School of Pharmacy chooses 3 for Distinguished Alumni of 2007 Three graduates of the School of Pharmacy were honored by the school for their career accomplishments and professional service. Henry Frazer of Montgomery, Ala., Harold Kornfuhrer of Tupelo, and Kerby Ladner of Oxford were named 2007 Distinguished Alumni of the Year during Pharmacy Alumni Weekend in Oxford. Selection is based on professional accomplishments and service to the pharmacy school, including its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. “These three highly accomplished individuals represent the best of the best,” said Barbara G. Wells, pharmacy dean. “They are exemplary professionals whose work has advanced their fields of endeavor. Our students learn through their example just what can be achieved for the greater good through hard work, focused preparation, and dedication to lofty goals.” Frazer is founder and president of Drug Research and Analysis Corp. He received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from UM in 1963 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Mercer University in 1975. He has chaired the board of the Montgomery Regional Medical Center and is a member of the UM School of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Committee and a sustaining member of its Galen Order. Frazer was president of the Central Alabama Community Foundation, Landmarks Foundation, Medical Outreach Ministries, Montgomery Ole Miss Alumni Club, and Kiwanis Club of Montgomery. In 2005, he was inducted into the UM Alumni Hall of Fame. Kornfuhrer, a 1973 graduate of the school, is director of pharmacy and administrator for Oncology/Behavioral Health Service Line for North Mississippi Medical Center. He has served as president, program chair, and northern region vice president of the Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP). He also has served on the pharmacy school’s Alumni Board of Directors, Dean’s Advisory Committee, and Curriculum Committee. Pharmacy students named Kornfuhrer Preceptor of the Year in 1991 and 2003. He was named MSHP Pharmacist of the Year and received the group’s Innovative Practice Award. He was named a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 1994 and designated as the Webb Leadership Lecturer for 2002 at Northeastern University in Boston. Ladner received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy with honors in 1967. As a student, he was inducted into Rho Chi pharmacy honor society and the school’s Hall of Fame. He received the Bowl of Hygeia award in 1997 and the School of Pharmacy Faculty Service Award in 1993. He joined the school’s faculty in 1967 and served for 31 years. During that time, he developed continuing education opportunities for pharmacists, serving as director of the Bureau of Pharmaceutical Services for 26 years. At the bureau, he began the annual Keep Up seminars that introduced new drugs and laws impacting the practice of pharmacy, initiated the first certificate programs in disease management offered by the school, and helped the school obtain a contract with “Drug Topics” to offer home-study continuing education courses to pharmacists. During the life of the contract, more than 70,000 pharmacists obtained CE credit through the UM pharmacy school. Home