Samford Hall of Fame Members
Biography
Jimmy Harrison played basketball at Howard College during the mid-1950s. He holds the school record for most points scored in a single game with 48 against Chattanooga on January 6, 1956. After graduating from Samford, Harrison grew Harco Drugs into a chain of more than 150 stores before the company merged with Rite Aid in 1997. Chain Drug Review named Harco the nations' top community drug store chain in 1995. Harrison has been honored for his distinguished service to Samford University, the Auburn University School of Pharmacy and the University of Alabama. He served as the chairman of the board of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores in 1985. He received the Merck Sharp & Dohn Pharmacist Achievement Award in 1990 and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Harrison was inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Alabama Health Hall of Fame in 1999.
