Award Nominatins!
NMPhA is seeking nominations for the awards given for pharmacists who provide service to the profession and the community.
Download Award Nomination form here To see a list of previous award recipients click here.Ernie Welch Award
Bowl of Hygeia Award
NASPA Excellence in Innovation Award
Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award
Legend of Pharmacy
NMPhA Award Recipients
Jennifer Ortega - 2021 Bowl of Hygeia
Chris Woodul – 2020 Bowl of Hygeia - New Mexico 2020 BOH Speech
Dale McCleskey – 2019 Bowl of Hygeia - New Mexico 2019 BOH speech.docx
Mona Ghattas – 2020 Ernie Welch - Award-text
Jennifer Ortega – 2019 Ernie Welch - Award-text
BriAnna Lewis – 2020 Distinguished Young Pharmacist - Award-text
Bart Gatewood – 2019 Distinguished Young Pharmacist - Award-text
Amy Bachyrycz – 2020 Excellence in Innovation - Award-text
Ndidiamaka Okpareke – 2019 Excellence in Innovation - Award-text
Debra Herman – 2020 Legend of Pharmacy (Presented to Jim & Meryl Herman)
Frances Blair – 2019 Legend of Pharmacy (Presented to Kenbah Kinsey)
2019 Golf Tournament Funds presented to the UNM College of Pharmacy and Foundation
2021 - Jennifer Ortega - Albuquerque
2020 - Chris Woodul - Carlsbad
2019 - Dale McCleskey - Albuquerque
2018 - Michael Raburn - Lovington
2017 - David Lansford - Clovis
Year Name City
1964 Carl Moore, Jr. Socorro
1968 Ed Osborne Roswell
1973 William Burt Deming
1976 Lowell Irby Artesia
1977 Robert Brito Espanola
1978 E. Mitch Wells Grants
1979 Dennis Pena Albuquerque
1980 Robert Ghattas Albuquerque
1981 Ray Rede Las Cruces
1983 Ralph Gutierrez Las Cruces
1984 Victor Castillo Albuquerque
1985 Robert Addison Fort Sumner
1986 Wayne Sowell Socorro
1987 Bob McClellan, II Tucumcari
1989 Ben Maestas Espanola
1990 Hal Sims Alamogordo
1991 Francis Blair Albuquerque
1992 Jack Weaver Albuquerque
1993 John Denslow Albuquerque
1994 John Heaton Carlsbad
1995 Bob McClellan, III Tucumcari
1996 Gary Reece Springer
1997 John Gunter Los Alamos
1998 William Hadley Albuquerque
1999 Charles Shannon Roswell
2000 Tris McSherry Las Cruces
2001 Neal Dungan Carlsbad
2002 Scott Wallis Las Cruses
2003 Greg D’Amour T or C
2004 Jose Abeyta Springer
2005 Rick Harter Albuquerque
2006 Danny Cross Carlsbad
2007 Nick Brown Roy
2008 Debra Herman Clovis
2009 Ken Hargues Carlsbad
2010 Kirk Irby Artesia
2011 Michel Disco Albuquerque
2012 Ken Corazza Albuquerque
2013 Phil Griego Albuquerque
2014 Stephen Burgess Farmington
2015 Amy Bachyrycz Albuquerque
2016 Jack Volpato Carlsbad
2017 David Lansford Clovis
2018 Michael Raburn Lovington
2019 Dale McCleskey Albuquerque
2020 Chris Woodul Carlsbad
2021 Jennifer Ortega Albuquerque