Greg Higby discusses pharmaceutical artifacts on display in Rennebohm Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.
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.
Tax-deductible contributions to the Higby Fund will allow the Institute to:
Develop and implement a plan for managing, preserving, and expanding AIHP historical collections.
Process the backlog of documents that need to be appraised and either accessioned, deposited elsewhere, or discarded.
Catalog items in the collections and add the cataloged information to appropriate worldwide databases.
Develop an internship/practicum program to attract graduate students in information science to assist with the work of the project.
Publicize the appropriate historical and scholarly media the existence of the collections and how to access them.
AIHP would like to recognize and thank the following donors to the Gregory J. Higby Fund:
Patron Archivists (Donation of more than $5,000):
Mickey C. Smith
Sponsoring Archivists (Donations of $2,500-$5,000):
William Heller
Associate Archivists (Donations of $1,000-$2,499):
Rita Benischek James Bresette Robert Buerki John Grabenstein Earlene Lipowski Angela Long Jeanine Mount John Paranscandola Glenn Sonnedecker Dennis Worthen William Zellmer
Assistant Archivists (Donations of $250-$999):
Paul Ackerman Dennis Birke Robert Cohen Arthur Daemmrich Fred Eckel Michael Harris Gary W. Kadlec Ramunas Kondratas Lucinda Maine Holly L. Mason Mark Novitch Robert Osterhaus Clarke Ridgway Richard Stein Helen Stewart Jeffrey Sturchio Catherine Taglieri Benjamin Urick E. Michelle Valentine
Contributing Archivists (Donations up to $250):
Linda Stevens Albrecht Michael Apple David Baker Richard Beebe Valentine Belfiglio Michael Better Carla Brink Donald Brodeur Joyce Broyles Rinaldo Brusadin Ruth Bruskiewtiz Betty Chewning Robert M. Cisneros Jr. Kenneth Connors Dale Cooper Debbie Crom James DeMuth Jonathon Erlen Julian Fincher Michael Flannery Peter Fontilus William Garst George Griffenhagen Robert Griffith Ursala Hahn Gary Hall Lila Halpern David Herzberg William Himelberger Marianne F. Ivey
Brian Katcher Duane and Marilyn Kirking Henry T. Kozek Travis Krans Linda Leigh John E. Lesch Henri R. Manasse Timothy Marcham Bruce Martin Stephan Maybaum Judy McGonigal Ramona Moenter Nancy Naeve Lee Anna Obos Joseph A. Oddis Ivan & Naomi Otterness Anthony III Palmieri Paul Ranelli Karen Reeds Edward Reynolds John M. Riddle Stephen Scali H. Richard Shough Josh Spooner Palmer Taylor Sharon Ternullo Judith Thompson Geeta TIrumalai Patrick Vance Flynn Warren Diane Wendt Richard Wiebalk
Actively engaged in preserving the documents of pharmacy's past and developing materials for understanding the future.
AIHP Wants to Document Your COVID-19 Stories and Experiences
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.
You can participate in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project either (1) by immediately sharing your thoughts/experiences and/or submitting digital materials or (2) by signifying your to intention to submit materials in the future. Please comply with all applicable local or state stay-at-home orders while self-documenting.
Please click the link below to learn more about participating in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project.
Upcoming events of interest to historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields. (Event information current when posted. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please double-check the status of all events):
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.