History of APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists
The APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists unofficially began in 1921
when students from the University of North Carolina petitioned the APhA
Council to be recognized as an APhA student branch. Since then, the
student section of APhA has gone through a steady evolutionary process.
After the first student branch was recognized, many other schools and
colleges of pharmacy began to form their own student branches.
In 1954, a formal student section was created due largely to the
efforts of the late Dr. Linwood F. Tice of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy, who felt that students needed a voice in the nation’s
professional society of pharmacists. This allowed students the
opportunity to send one delegate to the APhA House of Delegates. This
progress continued until 1969, when the APhA membership approved new
bylaws which created three Association subdivisions, one of which was
the Student American Pharmaceutical Association (SAPhA). During the next
ten years, the number of student delegates in the APhA House of
Delegates increased from one to 15. That number increased to 28 in 1986
after passage of new APhA bylaws that created the APhA Academy of
Students of Pharmacy (APhA-ASP).
At the 2004 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, the APhA-ASP House
of Delegates voted in favor of a proposed resolution to change the
Academy’s name to the American Pharmacists Association - Academy
of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), in order to better define the
professional role of student pharmacists and to emphasize
students’ commitment to the profession of pharmacy.
At the APhA2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, Texas,
APhA-ASP celebrated 40 years as an official Academy of APhA. Past
SAPhA and APhA-ASP leaders participated in a historical APhA-ASP Opening
General Session that highlighted student involvement over the past 4
decades. A historical exhibit was on display and all attendees
received a special edition of Student Pharmacist magazine
– Celebrating 40 Years of APhA-ASP, that chronicles the history of
the Academy.
APhA-ASP Mission Statement
The mission of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student
Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is to be the collective voice of student
pharmacists, to provide opportunities for professional growth, to
improve patient care, and to envision and advance the future of
pharmacy.
› Past
SAPhA and APhA-ASP National Executive Committees and Staff
Liaisons
› Student
Pharmacist Magazine Poster - Celebrating 40 Years
› Celebrating 40
Years of APhA-ASP Student Pharmacist Magazine
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