[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E771]
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                      HONORING DR. JOHN E. MURPHY

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                             HON. JIM KOLBE

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 1997

  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and celebrate one of 
Arizona's finest pharmacists and professors, Dr. John E. Murphy. In 
particular, I am proud to announce that Dr. Murphy has been voted 
president-elect of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 
[ASHP] and will be installed at the society's 54th annual meeting in 
Minneapolis this June.
  ASHP is the 30,000-member national professional association 
representing pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance 
organizations, long-term care facilities, home-care agencies, and other 
components of health care systems. The society has extensive publishing 
and educational programs designed to help members improve their 
delivery of pharmaceutical care, and it is a national accrediting 
organization for pharmacy residency and pharmacy technician training 
programs.
  A resident of my congressional district, Dr. Murphy is professor and 
head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the 
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. He earned his bachelor of 
science and Phar.D. degrees at the University of Florida and later 
served as a member of the faculty and as director of residencies at 
Mercer University School of Pharmacy in Georgia. His extensive 
involvement with ASHP includes having served as an ASHP board member, 
chair of the ASHP Pharmacokinetics Specialty Practice Group, and member 
of the ASHP Information Network for Students. In addition, he has been 
the president of the Georgia Society of Hospital Pharmacists and has 
participated on many committees of the Georgia and Arizona societies.
  As Dr. Murphy has said, ``Dramatic changes in health care delivery 
are creating exciting opportunities for pharmacists.'' I am confident 
that he will guide ASHP with strong and innovative leadership for the 
sake of all Americans receiving pharmaceutical care. I congratulate Dr. 
Murphy and wish him well as he takes on his new position with ASHP.

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