W. Arthur Purdum Award Recipients
The W. Arthur Purdum Award was established in 1970 by the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists to recognize an individual who has made significant contributions to health-system pharmacy in Maryland and serves as the Society’s most prestigious award. Selected by the W. Arthur Purdum Committee, made up of past award recipients.
MSHP is proud to recognize individuals each year who are leaders in the pharmacy profession in Maryland. To see all of the awards MSHP offers annually, please click here.
A formal call for nominations is sent to the Purdum Committee and the membership in the Spring, though nominations can be submitted year-round. Award criteria and nomination information is available here.
Year | Recipient |
1970 | Sydney L Burgee, Jr. |
1971 | Paul J. LeSage |
1972 | Mary W. Connelly |
1973 | Peter P. Lamy |
1974 | Henry J. Derewicz |
1975 | George H. Yeager |
1976 | Francis S. Ballason |
1977 | Robert E. Snyder |
1978 | No Award Given |
1979 | Clarence L. Fortner |
1980 | No Award Given |
1981 | Gordon A. Mouat |
1981 | William R. Grove |
1982 | Patrick Birmingham |
1983 | Normand Pelissier |
1984 | Steven S. Cohen |
1985 | No Award Given |
1986 | Thomas E. Patrick |
1987 | Rebecca S. Finley |
1988 | Berry Means |
1989 | William J. Kinnard Jr. |
1990 | Thomas Sisca |
1991 | Paul L. Jeffrey |
1992 | Patricia A. Ensor |
1993 | Richard E. Rumrill |
1994 | Bonnie L. Pitt |
1995 | David R. Chason |
1996 | David M. Arrington |
1997 | No Award Given |
1998 | Robert A. Kerr |
1999 | No Award Given |
2000 | David S. Roffman |
2001 | Raymond C. Love |
2002 | Mayer Handelman |
2003 | E. Robert Feroli, Jr. |
2004 | Carol Rudo |
2005 | Anthony Tommasello |
2006 | Mary Lynn McPherson |
2007 | Marie Mackowic |
2008 | Wendy Klein-Schwartz |
2009 | Bruce Gordon |
2010 | Cynthia Boyle |
2011 | Daniel Ashby |
2012 | Nicole Brandt |
2013 | Marc Summerfield |
2014 | Bonnie L. Levin |
2015 | James Trovato |
2016 | Jill Morgan |
2017 | John J. Lewin III |
2018 | Meghan Swarthout |
2019 | Lawrence Siegel |
2020 | Janet Mighty |
2021 | Agnes Ann Feemster |
2022 | Kathryn Walker |
2023 | Todd W. Nesbit |