Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award

Fiebelkorn began his career as a staff pharmacist and then was recruited to the UB SPPS faculty as a clinical instructor in 1991, advancing to the rank of clinical associate professor until his retirement in 2023. Fiebelkorn was an active administrator serving as Assistant/Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professional Relations from 1999-2014 and Senior Associate Dean for Student, Professional and Community Affairs from 2014-2023. Fiebelkorn was the school’s authority on pharmacy law for over 25 years, helping thousands of students pass the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE) and served as the school’s business management faculty member, advising 81 PharmD/MBA dual degree students and mentoring student teams for the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Student Business Plan competition.

He has been the recipient of many awards, including UB SPPS Teacher of the Year Award in 2008, the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2019, PAWNY Pharmacist of the Year in 2002, the WNYSHP Robert M Cooper Professionalism Award in 2009, and the Bowl of Hygeia in 2014. In 2018, he was inducted into the PAWNY Pharmacy Hall of Fame.

In the community, Fiebelkorn tirelessly advocated for the profession and served as a change agent, working to expand the pharmacist’s scope of practice in NYS and broadening the ways in which pharmacies can help the community stay healthy. He’s responsible for some of the most popular functions of pharmacies in New York State today, including drug takeback programs, poison prevention initiatives, and the ability of pharmacists to administer immunizations.

His professional involvement extended to service with the Pharmacists Association of Western New York (PAWNY), Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY), Western New York Society of Health-system Pharmacists (WNYSHP), New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists (NYSCHP), American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, American Pharmacists Association National Community Pharmacists Association and the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society, where he held numerous appointed and elected posts.

The Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award bears the name of our school's fourth dean and is given annually to an outstanding alumni pharmacist who personifies the ideals of service, integrity, and who, in the eyes of his or her associates, personifies the profession of pharmacy. This is the Alumni Association's most prestigious award.

The recipient must be an alumni pharmacist and hold a degree from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Nominees should be considered based on their exemplary, longstanding, professional service; longstanding contributions within:  pharmacy organizations, the University at Buffalo and the community; and unique achievements, discoveries, creations and other contributions to society and continued leadership of the profession of pharmacy.

Please Note: Current faculty members are ineligible for nomination

Nominations for 2024 Alumni Awards are now closed.