997. Prior to APhA, she served on the faculty at the OSU College of Pharmacy for 13 years. She received her BS in Pharmacy from OSU and completed the Wharton Executive Management Program for Pharmacy Leaders.
About
Honorary President of APhA is conferred by the association upon a member who has made significant contributions to the association.
Evaluation Criteria
Any APhA Member may nominate a person for Honorary President. A nominee has to be an APhA member who has made significant contributions to the association. Self nominations are not accepted.
Nomination process
The nominator is responsible for submitting a complete award nomination.
The nomination is to include the following items:
A letter from the nominator describing the most important achievements of the nominee and explaining why the nominee meets the criteria for the award
Letters of recommendation are optional; two letters are preferred with a maximum of six accepted letters
A current curriculum vitae or detailed résumé
Selection process
The selection is made by the APhA Board of Trustees based upon careful review of complete nominations. The name of the individual selected for APhA Honorary President is included in the APhA Voter’s Guide and ballot for election by the APhA membership in the annual elections.
Nature of award
The honor, conferred at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, consists of: a plaque, a complimentary APhA Annual Meeting registration, and reimbursement for meeting-related travel expenses, according to current travel policies and up to the maximum amount budgeted by APhA. The Honorary President serves a 1-year term commencing on the first day of the Annual Meeting following the year in which elected. The Honorary President may be requested to represent the Association at a meeting, or may be asked to preside in a ceremonial capacity.
Past Honorary Presidents
(Identified as Honorary Chairman of the Board 1979-89)
2015–16 Metta Lou Henderson
2013–14 Norman A. Campbell
2010–11 Dennis B. Worthen
2009–10 Jimmy R. Mitchell
2008–09 Anthony N. Civello
2005–06 Joy Holloman Donelson
2004–05 Joseph D. Williams
2003–04 Stephen Eben Dibble
2001–02 Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
2000–01 Charles D. Pulido
1999–2000 Warren E. Weaver
1997–98 Mary Louise Andersen
1996–97 August P. Lemberger
1992–93 E. Claiborne Robins
1991–92 David J. Krigstein
1990–91 George B. Griffenhagen
1989–90 Ewart A. Swinyard
1986–87 Gloria Niemeyer Francke
1985–86 Glenn Sonnedecker
1982–83 Louise Schmitz Kortz
1981–82 Conrad A. Blomquist
1980–81 Marjorie D. Coghill
1977–78 Fred Meek (posthumously)
1974–75 George L. Webster
1973–74 Attilio R. Granito
1968–69 Mrs. Hugo H. Schaefer
1965–66 Nicholas S. Gesoalde
1961–62 Heber Youngken, Sr.
1950–51 Ernest G. Eberhardt
1947–48 Gustavus A. Pfeiffer
1940–41 W. P. Porterfield
1935–36 D. M. R. Culbreth
1932–33 Charles F. Heebner
1931–32 Henry S. Wellcome
1930–31 Elie H. La Pierre
1927–28 Edward Mallinckrodt
1923–24 William L. DuBois
1922–23 Thomas D. McElhenie
1915–16 Fabius C. Godbold
1908–09 Samuel A. D. Sheppard
1907–08 Philip C. Candidus
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