SLS 21RS-1983 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 96
BY SENATORS JOHNS AND FRED MILLS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Carl W. Aron on fifty years of service to the Louisiana
Board of Pharmacy.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Carl W. Aron on fifty years of service to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
3 WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron has been licensed as a pharmacist by the Louisiana Board
4 of Pharmacy since 1962; and
5 WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron joined the family business in 1968, took ownership of the
6 family business in 1971, and to the present date, continues to operate Aron's Pharmacy in
7 Monroe, Louisiana; and
8 WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron was first appointed to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy
9 on April 8, 1971, by the Honorable John J. McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana, and has
10 served on the board continuously since his first appointment in 1971; and
11 WHEREAS, in 1997, Carl W. Aron was first elected as president of the Louisiana
12 Board of Pharmacy by his fellow board members, and he has been re-elected as president
13 every year since 1997; and
14 WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron has received numerous awards for his service to the
15 profession of pharmacy, including the Bowl of Hygeia Award for Community Service from
16 the Louisiana Pharmacists Association in 1985 and the Meritorious Achievement Award
17 from the College of Pharmacy at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of
18 Louisiana Monroe, in 1989; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy is a member of the National
2 Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP); Mr. Aron has been an active member of the
3 NABP and has received numerous recognitions and awards from the NABP; Mr. Aron has
4 ensured that NABP's pharmacist licensure examinations remain valid and effective through
5 his service on their Advisory Committee on Examinations from 1999 through 2005,
6 including service as committee chairman in 2004; NABP recognized the Louisiana Board
7 of Pharmacy's activities in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 under Mr.
8 Aron's leadership; and during its 2006 annual meeting, NABP presented the Fred T.
9 Mahaffey Award for outstanding contributions to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy
10 to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; and
11 WHEREAS, at the 2006 annual meeting, NABP presented its highest honor, the
12 Lester E. Hosto Distinguished Service Award, to Mr. Aron; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Aron served as chairman of the NABP Task Force on Emergency
14 Preparedness, Response, and the United State Drug Distribution System in 2007; and
15 WHEREAS, during its 2013 annual meeting, NABP selected Mr. Aron as its
16 honorary president; and
17 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy under the leadership of Mr. Aron
18 developed and implemented the prescription monitoring program.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
20 does hereby commend and congratulate Carl W. Aron on fifty years of service to the
21 Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
23 Carl W. Aron.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SR 96 Original 2021 Regular Session Johns
Commends Carl W. Aron on 50 years of service to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
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