Support a Bigger, Bolder, More Vibrant AIHP
For over 80 years, AIHP has advanced knowledge and understanding of the history of pharmacy and medicines. As pharmacy and pharmaceuticals rapidly evolve, AIHP’s capacity to document and engage with these changes must grow as well. With increased resources, AIHP can further expand its mission to preserve pharmacy’s history and inform future progress.
Our Mission AIHP is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals. Partnering with the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, AIHP produces a leading journal, awards prominent scholars, and supports interdisciplinary PhD research. As home to the renowned Edward Kremers Research Library and Archive (EKRLA), AIHP also fosters valuable public and academic research.
The Challenge Despite its important work, AIHP faces resource limitations. Our archives and oral histories require constant attention and must evolve. With your support, AIHP can capture the untold stories of modern pharmacy and pharmaceuticals and build our capacity to inform public policy and healthcare.
Why Your Support Matters Pharmacy has evolved dramatically over the past decades, with new medicines, business models, and roles emerging. From the rise of pharmacy benefit managers to the pharmacist’s expanding role in healthcare, these stories must be told. AIHP preserves this history, providing critical context for today’s healthcare challenges.
Our 5-Year Campaign AIHP is launching a 5-year, $8 million campaign to preserve and share pharmacy’s history through the following initiatives. With your support, the one-of-a-kind AIHP will ensure that the history of pharmacy and healthcare continues to inform and guide future generations.
How to Help? Donors to the AIHP’s capital campaign can support the organization in the following ways:
- Create your own endowed scholarship fund, ex. The Anna L. Smith Scholarship, with a gift commitment initiated through the AIHP Executive Director. An endowed fund may honor or memorialize a family member, former mentor, or notable pharmacists or historians with a passion for pharmacy’s past.
- Make a contribution annually to the AIHP’s specific campaign funds, such as the Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Heritage Fund, the Buerki Humanities & Ethics Research Fund, the Higby Collections Enhancement Fund, and the Programs Enhancement Fund.
- Consider a planned gift to recognize your legacy in pharmacy and its history– gifts may have tax benefits and allow assets from an estate to make a long-term impact on others.
Please contact AIHP Executive Director Lucas Richert to learn more about supporting our mission.
The AIHP Gregory J. Higby Fund was established in 2018 upon the retirement of long-time AIHP Executive Director Greg Higby. The fund recognizes Greg’s many years of services to the Institute and helps to support, maintain, manage, and expand AIHP’s historical collections.
One of the Institute’s most significant activities is the continued collection and preservation of historically important documents, images, and other materials related to the history of pharmacy. AIHP’s historical collections make the Institute a unique center for historical research in the United States about pharmacy and pharmaceuticals. The maintenance and expansion of AIHP’s historical collections will allow the Institute to continue to attract researchers and scholars interested in learning about and studying the history of pharmacy.
Read more about the Higby Fund, including recent donors.
Please contact AIHP Executive Director for more information about supporting the AIHP and how the organization might tailor opportunities for your association, educational institution, organization, or company.
The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.