NABP Executive Committee Names 2009 Honorary President Lydia Main, RPh

May 20, 2009 12:00 am

Each year the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) Executive Committee selects an individual to serve as its honorary president for the coming year. NABP is pleased to announce that Lydia Main, RPh, has been awarded this honor for 2009. In recognition of her commitment to the Association’s mission and goals, NABP named Ms Main as its honorary president for her service to the public health, for her commitment to NABP and the boards of pharmacy, and for her diligence and dedication to the pharmacy profession and patient care.

Ms Main has been a dedicated member of the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy for nearly 25 years. Currently, she is serving her fifth term as the vice president of the Board. Her contributions to the Board have been numerous, including serving as chairperson of the West Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Policy Rules for Technicians.

As an active member of NABP, Main has served on numerous committees and task forces, including the Committee on Resolutions, the Task Force on Expanded Use of Internet in Pharmacy Practice and Regulation, the Committee on Law Enforcement/Legislation, the Task Force on Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions, and the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.

In addition to her services with NABP and the Board of Pharmacy, Main supports the practice of pharmacy through other services throughout the state. Main is the past presi­dent of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Alumni Association, and a member of the West Virginia Pharmacists Association. She has also served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for Valley Mental Health of Monongalia, Preston, and Harrison counties in West Virginia. For 34 years, Main has been mayor for Masontown, where she also has co-owned and operated Main Pharmacy for the past 52 years.

Ms Main has also received several awards including Pharmacist of the Year, which was awarded by Drug Topics in 2000 based on a national poll of United States pharmacists. She also received the Professional of the Year award from the Preston County Chamber of Commerce in the year 2000 and the Bowl of Hygeia Service Award in 2002.

Main graduated from West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.

Larissa Doucette