H.A.B. Dunning Award
2026 Award Recipient
Health Mart/McKesson
Health Mart is a network of nearly 4,000 independent pharmacies across the nation. These pharmacies serve as critical members of the health care team and offer individualized care tailored to patients’ unique needs to help improve health outcomes. Health Mart pharmacies were ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction in the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Pharmacy Study Among Chain Drug Store Pharmacies, a direct reflection of the exceptional care they provide in their local communities. The Health Mart franchise is owned by Health Mart Systems, Inc., a part of McKesson Corporation, a global health care leader since 1833, dedicated to improving health outcomes for all.
About
The purpose of the award is to recognize an exemplary contribution to APhA and the practice of pharmacy by a
pharmaceutical manufacturer, provider of support products or service, or other entities such as wholesalers
or chain corporations. The H.A.B. Dunning Award was established in 1982 to honor the former chair of the
Board of Hynson, Westcott, and Dunning of Baltimore, MD, who as a longstanding APhA leader was instrumental
in the funding and building of the APhA headquarters building in Washington, DC.
Evaluation Criteria
The nominee for the H.A.B. Dunning Award must have made a contribution or contributions to APhA and the
practice of pharmacy in a calendar year preceding the presentation of the award. The contribution(s) shall
fall in one or more of the following areas:
- Professional and consumer communications
- Pharmacy practice support
- Pharmacy education support
- Sales policy to pharmacists
- Marketing policies and philosophy
- New drug research and development
- Community service involving pharmacists
- Innovative products and service
The selection criteria will be weighted so that contributions to APhA would be 40% and to contributions to
the profession would be 60%. The recipient should have had an impact on the profession nationally through
their activities with APhA.
Nomination process
The nominator is responsible for submitting a complete award nomination.The nomination is to include the
following items:
A letter from the nominator describing the most important achievements of the nominee and explaining why the
nominee meets the criteria for the award
Letters of recommendation are optional; two letters are preferred with a maximum of six accepted letters
Selection process
The selection is made by the APhA Board of Trustees based upon careful review of complete nominations.
Nature of award
The award presented at the APhA Annual Meeting consists of a jade crystal etching on a walnut base bearing
the likeness of H.A.B. Dunning.
Past recipients
2025 The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
2018 Community Pharmacy Foundation
2014 Cardinal Health and the Cardinal Health Foundation
2012 Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
2010 VaxServe, a Sanofi Pasteur Co.
2007 Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt
2006 Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. and McNeil Consumer Healthcare
2002 Aventis Pharmaceuticals
2001 McNeil Consumer Healthcare
2000 Syncor International Corp.
1999 Wyeth-Ayerst Global Pharmaceuticals
1998 The Knoll Pharmaceutical Co.
1996 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1990 SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
1988 Marion Laboratories, Inc.
1986 Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1985 McNeil Pharmaceutical
1984 Lederle Laboratories
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