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ALUMNI LISTINGS
New Alumni Awards Procedures
At the 2003 Fall Conference the University of Illinois Veterinary Medical Alumni Association and the College of Veterinary Medicine will jointly bestow the Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Special Service Award.The annual Alumni Merit Award, which acknowledges distinguished Illinois graduates (DVM, PhD, or MS degree holders) who have excelled in their respective fields and have made significant contributions to the profession and/or College, has been renamed to honor Dr. Erwin Small (IL ’57), professor emeritus and former associate dean of alumni and public affairs at the College. This is a fitting tribute to a man who has dedicated his life to the advancement of veterinary medicine and to our College.
Veterinarians and non-veterinarians will be eligible for the Special Service Award, which recognizes an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the veterinary profession and/or the College.
Nomination forms are available on the Web at http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/advancement/alumaward.html or by calling Kimberly Meenen, director for development, at 217/333-2762.
Dr. Susan Cotter (’66), distinguished professor in the department of clinical sciences at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, received the Mark L. Morris, Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award in January at the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Fla.
The award is presented annually by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., to honor a veterinarian who has made significant contributions to the health and well-being of companion animals through a lifetime of service.
A leading medical investigator in oncology, Dr. Cotter, in collaboration with Dr. Max Essex of the Harvard School of Public Health, was at the forefront of pioneering research regarding the feline leukemia virus (FeLV). This work also contributed significantly to the rapid pace of early research into human Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Dr. Cotter has also been recognized for her work on the use of chemotherapy for treatment of cancer in companion animals and its impact on human health. She has written more than 60 original publications in refereed journals, more than 40 chapters in textbooks, and the textbook entitled Comparative Transfusion Medicine.
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., has made a $20,000 donation to the Morris Animal Foundation in her name.
Dr. Sheldon (Shelly) Rubin (’68), chief of staff of Blum Animal Hospital in Chicago, received the 2003 American Animal Hospital Association Practitioner of the Year Award at the 70th Annual AAHA national convention in Phoenix, Ariz., in March.
The award honors a veterinarian who has demonstrated commitment to AAHA, the profession, the community, and his or her clients and patients, and overall excellence in small animal medicine and surgery.
Dr. Rubin has served the veterinary profession for 35 years and has been recognized for his contributions by the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, and the College’s Veterinary Medical Alumni Association. He was chosen as one of Chicago’s top veterinarians by Town & Country magazine and Chicago magazine.
Dr. Rubin was the organizer and first president of Chicago’s first after-hours emergency clinic, is a member of the Lincoln Park Zoo medical advisory board, and has been an active member of the board of directors of the Anti-Cruelty Society for 23 years.
He is the author of six books on small animal practice and has appeared widely on Chicago and national radio and television programs and consulted for national print and broadcast media promoting the veterinary profession and responsible pet ownership.
Dr. John T. Waddell (’81), food animal veterinarian in Sutton, Neb., became president-elect of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians during its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., March 8-11.
A member of AASV for 20 years, Dr. Waddell has served on the board of directors and chaired both the public relations and the pharmaceutical issues committees. In 1998, he received the association’s Meritorious Service Award.
He has also served on the Food and Drug Administration’s veterinary medicine advisory committee and the American Veterinary Medical Association’s steering committee on antimicrobial resistance. He is a global swine consultant and a frequent speaker at international, national and state veterinary meetings.
Dr. David Dorman (PhD ’90), senior scientist with the CIIT Centers for Health Research in Research Triangle Park, N.C., spoke as part of the College’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology lecture series in February. Dr. Dorman is board certified by the American Board of Toxicology and the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (ABVT) and is author or co-author of over 125 book chapters and journal articles.
Maj. (Dr.) Randy H. Turek (’91) recently retired from the U.S. Army after 26 years of service. His last assignment was as Officer in Charge of the Mojave Branch for Veterinary Services, Fort Irwin, Calif., where he was in charge of all the veterinary activities of the six military installations that border the Mojave Desert in Southern California and Nellis Air Force Base located near Las Vegas, Nev.
Upon retirement, Maj. Turek was awarded the Army’s Meritorious Service Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster. Major Turek is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff Officers Course, and a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. He also holds a master of arts degree in Unconventional Warfare from the American Military University.
Drs. Andrew and Jennifer (Day) Hooper (both ’93) are proud to announce the birth of their son, Ethan James, on February 9 (also his father’s birthday). Jennifer practices at Countryside Animal Clinic in Beverly Hills, Fla., and Andrew does relief work in the tri-county area.
Dr. Paul M. Gibbons (’94) passed the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners’ Avian board examination in November. He completed the avian/exotic small mammal/reptile residency at the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in 2002 and is currently working toward a Ph.D. with the UC-Davis Wildlife Health Center in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
Dr. Kathy Thomas (’98), who completed an equine residency in 2002, won the Illinois Phi Zeta Chapter Literary Award for her paper entitled “Physiological effects of topical capsaicin in a reversible model of equine foot lameness.” Dr. Thomas is now a PhD candidate at the University of Florida and is studying West Nile virus in horses.
Club News from Dr. Todd Gray (’01)
Student interest in the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians started picking up in 1998 when members of the Illinois Veterinary Herpetological Society student group attended an ARAV conference. Since then Illinois has had a very strong student presence at the ARAV annual conference.Recently, Dr. Katie Heinz (’02), Nicole Johnson-Bailen (Class of ’03), and I were appointed to the ARAV Education Committee along with Dr. Paul Gibbons (’94). Our main objectives are to develop a Salmonella awareness program and to develop student chapters among the veterinary schools. University of Illinois stands to be one of the first student chapters due to the strong participation among its students and of the alumni in the committee.
Dr. Adam Jackanicz (’01) accepted a commission as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 2002 and has trained as a public health officer with the 752 Medical Squadron at March Air Reserve Base in California.
Dr. Timothy Brasmer, who served as a surgery instructor at the newly formed College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois from 1950 to 1952, died January 26 in St. Anne, Ill.
Dr. Brasmer established the Hillcrest Hospital for Animals in Danville, Ill., in 1948 and practice there until 1966. In 1966, he became an NIH Special Research Fellow and received a PhD from Colorado State University in 1969. As associate professor and chief of surgery at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, he established the first ICU and trauma center in veterinary medicine.
He was professor of surgery and associate dean at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, and later established a specialty surgical practice in Kaneoho, Hawaii.
In 1985, he became dean of the new College of Veterinary Medicine at St. Kitts.
Dr. Gerald Dart (’53), of Oblong, Ill., died on December 21. Dr. Dart practiced for 34 years at Dart, Taylor & Climer in Paris, Ill., before retiring in 1987. From 1991 to 1997 he worked with Dr. John Trimble of Robinson, Ill.
Dr. Alan Davis (Michigan State ’70), of Flanagan, Ill., died March 14. He owned and operated the Veterinary Clinic of Flanagan from 1971 until his death. He was a 1993 graduate of the “Pioneer Class” of the College’s Executive Veterinary Program.
Dr. L. Meyer Jones (Iowa ’39), former dean of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine from 1968 to 1976, died December 9 in Cary, N.C. Under his guidance the college built and occupied new clinical facilities and began using computer-assisted instruction in the DVM program.
Dr. Jones conducted research, taught, and wrote internationally known textbooks in his field of veterinary pharmacology. For 20 years he was on the faculty at Iowa State University. He also served as director of scientific activities for the American Veterinary Medical Association and as veterinary dean for the University of Georgia (1966 to 1968). After retiring from Illinois, he was a consulting dean for the formation of the veterinary college in North Carolina.
Dr. Joseph Killian (’73), owner of the 23rd Street Veterinary Practice in San Francisco, Calif., died January 10. His was one of the first practices to participate in the College’s Companion Animal Memorial Fund.
Dr. John L. “Jack” Mara (Cornell ’51), who has been called “one of the great ambassadors of the [veterinary] profession,” died March 27 in Topeka, Kan.
Dr. Mara left his New York practice in 1978 to join Hill’s Pet Nutrition as director of veterinary affairs. He more recently served as veterinary vice president and trustee of the Morris Animal Foundation.
Many prominent veterinary organizations, including the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Animal Hospital Association, have honored Dr. Mara for his contributions to veterinary medicine.
Dr. Arnold Taft (’57), of Bowie, Md., senior staff veterinarian at the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, died December 30. Dr. Taft was a key person in the eradication of pseudorabies not only at Illinois but nationally.
After earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois, he served in the Meat and Dairy Inspection Service during the Korean War. He operated the Taft Veterinary Clinic in Olney, Ill., from 1957 until 1986. He then spent five years with the Office of the Illinois State Veterinarian before joining APHIS.
College Loses Animal Friends
Duke, a resident llama that was used as a blood donor and teaching animal for many years, and Kier, a great horned owl that was a permanent resident of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, both died in February.
