FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 7, 2003

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119

DAVIDSON JOINS DRAKE UNIVERSITY GOVERNING BOARD

Donald F. Davidson, a retired pharmacist and sales director with Abbott Laboratories Hospital Products Division, has been elected to a three-year term on the Drake University Board of Trustees.

The board meets four times yearly and serves as the University's policy-making and governing body. Davidson, a 1950 Drake graduate, will serve on the board's Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement committees.

A resident of Laguna Niguel, Calif., Davidson is active at Drake, serving on the National Advisory Board for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the President’s Circle Board, for which he served as national chair in 1995-97. He has received numerous honors and recently was selected for the 2003 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, an award presented annually by Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Davidson is also a major benefactor of the University, which established the Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice Laboratory in his honor.