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David Work Receives Keith Fearing
Award
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David Work (left) accepts the
Keith Fearing Award
from Lib Fearing and Dr. Ronald Maddox, dean of
the Campbell University School of Pharmacy.
photo by Bennett
Scarborough |
David R. Work, executive director of the North
Carolina Board of Pharmacy, was recently presented the M. Keith
Fearing Award for lifelong community pharmacy service. The Fearing
Award was presented at a special luncheon held in the Pine Burr Room
in Marshbanks Cafeteria at Campbell University on Thursday, May 6.
The Fearing Award is given in memory of Keith
Fearing, a 1941 alumnus of Campbell who was instrumental in the
establishment of the Campbell University School of Pharmacy.
Fearing’s widow, Lib, was present at the luncheon and assisted with
the presentation of the award.
Dr. Jerry Wallace, president of Campbell greeted the
group assembled and expressed appreciation for Keith & Lib Fearing.
Wallace said, “When Campbell University made the decision to implement a
School of Pharmacy, Keith and Lib Fearing quickly came to our aid and
said, ‘How can we help?’ They gave us invaluable advice and were a
constant source of assistance during our process of making the School of
Pharmacy a reality.”
Work has been the executive director of the North
Carolina Board of Pharmacy since 1976. Accepting the award, he made
reference to the fact that his position is analogous to Dr. Jerry
Wallace’s ascendance to the presidency of Campbell. Wallace is only the
fourth president in the 117-year history of the school and Work is only
the fourth executive director of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy,
founded in 1881. Work added that one of his predecessors remained in the
position until he was 92.
Work is a tireless consumer advocate, of whom his former
pastor, the Reverend Robert Seymour aptly said, “He is appropriately
named David (referencing the biblical story of David and the giant
Goliath) for his position, by its nature, forces him to be positioned
between two giants, the people desiring pharmaceutical products and the
producers of the pharmaceutical products. David Work is a responsible
citizen who sees himself as a world citizen, an informed voter, and a
faithful churchman.”
In presenting the award Mrs. Lib Fearing said, “David, I
don’t know how you find the time to write for all the publications that
you have, now over 150. She referenced a few of the descriptive titles
of his publications, such as “We don’t even allow dogs to die this way,”
which appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer and was about the
drugs used to administer the death penalty to prisoners on death row.
Stan Haywood, president of the North Carolina Board of
Pharmacy said, “David Work is a leader who cares about the profession
and he has the integrity, honesty, and vision necessary to ably serve in
his leadership position.”
Work recently received the American Pharmacists
Association’s (APhA) Hubert H. Humphrey Award. The award, named for the
noted pharmacist and former vice president of the United States, was
established in 1978 to recognize association members who have made major
contributions in government and/or legislative service at the local,
state, or national level. The APhA, founded in 1852, is the first
established and the largest professional association of pharmacists in
the United States, now numbering more than 50,000 members.
In accepting the award, Work said, “At first I was a
little embarrassed and then flattered to receive the award. To be
honored by your peers and friends is very special and I thank you for
the award.”
Campbell University School of Pharmacy dean, Dr. Ron
Maddox, closed the luncheon by giving a status report on the School of
Pharmacy. He thanked those in attendance, a virtual Who’s Who in the
pharmacy profession in North Carolina and many of whom had assisted in
establishing the Campbell University School of Pharmacy. Maddox thanked
them for their advice and support and most especially their friendship
over the years.
M. Keith Fearing
A Campbell alumnus who was a founding member of Campbell
University’s School of Pharmacy, M. Keith Fearing established the first
pharmacy in Dare County. The Fearing Award was established in 1997 to
honor his memory and the contributions he made to pharmacy.
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