The Remington Honor Medal, named for eminent community

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

, manufacturer, and educator Joseph P. Remington (1847–1918), was established in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

during the preceding year, culminating in the past year, or during a long period of outstanding activity or fruitful achievement. Awarded annually by the

American Pharmacists Association The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The association consists of more tha ...

, the Remington Medal is the highest recognition given in the profession of

in the US.

Past recipients

{{columns-list, colwidth=30em, * 1919

James Hartley Beal James Hartley Beal (September 23, 1861 – September 20, 1945) was an educator, legislator, author, and pharmacist in the U.S. State of Ohio who was the first recipient of the Remington Medal for distinguished service to American pharmacy. Biogra ...

* 1920

John Uri Lloyd John Uri Lloyd (April 19, 1849 in West Bloomfield, New YorkLLOYD, John Uri
in ...

* 1922 Henry Vincome Arny * 1923

Henry Hurd Rusby Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants and played a significant role in founding the New York Botanical Garden and developing research and exploration progra ...

* 1924 George Mahlon Beringer * 1925 Henry Milton Whelpley * 1926 Henry A. B. Dunning * 1928 Charles H. LaWall * 1929 Wilbur Lincoln Scoville * 1930 Edward Kremers * 1931 Ernest Fullerton Cook * 1932 Eugene G. Eberle * 1933 Evander F. Kelly * 1934 Sir Henry S. Wellcome * 1935 Samuel Louis Hilton * 1936 Edmund N. Gathercoal * 1937 J. Leon Lascoff * 1938 Henry C. Christensen * 1940 Robert L. Swain * 1941 George D. Beal * 1942 Josiah K. Lilly Sr. * 1943 Robert P. Fischelis * 1944 H. Evert Kendig * 1945 Joseph Rosin * 1947 Rufus Ashley Lyman * 1948 Andrew Grover DuMez * 1949 Ernest Little * 1950 Edwin Leigh Newcomb * 1951 Hugo H. Schaefer * 1952 Patrick Henry Costello * 1953 Hugh C. Muldoon * 1955 Roy Bird Cook * 1956 Frank W. Moudry * 1957 W. Paul Briggs * 1958 Eli Lilly, Jr. * 1959 Justin L. Powers * 1960 Ivor Griffith * 1962 Harry J. Anslinger * 1963

Glenn L. Jenkins Glenn may refer to: Name or surname * Glenn (name) * John Glenn, U.S. astronaut Cultivars * Glenn (mango) * a 6-row barley variety Places In the United States: * Glenn, California * Glenn County, California * Glenn, Georgia, a settlement i ...

* 1964 Robert A. Hardt * 1965 K. K. Chen * 1967 William S. Apple * 1969 George F. Archambault * 1970 Donald E. Francke * 1971 Linwood F. Tice * 1972 Glenn Sonnedecker * 1973 Grover C. Bowles * 1974 Lloyd M. Parks * 1975 Albert Doerr * 1976

Melvin W. Green Melvin is a masculine given name and surname, likely a variant of Melville (name), Melville and a descendant of the French surname de Maleuin and the later Melwin. It may alternatively be spelled as Melvyn or, in Welsh, Melfyn and the name Melivini ...

* 1977 David J. Krigstein * 1978 Eugene V. White * 1980 Joseph D. Williams * 1983 Takeru Higuchi * 1984 William M. Heller * 1985 William L. Blockstein * 1986

Irving Rubin Irving David Rubin (April 12, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was a Canadian-born American political and religious activist who served as chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) from 1985 to 2002. He committed suicide in jail when awaiting trial ...

* 1987

Gloria N. Francke Gloria Niemeyer Francke (April 28, 1922 – August 3, 2008) was an American pharmacist. She became assistant director of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Division of Hospital Pharmacy (1946–1956); executive secretary of the American S ...

* 1988 Peter P. Lamy * 1989 Lawrence C. Weaver * 1990 Joseph A. Oddis * 1991 George B. Griffenhagen * 1992 Jere E. Goyan * 1993 Robert C. Johnson * 1994 James T. Doluisio * 1995 Max W. Eggleston * 1996 Maurice Q. Bectel * 1997 C. Douglas Hepler, Linda M. Strand * 1998

Kenneth N. Barker Kenneth is a given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname m ...

* 1999 Carl F. Emswiller, Jr. * 2000 Daniel A. Nona * 2001 Jerome A. Halperin * 2002 Richard P. Penna * 2003 Mary Louise Andersen * 2004

Lowell J. Anderson Lowell may refer to: Places United States * Lowell, Arkansas * Lowell, Florida * Lowell, Idaho * Lowell, Indiana * Lowell, Maine * Lowell, Massachusetts ** Lowell National Historical Park ** Lowell (MBTA station) ** Lowell Ordnance Plant * ...

* 2005 Robert J. Osterhaus * 2006 Robert D. Gibson * 2007

Ernest Mario Ernest Mario (June 12, 1938 – October 20, 2024) was an American pharmaceutical industry executive and the recipient of the 2007 Remington Honor Medal awarded by the American Pharmacists Association.

* 2008

J. Lyle Bootman J, or j, is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. J may also refer to: * Palatal approximant in the International Phonetic Alphabet * J, Cyrillic letter Je Astronomy * J, a provisional designation prefix for some objects discovered be ...

* 2009 John A. Gans * 2010 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble * 2011

Paul W. Lofholm Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo P ...

* 2012 William E. Evans * 2013

Dennis K. Helling Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius. The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is sometime ...

* 2014

Marilyn K. Speedie Marilyn may refer to: People * Marilyn (given name) * Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer * Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress Places * Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence ...

* 2015 Calvin H. Knowlton * 2016 Leslie Z. Benet * 2017 Daniel A. Hussar * 2018 Harold N. Godwin * 2019 Lucinda L. Maine * 2020 John D. Grabenstein * 2021 Marialice Bennett * 2023 Henri R. Manasse Jr. * 2024 Milap C. Nahata * 2025 Stephen W. Schondelmeyerhttps://www.pharmacist.com/Membership/Awards/Professionwide-Awards/Remington-Honor-Medal

References

Medicine awards Chemistry awards Awards established in 1918 Pharmacy in the United States American awards

Past recipients

See also

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