Charles Curtis Barr, PharmD, Elected to Serve as Member on Executive Committee at Association's 100th Annual Meeting

May 6, 2004 12:00 am

Charles Curtis Barr, PharmD, was elected to serve a three-year member term on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) during its 100th Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration, April 24-27, 2004, in Chicago, IL.

Dr Barr is vice chairman of the Nebraska Board of Pharmacy. He has been a member of the Nebraska Board since 1997. Other positions Dr Barr has held on the Board include secretary for one term and chairman for two terms. He is also a member of other professional organizations including the American Pharmacists Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association. He is also a full fellow of the American College of Apothecaries.

Dr Barr has served on many committees and task forces while a member of NABP. He served on NABP's Task Force on Licensing of Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws. He also participated in the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination® Workshop in 2001.

Currently, Dr Barr is an associate professor of Pharmacy Practice and assistant dean for Alumni Relations at Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. He began teaching at the university in 1974 as an adjunct professor and in 1998 he became an associate professor. In addition, he is the owner/operator of Barr Pharmacy and Blair Medical Supply, Blair, NE.

Dr Barr received honors including the Nebraska Pharmacists Association Committee Award, Innovative Pharmacy Practitioner Award, and Bowl of Hygeia, as well as the National Association of Retail Druggists National Preceptor of the Year (1994). Dr Barr earned a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy in 1981 and a bachelor of science in pharmacy from Creighton University School of Pharmacy in 1974.

Renee Renganathan