Special Report
There are as many paths to rewarding pharmacy practice as there are pharmacists. Bill Tarr's career has spanned community pharmacy, the military, and academe ["Flying into pharmacy"]. Pete Kreckel's family can count retail, clinic management, university teaching, and third-party MTM ["All in the family"]. Fred Schenker practiced in the big city, but with a hometown touch ["Pharmacy: The family profession"]. Now Bill Prather Jr. remembers an old-fashioned pharmacy in a tight-knit small town.
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Dad and Mr. Walden purchased Blue Ridge Pharmacy on a handshake and the promise to send the previous owner some money when they "got ahead." What ensued was a partnership that spanned 65 years, from 1945 until 2010. |