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Gift from Alumnus Establishes James L. Spratt Scholar Awards

A generous gift from Dr. Gary G. Buterbaugh (Pharmacology, M.S. ‘67, Ph.D. ’69), now of Lakewood, Colorado, enabled the establishment in May of a new travel award for Pharmacology trainees to be given in the honor of Dr. James L. Spratt, M.D. Ph.D. (1932-2011). Spratt mentored Buterbaugh throughoutPhoto of James Spratt his thesis studies of hemicholium inhibition of cholinergic transmission and the mechanism of digitoxigenin toxicity, and served on the faculty of Pharmacology from 1961 to 2011, making highly valued contributions through his research, service and teaching. A $52,000 endowment will now support one or more annual awards for travel to national or international meetings for graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows in Pharmacology. The awardees will be known as James L. Spratt Scholars. On behalf of all the faculty and trainees of Pharmacology, we express our sincerest thanks to Dr. Gary Buterbaugh for this generous contribution to our educational mission and enabling this well deserved recognition of Dr. James L. Spratt.

2018 Spratt Awardees

  • Balyssa Bell, graduate student in Dr. Kamal Rahmouni's laboratory
  • Larry Agbor, postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Curt Sigmund's laboratory
Date: 
Friday, July 7, 2017