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UHCOP Alumni Woo, Hardin-Oliver and Lott Receive Top Statewide Honors from Texas Pharmacy Association 

UH College of Pharmacy alumni and Dean's Advisory Council members May J. Woo, R.Ph.; Carole Hardin-Oliver, R.Ph.; and F. Paul Lott, R.Ph., FASCP, Recieve Top Awards at 2014 Texas Pharmacy Association Conference & Expo July 31-Aug. 1 in San Marcos.     

May Woo - Bowl of Hygeia

Woo was awarded the 2014 Bowl of Hygeia, which recognizes a pharmacist who has excelled beyond their standard job duties to pay back their communities through exceptional public service. A 1991 graduate of UHCOP and former faculty member/experiential director at the college, Woo serves as Houston area director of pharmacy for Emerus Emergency Hospital.

A member of the college's Mading Society of benefactors, Woo was named among the college's "50 Outstanding Alumni" in 1997, "Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year" by the Houston Area Pharmacy Association (HAPA) in 1996, and recipient of the UHCOP Dean's Special Recognition Award in 1994.

Woo's professional service includes terms as national president-elect/president of the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, president-elect/president and director of HAPA, director/trustee of TPA and the Texas Pharmacy Foundation, and on dozens of committees, task forces and councils at the local, state and national level for nearly 30 years. Woo also devotes countless hours to serving as a volunteer preceptor for UHCOP student organizations and college committees and a range of nonprofit health, religious and academic organizations.   

In nominating Woo, then-TPA President Carole Hardin-Oliver and Immediate Past President Carol Reagan, Pharm.D., noted, "...her contributions to the world outside of pharmacy speak volumes for her character. As pharmacists, we take an oath to take care of our patients. May takes that commitment seriously and takes care of people who don't even know she's a pharmacist." 

Carole Hardin-Oliver - Pharmacist of the Year

Hardin-Oliver was named TPA's 2014 Pharmacist of the Year, an honor which "recognizes a pharmacist who possesses a record of unquestionable integrity, outstanding service to the local or state association and a personal record of exemplary service to the pharmacy community." A long-time proponent of expanding pharmacy's role in patient care, Hardin-Oliver is a Houston-area pharmacy district manager covering more than 30 pharmacies serving the Humble/Kingwood/far Northeast Houston communities. 

Hardin-Oliver is congratulated by fellow alumnus/DAC member and Texas State Board of Pharmacy board member Ben Fry, R.Ph., FIACP, and UHCOP Dean Lamar Pritchard, Ph.D., R.Ph., at the TPA meeeting.

Now serving as Immediate Past President of TPA, Hardin-Oliver was credited for her tireless efforts over the past two years as TPA president-elect and president as well as her prior service to TPA and TPF (including terms as a director/trustee, chair of the Academy of Chain Pharmacists, and as a member of numerous TPA committees), past president of the Lake Houston Area Pharmacy Association, and board member of HAPA and the UH Pharmacy Alumni Association.

Her most recent legislative advocacy and service activities include expanding Walgreens support of UHCOP student-run health fairs/immunization events, starting a video blog documenting TPA outreach to member chapters across the state, and spotlighting the extraordinary members of the profession.  

"Carole’s steadfast dedication, strength of vision, and diligence to the expansion of the profession in and out of TPA distinguishes her excellence amongst her peers in the field," observed Charlotte Weller, R.Ph., Hardin-Oliver's successor. "Additionally, her passion for public service is also both a distinguished achievement and serves to bolster the vision of TPA to advance the field of pharmacy in the state. For these reasons, I feel that there is no better candidate for Pharmacist of the Year at this time." 

Hardin-Oliver is the second consecutive UHCOP alumnus to receive the award (outgoing DAC co-chair and fellow Cougar Bruce Biundo, R.Ph., was the 2013 honoree). 

F. Paul Lott - Robert L. Hays Outstanding Consultant Pharmacist 

The third UHCOP DAC member and UHCOP alumni recognized at the 2014 TPA Conference & Expo was F. Paul Lott, who was honored with as the Robert L. Hays Outstanding Consultant Pharmacist for the second time in his career. The award "recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence in consultant pharmacy practice." 

Owner/president of LLW Consulting Inc., Lott has been working in institutional and long-term care pharmacy, including dispensing, consulting, and local, regional, and national management responsibilities for more than 30 years. A Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Lott recently served as the inaugural president of the the ASCP's Texas Chapter. His other service activities include terms as president of HAPA, as a TPA director and chair of TPA's Academy of Consultant Pharmacists, a TPF trustee, and numerous volunteer committees at the college, local and state level.

A member of the college's Mading Society of benefactors, Lott also has served as a past president of the UH Pharmacy Alumni Association and has been longtime supporter/sponsor of the scholarship golf tournament for UHCOP students, a member of the Cougar Executives Organization, and proud Cougars football fan. In 1998, Lott and wife, business partner and fellow UHCOP alum Angela Andries-Lott, R.Ph., GCP, were jointly recognized with the college's "Distinguished Alumnus Award."