People

Ron Elliott, a pharmacist and former member of the Pharmacy Practice editorial advisory board (1994-2006), is one of 75 people to receive the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award.

Mark Valesano is the new executive vice president, pharmacy at Shoppers Drug Mart.

Ian Lording has been appointed chief pharmacy officer at Rx Canada.

Hubert Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States who served from 1965 to 1969 alongside President Lyndon Johnson, was a second-generation pharmacist.

Doug Frith, the most prominent pharmacist to advance in public office in Canada, died in Ottawa on March 20, 2009 of a massive heart attack at the age of 64.

Professor Henry Mann has been appointed the next dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy for a five-year term effective July 1.