Veterinary Medicine Alumni & Special Service Awards
2007 Award Recipients
From left, Dr. Roger Dupuis, president of the University of Illinois
Veterinary Medical Alumni Association; Steve Dale; Dr. Thomas
Rosol; Dr. Donald Monke; Dr. Anthony Frank; and Dr. Herb
Whiteley, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The College and its alumni association presented three Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni
Awards and a Special Service Award on October 4 during the annual Fall Conference for Veterinarians.
Dr. Anthony Frank (DVM IL ’85), provost of Colorado State University, received the Dr.
Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award, presented to a graduate who has made significant
contributions to the veterinary profession or the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Frank completed a PhD
and residency in toxicologic
pathology at Purdue University
before taking a faculty position at
Oregon State University in 1989.
He joined Colorado State in
1993, where he served as an assistant
professor and department
head in the pathology department,
dean for research for the College
of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences, and vice president
for research and information
technology. He was appointed
senior vice president and provost
of the university in 2004.
Dr. Donald Monke (DVM IL ’77), vice president of production operations for Select Sires Inc., also received the Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award. In 1977 he became the first veterinarian employed by Select Sires Inc., Plain City, Ohio. He was named vice president of sire health in 1989 and promoted to vice president of production operations in 2003. In his current position, Dr. Monke oversees the housing, care, export and semen collection of 1,700 bulls. He has been chairman of the Certified Semen Services board of directors and vice chairman of the National Association of Animal Breeders.
Dr. Thomas J. Rosol (DVM IL ’81), dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio
State University, received the Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award for his prominent
leadership role and enormous contributions to both veterinary and human medicine through
cancer research.
Dr. Rosol practiced in a mixed-animal clinic in Wisconsin before moving to The Ohio State
University in 1983 as a research fellow. He earned a doctorate in experimental pathobiology and
was appointed as an assistant professor in veterinary pathobiology in 1986. He served as senior
vice president for research from 2003 to 2005, and was appointed dean of the College of Veterinary
Medicine in 2005.
Dr. Rosol has been widely published in peer-reviewed clinical and research manuscripts and
has mentored numerous doctoral candidates. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Pathologists and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
His work has earned him many notable awards, including the 2006 Distinguished Scholar Award
at The Ohio State University.
Steve Dale, certified animal behaviorist and noted pet journalist, received a Special Service Award for his support of the veterinary profession and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dale is an accomplished journalist who hosts three radio shows, including “Pet Central” at WGN Radio, Chicago, and writes a syndicated column for Tribune Media Services while contributing to USA Weekend and Cat Fancy. He has authored several books, including DogGone Chicago and American Zoos.
Dale’s expertise and dedication to animal well-being has earned him the American Veterinary Medical Association Humane Award and the American Kennel Club Responsible Dog Ownership Public Service Award. He is a member of the American Humane Association’s board of directors.
Nominations are invited for the 2008 College/Alumni Association awards. Please see the Alumni Web site, www. cvm.uiuc.edu/advancement/alumni.html, for a copy of the nomination form, or call the advancement office at 217/333-2761.
2006 Award Recipients
Drs. Roger Mahr, Janis Audin, and gary Stamp pose with Dr. Bill Hollis (DVM IL '96), then president of the Veterinary Medical Alumni Association, after receiving awards at the 2006 annual Fall Conference for Veterinarians.
On September 14, the College and its Veterinary
Medical Alumni Association bestowed
awards on three veterinarians who have had
a national and international impact on the
veterinary field.
Dr. Gary Stamp, executive director for
the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Society, and Dr. Janis Audin, editor-in-chief
at the American Veterinary Medical Association,
received Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished
Alumni Awards, which recognize distinguished
Illinois graduates who have made
significant contributions to the profession or
College. The Special Service Award went to
Dr. Roger Mahr, currently the president of the
American Veterinary Medical Association.
After practicing as an associate veterinarian
in Calumet City, Ill., for four years, Dr.
Janis Audin (DVM ’79, MS IL ’75), joined
the editorial staff of the American Veterinary
Medical Association in 1985, eventually taking
the helm as editor-in-chief of both the Journal
of the American Veterinary Medical Association
and the American Journal of Veterinary
Research in 1995.
She has implemented procedural and
technological changes in the journal to reduce
costs, improve timeliness of publications,
and promote readership and awareness. New
features introduced under her leadership make
the journals more practice-relevant and newsy.
She has also increased manuscript submissions
from abroad. Her service to the AVMA
also includes assisting with the development of
new bylaws and on other committees.
Dr. Audin was noted for being “dedicated to our profession with a quiet fervor that enables her to make things happen.”
Since retiring in 2001 as Commander of the US Army Veterinary Corps, a position that culminated his 31-year military career, Dr. Gary Stamp (DVM ’70, MS CSU ’76) has served as executive director for the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, a 3,000- plus-member organization which he helped to found. He also helped start the International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium and was a charter diplomate and first president of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.
Dr. Stamp was noted on the nomination for his devotion to veterinary students as the profession’s future and for being a powerful influencer and mentor to many veterinarians.
Following graduation, Dr. Roger Mahr (DVM Iowa State ’71) was employed as an associate veterinarian in the Chicago suburbs of Morton Grove and Evanston for three years. Dr. Mahr established, owned, and directed the Meadow View Veterinary Clinic in Geneva, Ill., from 1974 through 2004.
Dr. Mahr has been active in organized veterinary medicine his entire career, including serving as president and board member and on numerous committees for both the Chicago and the Illinois State veterinary medical associations as well as on the AVMA Executive Board, Long Range Planning Committee, Committee on Environmental Affairs, and Model Veterinary Practice Act Task Force.
He was unanimously elected in 2005 as president-elect of the American Veterinary Medical Association. As president he has focused on improving human and animal health and increasing the number of veterinarians entering the areas of food safety, biomedical research, academia, regulatory medicine, and emergency health preparedness.
He received the Special Service Award in
recognition of his significant contributions to
the veterinary profession and the College.