After practicing as an associate veterinarian in Calumet City, Ill., for four years, Dr. Janis Audin (DVM IL '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 AmericanJournal 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.

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 IL '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.

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.