09/09/2026
On September 18, John L. Colaizzi, Jr., PharmD, will welcome Temple's newest PharmD class into the pharmacy profession.
Colaizzi, group vice president and head of enterprise pharmacy practice at Walgreens, will deliver the keynote at Temple University School of Pharmacy's 2026 White Coat Ceremony.
With 29 years at Walgreens and a front-row seat to where the profession is headed, John's got a lot to share with our newest Owls as they take their first steps into pharmacy.
The ceremony — set for 2 to 4 p.m. at the Temple Performing Arts Center — carries extra weight this year. It falls during TUSP's 125th anniversary, and it will include the first-ever cloaking of the inaugural Marvin Samson Scholars, personally coated by donor Marvin Samson, CST '60.
Learn more about John and the upcoming ceremony at pharmacy.temple.edu/news.