The ACCP Board of Regents has voted to recognize former ACCP Associate Executive Director C. Edwin Webb and the late Harvey A.K. Whitney Jr., a founding ACCP member, as Honorary ACCP Fellows (FCCPs) during the Awards and Recognition Ceremony on October 21 at the 2018 ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy.

Webb joined ACCP in April 2000 as its inaugural director of Government and Professional Affairs and shortly thereafter established a new College office in Washington, D.C. Throughout his professional career, Webb has served as a valued leader, mentor, and friend to countless pharmacist colleagues, including the executive and volunteer leadership of ACCP and other pharmacy associations and ACCP members, students, and trainees. He was a prominent leader in the advancement of clinical pharmacy nationally during his tenure on the ACCP staff.

Whitney, who died on April 10 of this year at age 87, was one of the 29 members who founded ACCP in 1979. He was an internationally known educator, editor, publisher, and leader in the profession of pharmacy. As the editor-in-chief of the journal Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy (DICP), now known as the Annals of Pharmacotherapy (AOP), he was instrumental in publishing official ACCP papers and statements in the College’s early days. He also mentored and encouraged scores of young clinical pharmacy scholars throughout his long tenure as editor and publisher of DICP/AOP.

Dr. Webb will be present at the awards ceremony to accept the honorary FCCP recognition. Mr. Whitney’s widow, Tina Whitney, and other members of the Whitney family will be present to accept the honor on his behalf. Webb and Whitney will join Charles A. Walton, Lawrence C. Weaver, and Robert A. Uzzo as only the fourth and fifth individuals so honored by ACCP.

Any ACCP member who has made outstanding contributions to clinical pharmacy can be recognized as an Honorary Fellow upon nomination by two current FCCPs and a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents. Nominations and supporting documents must be submitted to the Board of Regents no less than 6 months before the ACCP Annual Meeting.