Since 1982, this significant honor has been bestowed annually upon one alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to their professional area and dedication to the college. The award recipient serves as keynote speaker at the Spring Convocation and Doctoral Hooding ceremony.
Recipients of the USC College of Pharmacy Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award represent
community, clinical and corporate pharmacy leaders throughout South Carolina and beyond.
Award recipients
Dean Stephen J. Cutler awarded the 2023 Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award to USC
College of Pharmacy alumnus J. Addison Livingston (1997 Pharm.D.)
Interim Dean Julie M. Sease awarded the 2022 Outstanding Alumni Award to USC College
of Pharmacy alumnus Gerald Isreal, Jr. (1988 Pharm.D.)
Dean Stephen J. Cutler awarded the 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award to USC College of
Pharmacy alumna Julia Mims (1996 Pharm.D., 1974 B.S. pharmacy).
Dean Stephen J. Cutler awarded the 2020 Outstanding Alumni Award to USC College of
Pharmacy alumni working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dean Stephen J. Cutler awarded the 2019 Outstanding Alumni Award to USC College of
Pharmacy alumnus J. Lindsay Cobbs (1992 B.S. pharmacy).
Dean Stephen J. Cutler awarded the 2018 Outstanding Alumni Award to USC College of
Pharmacy alumnus Kenneth Long, R.Ph. (1980 B.S. pharmacy)
2017 - Lynn Connelly (1978 B.S. pharmacy)
2016 - Hubert F. Mobley (1978 B.S. pharmacy)
2015 - C.E. "Gene" Reeder (1972 B.S. pharmacy)
2014 - J. Michael Ross (1976 B.S. pharmacy)
2013 - Julian A. Reynolds, Jr. (1967 B.S. pharmacy)
2012 - C. Don Wall (1967 B.S. pharmacy)
2011 - Davis C. Hook, Jr. (1964 B.S. pharmacy)
2010 - Marvin A. Hyatt, Sr. (1959 B.S. pharmacy)
2009 - Everett B. McAllister (1984 B.S. pharmacy)
2008 - Ronnie W. Cromer (1973 B.S. pharmacy)
2007 - Julian H. Fincher (1958 B.S. pharmacy)
2006 - Doug Chavous (1951 B.S. pharmacy)
2005 - Don Beam (1979 B.S. pharmacy)
2004 - J. Stephen W. Greene (1985 B.S. pharmacy)
2003 - Max Ray (1962 B.S. pharmacy)
2002 - Jan D. Hirsch (1980 B.S. pharmacy)
2001 - Robert E. Padgett (1963 B.S. pharmacy)
2000 - E. Eldon Armstrong (1969 B.S. pharmacy)
1999 - Donna J. Walker (1979 B.S. pharmacy)
1998 - William P. Kennedy (1966 B.S. pharmacy)
1997 - James W. Warren, Jr. (1967 B.S. pharmacy)
1996 - James A. Campbell (1948 B.S. pharmacy)
1995 - John Francis Roche
1994 - H. Joe Smith (1949 B.S. pharmacy)
1993 - T. D. Williams, Jr. (1943 B.S. pharmacy)
1992 - Sarah R. Mullis (1965 B.S. pharmacy)
1991 - Herman W. Watson
1990 - Myrtle E. Mackey (1951 B.S. pharmacy)
1989 - Kenneth R. Couch (1969 B.S. pharmacy)
1988 - Alva B. Campbell (1949 B.S. pharmacy)
1987 - Leonard Browder (1985 B.S. pharmacy)
1986 - Charles M. Campbell (1940 B.S. pharmacy)
1985 - Horace M. Kaiser
1984 - James W. McCallum (1950 B.S. pharmacy)
1983 - Charles R. Yandell (1943 B.S. pharmacy)
1982 - Jack Watts (1955 B.S. pharmacy)