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Alexander D. Kenny Award for Excellence in Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Dr. Kenny came to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology in 1976. Over the subsequent seventeen years, he led the Department, striving for excellence in research, teaching, and service. He always stressed that the Medical Pharmacology Course was the Department's first priority. In his honor, the department has established this award. It is presented to the top medical student in each year's Medical Pharmacology course. The past recipients are listed below.

Keelie Tucker and Christopher Souder (tie) 2004
Justin Bishop  2003
Michelle Tarbox 2002
Bethany Reed 2001
Frederick Severs 2000
Nabil S. Qadri 1999
Jesse Olmedo 1998
Gary Thomas Marshall 1997
John Kennedy Bini 1996
Michael Steinmetz 1995