Jackson honored at Campbell graduation exercises

     Pharmacist Jimmy Smith Jackson, of Garner, N.C., received the Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Campbell University at the school’s 121st graduation exercises on Monday, May 14, for his contributions to his community and the practice of pharmacy. Jackson currently serves as a member of the Pharmacy Network National Corporation (PNNC) in which he played a founding role.

     A 1967 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Jackson began his career with Kerr Drug Stores, earning the rank of vice president of Pharmacy and Government Affairs at the time of Kerr’s acquisition by the J.C. Penney Company. While associated with J.C. Penney, Jackson was active in the Pharmacy Benefit Management Company’s TDI Managed Care program and helped found the PNNC, which provides financial support to the retail pharmacy related activities of schools of pharmacy.

     When the J.C. Penney Company purchased the Eckerd Corporation, Jackson served as vice president of Pharmacy Affairs and Government for Eckerd, working closely with boards of pharmacy, legislatures and school of pharmacy throughout the Southeast.

     Jackson was also active in state and national affairs, serving as president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association and chair of the State Government Affairs Committee for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. As a lobbyist, Jackson was instrumental in the passage of legislation benefiting both the public and the pharmacy profession. He played a key role in the passage of licensure by endorsement legislation in Florida, the Uniform prescription Drug Card in North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia and Medicaid fee preservation in many of the states in which he has been involved.


     Photo Copy: Pharmacist Jimmy Jackson speaks to pharmacy graduates at the hooding ceremony on Sunday, May 13. (Photo by Bennett Scarborough)