Uncle Harvey George L. Joe Oddis was first to both notify and congratulate me on having been named the recipient of the Harvey A. Whitney Lecture Award for In the same conversation, he advised me to start thinking about the title of my address. Therefore, I shall try to tell you why we are here to honor this man tonight.
I told him of my intention to tell the Whitney story and advised that I would be visiting Cincinnati to obtain information from Harvey A. Whitney II. Walter then invited my wife and me to stay at his home while we were in Cincinnati. Walter telephoned again on the evening of Wednesday, April 18, to firm up the date of our visit. Thus, one week after last hearing from Walter, we were sorrowfully attending his funeral on Wednesday, April 25, Needless to say, this started off my historical search on a very sad note as Walter and I had been close friends since his postgraduate training days at Michigan nearly 30 years ago.
To be the recipient of an honor such as the Harvey A. Whitney Award causes one to reflect on his indebtedness to those who have been responsible for this recognition.
This Award provides the opportunity for me to transmit the honor to my colleagues, to those who have generously given me ideas to use and who have inspired me to use them, and who have given me the insight to understand the true meaning of pharmacy and the vast possibilities for a full and pleasant professional life in the practice of hospital pharmacy.
Adrian, seat of Lenawee County, is a small college town in southeastern Michigan about 35 miles southwest of Ann Arbor. It is called the Maple City of Michigan because of the fine old trees that shade its quiet streets. It was here that Arthur and Emma Whitney lived during the s and where Arthur served as fire chief.
