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1960 s Frank A. Sternad, PharmD ’65, is retired and well after losing his home in the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires. He has now moved into a new home and is continuously busy shooting photography and researching and writing about pharmacy history.
19 7 0 s John Bruce, PharmD ’70, celebrated 50 years of being a pharmacist in 2020. He owned an independent community pharmacy for 43 years and currently serves as president and CEO of Western States Pharmacy Coalition. Norman A. Maehara, PharmD ’74, retired from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in November 2018. Ron T. Taniguchi, PharmD ’76, is retired and recently attended his fifth consecutive United States Pharmacopeial Convention Meeting. Lawrence J. Cohen, PharmD ’78, retired in January 2021 from the University of North Texas Health Science Center—where he was a professor of pharmacotherapy and coordinator of interprofessional education—after more than 40 years in pharmacy and medical education, research and practice. He continues to serve
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as a behavioral health and mental health policy consultant/adviser. Jerry E. Hammer, PharmD ’78, is a pharmacy manager at Vons Pharmacy. Rita Shane, PharmD ’78, chief pharmacy officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times video discussing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how her hospital can store the vaccine in its ultra-cold freezers. Ettie Rosenberg, PharmD ’79, is a professor of pharmacy practice and assistant dean of student affairs at West Coast University School of Pharmacy.
1980 s Amy Gutierrez, PharmD ’83, is vice president/chief pharmacy officer at UCHealth in Denver. In this newly created position, she is responsible for coordinating pharmacy services across the health system, which includes 12 hospitals, multiple clinics and a robust clinical pharmacy program.
1990 s Lawrence C. Louie, PharmD ’91, is president of United Pharmacists of Southern California.
2000 s Jose Castro, PharmD ’01, MHA, is a certified HIV pharmacist and serves as pharmacy operations
