Llyn passed on June 13, 2021
In 1986 Llyn was hired to be the Executive Director of the Arizona state Board of Pharmacy, a job that would last until retirement in 2003. While in Arizona, Llyn was active in National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, serving as a board member and also as President of this organization whose purpose is to make pharmacy regulation and licensure across the nation and between many countries safe and workable. He served as an instructor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Arizona and also taught Pharmacy Law at Midwestern University Glendale College of Pharmacy. He wrote articles for many newsletter and professional magazines, serving as editor of several of them.Awards he was proud to have received were the A.H. Robins Bowl of Hygeia Award for excellence in pharmacy and community. Another honor was being the initial recipient of the Arizona Pharmacy Association Llyn Lloyd Award in 2003, recognition for sustained contributions to health care in Arizona and the profession of pharmacy.During his time in Arizona, Llyn became a member of PRN, a pharmacist recovery program. His empathy and support for pharmacists struggling with addiction and the likely loss of their license to practice lead him to work for them in Arizona, the Southwest region and at the yearly University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies. He gained many great friends among the ranks of recovering individuals, administrators, pastors, and priests, people associated with the drug companies, all who became great friends and supporters of PRN. He was one of the founding members of PAPA, Pharmacists assisting Pharmacists of Arizona.
Jeff Baldwin wrote: "A true pioneer in helping pharmacists with substance use disorders to regain their health, their dignity, their integrity and. when possible their practices. He was one of the few board representatives who promoted PRN programs.Thanks Llyn for caring."