by Rachel Balick
Leonard L. Edloe, PharmD, ThM, will be installed as the Virginia Pharmacists Association’s (VPhA) first Black president-elect during the organization’s 140th annual convention. It’s one more remarkable achievement for a pharmacist who’s been showered with high-profile appointments and professional accolades over his 50-year career — but this one carries particular significance. Decades ago, VPhA denied membership to Edloe’s father based on the color of his skin.
Since at that time APhA required its members to belong to a state association, Leonard L. Edloe Sr. could not be a member of that organization either. Rejected and excluded, Edloe’s father became an incorporator of the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA).
