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BARNHILL -- Dr. Jamie Gwyn Barnhill June 8, 1954 to January 30, 2011 Jamie began her life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traveling through the Academic World from Emerson Elementary, Van Buren Junior High, Highland High School (never letting people forget she was a Fighting Hornet) and then onto the University of New Mexico where she earned her degree as a Pharmacist in 1977. But with her constant search for knowledge, continued on to earn her next degree as a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Connecticut in 1986. From there she accepted a dual appointment with Tuffs New England Medical Center and the Jamaica Plain VA in Boston, MA. In 1990, Jamie returned to Albuquerque to accept another dual appointment as Chief of the Biopharmaceutics/ Pharmacokinetics Laboratory at the VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center and as Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. Her devotion to her research generated many publications during her lifetime but it was her passion for teaching that allowed her to pass on the knowledge of a career she loved, to well over 1500 practicing pharmacists over the past 20 years. With all the degrees and accomplishments to her mention, the one thing that Jamie will be remembered for the most was her unique, fun-loving and often irreverent view of life. She loved people and she loved to entertain. When you were with her, she made you feel special, and that you would always be part of her "Secret Club". Jamie passed away while on vacation in Connecticut at Hartford Hospital after a six week battle against a genetic liver condition, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, that she never knew she had until it was too late. Jamie is survived by her Life Partner of 31 years, Joan Korkie Kerkin; her mother Bobby Barnhill; brother and sister-in-law, John and Shannon Barnhill and their children Jacob and Emma; sister Lynn Barnhill and her children Mayzie and Ava; brother and sister-in-law, Ross and Connie Barnhill and their children Ryan and Rhonda, and Rhonda's children Sebastian, Michael and Matthew; and many cousins; Also her extended family in Connecticut and Massachusetts: Pat and Wally White, Wally and Katy White and their children Billy, Emily and Tommy; Stacy and Kim White; Barbara and Walt Darcey; Tom and Amanda Darcey and their children Aidan, Brenna, Owen and Will; Joan and Albert Kerkin; Carole Kerkin and her children Zachary and Sam; Lisa and Kevin Bundy and their children Paige and Patrick; and Chris and Chris Morgan and their children Kimberly and Michael, all of which were of great help and support to both Korkie and Jamie while they were there. Jamie was pre-deceased by her father, Jim Barnhill; her paternal grandparents, JC and Eleanor Barnhill; and her maternal grandparents, Robert and Gwyneth Taylor. A special thank you goes to the staff, nurses and doctors at Manchester and Hartford Hospitals for their wonderful care of Jamie. A Life Celebration for Jamie will be held at the UNM Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom on Saturday, February 19, 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Please come and join us, and share your favorite Jamie story. It is a family request, that in lieu of flowers, a donation in Jamie's name be made to the Alpha-1 Foundation (Research Organization). Donations can be sent by mail to: The Alpha-1 Foundation (Research Organization), 2937 SW 27th Avenue, Suite 302, Miami, FL 33154 or on line to: www.alphaone.org. Hopefully this will help spark awareness and further research of this little known but deadly genetic condition. Please visit our online guestbook for Dr. Barnhill at www.RememberTheirStory.com. FRENCH 1111 University Blvd. NE (505) 843-6333
        Published on: Fri February 18, 2011