Remington Honor Medal
The Remington Honor Medal, named for eminent community pharmacist, manufacturer, and educator Joseph P. Remington (1847-1918), was established in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American pharmacy during the preceding year, culminating in the past year, or during a long period of outstanding activity or fruitful achievement.
Nominate a Colleague for the 2021 Remington Honor Medal Award
2020 Remington Honor Medal recipient: John D. Grabenstein, BS, EdM, MS, PhD, DSc(Hon), FAPhA, FASHP
Nomination criteria
Any APhA member may nominate a person for the Remington Honor Medal. The nominee for the award does not need to be an APhA member. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Nomination process
The nominator is responsible for submitting a complete award nomination. Nominations open in June
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 letters accepted
- A current curriculum vitae or detailed résumé
Selection process
Upon receipt of a nomination, staff reviews it for completeness and conformity with guidelines. Incomplete nominations will be returned immediately to the nominator. If acceptable, APhA staff forwards the nomination to the Remington Honor Medal Screening Committee. The screening Committee will review the nomination materials received for all candidates to prepare a preliminary list of candidates to be evaluated by the Remington Honor Medal Selection Committee. The selection committee evaluates the materials and determines the final two candidates for the Medal. A mail ballot containing the names and supporting materials of the final two candidates is then forwarded to the APhA Former presidents, whose vote determines the eventual recipient.
Nature of award
The award, presented at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, consists of the gold Remington Honor Medal, a complimentary APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition registration, and reimbursement for meeting-related travel expenses, according to current travel policies and up to the maximum amount budgeted by APhA. A reception and an elegant dinner for the Remington Medalist are held during the annual meeting, at which time the recipient delivers a speech.
Past Recipients:
2021 Marialice Bennett
2020 Colonel (Ret.) John D. Grabenstein
2019 Lucinda L. Maine
2018 Harold Godwin
2017 Daniel Hussar
2016 Leslie Z. Benet
2015 Calvin H. Knowlton
2014 Marilyn K. Speedie
2013 Dennis K. Helling
2012 William E. Evans
2011 Paul W. Lofholm
2010 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble
2009 John A. Gans
2008 J. Lyle Bootman
2007 Ernest Mario
2006 Robert D. Gibson
2005 Robert J. Osterhaus
2004 Lowell J. Anderson
2003 Mary Louise Andersen
2002 Richard P. Penna
2001 Jerome A. Halperin
2000 Daniel A. Nona
1999 Carl F. Emswiller, Jr.
1998 Kenneth N. Barker
1997 Linda M. Strand
1997 C. Douglas Hepler
1996 Maurice Q. Bectel
1995 Max W. Eggleston
1994 James T. Doluisio
1993 Robert C. Johnson
1992 Jere E. Goyan
1991 George B. Griffenhagen
1990 Joseph A. Oddis
1989 Lawrence C. Weaver
1988 Peter P. Lamy
1987 Gloria N. Francke
1986 Irving Rubin
1985 William L. Blockstein
1984 William M. Heller
1983 Takeru Higuchi
1980 Joseph D. Williams
1978 Eugene V. White
1977 David J. Krigstein
1976 Melvin W. Green
1975 Albert Doerr
1974 Lloyd M. Parks
1973 Grover C. Bowles
1972 Glenn Sonnedecker
1971 Linwood F. Tice
1970 Donald E. Francke
1969 George F. Archambault
1967 William S. Apple
1965 K. K. Chen
1964 Robert A. Hardt
1963 Glenn. L. Jenkins
1962 Harry J. Anslinger
1960 Ivor Griffith
1959 Justin L. Powers
1958 Eli Lilly
1957 W. Paul Briggs
1956 Frank W. Moudry
1955 Roy Bird Cook
1953 Hugh C. Muldoon
1952 Patrick Henry Costello
1951 Hugo H. Schaefer
1950 Edwin Leigh Newcomb
1949 Ernest Little
1948 Andrew Grover DuMez
1947 Rufus Ashley Lyman
1945 Joseph Rosin
1944 H. Evert Kendig
1943 Robert P. Fischelis
1942 Josiah K. Lilly
1941 George D. Beal
1940 Robert L. Swain
1938 Henry C. Christensen
1937 J. Leon Lascoff
1936 Edmund N. Gathercoal
1935 Samuel Louis Hilton
1934 Sir Henry S. Wellcome
1933 Evander F. Kelly
1932 Eugene G. Eberle
1931 Ernest Fullerton Cook
1930 Edward Kremers
1929 Wilbur Lincoln Scoville
1928 Charles H. LaWall
1926 Henry A. B. Dunning
1925 Henry Milton Whelpley
1924 George Mahlon Beringer
1923 Henry Hurd Rusby
1922 Henry Vincome Arny
1920 John Uri Lloyd
1919 James Hartley Beal