User:Mturnage

Michael Umbers Turnage, born in 1961 is from South Carolina, The Palmetto State. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1986 from The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Possessing an interest in Foreign Languages, Turnage obtained a Foreign Language Teaching Certificate in Georgia from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia in 2005. Turnage traveled to Spain in 2005 for a Study Abroad Program located in the Province of Andalucia in the ancient city of Cadiz. Turnage is knowledgeable in the Natural Sciences as well as the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Interests include Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. Drug absorption, distribution, and elimination along with the effects of pH on drug disposition are interests as well. Structure Activity Relationships of various drugs also are included in his studies. Turnage is pleasantly surprised that his strengths span the Natural Sciences as well as the Liberal Arts. Drug Information and Spanish grammar and culture make up a large portion of his knowledge base. Turnage found an interest in Southern American History during the 19th Century, most notably the period prior to and including The War Between The States from 1861 to 1865. The turbulent times preceding the War, The Reconstruction Period, are also of interest. Perhaps his Southern interests exist due to the Turnage families” extensive enrollment in the Confederate States Army. Many Turnage cousins, brothers, and other distant relatives wore the gray when The Palmetto State needed their Services. Turnage is an avid member of The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Georgia Division.