UConn People – November 26, 2024

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Achievement

Gillian Kuszewski, university director of UConn Health’s pharmacy residency programs, has been named the Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2024 Pharmacist of the Year. The society, whose nearly 300 members include pharmacists, educators and pharmacists in training, goes back to 1948. It awards Pharmacist of the Year honors annually to a member who best exemplifies the pharmacy profession through collaboration and service, to both the profession and the community.

In Memoriam

Donna Andrychowski, 77, a retired employee, on Nov. 8.

Ronald Biederman, 86. a former professor of engineering, on Nov. 14.

Lenora Buck, 94, of Plainville, Conn., a former nutritionist, on Nov. 17.

Barabra Bulick, 95, of Ellington, Conn., a retired administrative assistant, on Nov. 18.

John Morawiec, 51, of South Windsor, Conn., a former Strategic Marketing and Communications Manager in University Communications, on Nov. 22.