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AzoanFirst Editor, Morris Abrams

Founded 1919 Incorporated 1923

The AZOAN is the official publication of Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmaceutical Fraternity, which is incorporated under the laws of theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Publication is circulated throughout the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic and Israel.Advertising is accepted subject to Chapter 12, Sec. 183 of the Constitution of the Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc.Signed contributions express the viewpoint of the writers and must not necessarily by construed as that of the Fraternity.

All material contained herein has been written expressly for the AZOAN and reproduction of said material in total or in part is hereby forbidden without the express permission of the Editor.

Official Publication of the

ALPHA ZETA OMEGA PHARMACEUTICAL FRATERNITYLeann M. Clymer, Editor

Cover: Photo images courtesy of Tourisme Québec

Convention Issue – July 2005

CONTENTSFrom the desk of the Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42004 - 2005 Supreme Officers and AZO Convention Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Supreme Chapter and National Auxiliary Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Past AZO Supreme Directorums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Supreme Directorum’s Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8AZO’s National Fund Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9National Auxiliary President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Officers’ Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15Sidney R. Rome and The Directorum’s Cup Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Aruba National Convention Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17Nashville Mid-Year Regional Convention Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19Chapter Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-27Jay L. Pollock Supreme Undergraduate Award and Past Recipients . . . . . . . . . . 28-29Meritorious Award and Past Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31Simon I. Sless Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Ephraim G. Sless Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33National Convention Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35The AZO ‘Overachievers’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37Welcome Letter from the Mayor of Montréal, Québec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38New Fraters 2004 - 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39The History of AZO by Frater Robert Kirschner, PSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-43Silent Mortars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45Corporate Sponsors and Friends of AZO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-68

PEACE

FRIENDSHIP

BROTHERLY LOVE

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From the desk of the editor...First off, I would like to point out thatthis article is one of the last that hasbeen submitted for printing in the2005 AZOAN. You may think that thisprocrastination was calculated inadvance, to enable me to berate thoseof you stragglers that are just sendingme your articles. However, this is notthe case. These past few months have

been very busy. Between juggling an extremely busy periodat work, travel (for business and pleasure), two moves, eightweddings to attend and/or participate in this summer andthe AZOAN, my nerves have been a bit frazzled, to say theleast. Due to these time constraints, a lot of the ideas I hadfor the AZOAN at the beginning of this fraternal year fizzledas time drew to a close this spring. Regardless, this year’sAZOAN will suffice, as AZOAN’s go, and maybe sometimein the future, I could try this again and implement some ofmy grand ideas. (Vince, please don’t think up anything crazy,I need a break from this madness for a couple of years!)Now on to my editorial: My opinion of AZO has variedthroughout the years. At the beginning, I thought joiningAZO would be a great opportunity to show dedication to theprofession of pharmacy and hopefully garner me some bonuspoints on my application to the professional division at theUniversity of Toledo. Then, once in the Sigma chapter and theupper division, AZO was a great big party. All my friendswere involved, and I made fast friends with all the existingmembers, leading to some very memorable rush parties andnights out. Eventually, AZO turned into a reason to travel toconventions and my last few years as a member during col-lege were spent visiting new places and getting to know myfellow brothers on a national level. Fortunately, I got to knowone of these brothers very well and soon AZO had turnedinto a matchmaking service, getting me a potential suitor anda career (All in one convention, can you believe it, Las Vegasis a magical place!). Upon moving to New Jersey after gradu-ation and soon thereafter joining the Epsilon alumni chapter,I really came to learn that the bonds of brotherhood in AZOrun deep. All of a sudden, I was in a different state fromwhere I had spent my first 21 years and already I had 20+new friends, all willing to help me out. From directions tohelp me find my way around in the land of highways, to lug-ging furniture and boxes down three flights of stairs whenmoving, AZO has been there. I can truly say that AZO is mysecond family and I am thankful to have them in my life. Atthis point, I feel it is time to give thanks: to Manny Fiel, forputting his confidence in me to get this AZOAN to print ontime, to Mike Seidenman for his fabulous photos which canbe seen throughout this AZOAN, to Lois Seidenman for proofreading, to Lou Flacks, for helping me find a great job and fur-ther facilitating my relocation to the east coast, to Jack andGinny Salvo for deciding to attend the Baltimore conventionand putting the wheels in place for me to land my first “realjob”, to John Anciano, for pushing me to get more involvedwith the Epsilon chapter, even though my reluctance wasever-so-present, to all the other Epsilon Chapter members forwholeheartedly welcoming me into their chapter and last butnot least, to my boyfriend, Brian Pinto, not only for all of hishelp and patience with me on this AZOAN, but for the smilehe brings to my face each day. For these reasons and more, Iam forever indebted to AZO.

With peace, friendship and brotherly love,

Leann M. ClymerAZOAN 2005 Editor

PEACE

FRIENDSHIP

BROTHERLY LOVE

ALPHA ZETA OMEGA is a PharmaceuticalFraternity composed of Pharmacists and

Undergraduates in Pharmacy, selected on the basis of

The objectives of the Fraternity are to:promote the profession of Pharmacy;develop high standards of Scholarship;inculcate a spirit of Fellowship among itsmembers; bring together a body of phar-macists who, by the diligent maintenanceof ethical ideals and faithful service, haveproven a credit to their chosen profes-sion; honor achievement in others; com-mend all worthy deeds; and build withinour Fraternity a triangle composed ofthree supporting sides which are...

CHARACTER,

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Supreme Officers2004 - 2005 Fraternal Year

Supreme DirectorumManuel Fiel – Clearwater, FL Sub-DirectorumVince Paul – West Chester, PASignareBrian Pinto – Edison, NJAssociate SignareJorge Ocasio – New York, NY ExchequeJohn Anciano – Somerset, NJBellarumStephen Imperato – New Brunswick, NJUndergraduate RepresentativeMary Kropp – Somerset, NJDeputyMichael Seidenman, P.S.D. – Fairfield, OHChaplainPaul R. Holly – Baltimore, MDAZOAN EditorLeann M. Clymer – Edison, NJHistorianHerman Vogin, PSD – Philadelphia, PAGood & Welfare Seth Cohen – Silver Spring, MD AZO DirectJason Milner – Olmsted Falls, OHAssociate AZO DirectJill Wierzbicki – Mayfield Heights, OHDirector of Fraternal AffairsBruce Strell, P.S.D. – Tampa, FLDirector of Fraternal Affairs EmeritusRobert Kirschner, P.S.D. – Dominican RepublicDirector of Financial AffairsErnest Jacobson, P.S.D. – Broomall, PADirector of Continuing Education Jeff Levy, M.D. – Bronx, NYDirector of Mailing Louis Flacks, P.S.D. – Yorktown Heights, NYDirector of Publicity Vince Paul – West Chester, PADirector of Electronic CommunicationMorton B. Smith, P.S.D. – Wyncote, PADirector of Trade Relations Jeff Levy, M.D. – Bronx, NYSpecial Fund Raising ProjectsSteve Brooks, P.S.D. – Edison, NJDirector of MentorshipPaul R. Holly, PSD. – Baltimore, MDLegal Advisor Joy Pollock, Esq., P.N.P. – Meadowbrook, PARoy Scott Memorial Foundation Adams Solola – Waldorf, MDEphraim Sless Scholarship Fund Richard Pinsky – Mason, OHChairman, Sidney Rome Newspaper Lenny Ortega – Fort Meyers, FLDirector of Corporate AllianceLouis Flacks, P.S.D. – Yorktown Heights, NYSpecial Advisor to the DirectorumPaul Holly, PSD. – Baltimore, MD

AZO CONVENTION PANORAMAAZO Convention sites since the first one in June 1921

1921 Philadelphia, PA1922 Philadelphia, PA1923 Philadelphia, PA1924 Philadelphia, PA1925 Newark, NJ1926 Philadelphia, PA1927 Philadelphia, PA1928 Baltimore, MD1929 New York City, NY1930 Cleveland, OH1931 Cincinnati, OH1932 Pittsburgh, PA1933 Philadelphia, PA1934 Baltimore, MD1935 Louisville, KY1936 Hartford, CT1937 Cleveland, OH1938 Atlantic City, NJ1939 New York, NY 1940 Detroit, MI1941 Cincinnati, OH1942 Pittsburgh, PA1943 Cleveland, OH1944 Philadelphia, PA1945 Pittsburgh, PA1946 Louisville, KY1947 Cleveland, OH1948 Washington, D.C.1949 Detroit, MI1950 Baltimore, MD1951 Cincinnati, OH1952 New York, NY 1953 Pittsburgh, PA1954 Atlantic City, NJ1955 Kiamesha Lake, NY1956 Louisville, KY1957 Washington, DC1958 Cleveland, OH1959 Miami Beach, FL1960 Kiamesha Lake, NY1961 Cincinnati, OH1962 Pleasantdale, NJ

1963 Detroit, MI1964 Atlantic City, NJ 1965 Kiamesha Lake, NY1966 Miami Beach, FL1967 Milwaukee, WI1968 Washington, DC1969 Pittsburgh, PA1970 Tamiment, PA1971 Cleveland, OH1972 Miami Beach, FL1973 Phoenix, AZ1974 Freeport, Bahamas1975 Toronto, Canada1976 Swan Lake, NY1977 Detroit, MI1978 Swan Lake, NY1979 Nashville, TN1980 Miami Beach, FL1981 Cincinnati, OH1982 Cleveland, OH1983 Valley Forge, PA1984 Cincinnati, OH1985 Orlando, FL1986 Milwaukee, WI1987 Cleveland, OH1988 Williamsburg, VA1989 Ellenville, NY 1990 Miami Beach, FL1991 Atlantic City, NJ 1992 Mt. Laurel, PA1993 Chicago, IL1994 Cleveland, OH1995 Charleston, SC 1996 Mt. Pocono, PA1997 Monticello, NY 1998 Bloomington, MN1999 Atlantic City, NJ 2000 New York, NY2001 Oranjestad, Aruba2002 Toronto, Canada2003 Baltimore, MD2004 Oranjestad, Aruba2005 Montréal, Canada

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Supreme Officers 2004 - 2005Standing left to right:

Jorge Ocasio, Associate Signare • Stephen Imperato, Bellarum • Mary Kropp, Undergraduate Representative John Anciano, Excheque • Brian Pinto, Signare

Seated left to right:Michael Seidenman, Special Advisor to the Directorum • Manuel Fiel, Supreme Directorum • Vince Paul, Sub-Directorum

National Auxiliary Officers 2004 - 2005Top row left to right:

Jeanne-Marie Holly, PNP, AZOETTE Editor and Deputy/Board Member • Trudy Lieberman, Sgt. At ArmsCari Lopez, Recording Secretary • Eudy Landman, Sunshine Chairperson

Seated left to right: Barbara Carroll Ocasio, Vice-President • Dottie Jacobson, President • Arlene Fiel, Corresponding Secretary

Camera Shy: Joy Pollock, PNP, Treasurer • Karyl Keisman, PNP Jewelry Chairperson • Rhoda Grimsky, PNP, Sandra J. Williams Fund

Annette Weinstein, PNP, Memorial Book • Sheila Zive, Historian • Minnie Pinsky, Tablecloth Chairperson

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1921 – 1922 Stanley W. Rosenfeld, Alpha*1922 – 1923 Lawrence M. Rosenfeld, Alpha*1923 – 1924 Ephraim G. Sless, Alpha*1924 – 1925 Samuel Friedenberg, Epsilon*1925 – 1926 Simon I. Sless, Beta*1926 – 1927 David L. Dyen, Alpha*1927 – 1928 Isadore M. Ostrum, Gamma*1928 – 1929 Morris Abrams, Beta*1929 – 1930 Roy Scott, Theta*1930 – 1931 Emanuel V. Shulman, Kappa*1931 – 1932 David L. Dyen, Alpha*1932 – 1933 Milford J. Harris, Theta*1933 – 1934 Hyman Leichtman, Eta*1934 – 1935 Benjamin Striner, Kappa*1935 – 1936 Solomon P. Schwartz, Lambda*1936 – 1937 Harry L. Ostrow, Mu*1937 – 1939 Irving A. Harkavy, Zeta*1939 – 1941 Roy Scott, Theta*1941 – 1944 Zach C. Oppenheimer, Lambda*1944 – 1946 Elda H. Stein, Mu*1946 – 1948 Maher Passamaneck, Lambda*1948 – 1950 Henry E. Agin, Theta*1950 – 1951 Sidney R. Rome, Nu*1951 – 1952 Morris A. Morton, Omicron1952 – 1953 Jerome Boonshoft, Xi*1953 – 1954 Henry G. Seidman, Kappa*1954 – 1955 Samuel Clearfield, Gamma*1955 – 1956 Sidney Shochet, Pi*1956 – 1957 Oscar I. Roth, Mu*1957 – 1958 A. Milton Cohen, Theta*1958 – 1959 William A. Goodman, Iota*1959 – 1960 Frank T. Smith, Gamma*1960 – 1961 Irving Goldberg, Pi1961 – 1962 Jacob Chitlik, Lambda*1962 – 1963 Harold M. Goldfeder, Pi*1963 – 1964 Henry E. Agin, Theta*1964 – 1965 Robert Kirschner, Zeta1965 – 1966 Herbert S. Garde, Beta1966 – 1967 David P. Rosenfield, Mu

1967 – 1968 Nathan L. Pack, Omicron1968 – 1969 Samuel Breslow, Epsilon*1969 – 1970 Herman S. Langer, Beta Alpha1970 – 1971 Coleman Levin, Gamma*1971 – 1972 Mitchell M. Ross, Nu1972 – 1973 Maurice Williams, Rho1973 – 1974 Burton J. Platt, Omicron*1974 – 1975 Myron M. Krop, Epsilon1975 – 1976 David Weiss, Omicron*1976 – 1977 Aaron Masia, Xi*1977 – 1978 Jay L. Pollock, Gamma*1978 – 1979 William S. Katz, Nu*1979 – 1980 Gary N. Helper, Phi1980 – 1981 Michael Hornstein, Iota1981 – 1982 Irving Barron, Theta1982 – 1983 Michael H. Seidenman, Eta1983 – 1984 Bruce E. Strell, Epsilon1984 – 1985 Woodrow M. Weinstein, Zeta1985 – 1986 Alan Abrams, Theta1986 – 1987 Sheldon Berson, Beta Alpha1987 – 1988 Diane Adelman, Theta1988 – 1989 Sidney Waldman, Gamma*1989 – 1990 Robert B. Riedinger, Theta Alpha1990 – 1991 Irwin C. Feder, Miami Alumni1991 – 1992 Ernest Jacobson, Beta1992 – 1993 Shari D. Fine, Epsilon1993 – 1994 Charles R. Porter, Beta1994 – 1995 Katherine A. Porter, Beta1995 – 1996 Alan Grimsky, Rho1996 – 1997 Morton B. Smith, Gamma 1997 – 1998 Henry E. Agin, Theta*1998 – 1999 Herman M. Vogin, Beta1999 – 2000 Edmund A. Keisman, Xi*2000 – 2001 Louis Flacks, Xi2001 – 2002 Steve Brooks, Iota2002 – 2003 Michael H. Seidenman, Eta2003 – 2004 Paul R. Holly, Kappa2004 – 2005 Manuel I. Fiel, Beta*Deceased

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It started in Aruba in July 2004 and will come to an endin Montréal in July 2005. What happened in betweenthese two marvelous conventions was very exciting forArlene and me. Since this will be my last written mes-sage to you as Directorum, I should like to tell you ofsome of the activities that we were privileged to attend.We started this around the country trip at our originalhome base of Philadelphia Alumni in September wherewe were treated to a great brunch at the home ofDottie and Ernie Jacobson. In October we were invitedto attend the Installation Dinner with Detroit Alumniwhere Carl Leibowitz was installed as Directorum. Iwant to thank Cora and Leslie Leibowitz, Harriet andLeon Simon and Jan and Gary Helper (PNP & PSD)along with the members of Detroit alumni for an enjoy-able week-end. At the end of October the BostonAlumni and Tau Chapters gave us a tour of theirPharmacy School and dorms. Thanks to the fraters for afun time.In January we visited the East Coast of Florida and haddinner with Philadelphia Alumni South – DottieJacobson (PNP & current National President) and ErnieJacobson (PSD), Sue (PNP) and Mort (PSD) Smith,Rochelle and Mervyn Melrose and Arlyne and HerbGarde (PSD) at the Jacobson’s new home in the south.Also in January we went to Nashville for our mid-yearregional. My sincere thanks to Lois (PNP) and MikeSeidenman (PSD) and Gloria (PNP) and Lou (PSD) Flacksfor a superb job again. Thank you to the Eta Chapter fortaking care of the Hospitality Room and for the delicioushome-baked goodies they provided.February took us back to the East Coast of Florida toMiami for a get-together with Miami Alumni. A bigthanks to Doris (PNP) & Irwin (PSD) Feder. The lunchwas delicious and the show was enjoyable. Thank youalso to Bruce Strell (PSD) for driving us around Miami.Our next stop was in New Jersey to Epsilon for theirSemi-Formal and Awards Dinner. Every Frater came tome personally and introduced him or herself. They weretruly pleased that I was able to attend their affair andparticipate in their program.In June we visited Eta Chapter for a delightful brunch. Abig thank you to Minnie and Richard Pinsky for theirhospitality.Our last stop is Montréal, Canada for another great con-vention in July.I would like to congratulate Eta Chapter on their 80thAnniversary – Nu Chapter on their 75th – and DetroitAlumni on their 50th.A special thank you to Deputy Mike Seidenman (PSD)for his great help this year and for keeping me on mytoes; to Ernie Jacobson (PSD) for his continued supportand suggestions. To Dottie Jacobson (PNP & current

Supreme Directorum ReportNational Auxiliary President) for just being there for meat all times. To Mort Smith (PSD) for his up-keep of theAZO Web-site. To Dr. Jeff Levy for his excellentContinuing Education Programs. To the Flacks and theSeidenmans for all their efforts on the Aruba conventionand the Nashville Regional. To Lou Flacks (PSD) and JeffLevy for their great effort on fund-raising. To Sub-Directorum Vince Paul for his visions on the future ofAZO. We will give him all the support he needs in thecoming year. To Leann Clymer for the 2005 AZOAN...what a wonderful book. To Herman Vogin (PSD) for hisuntiring effort on the Historian Book. To Steve Brooks(PSD) for again undertaking the raffle for this year. To allthe new line officers for their quick learning and under-standing of their duties. To Mary Kropp (UndergraduateRepresentative) for a great job in keeping theUndergraduate chapters informed and for the interac-tion between them. To Gloria and Lou Flacks, again, andtheir committee for their work on the upcoming con-vention in Montréal. To all the National Officers – elect-ed and appointed – for your help and your dedicationto your respective offices. The bright light of AZOglowing into the future.Congratulations to Maricel DeJesus who received theJay L. Pollock Undergraduate Award in Nashville.Congratulations to Shari Fine (PSD and UndergraduateAward winner) for being selected to receive theMeritorious Award at the Montréal Convention. She isnow a three award winner. Congratulations!!!It has been a pleasure and a privilege to have servedAZO this past year. The visits to the chapters and theconventions have been uplifting and will continue toseal the bonds of Peace, Friendship and Brotherly Love.

Fraternally,

Manuel I. FielSupreme Directorum 2004 - 2005


AZO 2004 - 2005 Annual Supreme CharityAssociation for Developmental Difficulties

The Association for Developmental Difficulties provides services for adults with special needs.They are a non-profit charitable agency offering adults with developmental disabilities a support-ive environment to learn life skills. The focus of the group is to help improve their members’ qual-ity of life and self-esteem through group interaction. This is achieved by the development andacquisition of social skills, work habits, greater independence and self-sufficiency. Clinicallytrained personnel supervise these services. They seek to increase community acceptance of theirmembers and to create public awareness of the issues confronting them.On a weekly basis they provide rap sessions for the adults and their parents discussing issuessuch as finances, work related issues, and socialization. Generally one week-end a month theassociation provides one social event. They also take a long trip at least once a year.Joy, Jefrey, and Jessica had the privilege of talking about Jay's leadership especially in AZO at the “Key toIndependence Day” of the Association for Developmental Disabilities. A leadership Award has beenestablished in Jay’s name to be given to one of the members of the Association who during the year hasexhibited extraordinary leadership.The fund in Jay’s name will provide scholarships for those that cannot afford the membership feeand some assistance for their programming.Please send donations to:Association for Developmental Disabilities, Inc.261 Old York Road, Suite A-50Jenkintown, PA 19046Attn.: Jay L. Pollock Fund

Fraternally,

Manuel I. FielSupreme Directorum

From left, Jefrey Pollock, JessicaPollock, Joy Pollock, andLaura receiving plaques.

Arlene and Manny Fiel

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National Auxiliary President ReportIt has been my pleasure to serve asPresident of the AZO NationalAuxiliary.Thanks to the age of e-mail, I wasable to be in constant contact withmy board and the Chapters.Everything went along quitesmoothly this year. We were sad-dened by the loss of Rose Hillman

and Juel Roth, two of our PNP’s.We joined members of the Fraternity for a wonderful week-end in Nashville. I am looking forward to the convention in Montréal, whenold acquaintances will be renewed and hopefully new onescan be made. A special thanks to Manny Fiel, SupremeDirectorum, who, as always, was a pleasure to work with.Have a wonderful spring and summer! See you in Montréal.

Fondly,

Dottie JacobsonNational Auxiliary President

AZO National Auxiliary in Aruba(left to right): Arlene Fiel, Dottie Jacobson, Joy Pollock and Lois Seidenman

Pasts PNPs in Aruba(left to right): Edith Abrams, Dottie Jacobson, Jeanne-Marie Holly,Suzanne Smith, Gloria Flacks and Lois Seidenman.

Too quickly we come to the end ofanother fraternal year and, with it, theend of opportunities. Opportunitiesto complete projects that, begun inthe wild youth of the year, seem pos-sible to complete in the given year.As with all people, it is our nature todream. To dream of projects andideals with abandon. Unfortunately, it

is also human nature to resent the relentlessness of the clockwith its dissolution of time. I feel that, this year, the clock didnot entirely win. With the help of many fraters, we have beenable to accomplish several goals.We have reviewed the operational workings of the fraternityand presented the opinions to the body in Nashville. Wehave been working on the minor adjustments recommendedat that meeting and will be ready for final approval of thechanges in Montréal. This was accomplished with the dedi-cated efforts of Mike Seidenman, Steve Imperato, AlanAbrams, and Bruce Strell.We also began a partnership with JobTarget to providecareer services to our membership. This portion of our web-site is dedicated to allowing our fraters to post anonymousresumes to seek out new and better positions. It also allowscompanies in search of our talented membership to post jobpositions to announce to our membership. The best thingabout this last part is that the job postings create revenue forAZO. So run, don’t walk, to your nearest internet linkedcomputer, log onto AZO.org, click on the “employmentopportunities” box, and submit your anonymous resumetoday. You, and AZO, will be happy that you did. This wasable to be accomplished under the guidance of Mort Smith(let’s hear it for the webmaster) and Joy Pollock.We have begun the review of the website to better design itwith the fraternity operations in mind. The site will beredesigned to better allow the chapters to communicate withthe supreme chapter, to submit chapter minutes andexcheque reports, to allow each chapter to post events, andto better assist chapters with information necessary to the run-ning of a successful chapter. This is happening under the guid-ance of Stephen Imperato. He’s working within the recom-mendations of the operational workings group (see above).I am a lucky person to have had the opportunity to be Sub-Directorum of AZO this year. I thank the fraternity for the abil-ity to work with such outstanding fraters on these great proj-ects. I am especially thankful for the ability to work under, andwith, Directorum Manny Fiel. Manny and I (as fellowPhiladelphians) have known each other for years, but this isthe first time I have been lucky enough to work with him. Ihave appreciated his guidance and his encouragement witheach of the above listed projects. Thank you Manny.To all of the above fraters, to fraters I have met at convention,to fraters who I have not yet met at convention: thank you forbeing part of AZO and my life. Don’t let the clock win.

Fraternally,

Vince PaulSupreme Sub-Directorum

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In what has been an overwhelmingyear personally for me, the oneconstant has been this position. Myjob and home may have changedsince this time last year but I’m stillSignare. My thanks to those chap-ters that kept up communicationswith me over the past year. Overthe course of the last year I have

received communications and reports from Beta, DetroitAlumni, Epsilon, Eta, Kappa, Milwaukee Alumni, MiamiAlumni, NY Alumni, Nu, Philadelphia Alumni, Sigma andTau. As of the filing of this report, we have inducted 84fraters. The excheque and myself have converted most of theactive membership files into a compatible excel files forease of use in between our offices and to ease the transi-tion for future fraters who take on our positions. I look forward to seeing everyone in Montréal this summer.

Fraternally,

Brian PintoSupreme Signare

Supreme Signare Report Supreme Excheque ReportIt has been a pleasure serving as anelected officer in the Supreme Boardthis fraternal year. At the same time,it has been one of the most challeng-ing circumstances that I haveencountered with balancing thisposition, my role as Directorum ofthe Epsilon Chapter, and the newresponsibilities that I had acquired inaccepting a new position in my pro-

fessional career. My new job has demanded a lot of my time,as there were many changes that needed my attention in theoffice; however, in a couple months, once those changes arefirmly in place, I should be able to devote more time back tofraternity issues. I do appreciate the patience and under-standing that you have all afforded me in the meantime.As of June 2, 2005, the following chapters have paid chaptertax and a total of 568 fraters are considered active.AZO Direct – 49 fratersBeta Chapter – 7 fratersBoston Alumni Chapter – 8 fratersConnecticut Alumni Chapter – 29 fratersDetroit Alumni Chapter – 28 fratersEpsilon Chapter

Undergraduates – 75 fraters; Alumni – 50 fratersEta Chapter – 31 fratersKappa Chapter

Undergraduates – 16 fraters; Alumni – 100 fratersMiami Alumni Chapter – 6 fratersMilwaukee Alumni Chapter – 9 fratersNew York Alumni Chapter – 30 fratersNu Chapter – 17 fratersPhiladelphia Alumni Chapter – 22 fratersSigma Chapter – 69 fratersTau Chapter – 22 fratersI look forward to seeing you all in Montréal. I will have anupdated and more detailed report to distribute at the con-vention. I’d like to thank you again, especially to all thechapter excheques – by keeping up with reporting, payingdues and chapter taxes.

PF&BL,

John AncianoSupreme ExchequeBrian Pinto and John Anciano sharing happy times together in Aruba.

There is no news to report from theoffice of Supreme Bellarum. I wouldlike to thank everyone for givingme this opportunity to serve thefraternity. I look forward to servingAZO again in the future.

Fraternally submitted,

Stephen ImperatoSupreme Bellarum

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Electronic Communications ReportAttention Fraters... In an attempt toupdate our e-mail list, I am request-ing you all to re-register on ourwebsite.That way we will be starting outwith a clean slate and all the “dead”addresses will be eliminated. Thankyou for your effort to keep our website up to date.

Fraternally,

Mort (Bubba) Smith, PSDDirector of Electronic Communicationse-mail: [email protected] on and re-register athttp://www.AZO.org/Registrations.html

Supreme Deputy ReportI would like to thank SupremeDirectorum Fiel for appointing me tobe his Deputy. Most of the year wasspent in communicating with ourSupreme Officers and our subordi-nate Chapters. I assisted theSupreme Directorum with any taskthat he gave me.We are actively looking to start a

Northern Ohio Alumni Chapter. With the help of Jason Milner,this should be achieved in the coming year. Several membersof New York Alumni and Epsilon are helping us in getting anew Chapter started at the Albany College of Pharmacy.Frater Meredith Adlesic, from Epsilon, is now at DuquesneUniversity in Pittsburgh. She is actively working on starting aChapter at Duquesne. We were also just contacted by DeanDonald Stansloski from the School of Pharmacy, University ofFindlay, Findlay, Ohio. This is a new College of Pharmacy thatwill receive their accredidation in January. There will be 100students entering the school in September. Dean Stansloskiwould like us to be part of the new UF College of Pharmacybecause “we are so inclusionary.”I want to finish this report with a plea to all of our present andfuture officers. For AZO to survive, we need more communi-cation with our Chapters and Fraters. Communication is themortar that holds any organization together.For all of the Fraters that are reading this, please go to theAZO web site (www.AZO.org) and register. Those of youwho registered in the past... take a look and make sure thatyour information is correct. We do not want to lose youbecause of outdated information.


Mike Seidenman, PSDSupreme Deputy

I am happy to serve as AZO’s RaffleChairman again for the 4th consec-utive year. It seems to be gettingeasier with each passing year. AZO’s national 50/50 raffle is theonly fund raiser that Supreme runseach year aside from monies raisedby the advertisements in theAZOAN. It is the only time Supreme

asks all fraters to show their support for AZO by purchasingat least one ticket. The monies raised helps to defray costs forundergrad pledge parties, scholarships and AZOAN costs.This year I would like to thank Tau Chapter for their totaldedication to this fundraiser. As a chapter they solicitedsales of 40 tickets. Way to go Tau and thanks.There is still time to purchase a ticket as the drawing is notuntil Saturday night at the convention.Thanks for all your support and keep those requests coming.

Fraternally,

Steve Brooks, PSDCommittee Chairman

Raffle Report

Supreme Good & Welfare isresponsible for contacting fraternitymembers for occasions of note,both happy and sad. Anniversary,birthday, get well, condolence...it’s all been sent this year, and I’veexperienced some of it personallyas well. My wife, Karen, and I havethis year had the pleasure ofbecoming foster parents; and since

Julian has entered our lives, we’ve also caught every viralinfection out there. So it goes. I wish everyone a good fraternal year, and I hope that theGood and Welfare scales are heavily overloaded on the“good” side.

Peace, Friendship, and Brotherly Love,

Seth CohenGood & Welfare Chairman

Good & Welfare Report

I am pleased to report that this office,with the help of many fraters acrossthe country, has successfully reachedits goal. I also wish to thank thenumerous pharmaceutical manufac-turers, wholesale companies, as wellas retail pharmacy vendors for theirgenerous support.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeff Levy, M.D.Director of Trade Relations

Trade Relations Report


Keeping AZO ALIVE.As I write this report, Volume Twoof the AZO Apothecary, the AZOsupreme newsletter is being final-ized and on its way to press. Thispast year has been interesting; I hadfun writing something in a differentvein for the newsletter. I must thankmy wife, Barbara, for her support,

inspiration and overall computer expertise. Without herhelp, these newsletters would not have been possible.To all the fraters that contributed to this endeavor, I givethem my heartfelt thanks. To our fraters who did not: youmissed the chance to be part of something special. Wemust remember that newsletters, aside from being inform-ative, are part of our history. When you receive thismonth’s Apothecary, look at the gracious offering byEsther Ingber (Marty, Zeta, Colombia U). For the seasonedfraters, her ‘love’ letter to her frater (husband), Marty, willevoke a warm smile of remembrance; for the ‘newbie’frater, it is an opportunity to explore the ever-evolvingprotocols and traditions of AZO fraternity.Dems were da-days, no? AZO lives, through our writtennarratives, and if our newsletters are found lacking, weleave a void in the continuum of what is to be ‘the AZOlegacy’. It takes but a moment to share a vignette withyour fellow frater. I said at the onset of the year, that yournewsletter could only be as good as the contributionsreceived from your fraternity as a collective.I would like to thank Manny Fiel for the opportunity to haveundertaken this position. My father was a journalist and,while he was alive, I never had the opportunity to sharewith him any article I wrote. I know he was smiling fromheaven at my humble attempt at his beloved profession.

Peace, Friendship and Brotherly Love,

Jorge OcasioSupreme Associate Signare

Associate Signare Report

It is the duty of the Director ofFraternal Affairs to act as a source offraternal tradition, knowledge, andprotocol. In this regard, informationand advice has been given toSupreme Directorum Fiel, Sub-Directorum Paul, Signare Pinto,Excheque Anciano, the WinterRegional Committee, and theNational Convention Committee.

My thanks to Supreme Directorum Fiel for his trust inappointing me. I hope I was able to meet his expectations.

Fraternally,

Bruce Strell, PSDSupreme Signare

Director of Fraternal Affairs

AZO Direct is that group of fraterswho, while not being formally part ofa local chapter, desire to continuetheir relationship with AZO.Over the last several years, AZODirect has been undergoing a mem-bership drive to find those “lost”fraters and bring them back intoAZO. Whether the frater has been

inactive for thirty years, or a recent graduate, AZO direct hasa place for you. The AZO Direct chapter has been integratedinto the direct billing from the Supreme Excheque. AZODirect has 49 active fraters. The goal of growing AZO Direct is based upon reaching outto fraters who have thus far decided not to join, or maybethey just have not been given the opportunity. A “lost” fratermay easily disregard a mailed solicitation for AZO directmembership, however, a personal phone call from a fraterencouraging to rejoin an organization that brings back sharedmemories and experiences, will allow AZO Direct to contin-ue to grow. Let’s make a goal for each of us this year to pickup the phone and find that “lost” frater to join AZO Direct.

Fraternally,

Jason MilnerAZO Direct Chairman

AZO Direct Report

Supreme Historian ReportIt has been my pleasure to serveAZO this past year as the SupremeHistorian. I have taken many photo-graphs in Aruba and Nashville thatwill be placed in a memory book tobe presented to SupremeDirectorum Manny Fiel at theMontréal convention. I would liketo take this opportunity to thank

Manny for my appointment. I look forward to seeingeveryone in Montréal.

Fraternally yours,

Herman Vogin, PSDSupreme Historian

The Azoan July 2005

During this past year, I served as theSupreme Chaplain. My responsibili-ties included giving the invocation atSupreme functions, as well as the sadduty of reporting Fraters who havepassed during the fraternal year.Condolences were sent to the fami-lies of our departed Fraters and thesemembers are listed on the Silent

Mortar page of this 2005 AZOAN. While we don’t like tohear of Fraters passing away, communicating this informationto the Supreme Directorum provides the Fraternity with away to offer our sympathy. These members have served ourFraternity and remembering them to their loved ones, and tofellow Fraters, is important.I have enjoyed serving the Fraternity in this capacity. I wishto thank Supreme Directorum Manny Fiel for selecting me asthe Supreme Chaplain this past year.

Fraternally,

Paul R. Holly, PSDSupreme Chaplain

Supreme Chaplain Report

I would like to start by thanking themembers of our fraternity for provid-ing me with the opportunity to rep-resent the undergraduates duringthe past year. I regret the fact that Ihave not met with as much successas I had hoped but also understandthat this has been a busy year formany, including myself.Communication between chapters

has been difficult all year. I have sent numerous emails to theundergraduates in an attempt to encourage correspondencebetween chapters, unfortunately I was disappointed that Ireceived no responses this spring. However, despite myown failures, some of my fellow Epsilon brothers were able,through their hard work, to establish and maintain commu-nication with other chapters throughout the year. In particu-lar, members of Epsilon have visited both the Tau and Sigmachapters and members of the Beta and Tau chapters havevisited Epsilon in return. Moreover, with the exception ofEta Upsilon, all of the undergraduate chapters have paiddues this year, including the Beta chapter and even the Nuchapter. The fraternity’s success in getting Nu to pay dues isa large step in the right direction and will help clear the pathto a stronger relationship with these fraternity members. In the coming fraternal year, I hope that communicationbetween the undergraduate chapters can grow bothstronger and more regular. Each chapter has a lot to offerand it is essential that a bond is developed in order for ourfuture to be bright. I would like to thank you all once againfor giving me this opportunity and apologize that I cannotmake it to Montreal to express my gratitude to all of you inperson. Please accept my sincerest apologizes. And lastly, Iwould like to congratulate Shari Fine on behalf of all of theundergraduates in our fraternity, and especially those atEpsilon, on being selected as this year’s Meritorious Awardrecipient. We thank you for all your hard work and dedica-tion to our great fraternity. I wish you all peace, friendship,and brotherly love. Thank you.

Peace, Friendship, and Brotherly Love,

Mary KroppSupreme Undergraduate Representative

Supreme Undergraduate Report

Supreme Legal Advisor ReportIt is always good when this office canreport no activity. I am always avail-able for questions, but neither ques-tions nor issues have come my way.I thank Supreme Directorum, MannyFiel for appointing me to this office.It has been my honor to serve withthe other Board Members.Fraternally yours,

Joy Pollock, Esq., PNPLegal Advisor

Paul and Jeanne-Marie Holly with Ernie Jacobsen at the NationalConvention in Aruba.

First, my thanks to Directorum Fiel formy appointment to this position.During this financial year, we havetried to stay in the black. Last year,we had to withdraw monies from oursinking fund. With help from FratersFlacks and Seidenman, as well asExcheque Anciano and DirectorumFiel, we will not have to withdraw

any monies this year. Before convention, I will talk toExcheque Anciano and go over any problems that may ariseand to ensure that our records are up to date.Looking forward to seeing many of you in Montréal

Fraternally,

Ernie Jacobson, PSDDirector of Financial Affairs

Financial Affairs Report


I am pleased to report that thisoffice, with the tremendous help offraters Mort Smith and Lou Flackshas presented A.C.P.E. accreditedcontinuing education programs InTennessee and Montréal. We wishto thank those Pharmaceutical com-panies for their educational datasupport.


Jeff Levy, M.D.Director of Continuing Education

Director of Continuing Education

I am pleased to report that thisoffice has mailed newsletters, flyers,regional and convention informa-tion, an AZOAN and fraternal com-munication in a timely and econom-ic fashion. We have renewed ourbulk- mailing permit, and will comeunder budget this fraternal year. Fraternally submitted,

Louis Flacks, PSDDirector of Mailing

Director of Mailing Report

2005-2006 Proposed Regionaland National Convention ReportThe 2004 National Convention will be held at The HiltonBonaventure, in Montréal, Canada from July 13-17, 2005.The proposed 2006 Regional Convention will be heldJanuary 12-16, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia and the 2006National Convention will be held in Boston, Massachusettsfrom July 12-16 2006.

Respectfully submitted,

Lou Flacks, PSD2005 Convention Chairman

Director of Corporate Alliance Report

I am pleased to report that this office has succeeded in meet-ing its financial goals, and is continuing to strengthen ourrelationship with major corporations in the pharmaceuticalindustry.


Lou Flacks, PSDDirector of of Corporate Alliance

The Sidney R. Rome Newspaper Cup was presented to New York Alumni on July16, 2004.

The Sidney R. Rome Memorial Newspaper Award

AZO’s

Superior Chapter Publications

Directorum Cups were presented to New YorkAlumni, Epsilon, and Tau on July 16, 2004.

The Directorum’s Cup for Chapter’s Proficiency

The most important annual award in all of AZO...This award is presented at a luncheon during the NationalConvention to the Directorums of those chapters who showed thegreatest amount of activity and progress during the year. Theseawards are not competitive in that more than one is often given.

Paul R. Holly, PSD presenting John Anciano and Stephen Imperatothe Directorum’s Cup for chapter proficiency in Aruba.

I have been asked to compile an updated history of AZOsince the publication of “And Ten Makes 60” in 1980. Inaccepting this task, I am requesting all Fraters who have anyinformation that they think should belong in a history of ourFraternity to contact me. The information can be pictures,correspondence, stories, memories. In other words, ANY-THING that can make this history something other than just acompilation of names, dates, and places. I would particularlylike local chapter information.Please help me out with this endeavor by getting your infor-mation to me by August 1, 2005. [email protected]

Bruce Strell, PSDSupreme Signare

The History of Alpha Zeta OmegaThe Next 25 Years 1980-2005

The Azoan July 2005

The 84th Annual National Convention was held, onceagain, on the beautiful island of Aruba July 14-18,2004, at the Aruba Grand Resort. As if we didn’t haveenough fun there a few years ago, we were back formore. Although the convention actually began onWednesday, many of the 90 fraters, auxiliary mem-bers, and guests arrived days earlier to begin soakingup the sun and surf. Wednesday evening was a beau-tiful cocktail reception and dinner honoring Frater LouFlacks, the Meritorious Award winner. Thursday afterour morning meetings, we enjoyed a delicious lunch-eon followed by an enlightening continuing educationprogram by our own Dr. Jeff Levy. By the late after-noon we were picked up by “crazy” Kanuku buses(complete with maracas for making lots of noise) andtaken to the Lighthouse on the west end of the islandfor drinks and beautiful scenery. We headed back tothe Pelican Pier restaurant for dinner and dancing fun.Friday was a free day to enjoy everything from shop-ping, sightseeing, or basic “sun worshipping” on thebeach or by the pool. The highlight of the day was thetattoo people Lou provided. What a surprise to see notjust the twentysomething people tattooing arms andlegs but the fifty and sixtysomething people as well!(they were only temporary tattoos). The eveningbrought us to the elegant L.G. Smith Restaurant down-town for a gourmet dinner. There was even time tolose some money in the casino next door before thebus ride back. Saturday evening was the elaboratecocktail reception, dinner, installation of officers, anddancing. Of course the evening would not have beencomplete without throwing the newly electedSupreme Directorum, Manny Fiel, in the pool. So wedid! Sunday we sadly said our goodbyes, not wantingto leave this beautiful, friendly island, but hoping thatmaybe in the future we would be returning here again.

Fraternally,

Gloria FlacksConvention Co-Chairperson

Aruba National Convention Report

Manny and his Bevy of Beauties... It’s nice to be Supreme Directorum.

Tau girls showing off their smiles and tans at the Aurba Convention.Lou Flacks taking advantage of AZO’s new escort service in Aruba.

Captains Quarters: Jeanne-Marie Holly, Joy Pollock, Dottie Jacobson,Suzanne Smith, Edith Abrams & Lois Seidenman planning an AZO cruise.


Lifes A Beach... When You’re In Aruba!

Stairway to heaven... meet the girls from Tau!The graffiti on the school buses in Aruba look a lot like the New York City subways.

twentysomethings... sixtysomethings...

Louisa Chin, Martha Matuszak and Jill Wierzbicki AZO undergrads getting a quick gambling lesson at the black jack table.

The Azoan JULY 2005

The Nashville Regional in January was a rousing suc-cess. The display of fraternalism and friendship wasoverwhelming. The Fraters from Eta Chapter wanted to go back to whata little of what the “Old AZO” was all about. The hospi-tality room was filled with home baked goodies andcamaraderie. The hospitality room was manned fromWednesday afternoon until late Saturday night.Although the Regional was not supposed to start untilregistration on Thursday, many Fraters, AuxiliaryMembers, family and friends came in on Wednesday fora surprise “significant” birthday get together for LoisSeidenman, PNP. Again, several of our younger Fraterswere with us to celebrate, and to see just what “TheAZO Family” is all about. It is not just talk!After registration on Thursday, we were taken on a brieftour of Nashville, and then to The Stockyard restaurantfor dinner and a show. The Stockyard is truly a great oldsouthern steak house. It was a memorable experiencecapped with a rousing happy birthday for Sue Smith.Friday was a free day. A large group of attendees wenton a Nashville tour followed by The Grand Ole Opry.Others went to museums or just sat around in the hos-pitality room talking about AZO, family and life.Saturday brought the Supreme and Auxiliary meetings,followed by a great seminar by Frater Jeff Levy. Dr. Jeffhas a unique way of presenting information in a waythat even our Auxiliary Members want to stay andlearn.Saturday night was the high point of the convention.Frater Maricel DeJesus was presented with the Jay L.Pollock Undergraduate Award. On Sunday, after brunch, we scattered to our homeswaiting until the next time that we could get togetherin Montréal.

Mike Seidenman, PSD

Nashville Mid-Year Regional Convention Report

Manny checking up on the undergrads.

Lou checking out new ‘designer’ bottles for filling prescriptions.

Maury Williams and the Fraters enjoying Country Western music.Doug Ortiz vying for camera time with the newly announcedMeritorious Award Winner Shari D. Fine in Nashville.

Mike inching his way in between Steve and the ladies.


Bruce Strell enjoying the high life with the Sigma girls in Nashville.

Vince Paul feeling young again with Mary Kropp and Maricel DeJesus. This woman at the Grand Ole Opry appears to be “For Sale”, but she’sactually impersonating Minne Pearl, a famous country western entertainer.

Three cheers for the Sigma girls... they know how to party.

Steve Brooks as happy as can be with Kappa fraters in Nashville.Manny and Arlene Fiel along with Joan and Herman Vogin in Nashville.

The Azoan JULY 2005

Chapter Reports

Scheinson. Celebrations for Joyce Hoffman and HaroldSelden for the weddings of both of her daughters – Alisonand Jennifer. Also Linda and Paul Kaufman celebrated thewedding of their daughter Shara. Fr. Herb Wasserman washonored for 60 years of dedicated service to the Masons. Fr.John Chin is recovering from surgery.I must thank Deputy Lou Flacks, PSD and my sister Gloria fortheir invaluable aid and support.New York Alumni will have a large contingent at theConvention in Montréal. We all look forward to meeting withour fraters and friends with Peace, Friendship and BrotherlyLove.

Fraternally,

Jeff LevyNY Alumni Chapter Directorum

New York Alumni

Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - LongIsland University founded in 1886 as the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. AllClass Alumni Reunion took place on Sunday, June 6, 2004 honoring theClasses of 1954 and 1979 at the Marriott Hotel in Brooklyn, New York.Left to right: AZO Alumni Joel Tartell, Martin Gwosdow, Steve Brooks,Stephen Gross, Steven Strauss, Stanley Koven, John Chin, Ralph Warren,Myron Zimmerman, Alan Boyarski, Leonard Werfel and Richard H. Adler

Lou & Gloria Flacks, Dr. Jeff Levy, Trudy and Harry Leiberman,Rosalie & John Chin, Steve & Agnes Brooks in Nashville.

John and Rosalie Chin and Trudy and Harry Leiberman from New YorkAlumni in Nashville.

We had a very successful fraternal year. This was due to ouractive fraters and a great group of officers. I want to thank theofficers for 2004-05:

Stan Koven Sub-DirectorumEli Gorelik Recording SignareKen Pasetsky Corresponding SignareHerb Pobiner ExchequeHarold Selden BellarumHerb Wasserman ChaplainGerry Zive HistorianLou Flacks Deputy

Also thanks go to the Auxiliary and President PhyllisGoodman and especially to Marian and Ken Pasetsky for theexcellent newsletter.In September, we had the installation of officers at theParkside Restaurant in Queens. In October we met in NewYork City, at the Dolfin. The November Theatre Party featuredthe hit one-man-show by Billie Crystal. For December, wewere up North in Westchester County at the White PlainsCrowne Plaza Hotel for a brunch meeting.To start the New Year, we had good representation at theRegional in Nashville in January. In March, there was theWinter Weekend at the Nevele. Together with a group fromConnecticut Alumni we had a continuing education programand a good time. A new frater was inducted. We welcomedFr. Jay Rothbaum and his wife Jill.In April, we were in Nassau County at Gephardt’s in FloralPark due to the efforts of Fr. Brooks. May found us back inNew York City. The ladies met at Saks for lunch and a fashionshow and the men at the Roxy Deli for the kind of food wehardly eat these days. In June, we had elections for 2005-06officers at the Travelers Rest in Westchester County.We had some good news this year. New grandchildrenarrived for Esther and Marty Ingber and Barbara and Ira


Left to Right Sitting: Eudie Landman, Eleanor Segal, Minnie Pinsky,Annette Weinstein, Rhoda Grimsky and Lois SeidenmanLeft to Right Standing: Jack Landman, Herb Segal, Richard Pinsky,Woody Weinstein, Alan Grimsky and Mike Seidenman

As directorum of ETA chapter, I am happy to report thateverything here is up and running well. We had our installa-tion dinner this past year in September with myself beingsworn in as Directorum, Jack Landman: Sub-Directorum,Excheque: Woodrow Weinstein, Signare: Stan Zeidman(who had to step down due to personal problems) and HerbSegal as Bellarum. We also put on two seminars for RPH’s atthe Raymond Walters College. Each was well attended withover 100 RPh’s present. Our next seminar, which usuallybrings in over 200 attendees, is set for September. This year’ssubject is Ohio law. We give this seminar every other yearand everyone is always looking forward to it. We were the guests of the Dean at the College of Pharmacyin February. He took us on a tour of the new labs and classrooms, and was proud to say that the enrollment for theupcoming school year is increasing from the present numberof 80 to over 90 new students. There were two faculty mem-bers there who explained their new course curriculums, andhow the well the school is doing overall. The meeting wascatered and a good time was had by everyone in attendance.We had a successful 80th anniversary party for our chapter,which was attended by the Dean of Pharmacy and 3 currentand past professors. PSD Mike Seidenman was our master ofceremony and we had Kalman Plotnick, our oldest chaptermember, speak about our old days in AZO. The dinner was ahuge success and even featured entertainment by a younglocal band.We have a joint luncheon with the Auxiliary coming up onJune 5th. We started this a few years ago and it was such awinner, we do it every year now.Also, we hold monthly meetings, as does the Auxiliary, andI am happy to report that we will have at least five couplesattending the Montréal Convention. So you can see, we arevery much up and alive here at ETA.

Fraternally,

Richard PinskyEta Chapter Directorum

Eta ChapterThe fall semester proved to be a difficult one for our chapter.We did not have a pledge class during the fall and we strug-gled to unite as a fraternity. We fell short of our expectationsfor the semester and did not have many events to help uscome closer as a fraternity. Unfortunately the spring 2005semester got off to a difficult start as well, because our pres-ident did not return to the University of Connecticut. Wedecided that everyone within the fraternity would help out inevery aspect of the fraternity so that we could try to regroup.We came together as a group and became close friends inthe process. We decided to have rush for spring 2005 andwe ended up initiating five new members who demonstrateeverything that Alpha Zeta Omega stands for; peace, friend-ship and brotherly love.We had many events during the spring 2005 semester,which included a rush poster making event, a pasta dinner,volunteering at the University Relay for Life event, going toChucks and Margaritas restaurant and Willington Pizza, abrothers vs. pledges touch football game, Alpha ZetaOmega’s BBQ, and partaking in the University ooze ballgame. These events helped to bring the fraternity closer as awhole, as well as bring the pledges closer to the brothers andeach other. With the election of new officers at the end of the spring2005 semester, we are very excited to make changes withinthe Nu chapter. The brothers have many ideas on how toimprove our chapter and bring it to a more active level. Weplan to have a large pledge class for the fall 2005 semester,and we’re looking forward to the rebuilding of our chapter.

Fraternally,

Jennifer DrapeauNu Chapter Directorum

Nu Chapter

Please have a seat, your prescription will be ready in just a few minutes.

The Azoan JULY 2005

Standing: Peter Patten, Dick Bromberg, Bill Katz, Dave Sharasheff, ShelKarasik (Bellarum), Norm Fleishman (Recording Signare) and Al RosenthalSeated: Fred London, Stan Labinger (Sub-Directorum), Harvey Seltzer(Directorum), Don Tishler, Burt Miller (Excheque) and Dick Schuman

Frater Mel Altman (left) was honored by the chapter as Man of the Yearfor the many years of service he has given to the chapter and AZO beingcongratulated by Shel Berson, PSD (right).

Connecticut Alumni

The Connecticut Alumni chapter got off to a wonderful startthis fraternal year with a great dinner meeting, held at theIndian Hill Country Club in Newington, one of our favoriteplaces. Plans for this year’s functions were greeted with muchenthusiasm. The meeting in December was held at the everpopular Cugino’s Restaurant which proved to be an excellentvenue for our get-together. It was a tough winter weather-wise, but we did manage to make the trek to the TowerRidge Country Club in Simsbury during February for a fantas-tic Sunday brunch meeting. Some of our Fraters were fortu-nate enough to attend the annual winter weekend at theNevele Country Club in the Catskills and reports indicatedthat a grand time was had by all. April found us at Portofino’sRestaurant in Kensington where Italian culinary delights werethe order of the day. May was the time for “Pizza and Pops”,which was our perennial dinner and theater evening. Westopped at the First & Last Tavern for their famous pizza andthen we were off to the Bushnell Hall for a performance ofthe Hartford Symphony Pops Orchestra featuring “The Best ofBroadway”. June marked our last banquet of the Fraternalyear, which was again held at the Indian Hill Country Club.Unfortunately, the Fraternal year started for the ConnecticutAlumni on a sad note. We lost one of the stalwarts of AlphaZeta Omega. Frater Bill Katz passed away in October. Bill hadbeen an active participant in all AZO affairs and always heldan office, whether it be as an undergraduate in NU chapter atthe University of Connecticut or with Connecticut Alumni. Billwas also a Past Supreme Directorum, having served duringthe 1978-1979 fraternal year. Bill will be missed by all.

Fraternally,

Harvey SeltzerChapter Directorum

Milwaukee Chapter was deeply saddened by the suddenloss of its Directorun - Frater Lou Kaplan. Lou led the chap-ter for many years. He was 97 years young. Lou was alsovery active in Supreme and held offices. He rarely missedconventions. One of his high lites in his many years in AZOwas receiving the Meritorious Award. He was the spark ofour chapter.Two other fraters have also left us, Frater Alex Weiss,signare for many years and Frater Art Teplinsky, a pastdirectorum of the chapter.Currently the chapter meets monthly for a dinner meeting.

Fraternally,

Sheldon Berson, PSD

Milwaukee Alumni

Milwaukee Alumni Chapter1st row: Eva Koplin, Jean Levy, Bev Berson, and Herman Langer, PSD2nd row: Carole Fishman, Lou Koplin, Lil Mazur, Jean Maness,

Phyllis Langer, Barbara Altman, and Mel Altman, Excheque3rd row: Shel Rosen, Jerry Fishman, Bernie Levy, and Shel Berson, PSD

In Miami we’re still hanging in even though our numbershave diminished. We still get the faithful fraters, auxiliary andwidows attending our functions throughout the fraternalyear. Those that missed a function due to illness are especial-ly welcomed back. We had two to three luncheons at variousrestaurants. We’re already planning for the 2005-06 fraternalyear. Congratulations to the incoming officers.

Fraternally,

Irwin C. Feder, PSDChapter Directorum

Miami Alumni


Kappa Alumni

The Kappa Chapter has been able to find a way to keep itselfbusy this year. After inducting ten members in the fall, wehave concentrated on service events to promote our nameon campus. Throughout the semester, we have assisted AnAcademic Bridge to Excellence with their weekly tutoringsessions and worked along with Christian PharmacyFellowship on some events. In October, several fraters partic-ipated in the Susan G. Kommen Race for the Cure. Nextmonth we held our annual Thanksgiving Day Food Drivewhere we raised food for six families, a women’s shelter andthe church food locker. In January we had three fraters makethe convention in Nashville where they enjoyed the wonder-ful southern hospitality. During our second semester, we didmore of the same but specifically we were able to participatein Pharmacy Legislative Day in Annapolis, MD and co-spon-sor a forum with SNPhA on ‘Diversity in Medicine’. Just afterthe convention we helped a Supreme project by sending 6boxes to soldiers stationed overseas in support of OperationIraqi Freedom. We look forward to seeing everyone inMontreal and are looking forward to next fraternal year.

Fraternally,

Donna WilsonKappa Undergraduate Directorum

Kappa Undergraduate Chapter

Shelly Banks making presentation of the Dave Banks MemorialAward to Miranda Billet, AZO KAPPA undergraduate with thehighest grade point average.

Kappa Chapter Installation of new Fraters: Samuel Obeng, ShuanaWhite, Donella Fitzgerald, Janell Kidd-Spence, Quoc An Nguyen,Clyde Perry, Zelalem Woldemariam, Theresa Anekwe, EricaHarris, and Latasha Weeks.

Former All-Pro running backJoe Washington spoke atKappa’s June Banquet on theuse of steroids in the NFL.

Harry Bass, Master ofCeremonies for the 2005 AZOKappa Chapter AnnualInstallation Banquet, and a 1958AZO Supreme UndergraduateAward Recipient, installs ArnieHonkofsky as the 2005 - 2006AZO Kappa Chapter Directorum.

This year has again been filled with rewarding accomplish-ments and pleasant memories. In our always successful con-tinuing education program, we have been able to providemonthly breakfast meetings with CE presentations from high-ly qualified professionals in a variety of specialty fields. AZOKappa is staying true to its goal of serving the pharmaceuti-cal community in a professional and highly regarded manner.Our annual Fritz Berman Memorial Seminar is a special eventpresented in March which drew an audience of profession-als, fraters and non fraters alike, from as far away as NewYork. This year we were fortunate to have the expertise ofFrater Dr. Jeffrey Levy come speak to us on the topic ofHIV/AIDS.In November we held our induction ceremony of undergrad-uates into AZO as new fraters. This event saw ten new mem-bers enjoy a wonderful dinner and take part in the official rit-ual of induction into AZO. We were blessed to be able tohave in our midst the Supreme Chaplain, Paul Holly partici-pate in the service.Annually we honor the memory of Frater Dave Banks by mak-ing a special presentation to the AZO KAPPA undergraduatewith the highest grade point average. This year the DaveBanks Memorial Award went to Miranda Billet who is cur-rently finishing her fourth year at the University of MarylandSchool of Pharmacy.Kappa will be concluding this fraternal year with our annualJune Banquet. A true gala affair in the making is being held atthe prestigious Hopkins Club of Baltimore which provides avenue for our ceremonial induction of officers to serve Kappanext year. In addition to a wonderful gourmet menu, we willbe enjoying an entertaining talk from local sports hero JoeWashington who played football with the Baltimore Colts inyears past. I am sure this evening will prove to be mostenjoyable by all in attendance. This is also the time whenKappa makes a charitable donation to the University ofMaryland Foundation who in turn will provide our generousgift towards continued cancer research.It has been a pleasure to serve as Chapter Directorum and Ilook forward to providing continued dedication to Kappa.

PFBL,

Rob GersteinChapter Directorum

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Sigma ChapterThe past year for Sigma has been a great one! We werehappy to have 35 new fraters join our Chapter this past fall.Our pledge activities kept everyone busy from painting therock, weekly pledge meetings, Race for the Cure, attendingthe annual Kappa Psi Halloween party, and celebrating UT’sHomecoming in the rain. Pledging would not be completewithout our bi-weekly delivery of Mobile Meals and workingconcession stands at football games to raise Sigma’s funds. The Winter semester keeps Sigma as busy as the Fall. To kickoff the year, Sigma had three fraters, Frater Bridget Doyle,Frater Nicole Gerschutz, and Frater Megan Vozar attendConvention in Nashville, Tennessee. We were happy to meeteveryone from across the country and help share the love ofcountry music and AZO. Frater Vozar was lucky enough towin the grand prize drawing of 2 free Summer Conventionsso Sigma is a guaranteed participant in Montréal! We were happy to finally start organizing Sigma’s annualBowl-a-thon. The event was as successful as it has alwaysbeen in years past. We had over 180 bowlers attend and col-lected close to 400 canned good items for Toledo’s CherryStreet Mission. The event is an annual event and we hopethat more AZOans can attend in the future!Although Sigma does not have formal rush during the Wintersemester, we persisted to be active on campus and in thecommunity. We had five fraters dancing for UT’s Dancemarathon, a 14 hour on-your-feet-event that raises money forthe Children’s Miracle Network. We continued with our com-munity service by delivering Mobile Meals, organizing chil-dren’s activities at UT’s Maple Sugaring Festival, and cookingout for the campus wide Spring Week. Our fundraiser for thesemester was a credit card sign-up that raised over $850! The year would not have been complete without the end ofthe year awards ceremony and Deadman’s party in Windsor,Canada. We were happy to have Frater John Anciano helpSigma enjoy a night of awards, changing of the officers, andan evening of fun on the town! Sigma was also proud toaward the Bluewhale Award to next year’s Directorum, FraterSarah Stewart. The evening was a great way to culminate awonderful year with the Sigma Chapter. Our new officers areexcited for the up and coming Fall semester of pledge eventsand fun. We are inviting everyone to come and see how theSigma Chapter does it in Ohio. As always, thanks for a greatyear, Sigma, and keep it strong at UT!

With much peace, friendship and brotherly love,

Megan VozarSigma Undergraduate Directorum 2004-2005

The Tau Chapter girls have been busy bees this past academ-ic year at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (Boston),2004-2005. We have expanded our chapter with eight newmembers, held outstanding events, and won a numerousamount of awards. First off, pledging month was extremelysuccessful and we are really lucky to have our eight new girls.We are positive that they have gained knowledge aboutAlpha Zeta Omega during pledging and their commitmentto the fraternity has already started to show. The Tau chapterhas held a number of events during this past year. Some ofour big annual community services were the American RedCross Blood Drive, Autism Walk, the Fairy GodmotherProject, and the collection of Yoplait yogurt lids for breastcancer. However, we cannot forget our fun events as well.Such as the Chili Cook off, the Nuts and Bolts Party, and theAnything for Money Party. We have also had visits fromManny Fiel and Lou Flacks, and the Epsilon chapter (NewJersey). The visits were both educational and fun. The Tauchapter is also happy to announce that we won the event ofthe year for the Chili Cook off, best advisor of the year (KathyKeough), and Fairy Godmother Project was voted the bestevent by the Women’s Group on our campus. During thesummer, we are planning to participate in the AIDS walk inBoston held on June 5th, and attending the MontréalConvention in July where we hope to see everyone. That’s itfrom us, and remember to stay in touch via e-mail:[email protected]

Fraternally,Tau Chapter

Tau Chapter

Manny and Arlene Fiel with the Tau girls in Boston.

‘Trick or Treat’ Manny arrives in Boston just in time for Halloween.


This has been another outstanding year for the EpsilonAlumni. This year has brought about greater cooperativeefforts between the undergraduate and alumni members ofour mixed chapter in the areas of community service,fundraising, and professional and social events.In the first half of the fraternal year, we had held our annualHomecoming event, and it was well-attended as usual. Thesuccess achieved by this event was due to the efforts of FraterKevin Manion and the Fall Pledge Class of 2004. Please keepin mind that next Homecoming will be on Saturday, October29, 2005 placing our Scarlet Knights versus the Midshipmenof Navy.In the second half of the year, we started out at the Nashvilleconvention in January. In Nashville, we were able to hold oneof our usual monthly chapter meetings, by reaching morethan the necessary required quorum, as with every conven-tion we have attended in the last 3 years. This conventionalso helped us to meet more members of other chapters andhelped set-up trips to the Tau Chapter in February and theSigma Chapter in April. We will continue to set the goal ofreaching out to other chapters and visiting them, while keep-ing our doors open to have other chapters visit us, which inthis fraternal year, members of Beta, NY Alumni, PhiladelphiaAlumni, and Tau have done so.The 2005 Epsilon Chapter Semi-Formal at the VictorianManor in Edison, NJ was a rousing success due to the hardwork of Fraters John Anciano, Leann Clymer, StephenImperato, Jason Patel and Brian Pinto. There were 72 atten-dees at this event including several members of the TauChapter and Manny and Arlene Fiel, who had graciouslyaccepted our invitation. Everyone in attendance enjoyed theopen bar, dinner buffet, dancing and the awards ceremony.Frater Manny Fiel also helped enhance our event by partici-pating in our award ceremony and sharing his wisdom withmany of our members. The following 2005 award winnerswere recognized:Epsilon Undergraduate Service Award – Frater Matthew GimbarSimon Sless Award (Epsilon Chapter) – Frater Bryan BrunnerEphraim Sless Award (Epsilon Chapter) – Frater John AncianoSupreme Undergraduate Award – Frater Maricel DeJesusSupreme Meritorious Award – Frater Shari FineTo close the year out, we had helped recognize the graduat-ing fraters in our Annual Roast at the Macaroni Grill in Edison,NJ. Congratulations to the following fraters: Bryan Brunner,Maricel DeJesus, Rachel Elovitz, Guy Guri, Stephen Imperato,

Epsilon Alumni

In only a year after being re-activated, we have made a lot ofprogress. With everyone in good health and keeping in closecontact, we have been able to maintain a productive chapter.For each meeting, everyone contributes something to the“care packages”, which have been continuously sent out tothe soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Even though we have nothad many meetings, we do communicate either by phone oremail. Even lost alumni have contacted us and are in theprocess of joining AZO Direct. We occasionally meet withthe Tau Chapter, and assist in any way possible. On April 4th,2005, a few members of the Boston Alumni and Tau Chaptermet with Lou and Gloria Flacks to discuss the NationalConvention that will be held in Boston during the summer of2006. We are currently researching hotels and activities thatwould benefit all ages. I would like to thank everyone thatmade our first year as a reactivated chapter a success.

Fraternally,

Diane MiccichiBoston Alumni, Directorum

Boston Alumni

Mary Kropp, Kristen Murphy, Anne Noga, Robert Sandow,Michael Schreiber, and Laura Simons.Welcome and congratulations to the new brothers of theEpsilon Chapter, 13 members from FPC ’04 and the 10 fratersfrom the Spring Pledge Class of 2005. Thank you to theEpsilon undergraduates for continuing the legacy of excel-lence, continuing support and for building the great relation-ship with the alumni, which has helped both parts of ourchapter grow and prosper. The members of the Epsilon Alumni look forward to arrivingin Montreal in large numbers for another enjoyable andeventful convention and to share in the celebration of FraterShari Fine’s remarkable achievement.Best regards with Peace, Friendship, & Brotherly Love,

John AncianoEpsilon Alumni Directorum

Greetings from Ohio. The Theta Chapter is alive and well. Wehave had a few dinner meetings throughout the year, notonly to visit and keep in touch, but also to discuss business.Theta chapter is currently in the process of setting up a schol-arship fund to be awarded to one student per year at each ofthe following schools; The University of Toledo College ofPharmacy, Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacyand The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Once wehave more details solidified, as well as the recipients chosen,we will provide an update. Regretfully, we lost two belovedmembers this year, Henry Agin and Bernard Kurlander. Wewill miss them very much.

Fraternally,

Joel AdelmanTheta Chapter Directorum

Theta Chapter

The Azoan JULY 2005

Greetings to all from the Detroit Alumni Chapter. Due toour moving and other problems, we have not been asactive as planned. At our installation dinner in September,the Supreme Directorum and his wife did the honors. InDecember we had a Chanukah brunch at which the mem-bers brought toys, which were donated to MichiganChildren's Leukemia Foundation and Toys for Tots. We arepleased that our contributions to the sick and underprivi-leged brought some joy. In March we held a payed upmembership dinner. We are mourning the loss of ourbrother and former Directorum David Rogoff. It is withmixed feeling that Gary and Jan Helper have relocated toBaltimore, Maryland. We wish them well and much hap-piness in their new life.

Peace, friendship and brotherly love,

Carl Leibowitz

Detroit Alumni

It is hard to believe that this year is already over but what ayear it has been. The Epsilon undergraduate chapter has hadone of its most eventful years in recent history. This year weinducted twenty-three new fraters thanks to the hard workof pledge masters Matthew Gimbar and Michael Sopko,along with their pledge committee members. These newfraters will be an asset to the fraternity as they have alreadytaken on positions within our chapter as well as in theirrespective pharmacy classes. Some are even moving intothe fraternity house next year.Besides numerically, we at Epsilon have grown andincreased our strength in many other facets of pharmacy life.For example, thanks to the efforts of our professional chairPatrick Bridgeman, Epsilon sponsored several school wideevents including a Pharmacy career showcase, a blooddrive, and a seminar on self monitoring blood glucosemachines. Each of these events helped to promote AZOwithin the school of pharmacy, supplementing our excellentreputation and the profession of pharmacy in general. In addition to these professional events, Epsilon undergrad-uates also actively partake in other philanthropic events ona university-wide level. For instance, for the third year in arow, members of our chapter participated in the RutgersDance Marathon and its associated Adopt-A-Family pro-gram. This year’s philanthropy chair, Ji-May Lo, did a fantas-tic job organizing a number of visits to our sponsored childAlice, both at her home and in the hospital. Additionally,this year four brothers danced in the thirty-six hour longmarathon, more served in various roles as volunteers, andothers came to cheer them all on. The Epsilon undergradu-ates also involved themselves in several other charitableevents this year including: sending care packages to troopsin Iraq, sponsoring an alumni’s trip to New Mexico forHabitat for Humanity, and participating in a bike ride to raisemoney for autism research. On top of these events was ourlargest charitable event of the year – the Unity Walk forParkinson’s disease, held at Central Park in New York City.After hearing that one of our pharmacy professors at Rutgerswas diagnosed with the disease, Frater Michael Sopko tookit upon himself to register for the walk and began to recruita team to represent our school. Over a dozen brothers par-

Epsilon Undergraduate Chapter ticipated in the walk and many more helped to raise moneyfor the event. Thanks to all of their hard work, our team wasable to donate over $9,000 to this charitable organizationand was just shy of making the top ten fundraiser list at thewalk. In order to help fund these and other events, this year’sfundraising chair, Taylor Hackett with the help of others,organized and managed an assortment of programs to helpsustain our finances. This year’s fundraisers included sellingpizza kits and t-shirts, completing “Scratchers,” and workingat Great Adventure. In addition, fraters also sold pharmacystamp ornaments at the Alumni Reunion Dinner and, mostrecently, we held a successful raffle, organized by the 2005-2006 Epsilon undergraduate Directorum, George Rusuloj. Furthermore, in addition to our fundraising and charitableefforts, Epsilon undergraduates were also active socially.This year we were once more able to make our annual tripup to the Tau chapter for a fun-filled winter weekend. Wewere also able to entertain guests from the Beta chapter atone of the six parties held this year. Moreover, at our formalin April, we were honored with the presence of SupremeDirectorum Manny Fiel and his wife Arlene, as well as theMeritorious Award winner Shari Fine. The formal was attend-ed by over seventy other guests, making it an amazingevening. Finally, in May we concluded the year with ourannual roast of the graduating fraters. It has been an honor serving as Epsilon’s UndergraduateDirectorum this year and I leave knowing that the fraternityis in good hands for what promises to be yet another suc-cessful year. I would like to extend my sincerest appreciationto all of you who have enabled the aforementioned eventsto run so smoothly and thus continued to strengthen andpromote our great fraternity.


Stephen "Poppado" ImperatoEpsilon Undergraduate Directorum


Greetings from theBeta Chapter of AZO.I would like to intro-duce myself as thenew Beta ChapterDirectorum: AnthonyBotros. It’s been agood year for thebeta chapter with alot of improvement.This year we lost twograduating seniors,

however we gained two new members this year. Mike, oneof our new brothers is a first year and Sam is a second year.They are great additions and look to have great potential inimproving and advancing Alpha Zeta Omega’s Beta Chapter. It has been a busy year for us in Philadelphia, as we havebeen more involved with campus activities and communityservice. Our first community service project was a food drive.It ran for a week and we kick-started the drive with “can foodbingo”. Everyone that brought five canned goods got twobingo cards which they played to win prizes. This turned outto be a great way to get the food drive started and it turnedout to be very successful. The food collected was donated tothe Greater Philadelphia Food Bank. We also participated in ablock cleanup and ran a clothing drive. On campus, we par-ticipated in the Greek Organization Trophy Race, and placedrather well in the final standings. Overall, we here at Beta hada great year and are looking forward to another great year in2005. PFBL,

Anthony BotrosBeta Chapter Directorum

Beta Chapter

Once again the Philadelphia Alumni has embarked on itsannual cruise through the fraternal year with Herman andJoan Vogin at the helm.The Fiel’s, Jacobson’s, Smith’s and Joy Pollock enjoyed aanother wonderful Convention in Aruba in July. The Vogin’sunfortunately missed their first Convention in many years dueto the birth of their first grandson, Joshua. During the summer, we journeyed to Vince and Cheryl Paul’shouse and to our surprise, past Supreme Directorum’s Kathyand Charles Porter were there. A planning meeting was heldto discuss the coming year. We rested for the rest of the summer and planned for ourcruise throughout the rest of the year.In September, our cruise ship stopped at the home of Dottieand Ernie where the crew and guests enjoyed a deliciousbrunch and camaraderie “AZO style”. The SupremeDirectorum, Manny Fiel and Arlene just happened to be intown for the holidays.Wednesday, November 3rd found us all at the Blue Bell Inn.All arrangements were made by Rochelle Melrose. Our hon-ored guest was the new Supreme Directorum, Manny Fiel,visiting from Florida and National Auxiliary President DottieJacobson. We all feasted and enjoyed a delicious meal andsaid “Good-bye” to all the “snowbirds.” In December we cruised all the way to Conshohocken and hada delicious dinner planned and executed by Libby and RonnieGoldman. Upon leaving the restaurant, we all found ourselvesslipping and sliding (in the middle of an ice blizzard).Since the Smith’s, the Jacobson’s, the Melrose’s, the Feder’s,the Garde’s and perhaps some that I do not remember, tooktheir own cruise to Florida and the warm weather, the rest ofus had to battle the snows of the north.The Fiel’s, Jacobson’s, Vogin’s and Joy Pollock traveled toNashville, Tenn for the Fall Regional. We had a wonderfultime as usual albeit freezing weather.The final plans for our cruise itinerary through the FraternalYear are being made by Dot and Ernie Jacobson when ourcruise ship will land at a new restaurant in center city forsome phenomenal food.We are now looking forward to seeing everyone at theNational Convention in Montréal. Along with all our AZO activities, many of our fraters cele-

Philadelphia Alumni brated special birthdays, anniversaries and vacationed in faraway places. Congratulations to Joan and Herman Vogin who celebratedtheir 50th Wedding Anniversary in October. A special partywas planned by their children and enjoyed by all. Mazel Tovto Dot and Ernie Jacobson on the Bat Mitzvah of their grand-daughter, Emilie. Manny and Arlene Fiel’s grandsons, Craigand Matt, graduated from college. Joan Vogin celebrated a“special” birthday in June. Congratulations to Rochelle andMerv Melrose on becoming grandparents for the first time.Along with the happy times came also sad times, with thedeath of Joan and Herman’s grandson, Joshua.Those who traveled to distant places besides Florida were theVogin’s who traveled to New Mexico and the Jacobson’swho flew off to tour Russia and experience Dottie’s roots. JoyPollock is really cruising down the Danube.Joan and I are looking forward to seeing everyone at theConvention in Montréal where many of the PhiladelphiaAlumni will cruise right in, take the tender to the land andstay awhile to eat, dance and be merry with all the fraters wehaven’t seen since the Regional in Nashville.

Fraternally,

Herman VoginChapter Directorum

The Azoan JULY 2005

James H. Ellis, Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954

Howard Ansel, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1955

Leonard Rosenfield, Gamma . . . . . . . . .1956

*Elliot Bohrer, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1957

Harry Bass, Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1958

Larry H. Pozanek, Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . .1959

*William Katz, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1961

Donald A. Schumer, Pi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1962

Bruce M. Morse, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . .1963

Larry Michaels, Zeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1964

Myron Weiner, Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1966

Lloyd Fox, Iota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967

Daniel J. Feuer, Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1969

Richard H. Siegal, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970

Bruce E. Strell, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1971

Howard L. Rubenstein, Epsilon . . . . . . .1972

Gregory Rhoa, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . .1973

C. David Stahl, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1975

Gary Ceretta, Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976

Mark Shapiro, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977

Steve Jacober, Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977

Cecily Victor, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977

Dennis S. Darling, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978

Robert B. Reidinger, Theta Alpha . . . . . .1979

Richard B. Greene, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980

Shari D. Fine, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981

Vince Paul, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981

Glenn Myer, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982

Alan E. Bleznick, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983

Kenneth P. Horowitz, Epsilon . . . . . . . . .1984

Leslie M. Liebowitz, Phi . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985

Wayne L. Cohen, Theta Beta . . . . . . . . .1986

Steven J. Kravet, Epsil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987

Gary Sophia, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988

Rebecca Allyson Stewart, Theta Beta . . .1989

Scott Myers, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990

Michael J. Lumia, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . .1990

Peter VanZile, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991

Jenny Seeram, Iota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991

Steven J. Kataryniak, Epsilon . . . . . . . . .1992

Anne Badas, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992

LeVan Gray, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993

Jane A. Wissuchek, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . .1994

Christian Zimmer, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . .1994

Lori Marie Schuck, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . .1996

Nicole M. Parisi, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . .1998

Gregory Malat, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999

Leonardo Ortega, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . .2001

Robert J. Amend, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . .2002

Audrey L. Peters, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . .2003

Brian Fong, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003

Stephen Imperato, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . .2004

Maricel DeJesus, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . .2005*Deceased

Past Undergraduate Award Recipients


Jay L. PollockSupreme Undergraduate 2005 Recipient

An annual award presented to an Undergraduate Frater in recognition of his/her achievementsin scholarship, leadership, extracurricular affairs and service to the fraternity.

Frater Maricel DeJesusRECIPIENT OF THE 2005 JAY L. POLLOCK UNDERGRADUATE AWARD

macy school for incoming freshman and been abig sister through the Big Brother/Big SisterProgram. Within the fraternity she has held thepositions of Corresponding Signare in which shewas responsible for notifying the fraternity ofmeetings and events and has also been SocialChair, responsible for organizing events for rushand pledging and the closing affair.

Maricel has shown that she has the attributes ofa true leader and as such an AZO frater. Due toall her hard work she has been selected for mem-bership in Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacyleadership society, and recipient of the EphraimG. Sless Scholarship last year. She has alsoexcelled academically and been named to theDean’s List on several occasions.

What does AZO mean to her, it is best in her ownwords, “Out of all the things I have participatedin college, AZO was the best thing I could havedone. I cannot explain the bonds I have with cer-tain brothers. Without their help, I could nothave made it this far in pharmacy school. I willnever forget AZO.”

Maricel DeJesus is currently a sixth year studentat the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy atRutgers University. Maricel pledged AZO in thefall of her freshman year. Since that time she hasdone many things to promote the name of AZOboth inside and outside the school of pharmacy.She has participated in Epsilon’s blood drivesand other fundraising and community serviceactivities, such as the March of Dimes Walk toraise money for premature babies and theRutgers Dance Marathon, the largest student runevent at Rutgers which raises money for childrenwith cancer and blood disorders.

Where Maricel has given the most is within thefraternity itself. She has been inspired to be aleader amongst her peers. Since her freshmanyear she has held a class office in the school. Shewas Vice President of her class from freshman yearup until her fifth year at which point she moved upto the President’s spot which she currently holdsnow. She was also both Recording Secretary andInternal Vice President of the Pharmacy GoverningCouncil. She has helped guide tours of the phar-

The Azoan JULY 2004

*Milford J. Harris, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950

*David M. Leff, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950

*David L. Dyen, Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1951

*Isadore M. Ostrum, Gamma . . . . . . . . .1951

*Maher Passamaneck, Lambda . . . . . . . .1951

*Roy Scott, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1951

*Henry E. Agin, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1952

*Elder H. Stein, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954

*Morris Abrams, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1955

*Zach C. Oppenheimer, Lambda . . . . . . .1956

*Jerome Boonshoft, Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1957

*Ephraim G. Sless, Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . .1958

*Henry G. Seidman, Kappa . . . . . . . . . . .1959

*Morris Shuman, Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1960

*Max J. Hersh, Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1962

*Hyman Goodman, Lambda . . . . . . . . . .1963

*Oscar I. Roth, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1964

*William A. Goodman, Iota . . . . . . . . . . .1965

*Sidney Hillman, Eta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1966

*Harold M. Goldfeder, Pi . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967

Robert Kirschner, Zeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1968

*Robert L. Byck, Iota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1969

*Norman Weintraub, Theta . . . . . . . . . . .1970

*Frank T. Smith, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . .1971

David P. Rosenfeld, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . .1972

*Max Millman, Omicron . . . . . . . . . . . . .1973

*Paul Reznek, Pi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1974

*Samuel Breslow, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . .1975

*Coleman Levin, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . .1976

*Gerald Cornblatt, Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977

*A. Milton Cohen, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978

*Lewis Fogel, Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979

Myron M. Krop, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980

Irving Goldberg, Pi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981

*Jacob Chitlik, Lambda . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982

*Manuel Katzman, Omicron . . . . . . . . . .1983

*William S. Katz, Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984

*Aaron Masia, Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985

Herbert S. Garde, Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986

Lloyd A. Fox, Iota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987

Gary N. Helper, Phi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988

Morris A. Morton, Omicron . . . . . . . . . .1989

*Jay L. Pollock, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990

Maurice Williams, Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991

Irving Barron, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992

Herbert Wasserman, Zeta . . . . . . . . . . .1993

Michael H. Seidenman, Eta . . . . . . . . . .1994

*Louis M. Kaplan, Beta Alpha . . . . . . . . .1995

Bruce Elliot Strell, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . .1996

Alan Abrams, Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997

*Edmund A. Keisman, Xi . . . . . . . . . . . .1998

Sheldon Berson, Beta Alpha . . . . . . . . . .2000

Herman Langer, Beta Alpha . . . . . . . . .2001

Woodrow M. Weinstein, Zeta . . . . . . . .2002

Morton B. Smith, Gamma . . . . . . . . . . .2003

Louis Flacks, Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004

Shari D. Fine, Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005*Deceased

Past Meritorious Award Recipients

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The Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmaceutical Fraternity’sMeritorious Award was instituted in 1950 to recognize thoseFraters who have contributed years of service and accomplish-ment over a long period of time. In the years since, 57 Fratershave been honored. The 58th award winner, Shari D. Fine, hasthe honor of being the first female Frater to earn the award. Most of us become aware of AZO upon entering our respec-tive College of pharmacy, or upon meeting our spouse orclose friend. Not so with Shari. She is one of a very small num-ber of AZO kids, born into an AZO family, who chose to enterthe Profession of Pharmacy and join AZO. Her Dad, Bobjoined the Epsilon Chapter of the fraternity in 1949, and Sharifollowed in his footsteps 28 years later. There are in existencepictures of pregnant Mom, Judy, just prior to Shari’s birth onAugust 13, 1959. Born in Newark, N. J. this young girl wassurrounded not only by her immediate family, but her futurefraternity family. “Uncle” Al and “Aunt” Anne Kravet, and“Uncle” Myron and “Aunt” Marion Krop were a part of herevery day life. As she progressed thorough her formativeyears, the Rosses, Sobelsons, Keils, Rosens, and Bakersbecame as familiar as her classmates, her family, or her friends.Bob Fine has been an Epsilon stalwart for over a half-century,twice serving as Chapter Directorum. Judy Fine, a pastEpsilon Auxiliary President, was also a National AuxiliaryOfficer. Until they sold the Livingston Pharmacy inLivingston, N.J., and moved to “Epsilon South” in Florida, noEpsilon function took place without their input. For the pasttwenty years, this statement can also be made for theirdaughter, Shari Fine.A Dean’s List graduate of the 1977 class of Livingston HighSchool, Shari began working at Livingston Pharmacy at theage of 13. It was only natural that she enrolled in Pharmacy,but she chose a school away from home, attending theUniversity of Connecticut’s College of Pharmacy. Within afew months, she was inducted into the Nu Chapter of AZOShari held various offices in the Nu Chapter, culminating asDirectorum in 1980-81. During these years, she was affiliat-ed with the West Hartford Temple as a Youth Group Advisor.She also worked in a pharmacy in Storrs, Connecticut, at theCampus Pharmacy and in the pharmacy of nearbyManchester Hospital.After graduation in 1982, she returned to New Jersey, joinedEpsilon, and interned for Uncle Al’s Spotswood Pharmacy for

six months and then settled into Livingston Pharmacy untilthe store was sold in 1999. After a year with CVS, she was aregistered pharmacist working for Merck Medco HealthSolutions until 2004. At Medco, Shari specialized in trainingother staff members, compounding, specialty pharmacy(including injectables and fertility medicines) and turnaround(getting orders out on a timely basis). She currently is theRegistered Pharmacist in charge at Coram Health Care I.V.Infusion, where her principal duties as the clinical pharmacistis to coordinate patient therapy between the doctors, nurses,delivery persons and monitoring laboratory results.Our 2005 Award Winner is unique in several ways. She hasreceived both of the great local Chapter awards, includingthe Simon Sless Award as an undergraduate, and the EffieSless Award for her alumni chapter activity.More than that, she also was a recipient of Supreme’sUndergraduate Award and now she has earned the title“Meritorious Award Winner”. Shari is only the third Frater inAZO history to achieve both of these honors. She was the sixth Supreme Directorum from Epsilon Chapter,and the third from Nu, and now becomes the fourth EpsilonFrater to receive this Meritorious Award, and second from Nu.In Epsilon, she went through all the offices and served threetimes as Chapter Directorum. At the Supreme level, startingwith the excellent Azoans she produced, she progressedthrough the offices, culminating with the 1992-1993Supreme Directorumship.Shari’s outside interests are diverse. A long time volleyballplayer (she is captain of the women’s team in Livingston) sheenjoys bowling, camping and the movies. She was an eightyear veteran of the local emergency squad where she volun-teered as an ambulance driver one or more nights per week.As a correlation to her professional life, she ventured intounheralded programs. Shari and her father, Bob, initiated a“Brown Bag” program in her community, whereby senior cit-izens were guided to bring their medications to a communi-ty site and have them reviewed for proper dosage, dating andcompatibility. She also travels the State lecturing to volunteerEMT units on “Common Medications” that they may find inthe home, and the possible reactions a patient may have. Alpha Zeta Omega is proud to have Shari D. Fine as its2005 Meritorious Award Recipient. The first female to be sohonored, she is a true Daughter of AZO.

2005 Meritorious Award RecipientThe fraternity’s oldest individual honor given for long and distinguished service

Shari D. Fine PSD, Epsilon Chapter

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2005Simon I. Sless Award

Presented by the Supreme Directorum,the Simon I. Sless Award shall be given

to those undergraduate Fraters who have performed outstanding service to the Fraternity on a

chapter level over a period of time.

Frater Bryan BrunnerEpsilon Chapter


2005Ephraim G. Sless Award

Presented by the Supreme Directorum, the Ephraim G. Sless Award shall be given

to those graduate Fraters who have preformed outstanding service to the Fraternity on a chapter level over a long period of years.

Frater John Anciano Epsilon Chapter

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Schedule of EventsWednesday, July 13, 2005

1:00 - 4:00 PMRegistration – Hospitality Room 2438

5:30 to 6:00 PMMemorial Services – La Verriere, Main Fl.

6:00 to 7:00 PMCocktails and Reception

Portage Terrace, Main Floor

7:00 PMMeritorious Award Dinner

Honoring Frater Shari Fine,P.S.D.Le Portage Salon

10:00 PM Hospitality Room 2438

Thursday, July 14, 20057:00 to 9:00 AM

Breakfast in Le Castillo

9:00 AM - 12 NoonGeneral Fraternity Meeting

in Montréal room (downstairs)

9:30 AMAuxiliary Meeting in Hospitality Room 2438

12 Noon Awards Luncheon and Continuing

Education Seminar in Le Portage Salon, Main Floor

3:30 PM City Tour

Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmaceutical FraternityNational Convention Agenda

July 13 - 17, 2005Hilton Montréal BonaventureMontréal, Québec, Canada

Hilton Montréal Bonaventure900 De La Gauchetiere WestMontréal, Québec, CanadaUS and Canada: 1-800-617-8513

Co-ChairpersonsLou and Gloria Flacks

CommitteeMike Seidenman Lois SeidenmanPaul R. Holly Jeanne-Marie HollyDr. Jeff Levy Mort SmithSteve Brooks Agnes BrooksHarry Lieberman Trudy Lieberman


Thursday, July 14, 20056:00 PM

Dinner At Helene de Champlain on St. Helene Island

(Optional Drop off at Montreal Casino orLa Ronde Amusement Park after Dinner)


Friday, July 15, 2005Breakfast (on your own)

Free All DayCheck website www.tourism-montreal.org


Saturday, July 16, 20057:00 to 9:00 AM

Breakfast in LeCastillon

9:00 AM to 12 NoonGeneral Fraternity Meeting & Elections

9:30 AMAuxiliary Meeting in Hospitality Room

2438

Afternoon Free

6:00 - 7:00 PMInstallation of Officers

Cocktails and Reception

7:00 to 11:00 PMDinner & Dance in Salon Westmont

Hospitality Room 2438 Opens After Dinner

Sunday, July 17, 2005from 7:30 AM

Breakfast (open seating)

9:30 AMTurnover and Board Meetings

All other meetings to be announced

Goodbyes, safe trip home see you at the Regional in January

What should I wear?Wednesday Memorial Service

Meritorious AwardHead Table – Formal

for all others suit or jacket & tie for menSmart attire for women

Thursday Dress for tour and dinner

Upscale casual No jackets required for men

FridayDinner

Nice casual - No jeans or shorts

Saturday DinnerInstallation Dinner

Dress – Head table formal; for all others suit or jacket & tie

for men,(formal optional)Cocktail attire for women


www.AZO.org

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The AZO ‘Overachievers’...

Bruce Strell, PSD, Manny Fiel, Supreme Directorum with past and pres-ent Supreme Undergraduate Award Recipients: Brian Fong, MaricelDeJesus, Stephen Imperato and Lenny Ortega along with Shari Fine(2005 Meritorious Award Recipient) and Vince Paul, Sub-Directorum.

Manny Fiel, Supreme Directorum and Vince Paul, Sub Directorummaking award presentation to Maricel DeJesus, the 2005 SupremeUndergraduate Recipient.

PSD’s Honoring the 2004 Meritorius Award Recipient Lou Flacks

Seated: Paul R. Holly, PSD presenting award to Louis Flacks, PSDStanding left to right: Alan Abrams, Myron Krop, Michael Seidenman,Ernest Jacobson, and Bruce Strell

Brian Pinto, Stephen Imperato and Brian Fong, the past three EpsilonUndergraduate Chapter Directorums are reunited in Nashville.

Simon I. Sless and Jay L. Pollock Undergraduate 2005 AwardRecipients, Bryan Brunner and Maricel DeJesus together at graduation.

Brian Pinto and the rest of the AZO fraters giving a hearty welcometo Shari D. Fine, at the Nashville mid-regional convention, this years2005 Meritorious Award Recipient.


When it comes to volunteers... there can never be too many.

Ernie and Dottie Jacobson, dedicated AZOans at the Aruba convention.

Harry Lieberman enjoying Aruba while Seth Cohen ponders the future.

Please don’t shoot, I’ll be the next Supreme Directorum. AZO brotherhood at its best... Lou Flacks and Steve Brooks.

Stephen, if you can’t recognize Bruce Strell just read his name tag.

Jeanne-Marie and Paul Holly taking a break from their busy schedule.

Alan Grimsky and Maury Williams are all smiles after being serenadedby the Cowboy at Stockyard restaurant in Nashville.

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The History of AZOby Robert Kirschner, PSD

On December 19, 1919, AZO was born.Philadelphia, fair city of brotherly love, saw the birthof the Alpha Zeta Omega Fraternity in the historic lec-ture halls of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy andScience. Known as the “Dead Men’s Club”, and work-ing under a shroud of mystery, Morris Abrams, AbeM. Bernstein, David Champaine, David L. Dyen,Stanley Rosenfeld, Al Rosenfield, Louis Snyder, DavidSchwartz, Morris Shuman, Ephraim G. Sless, andJoshua Zimskind started what was to be the means offorming the strongest pharmaceutical fraternity of itskind. The originator of this club, and its leader, wasEphraim G. Sless. To him belongs the honor of beingthe Founder of Alpha Zeta Omega. Soon after the“Dead Men’s Club” had been formed, Harry Althousewas added, then the clan numbered twelve, and wasat times referred to as “The Dozen.” Later, Dr.Lawrence Rosenfeld, an eminent PhiladelphiaBacteriologist, also became a member, but the nameof “The Dozen” persisted, despite the fact that theclub now totaled thirteen. Because of strenuousopposition offered to the formation of new organiza-tions at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy andScience by the older fraternities and clubs, the “DeadMen’s Club” went quietly about its business, keepingits very existence a secret and letting out nothing ofimportance to other students.

Having been formed for the express purpose of aid-ing one another in their studies, and being desirousof graduating 100 percent, this group maintained aseries of quizzes at which the members most profi-cient in the particular subject under discussion tookthe part of the quiz master. This method of bringingthe group together soon showed its results in thesocial life of the members, and they were alwaysfound together.

In the spring of 1921, the graduation exercises of thecollege took place, and the “Dead Men’s Club” boast-ed its 100 percent of graduation. The results obtainedencouraged the men to spread their policies, so thatfuture classes should profit by their good fortune.They felt that by getting a group of people togethersuch as theirs and explaining their methods, the sameresults for the new group could be obtained.

At the first official gathering held at the home of AbeM. Bernstein, it was decided to change the name ofthe “Dead Men’s Club” to “Alpha Zeta Omega

Fraternity”. Alpha was adopted as the first letterbecause it is first in the Greek alphabet, therefore,representing the beginning of time. Zeta, being amnemonic of the founders names, was taken to sym-bolize the connecting link between the creation oftime and eternity. Omega being the last letter of thealphabet was taken to represent the end of time. Itwas also decided to form other groups just as thiswas formed, at other colleges of pharmacy, and todesignate each group by the use of a letter from theGreek alphabet. The constitution of the Fraternity wasdrawn up at this time by A.M. Bernstein and D.L.Dyen. The official pin was designed by A. M.Bernstein, D.L. Dyen, M Shuman, and E.G. Sless. Theritual was composed by E.G. Sless. Stanley Rosenfeldwas elected the first Supreme Directorum of theFraternity. The year June 1921 to June 1922 saw thespread of the doctrines of Alpha Zeta Omega. Severalundergraduate chapters were installed, and a visionbegan to form. The original group now termed itselfthe Alpha Chapter.

The AZO Song was composed by a group of Fratersaround a piano in Philadelphia. It now made itsappearance around this time and has been in use eversince. Log on to the AZO web site and listen to thetune on-line.

Again, Alpha Zeta Omega graduated 100 percent ofits members, now called Fraters; some of the menwinning prizes offered for high scholarship in variousdepartments. It now became necessary to considerthe possibility of holding a yearly gathering. It wasdecided to call this gathering a convention, and thefirst affair took place at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphiain June 1922, with E. Fullerton Cook, Chairman of thePharmacopoeia Revision Committee, as our guestand toastmaster.

The next five fraternal years saw AZO spread in anastonishing manner. Many chapters were installed, dueto the tireless efforts of our national officers. Within adecade, AZO had spread far and wide, with newChapters being added rapidly, and the conventions,held annually in the summer, followed suit. To this day,however, the annual meetings return periodically to ourplace of birth in Philadelphia, or to meetings hosted byour Philadelphia Chapters in that general area of thecountry (Atlantic City and the Poconos, for instance).

The purpose of the Fraternity was now designated


chiefly as being “to spread the spirit of Fraternalism,Brotherly Love, Friendship and Good Will towardsMankind.” In December of 1922, the SupremeChapter decided to issue an official publication calledthe “Hazy-O” (later changed to AZOAN). Frater SiSless was the first editor-in-chief of the publication,and he laid the ground work for the paper as weknow it. This year also saw Alpha Zeta OmegaFraternity, Supreme Chapter, incorporated under thelaws of the State of Pennsylvania. The SupremeChapter consisting of the Supreme Officer and dele-gates from all the subordinate chapters now met reg-ularly twice a year in December and June.

The year 1924 saw the designing and adoption ofthe official Recognition Pin and Fraternity Shield.

To the left, the pin, AZO’s Double Star. In the center,the original shield, in use until changed in 1940. The

official shield since 1940 is on the right.

During this year, the revision of the initiation ritual,and the adoption and revision of an adequate consti-tution were undertaken. At the 1925 Convention inNewark, N.J. the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter waschartered. This automatically nullified the charter ofthe Alpha Chapter, and these fraters now becamecharter members of the Alumni Chapter ofPhiladelphia. June 1926 to June 1927 saw splendidwork done on the AZOAN - the official organ of theFraternity, and it steadily improved upon all previouspublications. This year the subordinate chaptersstrengthened their position, and it was a period ofgeneral solidification and internal growth.

In June, 1926, the Directorum Cup award was estab-lished as an institution in AZO to be awarded thechapter having the best standing with Supreme at thetermination of the fraternal year.

In the late twenties, the Fraternity’s expansion contin-ued at a rapid pace, not only by the external additionof new Chapters and by the fission of several mixedchapters into undergraduate and Alumni entities, butby the internal addition of members, funds, and pro-fessional prestige. A central office was established inCleveland, and the practice of having two meetings ayear on the national level gradually gave way to threeper year. What no chronological statement can show,

however, was the devotion AZO somehow inspiredin the hearts of its membership so that in the early'30’s, with bread lines and unemployment prevalentin a depression-ridden country, the Fraternity stillmanaged to remain in operation.

In 1937, the Ohio River floods caused considerabledamage to stores owned by some of the fraters. Allchapters met in emergency session following theflood and raised considerable money for the assis-tance of any Frater who needed help. This money wasforwarded to Supreme for this assistance. In June of1938 plans for blanket coverage insurance for themembers of the Fraternity were adopted. An insur-ance board was appointed and the following summerthe entire program was put into effect when over$100,000 worth of insurance was written. In July of1939 the Supreme Cultural Fund was established.This aspect of the Fraternity has been a source ofpride to AZO.

Although the Supreme had given permission for aLadies Auxiliary to be formed in Kappa in 1931, thispermission was rescinded by the Supreme in 1934. Itwas not until 1939 that Ladies Auxiliaries were estab-lished in several chapters and plans made by theSupreme Directorum for the formation of a NationalAuxiliary at the Detroit Convention in 1940. In 1941with the presence of war clouds, AZO stepped for-ward as did other organizations to answer the callwith men, money, and blood and curtailed activitiesin an attempt to get the job done. At the conclusionof the war all chapters again began activities and anew birth seemed imminent.

In June of 1946 the Fraternity presented funds for thePharmacy of the Hadassah Memorial Hospital inPalestine. This was part of $15,000 pledged by AZOto build a pharmacy building at the hospital. In con-vention in Washington in 1948 funds were raised forthe Supreme Cultural Fund, and from this an ambu-lance was purchased and sent to Palestine for the useof the Zionist forces there. It was in the fifties thatonce more an outward growth manifested itself asthe Fraternity added six new chapters, fromMassachusetts west to Michigan, in less than twoyears time. In the early fifties, AZO underwent anextensive financial expansion. Fueled by Frater JerryBoonshoft, PSD, with many others assisting, andalmost all Fraters participating, cooperative advertis-ing programs were established with many leadingPharmaceutical Manufacturers, Money OrderCompanies, and the like, which engendered our par-ticipation in scholarships, awards, continuing educa-tion, and other professional programs.

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The Fraternity had been presenting awards on-and-off ever since inception, but the fifties saw a regularaward program standardized. The Directorum’s Cupfor Chapter efficiency was retained; a NewspaperContest was established for Chapter publications,winning Chapters getting the Newspaper Award; theMeritorious Award was established for long and dis-tinguished activity on behalf of the Fraternity; a sepa-rate Undergrad Award was established on the colle-giate level; and the Achievement Medal, as well, forlong and meritorious service to the Profession ofPharmacy. At the 1954 Convention, hosted byPhiladelphia in Atlantic City, the first AchievementMedal was given to the President of the PhiladelphiaCollege of Pharmacy & Science, Dr. Ivor M.Griffith.

In 1956 Alpha Zeta Omega, in the interest of “Peace,Friendship, and Brotherly Love,” accepted for itsCultural Program the challenge of raising $100,000for the Pharmacy College of the Hebrew University inIsrael. This drive was to have been a three year proj-ect. It was completed in two years, the newly-char-tered California Alumni Chapter pledging the finalamount pushing us over the top at the 1958Cleveland Convention. A total of over $103,000 waspledged. The Omega Chapter in Israel was charteredsome two years later. Quickly rising in membership toover 50, the chartering of this Chapter made theFraternity truly international, as it extended ourboundaries some several thousands of miles. Dr.Joshua Kohlberg, past President of the IsraeliPharmaceutical Association, was elected First ChapterDirectorum.

In 1961, a book “40 Years of AZO” made its appear-ance. Written by Frater Jerry Boonshoft, PSD andFrater Bob Kirschner, PSD, this 360 page bound print-ed volume was reviewed by all leading professionalpublications and placed in all Colleges of Pharmacy inthe U.S., to some overseas and was well received bythe membership-at-large. This book, along with thepublished addendums will give the reader a moredetailed accounting of the history of this great profes-sional fraternity.

A year later, expansion brought AZO to Milwaukeeand Phoenix. In April of 1963, Gamma Chapter inPhiladelphia announced the purchase of a fraternityhouse, the first time in fraternity history that anundergraduate chapter had, on its own, purchased itsown quarters. The 1964-65 Fraternal Year, whichbegan with the First Supreme-run convention inAtlantic City) also saw the creation of the position ofDirector of Professional Affairs, designed to strength-

en the identification of AZO with the Profession ofPharmacy. During that year, and for the same reason,it was decided to devote an entire issue of theAZOAN to Pharmacy subjects. An AZO Code ofEthics was written for the Supreme by the ThetaChapter of Cleveland and adopted at the 1965Louisville Spring Regional. Late in the fraternal year of1965, AZO accepted the Synanon Project as a newnational fraternity project. Frater Mitchell Ross, PSD ofSouthern Connecticut Alumni directed the donationsof merchandise for this institute that treats narcoticaddicts. This national project became a resoundingsuccess due to the cooperation of our fraters.

At this point, the Supreme Awards were increasedwith the addition of the Order of the Double Star, aspecial recognition for Fraters who attain positions ofrespect and importance within the Profession ofPharmacy; the E. G. Sless Award for Fraters who havegiven years of long and distinguished service to AZOon the Chapter level, named for AZO’s first Frater;and the S. I. Sless Award, for undergraduate service,named for AZO’s first pledge.

With the glorious golden anniversary only a yearaway, AZO chartered a new chapter in 1968, theKansas City Alumni, and reorganized the Omega ChiChapter.

Undergraduates were added to the Supreme Boardon a district basis in July, 1969, and the Fraternity gotset to celebrate its golden anniversary, December 19,1969, with new fervor and drive for future greatnessin the years ahead.

In l970, at the convention Philadelphia hosted in thePoconos, AZO’s 50th anniversary was held, the lasttime there would be so public a gathering of theFounding Fathers.

Just prior to this convention, a booklet was printedwith the Fraternity history updated from 1960 to1970. Frater Bob Kirschner, PSD was the author. Tenyears later, the same author produced another tenyear booklet, rounding off AZO through 1980.There the project halted, awaiting the new youngauthor(s) so imbued with Fraternalism that they willbring it forward to the present.

In the early 70’s, women were admitted to regularFraternity membership for the first time, and theScholarship and Visiting Lectureship Programs werestandardized and expanded through the expansionof the Fraternity’s several business promotions. Anew burst of expansion, especially in the undergrad-uate area, brought AZO to Ferris State and Iowa, andin 1974 the Fraternity held its first Convention outside


the country, in the Bahamas. That having been a suc-cess, the 1975 Convention took place in Toronto.

The death, in late 1976, of AZO’s Founder, E.G. Sless,prompted the Fraternity to undertake a new nationalfundraising campaign in his name. This campaign wasto establish more AZO Scholarships at the Schools ofPharmacy in the United States and Israel and in simi-lar institutions of professional learning in this country.

In the quarter-century since 1975, AZO has reflectedthe enormous changes in the Profession of Pharmacy.Many community Pharmacies were closed orabsorbed. Chains grew so large that they began todevour each other. Institutional Pharmacy (hospital,mail-order, and the like) began to grow by leaps andbounds. The Profession’s individualism, upon whichso much of AZO’s success depended, disappeared.Pharmacy became automated. Many new facets ofPharmacy greatly displeased the older Fraters, andmany began to dwell in the past. The things thatolder members had spoken about at a gathering werenot the same things that concerned our youngermembers. America’s mobility led to many Fratersmoving away from a proximity to the great metro-politan areas, so that Chapters like Detroit, NewJersey, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, amongothers, covered over 100 miles of territory, renderinga gathering of the full membership at any one timeand place all but impossible. In Miami, it was morelike 200 miles.

This situation mandated that the Supreme continual-ly try to readjust to the change in Pharmacy life, andin AZO’s life. A turn here, a twist there, a procedureupdated, a tradition reexamined. Still, there weresome things that remained: the great Fraternal lovewas the one thing we have above all others. Theundergraduate Chapters are outstanding. TheFraternity stepped right up into the new era andwhen Continuing Education became a professionalrequirement, AZO locally and nationally was rightthere. When females began to comprise the majorityof new students, we of AZO have had female Fratersfor years. When the era of computers began, therewas Frater PSD Morton B. Smith of Philadelphia readyand able to set up a web site, manage it, and directit, so that perhaps the increasing geographic distancebetween Fraters can be shortened to - and perhapsbeyond - the cohesiveness of days gone by. And thatAZO claims to be family was never more highlightedby two Supreme Directorums of the era.

There had been Supreme Directorums who werebrothers (the Rosenfelds, the Sless boys,) but never

had there been parent-&-child, until 1987. FraterMilton Cohen, Directorum 1957-1958, was followeda generation later, 1987-1988, by his daughter, FraterDiane Cohen Adelman, PSD. She was our first FemaleSupreme Directorum. Nearly a decade later, thefuture web site master, Frater Morton B. Smith,PSD,became Supreme Directorum. His late father, FraterFrank T. Smith, had been Directorum in 1959-1960.In fact, in the early 50s when young Morty became anAZO Frater, it was the first father-&-son combinationto become Fraters. There have been many moresince, and in some areas one hears of a third genera-tion starting to move into place. That is because ourmessage is never-ending.

AZO has always met whatever challenge confrontedus, our safety, or our Profession. As recently as thehorror of Sept. 11, 2001, with the shock and tragedyaffecting all of us, AZO undertook a project of assis-tance to those stricken by personal loss. The benefi-ciary of AZO’s efforts was the Dean Street HeroesFund, N.Y. Fire Dept., Engine Co. 219. The families ofthe seven fire fighter lost by this company are beingassisted by this fund, to which AZO subscribed. Thisaction was directly derived from AZO’s countlesspast efforts, from Midwest flood victims to knittingsocks for GIs in WWII, from the College of Pharmacyin Israel to Alzheimer research. There can be no trueinternal brotherhood unless we maintain our interestin our fellow humans, and AZO has never failed tocome through when needed.

For over eight decades, through wars, floods, short-ages, inflation, depressions, recessions, Fair Trade,chains, Medicaid, Cut-Rate, Discount, Ph.D., B.S.,Ph.G., Pharm. D., Democrats, Republicans, and achange in communications that saw radio get startedonly after AZO was born, the Fraternity has grownand thrived. But our future is by no means secure.You, the reader of AZO’s story, and the learner ofAZO’s traditions, you are that future. Do not let thisglorious story end here; rather, help it write of newprojects, new programs, and new deeds, memoriesthat will outlive time.

This history was written by Frater Robert Kirschner, PSD, andtyped by Fraters Seth Cohen and Morton B. Smith, PSD.

Silent Mortars“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord”It is my sad duty to report that the following Fraters have passed away during the past fraternal year:

Meyer Goldberg, Theta Chapter

Rose Hillman, P.N.P, Eta Chapter

Louis M. Kaplan, Past Directorum – Milwaukee Chapter

William Katz, P.S.D., Nu Chapter

Martin Kravet, Epsilon Chapter

Bernard J. Kurlander, Theta Chapter

Paul Magalian, Epsilon Chapter

David Rogoff, Detroit Chapter

Jeul Roth, P.N.P,Mu Chapter

Art Teplinsky, Past Directorum – Milwaukee Chapter

David L. Seligman, Zeta Chapter

These were merciful Fraters whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. They are transmitted to their descendants; a good inheritance for their posterity.

This posterity shall endure forever and their glory will not be blotted out, they live buried in peace;their names live on for all generations. Alpha Zeta Omega will declare their wisdom and recite praise.

“May the Father of peace send peace to all who mourn and comfort all who are bereaved.”

Amen.

Paul R. Holly, P.S.D., Supreme Chaplain

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In Memoriam

William S. Katz P.S.D., Nu

October 16, 1939 – October 11, 2004

1978 - 1979 Supreme Directorum

William Stanley Katz was born in Connecticut on October 16, 1939, and was educated in the New Britain PublicSchool System. He was a 1961 graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. Inducted into AZO’sNu Chapter in 1958, his leadership became immediately evident as he became President of his pledge class. Hewas a Nu Chapter Excheque, then branched out of both AZO and the Pharmacy School to become the Presidentof the Mortar and Pestle Honorary Society, Rush Chairman of the Inter-fraternity Council, and at last Treasurer ofthe University’s 1,300 member graduating class of 1961. At the 1961 AZO Convention in Cincinnati, he received theUndergraduate Award, and at his side was his Father, Connecticut Alumni Frater Samuel Katz. After serving as astaff pharmacist at the New Britain General Hospital, he became the owner and operator of Stanley Pharmacy inNew Britain, following his Father’s sudden death on the way to the 1964 AZO National Convention. He owned theGrove Hill Pharmacy in New Britain until illness took over last year. He was also a Consultant Pharmacist to NewBritain’s Andrew House Health Care and to the Department of Mental Retardation Group Homes and a memberof the Drug Utilization Review Committee for the ConnPACE Program. Bill’s wife Marilyn, a two-time past NationalAuxiliary President, and his children, Sam and Amy, were by his side providing support throughout his busy career. Bill Katz moved on to the Connecticut Alumni Chapter after graduation and was a mainstay there for over 40 years,holding every Chapter Office. Frater Katz was Chairman of the 1978 National Convention in Stevensville and ranfour spring regional conventions as well. To the surprise of no one, he was immediately identified as material forAZO national leadership. He was elected Supreme’s Eastern Bellarum in 1963, became Historian in 1964, Signarein 1966, and spent five years on the Board of Directors. Elected Sub-Directorum in 1976, he became First Sub-Directorum in 1977, and was the 1978-1979 Supreme Directorum. He was a Board Member, a Fund Trustee,Scholarship Chairman, Money Order Program Co-Chairman, and served countless terms as Resolutions Chairman. Frater Bill Katz was one of AZO’s most dedicated members, however he was also very dedicated to his profession.His accolades include being the first winner of AZO’s “Triple Crown”. In attaining the 1991 Achievement Medal,Bill added this honor to the Undergraduate and Meritorious Awards he won earlier, making for a clean sweep ofthe three National Honors given by AZO. In addition to the high-points of Katz’s career mentioned above, he wasalso a member of the Order of the Double Star, he won the Ephraim G. Sless Memorial Award for outstandingChapter activity, and he was a past President of the New Britain Area Pharmaceutical Association, the Universityof Connecticut School of Pharmacy Alumni Association, the Connecticut Pharmacy Service Corporation and cul-minating with his Presidency of the Nation Association of Retail Druggists in 1990. It was said best in 1991 after Frater Katz received the AZO Achievement Award Medal for long, meritorious anddignified service to the profession of Pharmacy: “Truly can it be said that no one in all of Alpha Zeta Omega hasever possessed greater leadership capabilities; no one has ever displayed his rare combination of success in boththe Fraternal and Professional spheres. It is an unquestionable fact that when so many diverse groups, many geo-graphically separated, turn for leadership to any one individual that person has to be someone very special. Thatperson is our Achievement Medalist for 1991, NARD President Frater Bill Katz.” It’s easy to see that Frater Katz’scontributions to AZO and to the profession of pharmacy were great and will not be forgotten anytime soon. Hewill be dearly missed.

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