Milton Wilbert Skolaut

Milton Wilbert Skolaut, age 84, of The Forest at Duke, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005. A native of San Antonio, TX, he was born October 3, 1920 to Irma Anna Heidrich and Albert Joseph Skolaut, Jr. Mr. Skolaut received his B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the Uneersity of Texas, interned at the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and did graduate work at the Uneersity of Maryland. Early in his career, Mr. Skolaut served as Director of Pharmacy at the Uneersity Hospital, Baltimore, MD, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Uneersity of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Thenee entered the Uneed States Public Health Service and became Director of Pharmacy Services at its hospital on Staten Island, NY. In 1952, Mr. Skolaut became Chief of the Pharmacy Department and Central Supply of its Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health ineethesda, MD. In 1969, after 20 years, he retired from USPHS as a commissioned officer with the rank of Captain 06. Next, he moved to Durham, NC, where for 18 years he was Director of the Department of Pharmacy at Duke Uneersity Hospital, retiring in 1987. He was also Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Uneersity of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. For 25 years he served on the Board of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, including the offices of Vice-President, President and Treasurer. He received neerous awards and honors, including the American Pharmaceutical Association Military Section