Background
Preston, Andrew Joseph was born on April 19, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles A. and Josephine (Rizzutto) Pumo.
pharmacist drug company executive
Preston, Andrew Joseph was born on April 19, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles A. and Josephine (Rizzutto) Pumo.
Bachelor of Science, Saint John University, 1943.
Certified business intermediary. Manager Press Club, Brooklyn National League Baseball Club, 1941-1942. Purchasing agent Drug and Pharmaceutical division Intrassind, Incorporated.,1947.
Chief pharmacist Hendershot Pharmacy, Newton, New Jersey, 1949.
Agt.Bur. of Narcotics, United States Treasury Department, 1948-1949. Owner Preston Drug & Surgical Company, Boonton, New Jersey, 1949-1986.
Chief Executive Officer Preston Pharmaceutics, Incorporated., Butler, New Jersey, 1970-1980, Preston Business Consultant, Incorporated., Kinnelon, New Jersey, 1987. Commissioner New Jersey State Board Pharmacy, 1970-1972, president, 1973.
Organizer State of New Jersey Drug Abuse Speakers Program, 1970-1976.
Chairman Morris County Drug Abuse Council, 1969-1970. Lecturer drug abuse and narcotic addictionvarious community organizations, 1968-1978. Member of advisory board National Community Bank, Boonton, New Jersey, 1973.
Chairman building fund committee Riverside Hospital, Boonton, 1963.
Member Morris County (New Jersey) Republican Finance Committee, 1972. President RonaldReagan New Jersey Re-Election Advisory Board, 1984.
Member Executive Committee Governor Tom Kean Annual Ball, 1985-1986. Chairman Pharmacists of New Jersey for election of President Ford, 1976, Pharmacists for Governor Tom Kean, 1981-1984, New Jersey Pharmacists for Reagan/Bush "84.
Member Executive Committee Morris County Overall Economics Development Committee, 1976-1982.
Chairman Pharmacists for Fenwick, 1982. Vice president Kinnelon Republican Club, 1980, Republican Committee, Kinnelon, 1990. Advising committee to Congressman Dean Gallo on President Clinton"s Health Security Plan, 1994.
Chairman building fund committee Riverside Hospital, Boonton, 1963. Member executive committee Governor Tom Kean Annual Ball, 1985—1986. Chairman Pharmacists of New Jersey for election of President Ford, 1976, Pharmacists for Governor Tom Kean, 1981—1984, New Jersey Pharmacists for Reagan/Bush, 1984.
Member executive committee Morris County Overall Economic Development Committee, 1976—1982. Chairman Pharmacists for Fenwick, 1982. Vice president Kinnelon (New Jersey) Republican Club, 1980.
Republican committee, 1990. Member advisory committee to Congressman Dean Gallo on President Clinton's Health Security Plan, 1994. Member Morris County (New Jersey) Republican Finance Committee, 1972.
President Ronald Reagan New Jersey Re-Election Advisory Board, 1984. Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morris-Sussex Pharmacists Society, Morris County Pharmaceutical Association, New Jersey Public Health Association, Pharmacists Guild New Jersey, Pharmacists Guild American (president New York division 1946-1947), Institute Business Appraisers, International Business Brokers Association, New Jersey Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, National Community Pharmacists Association, New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association (economics committee 1960-1965, president 1967-1968, Oscar Singer Memorial award 1987, William H. McNeil award 1994, Presidential Citation award 2000, Special New Jersey Pharmacists award 2002), American Pharmaceutical Association, St. John's Alumni Association, New Jersey Association Realtors, National Association Realtors, Morris County Board Realtors, American Legion, Smoke Rise Club, Knights of Columbus (4th Degree 2005), Elks.
Married Martha Jeanne Happ, October 10, 1953. Children: Andrew Joseph Junior, Charles Richard, Carolyn Louise, Frank Arthur, Joanne Marie, Barbara Jeanne.