In Memoriam
THE HONORABLE PAUL G. ROGERS
NCPIE Founding Chairman

We are saddened to report that the Hon. Paul G. Rogers, NCPIE's founding Chairman, died Monday, October 13, 2008 in Washington, DC. He was 87.

Mr. Rogers, whose insights and dedication on behalf of consumers led NCPIE since its founding in 1982, stepped down as Chairman in 1998. The Paul G. Rogers / NCPIE Medication Communicator Awards program was named in his honor. Under Mr. Rogers' tenure, NCPIE grew from just two dozen members to an international coalition. In 1997-1998, he oversaw and guided NCPIE's strategic planning and assessment that resulted in a restructuring developed to promote consumer representation on the NCPIE Board. Cornerstones of Mr. Rogers' chairmanship are NCPIE's activities to stimulate health care professional / patient medication communication, and its multi-disciplinary approach to improving medicine compliance through better communication.

Following a distinguished 24-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Florida's 11th district and earned the name "Mr. Health" while serving as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Mr. Rogers joined the Washington, DC law firm of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. He also served as Chairman of: The Scripps Research Institute, Research America, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, National Osteoporosis Foundation, and Friends of the National Library of Medicine. He was also co-chairman of the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care. He served on many other health-related boards, and was a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

In his post-Capitol Hill years, he won multiple awards, including the National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal in 1982 and the Albert Lasker Award for Public Service in 1993. ResearchAmerica set up the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research to fight diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest nations.