Reunion Weekend 2009
Reunion Weekend School of Pharmacy events kicked off with the Second Pharmacy Alumni and Student Golf Tournament the morning of April 24. The tournament was coordinated by the brothers of Kappa Psi fraternity at Birkdale Golf Club. All proceeds benefited Richmond ALS.
That afternoon, the third annual Warren Weaver Continuing Education Lectureship featured a talk on “The Face of Pharmacy Education Today” by Dean Victor Yanchick and Cindy Kirkwood (B.S. ’82, Pharm.D. ’85), associate professor of pharmacy. Three first-year Pharm.D. students -- Bobby Krzyzanowski, Brad Martin and Sara Tittermary – joined Kirkwood in helping explain the curriculum’s most recent changes to alumni.
Alumni awards were presented later that evening to Bronwyn Burnham (B.S. ’89) and Jennifer Edwards (Pharm.D. ’99) at the Pharmacy Cocktail Reception and Awards Ceremony. The reception was followed by the Class of 1959’s 50th reunion dinner.
The Pharmacy Alumni Block Party on April 25 featured entertainment by The English Channel, a Richmond-based British invasion band whose keyboardist, Bob Quarles (B.S. ’79), also happened to be celebrating his 30th reunion. Earlier in the day, pharmacy students offered tours of the R. Blackwell Smith Jr. Building; later that day, the Pharmacy Grand Alumni Dinner for classes of 1958 and earlier took place.
Hilda Meth, widow of emeritus faculty member Werner Lowenthal, was on hand during the weekend with copies of “Earth Sculptures,” a collection of award-winning photographs by Lowenthal. (If you’re interested in purchasing a copy at $35, Meth is donating proceeds to the School of Pharmacy via the Werner Lowenthal Endowment Fund. For book information, contact Ellen Leverich at emleverich@vcu.edu.)
Photos by Doug Buerlein, Thurston Howes, Jay Paul, Cynthia McMullen