Distinguished Graduate Award


The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Distinguished Graduate Award is the school’s top honor given to graduates of the school’s graduate program (M.S. and Ph.D.). It recognizes an alumnus of the graduate program for outstanding accomplishments in the profession. It is awarded annually and celebrated at the Mossberg Graduate Honors Symposium each spring where the Distinguished Graduate typically delivers the keynote address at the Pharmacy Building in Lawrence.

Rick Couldry

Rick Couldry

Class of 1996
Awarded:
The University of Kansas Health System

Daniel L. Flynn

Daniel L. Flynn

Classes of 1977 (B.S.) and 1981 (Ph.D.)
Awarded:
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (Founder), Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis, Searle, Amgen and Millennium.

Daniel Acosta

Daniel Acosta

Class of 1974
Awarded:
FDA National Center for Toxicological Research, University of Cincinnati Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Texas College of Pharmacy