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President
Pumerantz
to Retire 309 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif. 91766-1854
By Jeff Keating, Executive Director, www.westernu.edu/pharmacy
Public Affairs and Marketing Dean’s Office: 909-469-5500
University Advancement: 909-469-8431
Philip Pumerantz, PhD, the founding and sole
president of Western University of Health RxBound is a joint effort of the College of Pharmacy
Sciences since its inception in 1977 as the College and University Advancement, published biannually
of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), has announced he will retire from for alumni, faculty, students and friends of the
the presidency effective September 8, 2015. College of Pharmacy.
Pumerantz made the announcement in a letter to WesternU Board of Trustees EDITORS:
Chair Richard Bond, DO. Bond holds the distinction of being COMP’s first Sam K. Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP
Associate Dean of College Advancement
graduate, as he was first in line at the College’s inaugural Commencement exercises
in 1982. Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP
Vice Dean, Academic Diversity and Development
“The time has come for me to move to a new role, and in the process allow for an Renee Cook, Manager of Continuing Education
orderly transition and wise leadership succession for the University,” Pumerantz’s and Events
letter to Bond read.
Bill Burrows, Director of Development,
After his retirement becomes official, he will take on the title of president emeritus, University Advancement
a role in which he hopes to continue “to assist the next generation of leadership in Contributing Photographers: Mirza Hasanefendic,
taking Western University of Health Sciences to levels that I could never have Jeff Malet, Sam Shimomura, and Renee Cook
imagined even a few short years ago.”
Debra Nelson, Graphic Designer
Pumerantz is the second-longest currently serving university president in the United
States, having officially taken office on September 6, 1977 – the day after Labor
DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
Day. His tenure as a university president is currently exceeded only by Dr. Norman Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP
Francis of Xavier University (45 years). Dean, College of Pharmacy
In his letter, Pumerantz made a special point of mentioning his wife, Harriet, who Steven W. Gray, PharmD, JD
was instrumental in helping him establish many of COMP’s, and later WesternU’s, Chairman of the Dean’s Advisory Council
organizations, processes and traditions, including the annual Convocation and Bill Burrows, BS
Commencement ceremonies, the “Tribute to Caring” major fundraising dinner John Cronin, PharmD, JD
each November, the COMPlements group for families of the osteopathic college, Rebecca Cupp, RPh
and countless others. Glenn Etow, PharmD
Richard de Leon, PharmD
COMP’s first class of 36 students was enrolled in fall 1978, roughly one year after Amy Gutierrez, PharmD
Pumerantz and his first employee — his secretary — opened the doors to a small Brian Hodgkins, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP
John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP
office on Second Street in Pomona, Calif., that was part of the largely abandoned Roger Klotz, RPh, BCNSP, FASCP, FACA, FCPhA
Pomona Mall. Thirty-one members of that first class, including Bond, graduated Victor Law, RPh
four years later as Doctors of Osteopathy. Vinson C. Lee, PharmD, MS, FCPhA
Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP
COMP was restructured into Western University of Health Sciences in 1996, and is Sam Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP
composed of nine colleges: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Joel N. Weber, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP
(founding college), College of Allied Health Professions, College of Pharmacy, Ray M. Yutani, DO, MS, PharmD, FACOFP
College of Graduate Nursing, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Dental MISSION
Medicine, College of Optometry, College of Podiatric Medicine, and the Graduate The mission of the College of Pharmacy Dean’s
College of Biomedical Sciences. Advisory Council is to assist the College in building a
strong presence in the world of pharmacy, to increase
More than 3,900 students currently are enrolled, and the May 2015 University the College’s national and international visibility for
Commencement increased the number of alumni to more than 12,400 caring and quality research, education and service, and to serve
compassionate health sciences professionals who practice across the country and as ambassadors for the College.
around the world.
Pumerantz
to Retire 309 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif. 91766-1854
By Jeff Keating, Executive Director, www.westernu.edu/pharmacy
Public Affairs and Marketing Dean’s Office: 909-469-5500
University Advancement: 909-469-8431
Philip Pumerantz, PhD, the founding and sole
president of Western University of Health RxBound is a joint effort of the College of Pharmacy
Sciences since its inception in 1977 as the College and University Advancement, published biannually
of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), has announced he will retire from for alumni, faculty, students and friends of the
the presidency effective September 8, 2015. College of Pharmacy.
Pumerantz made the announcement in a letter to WesternU Board of Trustees EDITORS:
Chair Richard Bond, DO. Bond holds the distinction of being COMP’s first Sam K. Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP
Associate Dean of College Advancement
graduate, as he was first in line at the College’s inaugural Commencement exercises
in 1982. Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP
Vice Dean, Academic Diversity and Development
“The time has come for me to move to a new role, and in the process allow for an Renee Cook, Manager of Continuing Education
orderly transition and wise leadership succession for the University,” Pumerantz’s and Events
letter to Bond read.
Bill Burrows, Director of Development,
After his retirement becomes official, he will take on the title of president emeritus, University Advancement
a role in which he hopes to continue “to assist the next generation of leadership in Contributing Photographers: Mirza Hasanefendic,
taking Western University of Health Sciences to levels that I could never have Jeff Malet, Sam Shimomura, and Renee Cook
imagined even a few short years ago.”
Debra Nelson, Graphic Designer
Pumerantz is the second-longest currently serving university president in the United
States, having officially taken office on September 6, 1977 – the day after Labor
DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
Day. His tenure as a university president is currently exceeded only by Dr. Norman Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP
Francis of Xavier University (45 years). Dean, College of Pharmacy
In his letter, Pumerantz made a special point of mentioning his wife, Harriet, who Steven W. Gray, PharmD, JD
was instrumental in helping him establish many of COMP’s, and later WesternU’s, Chairman of the Dean’s Advisory Council
organizations, processes and traditions, including the annual Convocation and Bill Burrows, BS
Commencement ceremonies, the “Tribute to Caring” major fundraising dinner John Cronin, PharmD, JD
each November, the COMPlements group for families of the osteopathic college, Rebecca Cupp, RPh
and countless others. Glenn Etow, PharmD
Richard de Leon, PharmD
COMP’s first class of 36 students was enrolled in fall 1978, roughly one year after Amy Gutierrez, PharmD
Pumerantz and his first employee — his secretary — opened the doors to a small Brian Hodgkins, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP
John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP
office on Second Street in Pomona, Calif., that was part of the largely abandoned Roger Klotz, RPh, BCNSP, FASCP, FACA, FCPhA
Pomona Mall. Thirty-one members of that first class, including Bond, graduated Victor Law, RPh
four years later as Doctors of Osteopathy. Vinson C. Lee, PharmD, MS, FCPhA
Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP
COMP was restructured into Western University of Health Sciences in 1996, and is Sam Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP
composed of nine colleges: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Joel N. Weber, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP
(founding college), College of Allied Health Professions, College of Pharmacy, Ray M. Yutani, DO, MS, PharmD, FACOFP
College of Graduate Nursing, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Dental MISSION
Medicine, College of Optometry, College of Podiatric Medicine, and the Graduate The mission of the College of Pharmacy Dean’s
College of Biomedical Sciences. Advisory Council is to assist the College in building a
strong presence in the world of pharmacy, to increase
More than 3,900 students currently are enrolled, and the May 2015 University the College’s national and international visibility for
Commencement increased the number of alumni to more than 12,400 caring and quality research, education and service, and to serve
compassionate health sciences professionals who practice across the country and as ambassadors for the College.
around the world.
