Glenn Sipes

Glenn Sipes [he/him] (Trustee) hails from the Pittsburgh area. After receiving a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Cincinnati he earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Pittsburgh. After three years of additional research training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, he joined the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1973 as an assistant professor and was promoted to Professor in 1982. During his 40 years of service at the UA he served as Head of the Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Toxicology and was also the Founding Director of the UA’s Center for Toxicology and of its Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. His research accomplishments were recognized by The Society of Toxicology (SOT), the American College of Toxicology and the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS) all of which honored him with their Distinguished Scientist Awards. He served as President of SOT, ATS and the International Union of Toxicology and was elected a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. When he retired from the faculty, he stated that his greatest satisfactions were to be a part of the professional and scientific development of junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows and serving as a mentor for over 100 graduate students. As Professor Emeritus he spends a few hours a month conducting safety assessments on food and fragrance ingredients and as a member of the National Advisory Board of the UA College of Pharmacy. After retirement he was finally able to move to San Diego where he keeps busy practicing yoga, playing bridge at Redwood Bridge Club and raising funds for the Diversionary Theatre’s Annual Gala.