Sebok Lecture Series
"It is an Exciting Time to be a Pharmacist!"
Friday, January 20, 1 p.m. • Freed Center for the Performing Arts
Thomas E. Menighan, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), will headline the 2012 Sebok Pharmacy Lecture.
A graduate of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Menighan earned his master's degree in business administration in 1990 from Averett College. In 2011, he received an honorary Doctor of Science (ScD) from West Virginia University and he was awarded an ScD by the University of Charleston (West Virginia) in 2010. Prior to his current leadership roles at APhA, Menighan was founder and president of SynTegra Solutions Inc., in Germantown, Md. The company provides supply chain and chargeback auditing and consulting in risk management, 340B systems, anti-counterfeiting and the technology of medication information. Menighan also founded SymRx Inc., and developed CornerDrugstore.com.
Throughout his career, Menighan has served volunteer roles within the profession of pharmacy, including president of APhA from 2001 to 2002 and a member of the APhA Board of Trustees between 1995 and 2003. He was a senior staff member of APhA from 1987 to 1992. While on staff as senior director of external affairs, he managed state affairs, public relations, new business development and practice management issues. His other professional experiences include management of the PharMark Corporation, creator of RationalMed and licensor of systems for states to conduct drug utilization review for millions of state Medicaid enrollees. Menighan also founded and was a 20-year Medicine Shoppe owner in Huntington, West Virginia, and he is a current partner in Pharmacy Associates, Inc., a multistate specialty pharmacy that today serves patients in much of the United States.
APhA, founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association, is the first-established and largest association of pharmacists in the United States. It represents more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and others interested in advancing the profession. APhA is dedicated to helping all pharmacists improve medication use and advance patient care.
About the Sebok Pharmacy Lecture
The Sebok Pharmacy Lecture was established by alumni and friends to honor Dr. Albert A. Sebok, BSPh ’53, Hon. D. ’88, one of the Raabe College of Pharmacy’s most distinguished alumni. Sebok joined Standard Drug as a store manager after graduation. In 1961, Revco acquired Standard. Under his leadership as senior vice president for store operations, Revco DrugStores Inc. became the largest discount drug chain in America. He was an original member of ONU’s Pharmacy Advisory Board and the founder and instructor of the college’s contemporary pharmacy practice class. He received an honorary doctorate degree from Ohio Northern in 1988.
“Dr. Sebok’s dedication, service and leadership to our college and to the profession of pharmacy inspire us all,” said Dr. Jon E. Sprague, professor of pharmacology and dean. “The Sebok Pharmacy Lecture provides valuable insight to our current and future pharmacy students as they learn the profession and develop their leadership skills.”
Previous Sebok Lecture Speakers
2012—Thomas E. Menighan, executive vice president and chief executive officer, American Pharmacists Association (APhA), ONU Video, WLIO coverage-2012 Sebok Lecture
2011—Dr. Carmen A Catizone, executive director, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, WLIO coverage-2011 Sebok Lecture
2010—Steven C. Anderson, president and CEO, National Association of Chain Drug Stores
