Pharmacist recognized for Outstanding Community Service

The Montana Pharmacy Association has selected James P. Seifert as the recipient of the 2012 Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service.  

The award is sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations with support from Boehringer Ingelheim. 

The 2012 Bowl of Hygeia recipient, James Seifert serves on the Lincoln County Library Foundation, the Troy Fine Arts Council and helps with the Troy 4th of July celebration. 

This recipient worked with the Rod and Gun Club to “Save the Kootenai” and served as the president of the Troy Food Pantry for 15 years. 

Seifert served on the Troy school board and served as president of the Troy Businessmen Association. He also worked with the Troy Community Theater, the Lions Club and Knights of Columbus.

Seifert was presented the award at the Annual Membership meeting on Saturday, June 2. 

Established in 1958, the Bowl of Hygeia Award recognizes pharmacists who possess outstanding records of civic leadership in their communities and encourages pharmacists to take active roles in the affairs of their respective communities.  

The award is presented annually by participating state pharmacist associations, including those in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  In addition to service through their local, state and national pharmacy associations, award recipients have devoted their time, talent and resources to a wide variety of causes and community service.

The Bowl of Hygeia is the most widely recognized international symbol for the pharmacy profession and is considered one of the profession’s most prestigious awards.  

The Bowl of Hygeia has been associated with the pharmacy profession since as early as 1796 when the symbol was used on a coin minted for the Parisian Society of Pharmacy.  

The bowl represents a medicinal potion and the snake represents healing.  Healing through medicine is precisely why the pharmacy profession has adopted the Bowl of Hygeia symbol.

The APhA Foundation is affiliated with the American Pharmacists Association.