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PHI DELTA CHI NATIONAL AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

The Dale W. Doerr Achievement Award Program
The Emory W. Thurston Grand President's Award
Professional & Service Projects Award
The Prescott Scholarship Cup & The Rand P. Hollenback Scholarships
The John D. Grabenstein Leadership Award
Professional Window Display Award
Chapter Publication Award & The Norman H. Franke Scholarships
The Ralph L. Saroyan Brotherhood Award & The Desmet Scholarships
Chapter Advisor Award
Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award
Albert B. Prescott / Glaxo SmithKline Pharmacy Leadership Award

The Dale W. Doerr Achievement Award Program TOP
 
Phi Delta Chi's Achievement Award Program is a non-competitive program involving submission of several chapter reports. The Program promotes correspondence with the national office, encourages communication between Chapters, improves Chapters' relations with alumni Brothers, and provides a framework for Chapter operations. The extent of a Chapter’s involvement in the program indicates the efficiency and activity of the Chapter, as well as the responsibility that Brothers are willing to assume.

First presented in 1956, engraved loving cups are awarded to all Chapters completing all items in the Achievement Award Program. Efficiency Cups go to Chapters participating at the 9099% level. Chapters scoring between 80 and 89% receive smaller Efficiency Cups.

The Achievement Award Program has been named since 1993 for Dale W. Doerr, Grand President and Executive Director, dean of pharmacy at Butler University, who conceived and implemented the program.
 
The Emory W. Thurston Grand President's Award TOP
 
This award was established in 1974 through a generous gift from past Grant President Emory W. Thurston (Omicron). The Grand President's Award is given to the Chapter that promoted the profession of pharmacy and Phi Delta Chi fully during the preceding year.

To qualify, a Chapter must receive a 90% or higher rating in the Achievement Award Program. Those Chapters qualifying are then evaluated independently by the Grand Officers, Regional Officers, and distinguished Brothers on six specific reports included in the Achievement Award Program. Scores on each report count toward a Chapter's total score. The six reports are weighed as follows: Professional & Service Projects Report-30% (15% for each semester’s report); Chapter Publication-20%; Prescott Scholarship Report-15%; Brotherhood Report-15%; Leadership Report-15%, and Professional Window Display-10%. The Chapter with the highest score receives the Thurston Cup.
 
Professional & Service Projects Award TOP
 
The most important aspect of the Fraternity is the involvement of each Chapter in community, school, and professional service activities. Accordingly, to stimulate and reward chapter service and professional activity, two reports are required each year.

First presented in 1977, a trophy is given to the Chapter obtaining the highest combined score. The reports are judged using these criteria: professional nature, number of people served, number of Brothers participating and time and effort involved in promoting and carrying the project to completion.
 
The Prescott Scholarship Cup & The Rand P. Hollenback Scholarships TOP
 
First presented in 1923, the Prescott Scholarship Cup is awarded to that Chapter whose written scholarship report indicates individual and collective scholastic achievement, as well as innovative activities by the Chapter to promote scholarship and increase scholastic standing among the Brothers.

The award honors Albert B. Prescott, Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan when Phi Delta Chi was founded there in 1883. He was the first honorary Brother of the Fraternity and the first advisor to Alpha Chapter. Before the Thurston Award of 1974, the Prescott Cup was considered the highest award of Phi Delta Chi.

The Rand P. Hollenback Scholarships, first presented in 1972, are dispensed from a Fraternity fund contributed by our alumni Brothers in memory of our beloved Brother Hollenback, who unselfishly served Phi Delta Chi for over 40 years (a Grand Officer from 1923 to 1965). The income from the fund provides monetary scholarships to the Chapters submitting the most highly rated Prescott Scholarship Reports.
 
The John D. Grabenstein Leadership Award TOP
 
The Leadership Award was established in 1996 to recognize the Chapter that best exemplified Phi Delta Chi's slogan, "Leaders in Pharmacy”SM through its written Leadership Report. The report indicates individual and collective accomplishments that demonstrate leadership qualities outside the realm of scholarship and professional projects. Chapters also gain recognition for chapter programs that promote leader development. Individual examples include Brothers who are involved in other school organizations and those who are members of Phi Lambda Sigma.

The award was named in recognition of John D. Grabenstein (Beta Gamma, pronounced gray-ben-stine, like beer stein) in 2005. Brother Grabenstein (Colonel, U.S. Army) served as a Grand Officer for 20 years, including 10 years as Grand Editor or Grand Vice President for Communications. He spearheaded pharmacy’s involvement with immunizations.
 
Professional Window Display Award TOP
 
Phi Delta Chi Chapters are encouraged to participate in designing and building a window display to alert the public to the importance of the role of pharmacy in the delivery of health care. Photographs and a written statement about the display are prepared by the Chapters and are judged independently by the Regional Correspondents using these criteria: value of the message to the public, originality, professional character, arrangement, neatness, and effort and work involved. Our second oldest award, it was first presented in 1936, aligned with National Pharmacy Week observances promoted by the American Pharmaceutical Association (sic).
 
Chapter Publication Award & The Norman H. Franke Scholarships TOP
 
Chapters prepare at least one publication each year to keep the Grand Officers, alumni Brothers and other Chapters informed of activities and progress. The publications are evaluated and rated according to these criteria: content (i.e., history and progress of chapter activities), alumni projection, professional character, and arrangement and neatness.

First presented in 1974, the award includes an engraved plaque and the Norman H. Franke Scholarship (first presented in 1983).

Brother Franke served as Grand Editor from 1965 until 1973; during this time he made many improvements in The Communicator. He was Grand President from 1973 until 1978, and was Grand Past President when he died in 1981. Brother Franke was much loved by Phi Delta Chi Brothers who knew him.
 
The Ralph L. Saroyan Brotherhood Award & The Desmet Scholarships TOP
 
The Brotherhood Award is presented annually to the Chapter whose concept of Brotherhood is best expressed by a member of a recent pledge class. Each member of the Chapter's pledge classes writes a paper conveying a personal definition of Brotherhood based on interaction with the Brothers of the home Chapter. The Chapter then selects the best paper presented by its Pledges and submits it. A national committee of distinguished Fraternal Elders, including past Grand Presidents, judges the submissions. The winning report carries with it recognition of the individual Brothers as well as the Chapter.

Because of his strong feeling for the Brotherhood, alumni Brother Paul Desmet (Alpha Eta) established the award in memory of his father Joseph B. Desmet) and his grandmother (Irma B. Desmet). The 51st Grand Council gratefully accepted this benevolent gift. Brother Desmet's grandmother had a very long enduring respect for the value of books and education. The winning Chapter is given a cash award to be applied to educational materials.

In 1999, the award itself was named in honor of past Grand President Ralph L. Saroyan (Alpha Psi), the much-traveled Brother who mentored innumerable Brothers from across the country from the 1970s to the 2000s.
 
Chapter Advisor Award TOP
 
The Chapter Advisor Award, first presented in 1996, recognizes the preeminent contributions by a faculty advisor to a collegiate Chapter. The advisor plays a pivot role in guiding but not overwhelming the collegiate Brothers, as they grow individually and collectively in organizational skills, leadership ability, and personal competence.
 
Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award TOP
 
The strength of Phi Delta Chi, both in terms of its reputation and its financial resources, depends on in its alumni. First presented in 1986, the Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award serves to reinforce this premise through the recognition of outstanding alumni Chapters.

This award recognizes the dedicated alumni Brothers who entered the profession and now provide role models, leadership, energy, and resources for our profession of pharmacy. Alumni Chapters are judged based on standard criteria based on activity reports submitted each year. The reports cover areas of alumni Chapter activity, including professional and social activities, chapter organization, interaction with collegiate Brothers, participation in service projects, and involvement in national activities.
 
Albert B. Prescott / Glaxo SmithKline Pharmacy Leadership Award TOP
 
The Albert B. Prescott / Glaxo SmithKline Pharmacy Leadership Award, first presented in 1987, is given annually to a young pharmacist no more than 10 years into his or her career. The award is coordinated by the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute. The recipient shall have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities as a young pharmacist indicative of someone likely to emerge as a major leader in pharmacy over the course of his or her career.

It is important to note that the Prescott Leadership Award is open to anyone in the profession of pharmacy and is not limited to Brothers of Phi Delta Chi.

Albert B. Prescott was a maverick in the late 1800s because of his advocacy for an academic basis for pharmaceutical education. Founder and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan, Prescott nurtured his idea for nearly 25 years before the rest of the profession caught up with him. This chemist, educator, and leader of pharmacists helped found Phi Delta Chi at the University of Michigan in 1883.

The Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute (PLEI) and several prior recipients select the recipient of the Prescott Leadership Award. The Award is presented annually during the APhA Annual Meeting, at which time the recipient delivers a scholarly lecture on issues such as pharmacy as a profession, leadership, or future trends in pharmacy practice or education. The winner receives a framed print of Albert B. Prescott with his students and an honorarium funded by a generous grant from Glaxo Inc, now doing business as Glaxo SmithKline.

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