Over our School’s history, our alumni have consistently charted new territories spanning science, research and patient care – often pioneering new roles for the pharmacist in an evolving health care system. Recognition as an Alumni Legend is reserved for UWSOP Alumni who have demonstrated excellence in their profession, are connected to the School, and have a positive impact on the pharmacy practice and research communities.
Thank you to each of the alumni for leading the profession and creating one of the most influential alumni communities in the country.

Glenn Adams
B.S. Pharmacy, 1997
PharmD Pharmacy, 1998
Glenn serves as SVP of ancillary services at Confluence Health. In 2019, Glenn received Seattle Magazine's Leaders in ...

Gail Anderson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1978
M.S. Pharmacy, 1981
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 1987
Gail Anderson obtained her B.S. in pharmacy, M.S. in pharmacy practice ...

Jenny Arnold
PharmD Pharmacy, 2006
Jenny graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2006. After graduation, she completed a pharmacy practice residency at Swedish Medical ...

Deborah Atherly
B.S. Pharmacy, 1989
Ph.D. CHOICE, 2009
Deb Atherly is Global Head of Policy, Access and Introduction for PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access.

Kate Atienza
PharmD, 2005
A graduate of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Kate Atienza currently works as the pharmacy manager at QFC Pharmacy where she ...

Joseph Babigumira
Ph.D. CHOICE, 2011
A graduate of the CHOICE program in 2011, Dr. Joseph Babigumira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Adjunct Associate ...

Jack Babcock
B.S. Pharmacy, 1937
Born in Anacortes, Washington, in 1915, Jack Babcock passed away December 11, 2017, at the age of 102. He graduated from UWSOP with a BS in Pharmacy ...

Alice Ball
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1912
B.S. Pharmacy, 1914
Alice was born in Seattle in 1892. After graduating from Seattle High School, she became one of the first African-American

Hope Barnes
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1991
Hope Barnes was clear of head and clear of heart. Hope was remarkably able to know what she wanted--a berth on a rowing team, a degree, a summit ...

George H. Bartell Jr.
B.S. Pharmacy, 1953
George H. Bartell Jr. started his career in the family business stocking shelves and went on to grow Bartell Drugs into the oldest family-owned drugstore chain ...

Brian Beach
PharmD, 2000
After earning his PharmD, Brian worked for independent community pharmacies before joining the Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group, where he helped move ...

George Benson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1947
George Benson, also known as the Father of the Waterfront Street Trolley, was a WWII Navy Veteran, five-term City Council member, owner of Mission Street ...

Douglas Black
PharmD Pharmacy, 1983
B.S. Pharmacy, 1981
Douglas Black is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. He earned his Doctor ...

Susan Teil Boyer
B.S. Pharmacy, 1972
Susan is currently Senior Consultant with ASHP Consulting Services and serves as primary faculty member for the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy. ...

Jim Bracken
B.S. Pharmacy, 1945
Jim L. Bracken, followed in his father’s footsteps, graduating from UWSOP in 1945 and then joining his father’s pharmacy business. ...

Louis Bracken
1912-1913
Born in Nebraska in 1892, Louis D. (L.D.) Bracken attended the UW School of Pharmacy from 1912-1913. He went on to found the L.D. Bracken Pharmacy in ...

Lynn R. Brady
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1960
Dr. Brady was recruited to join the University of Washington by Tip Tyler, a School of Pharmacy Faculty member studying mushrooms and ergot. ...

Michael Brandt
PharmD, 2003
Michael L. Brandt is the Medical Science Liaison with Janssen Oncology, where he specializes in hematologic malignancies, research, ...

Karan Dawson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1970
M.S. Pharmacy, 1978
Following an internship at Valley Medical Center, Karan worked as a clinical pharmacist at the Veterans Affairs ...

Leslie Dickmann
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2003
Leslie joined the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin in August 2019. She has thirteen years of experience ...

John DiGiovanni
B.S. Pharmacy, 1974
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1978
John DiGiovanni obtained both his BS in Pharmacy and PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Washington School of ...

Donna Dockter
B.S. Pharmacy, 1972
After graduating from the UW School of Pharmacy in 1972, Donna Dockter and partner Holly Whitcomb Henry opened View Ridge Pharmacy in 1987.

Joan Douget
B.S. Pharmacy, 1994
Joan Douget touched many lives during her time at the School. Born in Billings Montana, Joan displayed a lifelong commitment to supporting pharmacy ...

Tim Fuller
B.S. Pharmacy, 1969
Timothy Fuller is an independent pharmacist consultant and founder of Timothy S. Fuller & Associates, Inc. ...

William Garland
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1974
Bill Garland graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy in 1974 with a PhD from the department of Medicinal Chemistry. Currently the Vice President ...

Forest Goodrich
B.S. Pharmacy, 1914
M.S. Pharmacy, 1917
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1927
Dean Forest "Foley" Goodrich led the UW School of Pharmacy from 1939 to 1956.

Mark Grillo
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1993
Mark P. Grillo received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He completed his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry at ...

Nathan Hall
B.S. Pharmacy, 1939
Ph.D. Pharmacy, 1948
Dr. Hall joined the faculty of the School of Pharmacy in 1952, after spending a few years at the Eli Lilly and Co. ...

Warren Hall
B.S. Pharmacy, 1979
Warren Hall began his career at Thrifty Drug and Island Hospital in Anacortes. In 1987, he, with his cousin Ron Hall and fellow pharmacist Jon Wiley, ’85, ...

Roy Hammarlund
B.S. Pharmacy, 1944
M.S. Pharmacy, 1949
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1952
Roy Hammarlund joined the faculty in 1960 having served in a similar ...

Ryan Hansen
PharmD Pharmacy 2003
Ph.D. CHOICE, 2012
Dr. Hansen is an Associate Professor of pharmacy at the UW School of Pharmacy. His primary research interests focus on ...

Laura Hart
PharmD, 2014
M.S. CHOICE, 2017
Prior to joining the faculty at SSPPS in September 2018, Dr. Hart completed a PGY2 Residency and Fellowship in ...

Shane Hendrickson
M.S. Medicinal Chemistry, 1996
Shane initially fell in love with organic chemistry while studying under Dr. Clarita Bhat at Shoreline Community College. He went on to complete his undergraduate ...

Lars Hennum
B.S. Pharmacy 1943
Lars is a UW School of Pharmacy graduate from 1943. He began his pharmacy career working at Bartell Drug and later worked in several ...

Scott Herzog
PharmD, 2003
Scott Herzog is currently the COO of the Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group located here in Seattle. He started his career as a clinical pharmacist at ...

Mitchell Higashi
Ph.D. CHOICE, 2001
Mitch is the Vice President of US Health Economics & Outcomes Research at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Prior to joining ...

Han Kiat Ho
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2005
Dr. Han Kiat Ho is currently the Deputy Dean of Students and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore.

John Hoekman
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2010
John Hoekman co-founded Impel NeuroPharma, a Seattle-based clinical stage biotechnology company, while earning his PhD in Pharmaceutics, ...

Mark Holzemer
B.S. Pharmacy, 1973
After completing his studies at the University of Washington, Mark Holzemer began his career as a pharmacist at Dick’s Pharmacy in Bellevue. In 1975, he left ...

Gayle Hudgins
B.S. Pharmacy, 1969
Gayle Hudgins, Pharm. D., BCGP, is a Professor Emerita of the University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.

Dana Hurley
B.S. Pharmacy, 1997
PharmD, 2000
M.S. CHOICE, 2004
Dana Hurley is a freelance consultant health economist and outcomes ...

Dawn Ipsen
PharmD Pharmacy, 2001
Dr. Dawn Ipsen is owner of Kusler’s and Clark’s Compounding Pharmacies in Washington State where she precepts PharmD students on their APPE rotations.

Marianne Ivey
PharmD Pharmacy, 1987
Marianne F. Ivey, Pharm.D., M.P.H., FASHP, served as ASHP’s President in 1981. “I remember the day that Dr. Oddis dropped me off at the White House ...

Klarissa Jackson
PostDoc Medicinal Chemistry, 2013
Klarissa Jackson, Ph.D. joined the faculty at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and ...

Al James
B.S. Pharmacy, 1955
Al James, ’55, whose career followed a path outside of pharmacy, still credits much of his success to the lessons he learned as a pharmacy student ...

Don Katterman
B.S. Pharmacy, 1948
As the owner of Katterman’s Sand Point Pharmacy, a mentor to many UW students, a former president of the UW Pharmacy Alumni Association and a ...

Brenda Kelly
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2000
In 2018, Brenda Kelly was appointed as Provost and Dean of the College at Gustavus Adolphus College. Kelly, who holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry ...

Cyrus Khojasteh-Bakht
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1998
Bagley Hall. Mid-90s. UW Medicinal Chemistry Department. In the Mid 90s, Cyrus was a graduate student helping with the move to the H wing of the ...

Kenneth Korzekwa
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1987
Dr. Ken Korzekwa is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Temple University School of Pharmacy. Ken received his B.S. in Chemical ...

Deanna Kroetz
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 1990
Deanna Kroetz interest in a career in pharmaceutical science began when she was in pharmacy school in Ohio. She worked on a faculty research project ...

Don Kusler
B.S. Pharmacy, 1951
Don attended the University of Washington nearly 72 years ago and took classes on the 3rd floor of Bagley Hall. When asked why he chose pharmacy, ...

Craig and Sally Kvam
B.S. Pharmacy, 1972
B.S. Pharmacy, 1970
Craig and Sally met as students at the University of Washington, where Craig studied pharmacy and Sally studied ...

Jed Lampe
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2007
Jed is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Each year thousands of sick ...

Luke Lightning
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1998
Luke Lightning is a Native American entrepreneur whose career spans many industries including tech startups, business development and sales ...

Yvonne Lin
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2002
Dr. Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics. She received her BA in Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley ...

Al Linggi
B.S. Pharmacy, 1971
Al holds degrees from Central Washington State BS in Zoology, University of Washington BS Pharmacy, Class of 1971, and an MBA Fuqua School of ...

Catherine Lockhart
PharmD Pharmacy, 2013
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2016
M.S. Pharmacy, 2016
Cate is the Executive Director at Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence ...

Timothy Lynch
B.S. Pharmacy, 1997
PharmD Pharmacy, 1998
Tim Lynch fell into a career in pharmacy by accident. When he was getting out of the Navy after six years in the ...

Anita Mathias
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2004
Anita Mathias, PhD, is a Director in the Clinical Pharmacology Group at Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California. Dr Mathias received her PhD in ...

Casey McClellan
B.S. Pharmacy, 1983
Born to a farming family in Eastern Washington, Founder Casey McClellan learned about agriculture at a young age. Later, Casey and his wife, Vicky, began ...

Donavon McConn
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2001
Donavon McConn graduated with a PhD from the Department of Pharmaceutics in 2001 and is a classically-trained enzyme and pharmacokineticist. His expertise ...

Kathlyn McDonough
B.S. Pharmacy, 1980
PharmD, 1993
Kathlyn McDonough and her husband Dennis Yamamoto have generously established established support for ...

Douglas Mendenhall
B.S. Pharmacy, 1968
Doug worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over thirty-five years, mostly in the product development/pre-clinical development space. He made ...

Duane Miller
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1969
Duane D. Miller, born 1943, grew up on a farm in Larned Kansas. He obtained his B.S. degree in Pharmacy at Kansas University in 1966, and his interest in ...

Nanci Murphy
PharmD, 1997
Dr. Nanci Murphy’s past roles at the University of Washington include, Collaborative Practice Specialist, Co-Director of the Center for Health ...

Richard Nelson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1962
Growing up the son of a pharmacist in Tacoma, Richard spent his high school years working at the family store, Nelson Drug Company, before pursuing ...

Sidney Nelson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1968
After completing his graduate work in California, Sid Nelson returned to the School of Pharmacy to join the faculty in 1977. ...

Joseph Ness
B.S. Pharmacy, 1990
Joe Ness graduated from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in 1990 with a BS in Pharmacy. Currently the SVP and Chief Operations Officer at OHSU ...

Phillip Nudelman
B.S. Pharmacy, 1964
Phil received a pharmacy degree from the University of Washington in 1964 and by 1975, was the Head of Pharmacy for Group Health. ...

Peggy Odegard
B.S. Pharmacy, 1985
PharmD Pharmacy, 1990
Peggy Odegard, BS Pharm, PharmD, CDE, is Associate Dean for Professional Pharmacy education, Professor in the ...

Ryan Oftebro
PharmD, 2003
Ryan Oftebro is a pharmacist and Principal/CEO of Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group, which consists of five divisions located in Seattle, WA, ...

James Omichinski
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1986
Currently a professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the University of Montreal, James G. Omichinnski graduated with a PhD ...

Maria Orosa
B.S. Pharmacy, 1920
Maria Orosa is known for being a food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian and war heroine, but did you know she is also a UW School of ...

Teresa O’Sullivan
B.S. Pharmacy, 1984
Teresa O’Sullivan obtained her Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Washington in 1984, and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from ...

Mary Paine
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 1997
Dr. Mary Paine is a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University ...

Raimund Peter
PostDoc Medicinal Chemistry, 1992
Raimund Peter completed his postdoc work in Sid Nelson’s Lab in the department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Washington School of ...

Virginia Peterson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1943
Virginia graduated from the School of Pharmacy in 1943 and while in school, she was a member of the Totem Club and Chi Omega Sorority. ...

Joy Plein
M.S. Pharm., 1951
Ph.D. Pharmacy, 1956
Dr. Plein and her late husband Elmer, are widely credited for creating the momentum for senior-care pharmacy ...

David Porubeck
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1984
In 1984, after completing his PhD in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry under the guidance of his adviser, the late Sidney Nelson, Dr. Porubek received a ...

Luis Ramos
PharmD, 2010
Growing up in the outskirts of Lima, Peru, during a period of economic turmoil and political violence, Luis Ramos developed a sense of the importance of community.

James Ramseth
B.S. Pharmacy, 1963
Jim Ramseth graduated in the class of 1963 and has remained an ardent supporter of pharmacy practice in Washington State. A long-time ...

Richard Ramsey
B.S. Pharmacy, 1955
A graduate of the class of 1955, Dick Ramsey purchased Ostroms Drug and Gift in 1964. A pillar in the community, Dick says he was blessed to see ...

Shelby Reed
PostDoc CHOICE, 1999
Shelby Reed, PhD, RPh is Professor in Population Health Sciences and Medicine at Duke University and Director of the Preference Evaluation Research ...

Rory Remmel
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1983
Rory Remmel graduated from the department of Medicinal Chemistry in 1983 and is currently a distinguished teaching professor in the department ...

Jeffrey Rochon
PharmD Pharmacy, 1999
Jeff Rochon received his PharmD in 1999. As a student, he co-founded and was the first president of the Unified Professional Pharmacy Organizations of Washington ...

Beverly Schaefer
B.S. Pharmacy, 1970
Beverly Schaefer owns Katterman Pharmacy on Sandpoint in Seattle along with partner Steve Cone, ’77. She has been a member since PAA’s founding ...

Glen Schumock
PharmD Pharmacy, 1989
Glen T. Schumock is Professor and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Previously he was Head of the ...

Rodney Shafer
B.S. Pharmacy, 1977
A graduate of the class of 1977, Rod Shafer served as CEO of the Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) for 15 years. He received the School's ...

Steven Singer
B.S. Pharmacy, 1981
Upon graduation from the School in 1981, Steve worked as a pharmacist in a number of community pharmacies in Kirkland. He later held positions ...

J. Greg Slatter
PostDoc Medicinal Chemistry, 1988
Dr. Greg Slatter has over 25 years of industry experience in DMPK and clinical pharmacology aspects of drug discovery & development. He is currently SVP, ...

Vandana Slatter
PharmD, 1990
Pharmacist & Washington State Representative
Vandana grew up in northern British Columbia, Canada. ...

William Stavropoulos
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1967
After receiving his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry, Stavropoulos went on to work with Dow for 39 years, serving in positions in research, marketing and management.

Theodore Taniguchi
B.S. Pharmacy, 1949
Born in Tacoma in 1928, Ted and his family were sent to internment camps by the U.S. government in 1942. After release, he did well in high school, ...

Judi Tawney
B.S. Pharmacy, 1962
Judi Tawney graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy in 1962. After moving back to her native Novato, CA, Tawney began working at Corinthian Pharmacy ...

My-Linh Thai
B.S. Pharmacy, 1992
My-Linh Thai was born in Vietnam, but immigrated to the United States in 1983 as a war refugee. She arrived in the Seattle area at the age of 15 ...

Kenneth Thummel
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 1987
Dr. Ken Thummel received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the UW in 1987. His current research spans from the molecular mechanisms of vitamin D ...

Barbara Tolliver-Craig
B.S. Pharmacy, 1987
Barbara Tolliver-Craig graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy in 1987. Currently, a community pharmacist, Barbara has had the opportunity to ...

Steve Toon
PostDoc Medicinal Chemistry, 1983
Dr. Stephen Toon is the Managing Director of Certara's Simcyp business unit. Steve received his pharmacy degree from the University of Bath and his PhD ...

Bill Trager
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1965
Bill received his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry — focusing on conformational analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance — from the University of Washington ...

Herbert Tsuchiya
B.S. Pharmacy, 1958
Herb’s time at the School of Pharmacy lead him to a life rich in love, charity and service. During his 50-year career as a pharmacy owner ...

Elyse Tung
PharmD, 2008
Elyse Tung graduated from the University of Washington in 2002 with a B.S. in Neurobiology and in 2008, with a Pharm.D.

Tove Tuntland
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 1996
Tove Tuntland holds a Pharmacy degree from the University in Oslo, Norway, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Muriel Vincent
MSP Pharmacy, 1951
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1955
Muriel was born in Spokane, WA and attended school in Portland, OR. She received her Pharmacy degree ...

Jonathan Watanabe
M.S. CHOICE, 2008
Ph.D. CHOICE, 2012
Jonathan Watanabe is a board-certified geriatrics pharmacist, outcomes researcher, and associate professor at ...

John Watkins
B.S. Pharmacy, 1979
PharmD Pharmacy, 2011
John Watkins, PharmD, MPH, BCPS managed the formulary process at Premera Blue Cross from 2000-2019.

Larry Wienkers
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1993
Larry C. Wienkers received his BS in Chemistry and Biology in 1986 and his MS in Chemistry in 1988 from Western Washington University. He then earned ...

Raymond Wilson
B.S. Pharmacy, 1969
Ray credits much of the success he enjoys today to the education he received at the UW School of Pharmacy, and the doors it opened, allowing him to ...

Ann Wittkowsky
PharmD, 1988
Ann K Wittkowsky PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy (BS Pharm 1983) and the ...

Ed Wong
B.S. Pharmacy, 1971
PharmD, 1998
Ed Wong was formerly Vice President of Pharmacy and Clinical Programs at Premera Blue Cross.

Erica Woodahl
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2004
Erica Woodahl received a B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in 1998 and a Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmaceutics at the ...

Roger Woolf
PharmD Pharmacy, 1985
Roger Woolf, ’85, is passionate about the leadership role pharmacists can have in the U.S. health care system. Growing up, many of his family members were in ...

Henry Yamamura
B.S. Pharmacy, 1964
M.S. Pharmacy, 1968
Henry Hank Ichiro Yamamura, ’64, died peacefully at home in September 2008 in Tucson, Ariz, at age 68 ...

Catherine Yeung
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2005
Dr. Yeung’s research includes both basic science and translational studies, and spans from the determination of molecular mechanisms of altered drug ...

Ping Zhao
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics, 2002
Ping obtained his BS in Pharmacy from Beijing Medical University in China in 1994, and his PhD in Pharmaceutics from University of Washington in Seattle, ...

Mingshe Zhu
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 1993
Mingshe Zhu graduated from the department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in 1993. With over 20 years ...