Amy Whitaker Rudenko Memorial Fund established
A memorial fund has been established in honor and memory of VCU School of Pharmacy associate professor Amy Whitaker Rudenko. The school will use the fund to make awards to selected Pharm.D. students who have demonstrated leadership qualities. “It was created to help keep Dr. Rudenko’s name and spirit alive into perpetuity,” said Dean Victor Yanchick.
Hundreds of family members, friends, students, former classmates, faculty and staff from the school as well as from other organizations with which Rudenko had worked or volunteered – Kmart, CVS, the Center for High Blood Pressure and CrossOver Health Care Ministry, to name a few – gathered June 1 to pay tribute at Bliley’s Funeral Home Central in Richmond. In addition, former VCU community pharmacy practice residents from across the country came to pay their respects. The service was conducted by the Very Rev. Nicholas Bacalis of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral. He was assisted by Deacon Nicholas Zachary, cousin of Amy Rudenko’s husband, Mike. Several longtime friends and colleagues shared their fond remembrances.
If you wish to make a contribution online, please click here. Or send gifts to:
Amy Whitaker Rudenko Memorial Fund
VCU School of Pharmacy
P.O. Box 980581
Richmond, VA 23298-0581
Questions may be addressed to emcarfagno@vcu.edu.
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