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Alumni Profile: Dr. Walt Guterbock
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Message from Alumni President
Dear Fellow Alumni,
Each time I walk through the halls of the Basic Sciences Building, memories come rushing back. This is where my dreams were born. It is reassuring that the College is accessible to alumni and others for professional development and friendship.
There are many opportunities to reconnect with the College. For example, your membership in the University of Illinois Alumni Association automatically makes you a member of the University of Illinois Veterinary Medical Alumni Association. Please consider joining by using the online application.
I encourage you to get involved with your alma mater. Whether that’s by mentoring a veterinary student through the College/Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association mentor program or by joining the Alumni Association, reconnecting with the College and other alumni through service is very rewarding, and your contributions are greatly appreciated.
On your next visit to the College, please take note of the “alumni hall of fame” corridor in the first floor hallway of the Basic Sciences Building between the library and the cafeteria. A new display here honors all past and present Merit, Service, Special Service, and Dr. Erwin Small Veterinary Achievement award recipients. The Veterinary Medical Alumni Association helped fund this display to increase the recognition of those who have made significant contributions to the veterinary profession and the College.
Additional information will be forthcoming about the revamped awards process and how nominations can be submitted for the 2003 competition.
With warm regards,
Dr. Georgianne Ludwig
President, University of Illinois Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
ALUMNI LISTINGS
Class of ’60 Holds Reunion at the Grand Canyon. Twelve members of the Class of ’60 and their wives met for a reunion in September. Standing, from left: Drs. Melvin Geiger, Ronald Kolar, Raymond Husmann, Kermit Frailey, Donald Reeder, David Rash, Harley Schnowske, Ray Matthews, and Harold James; front: Drs. Byford Wood and Charles Starling. Not pictured: Dr. Thomas White.
40th reunion. Eleven members of the Class of 1962, along with their spouses and guests, celebrated during the annual Fall Conference banquet on October 10. Earlier that week they gathered at Eagle Creek Resort in Findlay, Ill. From left, front row: Drs. August Banknieder, Ed Phelan, Tom Janik, Arlo Bane, and Neil Becker; back row: Drs. John Fruin, Robert Russell, Robert McKinney, K.T. Wright, Phil Kerz, and Joe Helms.
Dr. Edward A. Hoover (’67), a University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University, was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Ohio State University. He earned master’s and PhD degrees from OSU from the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and taught there from 1971 to 1981, when he moved to Colorado. He was recognized for his world-class research focused on the study of retrovirus and prion infections, immunodeficiency, leukemia, and associated therapies.
Dr. Kurt Schrader (’77) received the Distinguished Service Award from Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Schrader was instrumental in getting a bill passed in 2001 to make the veterinary program at OSU a four-year consolidated program on the Corvallis campus.
Dr. Deborah M. Mitchell (’83) was elected to the board of directors of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association in October. She is also a member of the board of the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture. Dr. Mitchell is certified in veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic. She owns and operates Knollwood Hospital for Pets in Schaumburg, Ill.
Dr. Rhonda Vasilopulos (’96) has joined the Clinical Sciences Department at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, where she will work in diagnostic imaging and ultrasound. Her husband, Dr. Robert Vasilopulos (’94), has started a residency in internal medicine there.
Dr. Julia Brannon (’00) is on faculty at the Argus Institute, Animal Behavior Wellness Program at Colorado State University. In 2002 she received the Teaching Excellence Award in Practice Management Instruction in Professional Veterinary Medicine there. She has also received the S.H.A.R.E (Students for Human-Animal Relationship Education) 2001 Human-Animal Bond Award for Outstanding Dedication to the Human-Animal Bond, and she was the first veterinarian awarded the Argus Institute’s Bond-Centered Practitioner Certificate of Completion.
She writes, “I want to let our students and alumni know that I am [at CSU] in case they are looking for a mentor or a contact in town.”
Memories for Sale
Back issues of College yearbooks are available for 1997, 1999, and 2000. If you’d like to order a copy, send a check for $45 payable to “Vet Med Yearbook” to: Dr. Beth Van Voorst, 1075 Lincoln Drive, Manteno, IL 60950.
Sale of Veterinary Memoir to Benefit ISVMA Scholarship Fund
Recounting 50 years as the wife and assistant of small-town veterinarian Dr. J. J. Smith, who practiced in Waverly, Ill., The Cat’s Meow, by LaVerne Smith, contains humorous and moving observations of human and animal nature. Proceeds from this book, which will be available in early 2003, will go to the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary Scholarship Fund. To order a copy, contact Chris Scherer at 217/367-0038.
University of Illinois alums, keep your contact information current! Visit www.uiaa.org and go to the “Update Your Info” form. You can search for classmates or volunteer advice to fellow alumni and current students.
Alumni Profile
by Lianne Carr
Dr. Walt Guterbock (’78), co-owner of the 600-cow Sandy Ridge Dairy in Scotts, Mich., visited the College on November 6, meeting with food animal clinicians and touring the new Stone Ridge Dairy in Bellflower, Ill. In the evening, he spoke to the Production Medicine Club on “What I’ve Learned about Dairy Medicine Since Becoming a Producer.”
“As the dairy business consolidates and herds get bigger, the market for traditional veterinary services will shrink,” he said. “Veterinarians need to become coaches and educators to help the people on the dairy care for their cows better, rather than staying in the role of cow doctors or palpators.”
Dr. Guterbock has served as president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners and received the Pfizer Distinguished Service Award in 1997. A native of Chicago and an undergraduate English major at Yale, he developed an interest in veterinary medicine after serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa. After finishing a DVM and a master’s degree in parasitology, Dr. Guterbock worked in an all-dairy practice in Southern California for 10 years. He later worked at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center in Tulare, Calif., and as a private veterinarian and nutritionist before becoming a dairy producer.
Dr. John A. Shiels (’59), of Pana, Ill., died on June 3. Dr. Shiels served in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a lieutenant colonel. In 2001, he was honored by the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association as a longtime veterinary practitioner in Illinois.
Dr. Edward Symonds (’58), of Muscatine, Iowa, died on May 15. Dr. Symonds practiced veterinary medicine in Walnut, Ill., from 1958 to 1966. He retired as a veterinarian and manager of the Frostline Division for Kent Feeds and Grain Processing Corp. in Muscatine.
The 2002 Annual Conference of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, held in Milwaukee, Wis., in October, was dedicated in memory of Dr. Thomas Burke, professor emeritus of veterinary clinical medicine at the College. Dr. Randall E. Junge (IL ’85), veterinarian at the St. Louis Zoo and president of the AAZV, gave a dedication to Dr. Burke at the beginning of the scientific program. In recounting Dr. Burke’s contributions to the field, he said, in part, “Tom was always supportive of students with the hopeless goal of becoming zoo veterinarians. His support influenced many students at the University of Illinois.” Dr. Junge also notes that his own position as president of AAZV is a testimony to Dr. Burke’s influence.
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