James A Fields R.Ph (Tex) 20424 D.PH (Okla.) 8513
(AKA) Jim Fields PD (Ark) 5939
Career History
Born – August 30 1943 in El-Reno Oklahoma, home of Johnny’s Grill (and Otis Bruce…Good Friend from childhood and Owner for 40 years or more)…Hamburgers and Coney’s from the 30’s…old hwy 66 style…
First Rx – Filled 1st Rx early 1960 as an apprentice in the John Marshall High school DE (Distributive Education) program – working for Don Crane RPh (owner), and Larry Barber RPh (intern) at Northside Pharmacy, 89th and N Western in Oklahoma City…Incorporated 10gr of menthol into 8 ounces of Balm Barr Cream for an Rx prescribed by Doctor Marcus Cox MD…
College 1962 – 1965 – Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma…Plowed fields and cut wheat for John Labinus on his farm North of Hydro, Oklahoma (for $1.00/hr and dinner)…Inventoried 8 drug stores for the Irby Drug Chain in Oklahoma City between semesters for college tuition (working for John Irby RPh and Don Crane RPH…drove ambulances, apprenticed mortuary science on week-ends, summers, and holidays for income, adventure and a place to live (dormitory apartment at Sherman Funeral Home – Britton Road & N Western Ave in OKC) working for Velt Sherman…
Police 1965-1966 –Took a job as Police Officer in The Village, Okla. (Hoping to avoid The Vietnam Draft and stay in school) working for Chief Jack Reed VPD…received a military draft notice anyway…was rescued by the Air Force with their Delayed Enlistment Program (they just didn’t delay the enlistment)…
Air Force (Calif) 1966-1968 – United States Air Force Pharmacy Technician in the 6510th USAF Hospital at Edwards Air Force Base, California…(in support of the Flight Test Programs for the XB-70, SR71, X-15. F-111 and U2 aircraft)…working for Malcolm E (Smokey) Barnes, SSgt…
Air Force (Texas) 1969-1973 - Instructor, United States Air Force Medical Service School, (Pharmacy Training) Wichita Falls, Texas…teaching Math, Organic Medicinal Chemistry, Compounding and Dispensing, and some Pharmacology….working for Malcolm E (Smokey) Barnes, MSgt…
Back to School 1971-1973 – Returned to Southwestern State College (while serving the Air Force Medical Service School as a consultant)…earning a BS in Pharmacy…
Retail Pharmacy 1973-1975 – Interned at Bolin Drug in Mulberry, Arkansas (working for Larry Barber RPh)…Licensed in Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas by examination…worked relief in a variety of pharmacies (Independent Retail, Indian Clinic and Chain Stores) in Oklahoma and Arkansas while taking flight training for a pilot’s license (Flight Instructors – Kent Cummins, Paul Hadley, Hal Hackenbarger, Grady Stone, Steve Grizzle and others)…
Sparks 1975-1983 – Employed by Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas (working for Mat Griffin PD and Judy Thompson PD)…helped to innovate the hospital’s first computer system, IV additive program, unit dose dispensing system and their 12 hour, 7 days on 7 days off night shifts…
CAP 1979-1983 – Served as Commander of the Fort Smith Civil Air Patrol Squadron…we flew 12 Air Force authorized search missions…received Air Force training in Aerial Radiological Monitoring for 10 squadron members…received Commendations for 2 extended searches…
Stonewood Village 1984-2013 – Opened Stonewood Village Pharmacy March 8th 1984, an Independent Retail Pharmacy (and Gift Shop) in Fort Smith, Arkansas…currently celebrating 29 years of service to this community… (Associates: Jeff Mosby, Cindy Gibson, Britt Mounce, Norbert Roach, and Nancy Fields RN (wife)…
NCPA 2009 – Article published in America’s Pharmacist, July 2009 “Security through Deterrence” with Photography by Rick Roach (Brother-in-Law and Photo Editor for Vacaville, California News Paper)…
RxPatrol 2010 – NCPA Host to RxPatrol for the production of a training video on security for the NCPA Convention 2010 and the RxPatrol.org Webb Site…
PUTT 2011 – Charter participant in “Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency” (PUTT)…see TruthRx.org…a Public Relations effort to save Independent Pharmacy Ownership…
(AKA) Jim Fields PD (Ark) 5939
Career History
Born – August 30 1943 in El-Reno Oklahoma, home of Johnny’s Grill (and Otis Bruce…Good Friend from childhood and Owner for 40 years or more)…Hamburgers and Coney’s from the 30’s…old hwy 66 style…
First Rx – Filled 1st Rx early 1960 as an apprentice in the John Marshall High school DE (Distributive Education) program – working for Don Crane RPh (owner), and Larry Barber RPh (intern) at Northside Pharmacy, 89th and N Western in Oklahoma City…Incorporated 10gr of menthol into 8 ounces of Balm Barr Cream for an Rx prescribed by Doctor Marcus Cox MD…
College 1962 – 1965 – Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma…Plowed fields and cut wheat for John Labinus on his farm North of Hydro, Oklahoma (for $1.00/hr and dinner)…Inventoried 8 drug stores for the Irby Drug Chain in Oklahoma City between semesters for college tuition (working for John Irby RPh and Don Crane RPH…drove ambulances, apprenticed mortuary science on week-ends, summers, and holidays for income, adventure and a place to live (dormitory apartment at Sherman Funeral Home – Britton Road & N Western Ave in OKC) working for Velt Sherman…
Police 1965-1966 –Took a job as Police Officer in The Village, Okla. (Hoping to avoid The Vietnam Draft and stay in school) working for Chief Jack Reed VPD…received a military draft notice anyway…was rescued by the Air Force with their Delayed Enlistment Program (they just didn’t delay the enlistment)…
Air Force (Calif) 1966-1968 – United States Air Force Pharmacy Technician in the 6510th USAF Hospital at Edwards Air Force Base, California…(in support of the Flight Test Programs for the XB-70, SR71, X-15. F-111 and U2 aircraft)…working for Malcolm E (Smokey) Barnes, SSgt…
Air Force (Texas) 1969-1973 - Instructor, United States Air Force Medical Service School, (Pharmacy Training) Wichita Falls, Texas…teaching Math, Organic Medicinal Chemistry, Compounding and Dispensing, and some Pharmacology….working for Malcolm E (Smokey) Barnes, MSgt…
Back to School 1971-1973 – Returned to Southwestern State College (while serving the Air Force Medical Service School as a consultant)…earning a BS in Pharmacy…
Retail Pharmacy 1973-1975 – Interned at Bolin Drug in Mulberry, Arkansas (working for Larry Barber RPh)…Licensed in Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas by examination…worked relief in a variety of pharmacies (Independent Retail, Indian Clinic and Chain Stores) in Oklahoma and Arkansas while taking flight training for a pilot’s license (Flight Instructors – Kent Cummins, Paul Hadley, Hal Hackenbarger, Grady Stone, Steve Grizzle and others)…
Sparks 1975-1983 – Employed by Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas (working for Mat Griffin PD and Judy Thompson PD)…helped to innovate the hospital’s first computer system, IV additive program, unit dose dispensing system and their 12 hour, 7 days on 7 days off night shifts…
CAP 1979-1983 – Served as Commander of the Fort Smith Civil Air Patrol Squadron…we flew 12 Air Force authorized search missions…received Air Force training in Aerial Radiological Monitoring for 10 squadron members…received Commendations for 2 extended searches…
Stonewood Village 1984-2013 – Opened Stonewood Village Pharmacy March 8th 1984, an Independent Retail Pharmacy (and Gift Shop) in Fort Smith, Arkansas…currently celebrating 29 years of service to this community… (Associates: Jeff Mosby, Cindy Gibson, Britt Mounce, Norbert Roach, and Nancy Fields RN (wife)…
NCPA 2009 – Article published in America’s Pharmacist, July 2009 “Security through Deterrence” with Photography by Rick Roach (Brother-in-Law and Photo Editor for Vacaville, California News Paper)…
RxPatrol 2010 – NCPA Host to RxPatrol for the production of a training video on security for the NCPA Convention 2010 and the RxPatrol.org Webb Site…
PUTT 2011 – Charter participant in “Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency” (PUTT)…see TruthRx.org…a Public Relations effort to save Independent Pharmacy Ownership…