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[[image - logo of National Pharmaceutical Association, Inc.]] National Pharmaceutical Association, INC. P.O. Box 934 Administration Bldg. Howard University Washington, D.C. 20059 (202) 636-7963/6530 (202) 328-9229 [[image - photograph of James N. Tyson]] Mr. James N. Tyson Executive Director [[image - photograph of James. D. Wilson]] James D. Wilson President New Orleans, LA Mr. Clyde J. Hatch, Sr. President Elect Los Angeles, CA Mrs. Marion C. Hunt First Vice President Orlando, FL Mr. Willie Earlier, Jr. Second Vice President Houston, TX Ms. Yvonne C. Allen Secretary Chicago, IL Mr. Howard L. Burley Treasurer Nashville, TN Executive Committee Members at Large Mr. Emile LaBranche New Orleans, LA Mr. Percy R. McClain, Sr. Detroit, MI Mr. Floyd L. White Washington, D.C. Executive Committee Affiliates Zone Directors Mr. Thomas E. Allen Zone I Richmond, VA Mrs. Marion C. Hunt Zone II Orlando, FLA Mr. Harold Anderson Zone III Chicago, IL Ms. Trasetta Terry Zone IV Dallas, TX MR. Val D. Tatum Zone V Los Angeles, CA July 29-Aug. 2, 1984 Marriott Hotel New Orleans, La. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION The National Pharmaceutical Association is a non-profit organization in continuous existence since 1947. It provides minority pharmacists with a means to contribute to their common improvement as well as to contribute to the public good. The Association meets annually in August, published a quarterly journal, and issues scholarships to pharmacy students. A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION Minority pharmacists were a part of the National Medical Association for ore then 50 yeas. It was not until the 1940s that they separated to form their own professional association. The movement that led to the formation of the National Pharmaceutical Association stated during the 1946 annual convention of the National Medical Association, when a group of pharmacists made the decision to explore the possibility of a separate association. The next year, on May 20, 1947, 45 Black pharmacists from 12 states and the District of Columbia assembled at the College of Pharmacy of Howard University, Washington, D.C., to formulate plans for an organization of minority pharmacists. The group elected Chauncey I. Cooper, Dean of Howard's College of Pharmacy, as their first president. Discussions during this initial meeting led to the decision to stay with the National Medical Association until there was a clarification of the status of the pharmacists in NMA. When the National Medical Association held its 1947 conventions, representatives of the pharmacy group met with the Board of Trustees of NMA. Although the majority of the trustees seemed willing to accord pharmacists equal privileges within the Association, the trustees' written reply to the expressed concerns of the pharmacists was not reassuring; the pharmacists did not believe that they could develop their profession properly within the NMA organization. At a second annual meeting in 1948, the pharmacists, under Dean Cooper's leadership, adopted the name of the National Pharmaceutical Association. The Association was later incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on March 8, 1951. The objectives adopted in 1948 are virtually unchanged today: - To provide an atmosphere in which the minority pharmacists may exchange ideas. - To carry on a program of continuing education - To stimulate positive community relationships for minority pharmacists - To contribute financially to charitable causes - To promote enactment and enforcement of just health care legislation. NPhA adopted a constitution and bylaws on May 28, 1949, at its third annual meeting. The constitution and bylaws have been revised and amended many times over the years to keep them current 331
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