Oren M. Peacock, Jr, RPh, Assumes Chair of NABP 2008-2009 Executive Committee, Receives Presidentís Award

May 21, 2008 12:00 AM

 Oren M. Peacock, Jr, RPh, immediate past president of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®), assumed the office of chairperson of the Association’s 2008-2009 Executive Committee during the Final Business Session of the NABP 104th Annual Meeting held May 17-20, 2008, in Baltimore, MD. Mr Peacock served one-year terms as the Association’s president and president-elect, and a three-year member term as an Executive Committee member representing District 6.

During his presidency, Mr Peacock took the initiative to assess the status of quality outcome and peer review regulations in the states and in the Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. For his service, NABP bestowed its President’s Award upon Mr Peacock during the Awards Dinner at the Annual Meeting.

Currently, Mr Peacock is a consultant for CVS Caremark. Before the change in ownership, he steadily progressed through the ranks of the Eckerd Corporation to the position of vice president of pharmacy relations.

A former member of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Mr Peacock was first appointed to the Board in 1996 and then reappointed for an additional term in 1999. While on the Board he served as president from 1998 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005.

Mr Peacock has contributed his time and efforts to many NABP committees and task forces, including the Task Force on Centralized Prescription Filling, the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, the Committee on Resolutions, and the Task Force on the Evaluation and Modification of the NABP Constitution and Bylaws. In addition he has served on the Task Force to Develop Recommendations to Best Reduce Medication Errors in Community Pharmacy Practice. Mr Peacock is also a member of such professional associations as the Dallas County and Texas Pharmacy Associations, American Pharmacists Association, and the Texas Federation of Drug Stores. He currently serves on the University of Texas and Texas Tech College of Pharmacy dean’s advisory council.

He graduated from the University of Texas College of Pharmacy with a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy.

Larissa Doucette