Don Hill | |
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Member of the KansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 60th district | |
In office January 6, 2003 –January 9, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Lloyd A. Stone |
Succeeded by | Mark Schreiber |
Personal details | |
Born | Emporia,Kansas,U.S. | December 28,1946
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Robbie Hill |
Education | University of Kansas (BS) |
Military service | |
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Don Hill is an American politician and retired pharmacist who served as a member of the member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 60th district from 2003 to 2017. [1]
Hill was born and raised in Smith Center,Kansas. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Kansas. [2]
Hill served as a medical service officer in the United States Army. [3]
Since 1975,Hill has been an adjunct faculty member of the University of Kansas Pharmacy School. He also worked as a pharmacist for the Medicine Shoppe until he sold the business in 2013. [4]
Hill is a former member of the Kansas Pharmacy Service Corporation and a past President of the Emporia Rotary Club,and previously had been involved with the Emporia Regional Development Association,National Community Pharmacists Association,Emporia Chamber of Commerce,Kansas Pharmacist Association,and the Emporia Arts Council. [5]
On August 1,2017,it was announced that Hill would serve as the government relations consultant for Emporia State University,though he has retired since then. [6]
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering,producing,preparing,dispensing,reviewing and monitoring medications,aiming to ensure the safe,effective,and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links health sciences with pharmaceutical sciences and natural sciences. The professional practice is becoming more clinically oriented as most of the drugs are now manufactured by pharmaceutical industries. Based on the setting,pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care in the community of institutional pharmacies is considered clinical pharmacy.
Emporia State University is a public university in Emporia,Kansas,United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School,Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Emporia State is one of six public universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.
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George W. "Tank" McLaren was an American football and basketball player and coach. Playing at the University of Pittsburgh under legendary football coach Pop Warner,McLaren was an All-American in 1917 and 1918. During his playing career,he was never stopped for a loss on a running play. McLaren served as head football coach at Emporia State University,then known as Kansas State Normal College,(1919),the University of Arkansas (1920–1921),the University of Cincinnati (1922–1926),and the University of Wyoming (1927–1929),compiling a career record of 32–55–8. He also coached basketball at Wyoming for two seasons (1928–1930),tallying a mark of 28–10. McLaren was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1965.
Harold Edward "Bud" Elliott was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at Southwestern College in Winfield,Kansas (1964–1968),Washburn University (1969–1970),Kansas State Teachers College—now known as Emporia State University (1971–1973),the University of Texas at Arlington (1974–1983),Northwest Missouri State University (1988–1993),and Eastern New Mexico University (1994–2004),compiling a career college football record of 205–179–9. Elliott won more games than any other head coach in the history of Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football program. He coached football at high school and collegiate levels for over 40 years. In his last season of coaching in 2004,Elliott became the 46th head coach in NCAA football history to reach 200 wins. At the time of his retirement,he ranked third in victories among active NCAA Division II coaches.
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Brian Shay is a former American football running back,who played for the Emporia State Hornets from 1995 to 1998. While at Emporia State,Shay broke various NCAA records and was the Harlon Hill Trophy winner in 1998. Shay is one of the all-time rushing leaders in the NCAA Division II.
The President of Emporia State University is the chief administrator of the university. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body,who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The president of Emporia State is selected by the Kansas Board of Regents,the governing board for public universities in the state of Kansas,after a nationwide search.
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Kent L. Weiser is an American university sports administrator and former college golf coach. Weiser served the athletic director for Emporia State University,a NCAA Division II sports program in Emporia,Kansas,1999 to 2022. Previously,Weiser was the associate athletics director at Oregon State University.
The Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry,commonly referred to as the Turnpike Tussle,is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the Emporia State Hornets football team of Emporia State University from Emporia,Kansas,and the Washburn Ichabods football team of Washburn University from Topeka,Kansas. Both schools currently compete in the NCAA Division II level,and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Emporia State currently leads the series 59–53–2. The Turnpike Tussle is the second-oldest active NCAA Division II rivalry.