Donald E. Letendre is dean emeritus and professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Following completion of his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and clinical residency at the University of Kentucky, he served as assistant director and assistant professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was on the staff of ASHP for nearly two decades, serving for much of that time as director of accreditation services. Immediately before his responsibilities at Iowa, he was dean and professor at the University of Rhode Island and executive secretary of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory Commission.
