Many College of Pharmacy students and alumni boast Flynn Warren is the best professor at the University. And over the past five years, 514 pharmacy students – 99 percent – passed national and state pharmacy exams – usually after his review class.

Soon some returned the favor, according to students interviewed Wednesday.

“(After the tests, we would) e-mail him anything we could remember,” said Chandler Greene, an alumnus from Dunwoody. “I wanted to do it because he helped me out so much.”

According to a civil case in federal court, Warren and the Georgia Board of Regents are accused of breaching the North American

Pharmacist Licensure Examination and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination.

U.S. Marshals seized Warren’s materials and computers from the College of Pharmacy, his home and offices Aug. 6 as part of an ex parte temporary restraining order and seizure order from the federal court of the Middle District of Georgia Athens Division.

Despite the investigation, students still support Warren.

“It’s pretty bogus,” said Ezekiel Baker, an alumnus from Summerville. “It’s definitely a misconception of what’s going on now.”

Baker said Warren’s reviews were helpful and never specifically gave out the answers.

“He explains the format,” Baker said.

Warren gave the students “sample questions – similar to what you would expect on the exam,” Baker said.

Greene, who took the review course in June, compared Warren’s course to other review courses.

“I don’t think it’s anything different than taking the Princeton Review or SAT review,” Greene said. But, regardless of the type of review, Greene is gracious for the class.

“I couldn’t have passed without it,” Greene said.

And for those students who have yet to take any of Warren’s reviews, they, too, are affected.

“I’ve never heard of him doing anything illegal,” said Evan Anderson, a second year pharmacy student from Jesup. “He’s the greatest teacher I’ve had so far and he’s given so much to the pharmacy school.”

Anderson said he didn’t hear a lot about the case, because the University was under a gag order.

Warren was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2004 as well as the Distinguished Service Award. He was also President of the Georgia Pharmacy Association in 2003, according to the College of Pharmacy’s Web site.

As a result of the allegations, the NAPLEX and MPJE exams were suspended Saturday, meaning no one can take the test.

The reinstatement date has yet to be
scheduled.