HERE IS WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN MATT OSTERHAUS, WHO WILL BE SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF A LARGE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION!

A HIGH HONOR FOR MATT!

THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT MATT OSTERHAUS WAS ELECTED IT'S  2013-2014 PRESIDENT-ELECT.  HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  HE WILL SUCCEED STEVEN SIMENSON AS PRESIDENT.    NEXT MARCH HE WILL BEGIN HIS PRESIDENT-ELECT YEAR AND IN MARCH OF 2014 HE WILL BEGIN HIS
YEAR AS PRESIDENT, AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO.
MATT OSTERHAUS CO-OWNS AND OPERATES OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN
MAQUOKETA.   HE IS CURRENTLY A TRUSTEE WITH THE ASSOCIATION,
SERVING ON THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT-AFFAIRS COMMITTEES.
HE IS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA PHARMACY ASSOCIATION.    MATT
IS ALSO NOW SERVING ON THE PHARMACIST MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH CARE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
MATT'S FATHER, ROBERT OF MAQUOKETA, IS A PAST-PRESENT OF THE
NATIONAL PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION.    IT HAS BEEN 75 YEARS SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A FATHER-SON PAIR  HOLD THE OFFICE....AND THE 4TH PAIR IN THE HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION.  THE LAST TIME IT
HAPPENED WAS IN 1937.   THE APhA  HAS AROUND 60,000  MEMBERS AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1852.

CONGRATULATIONS MATT !!

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