Cincottas Endow Pharmacy Scholarship

The University of Sydney has hailed the generosity of the Cincotta family, which has established a new perpetual scholarship to benefit future pharmacy students. 

Three generations of the Cincotta family studied pharmacy at the University of Sydney (pictured), with Albert (Umberto) attaining a Materia Medica (Pharmacol) in 1951; his son Joseph graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy in 1980; and Joseph’s daughter Alexa completing a BPharm last year.  All three now work together at the Campsie branch of Cincotta Chemist, which was originally established in Merrylands in 1952 and had a firm focus on service, pioneering after-hours opening, despite resistance at the time.

The new Umberto Cincotta Scholarship in Pharmacy aims to help a student who has a passion for the profession but doesn’t have the funding, and will provide the possibility of studying pharmacy for promising students for  generations to come.

Source:pharmacydaily.com.au, Friday 25 September 2015