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Head and shoulders image of J.L. (Jim) Blackburn, dean of Pharmacy, 1982-1997.
Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Jim Blackburn received his B.S.P. (1960); M.Sc. (Iowa, 1965) and Pharm.D. (Minnesota, 1973). Following apprenticeship at Saskatoon University Hospital, he joined the Regina Grey Nuns Hospital, where he was director of Pharmacy (1963-1968). Dr. Blackburn came on faculty in 1968 and was appointed dean of Pharmacy in 1982, then dean of Pharmacy and Nutrition in 1994. When the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan was implemented, he was appointed to the DQAC and the Formulary Committees. In 1999 Dr. Blackburn retired from the U of S and became executive director, Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada. In 2003 he was appointed executive director of CCAPP. He was president of Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (1972-1973), Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (1996–1997) and Association of Faculties of Deans of Pharmacy of Canada (1984–1985). Dr. Blackburn served on several Expert Advisory Committees with Health and Welfare Canada. He was a visiting scientist in Stockholm, Sweden in 1989-1990 and with the United States Pharmacopeia in Rockville, Maryland in 1997-1998. He led the Canadian Pharmacy Delegation to China in 1993 and was a member of the Canadian Society for International Health Pharmacy Project to Ukraine in 1997. Dr. Blackburn was inducted into the U of S Alumni Hall of Fame in 2019, and is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy and Nutrition.