Professor Bill Felkey Retires from Harrison School of Pharmacy
Retirement Party on January 30, 2009
ill Felkey was the honoree at his own retirement party on January 30, hosted by Dean Evans and attended by present and past faculty and staff member of the Harrison School of Pharmacy. Everyone gathered at the Ariccia Lounge in the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. Attendees viewed a couple of slide shows of Bill's life from childhood through his present position as Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Care Systems for the Harrison School of Pharmacy. A presentation of gifts was made by Dean Evans and a framed retirement resolution presented by Dr. Bruce Berger. Afterwards impromptu speeches were made by various of his colleagues.
Please view the slide show to see the festivities here:
http://www.pharmacy.auburn.edu/photogallery/felkey_retired_09/index.htmBelow is the text of the resolution presented to Mr. Felkey by Bruce Berger:
On His Retirement
The Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy Recognizes
Bill G. Felkey
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Care Systems
We hereby honor Professor Bill Gene Felkey for 30 years of unselfish service to Auburn University, the Harrison School of Pharmacy and the Auburn Community. We recognize his untiring dedication and commitment to excellence in teaching and student learning in the area of informatics, pharmacy communication, and pharmacy management.
His tenure at the Harrison School of Pharmacy encompassed numerous responsibilities including Chair of the Committee on Admissions and Academic Requirements, Chair of the Technology Advisory Committee, and service on too many other committees to mention. If you needed his help, he was always there.
Professor Felkey will be remembered, by faculty and students alike, as a teacher and mentor who was a model of integrity and strength of character. He has always been seen as someone with boundless energy and enthusiasm, always willing to help faculty, staff and student colleagues discover state of the art hardware, install the latest software, or solve complex technology problems.
Professor Felkey has been honored with the 2005 Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award and the 1997 Auburn University Outreach Award for Excellence. Bill has received more than a dozen external awards, and was the founding editor of Computer Medicine for the Hospital Pharmacist. He has attracted over five million dollars in funded research, has over twelve hundred publications and presentations, and in 2004 Bill was selected as the favorite seminar speaker by pharmacists in a national survey conducted by Drug Topics. He was favored over Colin Powell, Rudi Giuliani, and Dick Cheney. His students call him Professor Gadget, and Bill says when you meet him, you will have met the guy who will die with the most toys.
Professor Felkey leaves behind a legacy of encouraging out of the box thinking in Auburn University pharmacy graduates, as well as serving as a mentor to many younger faculty and staff members. Bill will always be admired for his zeal for student learning, his positive outlook, and his honesty and integrity. Professor Bill Felkey exemplifies the Spirit of Auburn through scholarship, collegiality, and his service to God, country and the Auburn community. He will be missed more than we can express. We wish him and his family well as they “ride off into the sunset!”
