HALL OF
FAME
2000
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Jack E. Fruth founded Fruth
Pharmacy, Inc. in 1952. Since that time, Fruth Pharmacy
has grown to 21 locations including a corporate office and warehouse,
having 13 stores in West Virginia and eight stores in Ohio. Fruth currently
employs over 500 people. Fruth worked as a pharmacist in
Springfield and Xenia, Ohio before opening his own
pharmacy. He attended Duke University and received a B.S. degree in
Pharmacy from the Ohio State University School of Pharmacy.
A member of many pharmaceutical boards and associations, including the
West Virginia Pharmacists Association and the National
Association of Retail Pharmacists (NARD), he also serves
as a member on many civic and social boards and is a
member of the John Marshall Society at Marshall University.
Fruth has received numerous awards for his community service, including the
Chain Drug Marketing Association Hall of Fame Award in 1992,
the West Virginia Entrepreneur of The Year Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1999 and the Distinguished West
Virginian Award by Governor Cecil Underwood in 1999.
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