2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 96
BY SENATORS JOHNS AND FRED MILLS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Carl W. Aron on fifty years of service to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron has been licensed as a pharmacist by the Louisiana Board
of Pharmacy since 1962; and
WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron joined the family business in 1968, took ownership of the
family business in 1971, and to the present date, continues to operate Aron's Pharmacy in
Monroe, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron was first appointed to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy
on April 8, 1971, by the Honorable John J. McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana, and has
served on the board continuously since his first appointment in 1971; and
WHEREAS, in 1997, Carl W. Aron was first elected as president of the Louisiana
Board of Pharmacy by his fellow board members, and he has been re-elected as president
every year since 1997; and
WHEREAS, Carl W. Aron has received numerous awards for his service to the
profession of pharmacy, including the Bowl of Hygeia Award for Community Service from
the Louisiana Pharmacists Association in 1985 and the Meritorious Achievement Award
from the College of Pharmacy at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of
Louisiana Monroe, in 1989; and
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WHEREAS, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy is a member of the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP); Mr. Aron has been an active member of the
NABP and has received numerous recognitions and awards from the NABP; Mr. Aron has
ensured that NABP's pharmacist licensure examinations remain valid and effective through
his service on their Advisory Committee on Examinations from 1999 through 2005,
including service as committee chairman in 2004; NABP recognized the Louisiana Board
of Pharmacy's activities in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 under Mr.
Aron's leadership; and during its 2006 annual meeting, NABP presented the Fred T.
Mahaffey Award for outstanding contributions to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy
to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; and
WHEREAS, at the 2006 annual meeting, NABP presented its highest honor, the
Lester E. Hosto Distinguished Service Award, to Mr. Aron; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Aron served as chairman of the NABP Task Force on Emergency
Preparedness, Response, and the United State Drug Distribution System in 2007; and
WHEREAS, during its 2013 annual meeting, NABP selected Mr. Aron as its
honorary president; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy under the leadership of Mr. Aron
developed and implemented the prescription monitoring program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Carl W. Aron on fifty years of service to the
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Carl W. Aron.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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