Alumni Listings

Classes Get Together at Fall Conference

First Annual Dog Jog

In Memoriam

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ALUMNI LISTINGS

Wisconsin Honors Illinois Alumni
Two Illinois alumni, Dr. Heather Curtis ('76) and Dr. Dale Bjorling ('78), received Meritorious Service Awards from the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association in October. Dr. Curtis, of the Family Pet Hospital in Platteville, was honored for her service on the Public Education and Marketing Committee, the Membership and Member Services Committee, and the Executive Board. Dr. Bjorling, who chairs the Department of Surgical Services at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, was recognized for his leadership in building the WVMA Convention and for chairing its small animal programs.

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Your Vote Counts!
The University of Illinois Alumni Association is completing an alumni census over the course of two years. Half of the alumni body should have received a census form with the September/October issue of the Illinois Alumni magazine. Those who did not receive a form this year will be included next year. Information will be used to update records and to create an online directory (to be completed in early 2001), so please return your form! Contact Chan Nair (217/333-1471) with your questions.

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Alumni Association Offers Free E-mail
Visit the Alumni Association on the Web at http://www.illinoisalumni.org to create a free email address for life and open a Web-based e-mail account. Services include use of a StartPage featuring University and sports news; headline, financial and entertainment news; stock quotes; maps; and more. Contact Susan McKenna (217/333-1471) for more information.

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Dr. Michelle (Moutray) Hays ('87) and her husband, Parker Hays, announce the July 20 birth of Edward Parker Hays III. They also have a daughter, Lane, who is 2-1/2 years old.

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Dr. Kristi L. Arndt ('90) recently accepted a position as director of the Center for Problem-Based Learning (PBL) at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. She will be co-director of a $750,000 grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to establish a network for documenting and evaluating the scholarship of PBL instruction worldwide. In September, she presented a workshop at the Second International Conference on PBL in Higher Education in Linkšping, Sweden.

Dr. Arndt was previously coordinator of Faculty Development in the PBL curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University; she will remain an adjunct professor there. From 1990 to 1996 she was at Illinois's College of Veterinary Medicine helping to develop the Executive Veterinary Program while earning a Ph.D. in education.

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On September 16 Dr. Dena Heflin ('90, at right) completed the annual memorial walk for her deceased husband and classmate Dr. Chris Moberly. Proceeds for this event were divided between the Moberly veterinary scholarship endowment and DuPage County Animal Control.

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Drs. Lisa Marie (Chassy) and Andrew Skelley (both '94) have a son, Ian Matthew, born in Setember in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Drs. Cathy (Davison) and Andy Lucyshyn (both '95) announce the June 6 birth of their daughter Carolyn Anne.

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Forty-Year Reunion for Class of 1960
In November, 14 members of the Class of 1960 traveled to Urbana to celebrate their 40th reunion. The weekend included brunch at the home of Dean Ted and Mrs. Carroll Valli; tours of Memorial Stadium, the University of Illinois campus, and the veterinary complex; a banquet in the Illini Union's Colonial Room; an Illini football game; and brunch at the home of University President James and Mrs. Joan Stukel on Sunday.

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The Class of 1965

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The Class of 1970

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The Class of 1975

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The Class of 1980

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First Annual Dog Jog
Despite a downpour on Sunday, September 10, the first annual Dog Jog of the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association was a big success. Nearly 500 people came to Chicago's Montrose Harbor to participate and raise money for the LifeLink Endowment, a fund to help pet owners on fixed incomes pay for veterinary care at the College's Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

More than 15 CVMA members helped run the Dog Jog.
Cornelia Wallis Honchar (left), who established the fund, introduced CVMA president Dr. John Cirabassi ('84) to a King Charles spaniel during the race.

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IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Ted Neujahr ('79), of Eatonville, Wash., died October 5 after a valiant battle with cancer. He grew up in DeKalb, Ill., and attended veterinary school after serving in the U.S. Navy. He practiced in Washington State after graduation, opening All Creatures Veterinary Clinic in Eatonville in 1981. He was active in his community and an avid outdoorsman.

 

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Dr. Jana Owens ('93), of Murphysboro, Ill., died on October 23. She was an associate veterinarian at Meller James Associates in Anna, Ill.