{"id":8646,"date":"2025-01-09T18:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/?page_id=8646"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:21:53","slug":"greg-higby-fischelis-scholar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/?page_id=8646","title":{"rendered":"Greg Higby, Fischelis Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HigbyWebsm.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Higby\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HigbyWebsm.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HigbyWebsm-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Fischelis Scholar<\/strong><br><strong>Greg Higby<\/strong>&nbsp;retired as AIHP\u2019s Executive Director at the end of 2018 and assumed his new position as Fischelis Scholar. Greg curates the Institute\u2019s collection of reference materials, books, and artifacts in this new part-time role. He also continues to teach the pharmacy history course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg served as AIHP\u2019s Executive Director from 1988 through 2018, after serving as Acting Director (1986-88), Associate Director (1985-86), Assistant Director (1984-85), and Assistant to the Director (1981-84). He received his BSc in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan and PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (under Glenn Sonnedecker). Greg served as the Editor of&nbsp;<em>Pharmacy in History<\/em>&nbsp;throughout his tenure as Executive Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg\u2019s publications include the books,&nbsp;<em>In Service to American Pharmacy: The Professional Life of William Procter, Jr.<\/em>&nbsp;(1992) and&nbsp;<em>The Spirit of Voluntarism: The United States Pharmacopeia 1820-1995<\/em>&nbsp;(co-authored with Lee Anderson). He has co-edited about another dozen books for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy including&nbsp;<em>Pill Peddlers<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>American Pharmacy: A Collection of Historical Essays<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Drugstore Memories<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg\u2019s honors include the Edward Kremers Award, the Schelenz Medal, and the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award. He was elected to the honorific International Academy of the History of Pharmacy in 1991. He was elected Honorary President of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) for 2021\u20132022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Higby is a registered pharmacist in the state of Michigan. His hobbies include music (playing trombone and recorder), recreational biking, and watching English Premier League football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:greg.higby@sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\">greg.higby@sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com<\/a><br><strong>Phone:<\/strong>&nbsp;608-262-5841<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fischelis ScholarGreg Higby&nbsp;retired as AIHP\u2019s Executive Director at the end of 2018 and assumed his new position as Fischelis Scholar. Greg curates the Institute\u2019s collection of reference materials, books, and artifacts in this new part-time role. He also continues to teach the pharmacy history course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. 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