May 26, 2016
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
SWOSU has tapped a new Dean of Pharmacy.
Dr. David A. Ralph, who has been serving as interim Dean since January 1, has recently been named to permanently head of the College of Pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.
Ralph earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from SWOSU and began his employment with the university as an instructor in pharmacy administration and director of continuing education in 1975. He was promoted to Assistant Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs in 1985, achieved associate professor in 1995 and was named Associate Dean for the College of Pharmacy in 2000.
In addition, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from SWOSU in 1979 and his doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1984.
Ralph is an active member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association, and Southwestern Pharmacy Alumni Association. He served on the board of Pharmat, Inc. for 34 years, a company that produced continuing education materials for pharmacists.
Since 1978, he has been the financial administrator for the Southwestern Pharmacy Alumni Foundation, Inc., responsible for investments and financial information for the non-profit corporation that supports the educational endeavors of the SWOSU College of Pharmacy.
New SWOSU College of Pharmacy initiatives that he is currently active with are the rural health programs and the Panama medical mission trips.
He and his wife, Vicki, have three children and all three are SWOSU graduates.
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