Dean Schumock Celebrated as UIC’s First Retzky Dean

DEAN SCHUMOCK CELEBRATED AS UIC’S FIRST RETZKY DEAN

In 2016, thanks to a $5 million donation, Herb and Carol Retzky established the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky Deanship. At the time, the Retzkys’ $5 million pledge was the largest gift in the history of the college, the first deanship established at UIC, and only the third deanship in the entire University of Illinois System.

At the time of the gift, Herb Retzky said, “We wanted to provide something that extends beyond our own time here on Earth, and we found that a gift to the College of Pharmacy would seem to fulfill the ambitions we had. We're grateful that we have been given the chance to assist the college."

On September 13, the college was finally able to realize and celebrate that gift with the formal investiture of Dean Glen Schumock as the first Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky Dean.

“Being the Retzky Dean is something I will really cherish,” Schumock said during his investiture ceremony.

“I realize being in the right place at the right time was key to this, and I feel very fortunate for that. I am certainly not the only dean of pharmacy that knew the Retzkys. Three emeritus deans are here tonight—Drs. Henri Manasse, Rosalie Sagraves, and Jerry Bauman. They all knew the Retzkys, and they helped establish the relationship that led to this evening.”

“There will be many great deans of this school in the future, deans who are recruited by the existence of this deanship and by the stature of this school—the Retzky College of Pharmacy. The quality of that leadership will lead to even greater accomplishments and success. So, with this deanship, the Retzkys have set in motion an incredible future.”