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Box 2, folder 19, closed for 75 years due to student records.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Arthur Jacknowitz Faculty Papers, A&M 4660, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Linda Jacknowitz, June 10, 2020.

Processing Information

The creator's original folder titles were preserved while processessing this collection.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Arthur Jacknowitz (1944-2019), a native of Brooklyn, New York, joined the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in 1974. He was chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy for almost 16 years, from 1985-2001. Prior to this, he was director of the University's Drug Information Center. In 1988 his efforts to disseminate drug information to consumers and health professionals won him the University's Heebink Award for Outstanding State Service.

In 2001, to recognize his more than a quarter of a century of teaching, scholarship and service, a former student endowed a Distinguished Chair in his honor - Jacknowitz was named its first occupant.

In 2004, the WVU School of Pharmacy Alumni Association conferred honorary alumnus status on him. That same year, he was named WVU's Most Loyal Faculty Mountaineer.

Jacknowitz was an academic advisor to more than 260 pre-pharmacy and pharmacy honors students. In recognition of these sustained efforts, the WVU Honors College named him Faculty Advisor of 2012, and he was inducted into the WVU Health Sciences Center Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Jacknowitz retired after 38 years of service to WVU but remained an engaged member of the University community. At the School of Pharmacy, he continued to mentor students, coordinated its student ambassador program and was a member of the School of Pharmacy Visiting Committee. After serving on the WVU Retiree Association Steering Committee, he then served as the association's founding chair. In retirement, he became a member of the WVU Art Museum's founding class of volunteer docents. The WVU Creative Arts Center Visiting Committee honored him and his wife Linda - awarding them the College's 2019 Alison Deem Distinguished Friends Award.

Jacknowitz authored or coauthored more than 100 scientific and technical articles and abstracts, and as many presentations. He was a monthly columnist for several years for the US Pharmacist, a recipient of the Merck, Sharp and Dohme Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Profession of Pharmacy, and for more than a quarter of a century, he was on the editorial board of the Drug Information Journal. He served two five-year terms as a member of the United States Pharmacopeia USP Convention's Gastroenterology Expert Committee. He is one of only 22 healthcare professionals nationwide to serve on the 2010-2015 Medicare Model Guidelines Expert Panel, where he and his panel of colleagues received the 2011 United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Award for Innovative Response to a Public Health Challenge. At the time of his death, he was serving a seventh three-year term on The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licensure Test Review Committee. He is one of only 25 pharmacy practitioners and educators nationwide to achieve this recognition.

Adapted from the following article:

(2019 April 22). SoP professor emeritus, loyal WVU supporter, passes away. School of Pharmacy News.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of longtime West Virginia University School of Pharmacy professor Dr. Arthur "Art" Jacknowitz. Notable materials include course materials, original drafts, article reprints, lecture notes, and correspondence.

The collection also includes several framed awards and plaques, as well as a variety of scientific journals and trade publications. Highlights include Jacknowitz's diploma from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, materials from WVU School of Pharmacy's Continuing Education Program for Pharmacists and memorabilia from Jacknowitz's Chair in Clinical Pharmacy dedication ceremony.

The collection is organized into six series.

Series include:

Series 1. Teaching and Evaluation Papers, 1973-2018 (boxes 1-3): Materials relating to Jacknowitz's teaching career, such as course notes, handouts and overhead slides, faculty activities reports, annual reviews and notices of appointment.

Series 2. Research, Scholarship and Service, 1971-2016 (boxes 4 and 5): Materials relating to Jacknowitz's career advancement such as CVs, pamphlets from professional organizations and symposiums, Jacknowitz's published articles and drafts, and lectures and presentations.

Series 3. Personal Correspondence and Memorabilia, 1954-2019 (boxes 6 and 7): Cards and letters from former students and peers, memorabilia from Jacknowitz's school days, news clippings and photographs.

Series 4. General WVU Papers, 1982-2018 (box 8): Papers relating to Jacknowitz's WVU affiliations outside the School of Pharmacy, including the WVU Retirees Association and the WVU Art Museum.

Series 5. Publications, 1980s-2000s (boxes 8 and 9): Medical and pharmacy related trade magazines and academic journals not authored by Jacknowitz, including Pharmacy Times and U.S. Pharmacist Hospital Edition .

Series 6. Awards, Plaques and Certificates, 1974-2012 (boxes 10 and 11)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Jacknowitz, Linda
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy -- History
• Pharmacy -- Study and teaching
• West Virginia University. School of Pharmacy