About the Award
The Honorary Alumni Award annually honors friends of the College for their personal contribution toward pharmacy achievement, leadership and service to the profession, or exhibits exceptional service to the College. These individuals inspire our students and serve as role models.
Nominees include individuals who have made contributions to the theory and practice of pharmacy, demonstrated major accomplishments in a professional pharmacy practice or in pharmaceutical research and development. Recipients also include those who have managed or directed an organization that has made noteworthy national or international contributions to the pharmacy profession, in addition to truly exceptional service to their community, the College, the profession, or the public.
To nominate an individual for this award, please follow this link.
2022 Honorary Alumni Award Recipients

Nancy Alvarez

Vern Duba
Duba is a past chair of the Library and Information Sciences Section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and a four-time recipient of the Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund Stipend. He has received the Iowa Worklife Improving Our Workplace Award, the UI College of Pharmacy Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Excellence in Teaching Award, and the College’s P1 Teacher of the Year twice.
Past Honorary Alumni Award Recipients*
2021 Honorary Alumni Award Recipients
Barbara Kelley, BBA, BA, MBA
Edward Yorty, MS Fin, FCAS, FSA MAAA
2019 Honorary Alumni Award Recipient
Leslie Williams, BSN, MBA
2018 Honorary Alumni Award Recipients
Kate Gainer, PharmD
Lisa Ploehn, PharmD
2017 Honorary Alumni Award Recipients
Mundi McCarty, BS
CoraLynn Trewet, PharmD
2016 Honorary Alumni Award Recipient
Bernard A. Sorofman, PhD, FAPhA
2015 Honorary Alumni Award Recipient
George Hiller, ’80 BBA, ’82 MBA
2014 Honorary Alumni Award Recipients
Robert Greenwood, PharmD
James Otterbeck, BBA, MBA
*No ceremony was held in 2020.