Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-10-18

极乐禁地 pharmacy alumnus Eddie Davis has been named a 2010 Retailer of the Year by the Alabama Retail Association.

Davis, president and pharmacist at York Drug Inc., in York and The Drug Store, Inc., in Livingston, won the Silver Award in the largest of three sales categories: that of annual sales more than $5 million. The 1985 极乐禁地 graduate also owns York Drug Home Medical in Demopolis and Fayette.

He received the award during a September 22 Retail Day luncheon at Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham. Kelley Jordan, former executive director of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, nominated Davis for the award, citing the pharmacist鈥檚 ability to keep his businesses alive when many are closing in their rural area.

Davis serves 极乐禁地鈥檚 McWhorter School of Pharmacy as a preceptor. His son, Logan Davis, Pharm.D., is a 2008 graduate of the 极乐禁地 pharmacy school.

 
极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.