| Dr. Charles A. Champion is the owner of Champion Pharmacy and Herb Store on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. He refers to himself as an herbal pharmacist and is best known for his ability to fuse modern pharmacy with his belief in the healing powers of herbs.
A graduate of Xavier University College of Pharmacy in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Champion spent two years in Germany as a pharmacist for the United States Army before returning to work in the pharmacy at John Gaston Hospital, where he spent 12 years. He then worked as a pharmacist at a chain drugstore for an additional 12 years before opening his own pharmacy in January 1981.
Today, Dr. Champion is regarded as an expert in herbal products. Along with running his pharmacy, he also manages a successful mail-order herbal product business.
Dr. Champion has received many prestigious awards, including the Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service by a pharmacist and the 1987 Pharmacist of the Year Award, presented by the National Pharmaceutical Association. He also has received the Dr. Henry L. Starks Distinguished Service Award; the Outstanding Achievement in Health Profession Award, presented by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; and the Outstanding Service Award, presented by the National Pharmaceutical Association.
More than 50 articles have been published by or about Dr. Champion, and American Druggist magazine named him one of the 50 most influential pharmacists in the country. He also publishes the African American Doctors Directory and the African American Dentists Directory, both of which he distributes at his store.
Married to Carolyn Bailey Champion, Dr. Champion is father to three daughters -- two pharmacists and a certified pharmacist technician.
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