UAMS Salutes Two Arkansas Pharmacists
JULY 28, 2005 | Arkansas pharmacists Gene Graves, Pharm.D., and Michael D. Smith, P.D., have received awards from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy.

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JULY 28, 2005 | Arkansas pharmacists Gene Graves, Pharm.D., and Michael D. Smith, P.D., have received awards from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy.

 

Graves, of Little Rock, became the first recipient of the college’s Award for Professional Distinction.

 

Smith, of Russellville, is the first recipient of the college’s Dean’s Award for Service to the College in recognition of his service to the College of Pharmacy.

 

Both were honored during the recent senior awards convocation by the College of Pharmacy.

 

Graves received his award for serving as an example of high achievement among pharmacists and for serving with great distinction during his pharmacy career.

 

Graves, who teaches part time as a volunteer at the College of Pharmacy, is a nationally and internationally recognized pioneer of home infusion services. He has served as president of the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Home Infusion Association.

 

He is a past president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association and the Arkansas Academy of Consultant Pharmacists. He was selected as the Arkansas Pharmacist of the Year and is recipient of the AH Robins Bowl of Hygeia and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Community Service Award. In 1994, his company, I Care of Arkansas, was selected as Arkansas Business of the Year by “Arkansas Business.”

 

Smith is a pharmacist and co-owner of Rose Drug of Russellville and is a partner in Rose Drug of Dover and Berry Drug of Dardanelle.

 

He is the founding president of the College of Pharmacy’s Alumni Association, created in 2003.

Smith has served as president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association and is a past president of the Russellville Downtown Rotary Club, past district chairman of the Mount Magazine Boy Scouts of America, past president of the Shelter of Sunshine (home for neglected and abused children), and past board member of the Greater Russellville Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as trustee, treasurer, adult Sunday school teacher and musician of the New Life United Pentecostal Church of Alma.

 

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