BACK IN DECEMBER, THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A UNIVERSITY REQUEST TO AWARD THE DEGREE TO BOB.
ALSO APPROVED THEN WERE TWO OTHER HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREES,
TO FORMER GOVERNOR BOB RAY AND LONGTIME BOARD OF REGENTS
MEMBER STANLEY REDEKER. BOB ESTABLISHED OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN 1965. IN THE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE, BOB WAS CITED AS BEING
A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PATIENT-FOCUSED PHARMACEUTICAL CARE, PHARMACY EDUCATION, AND THE PHARMACY PROFESSION. HE HAS
MENTORED COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND HAS BEEN A LEADING COMMUNITY
CLERKSHIP SITE FOR THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
HE HAS SERVED AS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE IOWA PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION, CHAIR-PERSON OF THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
EXAMINERS, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACIST
ASSOCIATION. HE HAS RECEIVED DOZENS OF STATE, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. HE ALSO SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE IOWA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FROM 1995 TO 2003. LOCALLY, DURING
HIS MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION AND MOST RECENTLY WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN ESTABLISHING THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE AND ITS DOWNTOWN GALLERY. HE IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. BOB AND HIS WIFE ANN ARE THE PARENTS OF 10 CHILDREN (1 DECEASED) AND NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN. THOUGH RETIRED, HE REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HIS CHURCH, AND STATE PHARMACY MATTERS. AND HE
IS MANY TIME REFERRED TO AS MR. DEMOCRAT OF JACKSON COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB ON THIS HIGH AND WELL DESERVED HONOR.
HE WILL BE PRESENTED THE HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREE SHORTLY AFTER 10 TOMORROW MORNING.
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