{"id":85681,"date":"2022-09-16T00:28:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T04:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/?page_id=85681"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:19:39","slug":"founders-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/founders-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy Leadership Society Founder&#8217;s Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85681\" class=\"elementor elementor-85681\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c143dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c143dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16d925 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b16d925\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a5eb01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a5eb01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charles C. Thomas Scholarship<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84662f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84662f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Presented annually to one recipient for $1,000.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338df8b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"338df8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96eba59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96eba59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c216f12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c216f12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372397e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"372397e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation has established the Charlie Thomas Scholarship by Phi Lambda Sigma as part of the APhA Foundation Student Scholarship Program. The scholarship honors distinguished pharmacist Charles C. Thomas, RPh, FAPhA.<\/p><p>Mr. Thomas is a 1965 graduate of the Auburn University School of Pharmacy. While a student at Auburn University, he founded Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacy leadership society to accomplish his vision in supporting leader development and recognizing leadership talent in student pharmacists and practitioners.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65a7af8 elementor-position-left elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"65a7af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90989\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-scaled-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2021-0820_041-Kendall-Kerr-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Charles C. Thomas Scholarship Recipient, 2025\u200b<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Kendall Kerr\nPharmD Candidate, University of South Carolina-Zeta\u00a0Chapter<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4972d72 elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4972d72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aphafoundation.org\/student-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d94139 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d94139\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b332e89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b332e89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awards List<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5a56a elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"af5a56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-down\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 320 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M31.3 192h257.3c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L174.1 354.8c-7.8 7.8-20.5 7.8-28.3 0L17.2 226.1C4.6 213.5 13.5 192 31.3 192z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Award\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-vertical e--pointer-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-af5a56a\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94347\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/pls-afpe\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">PLS-AFPE First Year Graduate Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94166\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/annual-leadership-challenge\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Charles C. Thomas Leadership Challenge\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94167\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/albert-prescott-leadership-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Albert B.\u00a0Prescott\u00a0Leadership Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-of-the-year-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Chapter of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/kathlene-hawkins-travel-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Kathlene A. Hawkins Memorial Travel Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94170\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-development-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Chapter Development Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-member-of-the-year\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Chapter Member of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94172\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/alumni-of-the-year\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Alumni of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94173\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/mary-euler-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Mary L. Euler Lifetime Leadership Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94174\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/outstanding-chapter-advisor-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94175\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/founders-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Pharmacy Leadership Society Founder&#8217;s Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94176\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/past-award-recipients\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Past Award Recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-af5a56a\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94347\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/pls-afpe\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">PLS-AFPE First Year Graduate Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94166\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/annual-leadership-challenge\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Charles C. Thomas Leadership Challenge\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94167\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/albert-prescott-leadership-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Albert B.\u00a0Prescott\u00a0Leadership Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-of-the-year-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Chapter of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/kathlene-hawkins-travel-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Kathlene A. Hawkins Memorial Travel Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94170\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-development-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Chapter Development Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/chapter-member-of-the-year\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Chapter Member of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94172\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/alumni-of-the-year\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Alumni of the Year Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94173\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/mary-euler-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Mary L. Euler Lifetime Leadership Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94174\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/outstanding-chapter-advisor-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94175\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/founders-award\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Pharmacy Leadership Society Founder&#8217;s Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-94176\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/awards\/past-award-recipients\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Past Award Recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles C. Thomas Scholarship Presented annually to one recipient for $1,000. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation has established the Charlie Thomas Scholarship by Phi Lambda Sigma as part of the APhA Foundation Student Scholarship Program. The scholarship honors distinguished pharmacist Charles C. Thomas, RPh, FAPhA. Mr. Thomas is a 1965 graduate of the Auburn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":362,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85681","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85681"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95744,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85681\/revisions\/95744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}