NABP's Executive Committee Names William L.‘Buck' Stevens, RPh, 2004-2005 Honorary President

May 6, 2004 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 William L. "Buck" Stevens, RPh, has been granted this privilege for the year 2004-2005.

Presently, Mr Stevens serves as the senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs at PDX-Rx.com. Before assuming his current position, he served as executive director of the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy from 1994 to 2002.

Over the years, Mr Stevens has played an integral role in many of NABP's committees and task forces including the Bureau of Voluntary Compliance Advisory Committee from 1996 to 1998 and the Task Force on Expanded Use of the Internet in Pharmacy Practice and Regulation from 2000 to 2001. He has also served as a board member for several other pharmacy organizations including the National Institute for Standards in Pharmacist Credentialing; the Mississippi Pharmacists Association; the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy; and the State of Mississippi Portal Development Task Force. Mr Stevens was instrumental in enabling pharmacists to administer immunizations and to provide disease management services. He has been an outspoken advocate for pharmacists nationally.

With more than 30 years experience in the pharmacy profession, Mr Stevens' work has not gone unnoticed. He has received several honors including being listed in Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, International Who's Who of Professionals, and Marquis Who's Who in South and Southeast. In 1998, Mr Stevens was chosen as one of the 50 most influential pharmacists by American Druggist magazine. Additionally, while Stevens was the executive director, the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy received the 1999 Fred T. Mahaffey Award at NABP's 95th Annual Meeting.

In recognition of the Board's commitment to the Association's mission and goals, NABP names Mr Stevens as its 2004-2005 honorary president for his service to the public health, for his dedication to NABP and the profession of pharmacy, and for his unshakeable integrity and unsurpassed humanity.

Renee Renganathan