Like to learn more about the graduate program in the College of Veterinary Medicine? Check out the College's web site at http://www.cvm.umn.edu , or contact the Dean's Office at 612-624-6244.

From the dean

A vision of veterinary medicine in 50 years

The future for veterinarians is dependent upon the leadership of our profession today. For veterinary medicine to be active and vital 50 years from now, today's profession will need to pursue a vision that will be vastly different than what we currently experience. We take a risk by seeing the veterinary profession in today's terms, because the world is changing quickly and may pass us by. New opportunities need to be grasped by veterinarians or the void will be filled by other professionals. The picture of what veterinary medicine will look like in 50 years is in our hands right now! We may or may not like what is in the picture, but we cannot ignore it.

In companion animal practice (I include urban practice and most equine practice in this), the course is set for expanded opportunities in the management of the health and welfare of companion animals. Today only a small percentage of pets receive regular veterinary care. This leaves plenty of opportunity for future growth.

I see increased specialization in companion animal practice. In 50 years, it will not be surprising to see most, if not all, services provided by large veterinary health care organizations. These organizations are likely to be nationally or internationally based. If you look at human medicine today and its evolution to greater and greater organized medicine, you can see the path veterinary medicine will follow. And we will likely be further down the road in 50 years than human medicine is today! I believe companion animal health insurance will be widespread, and most veterinarians in urban areas will be salaried.

The level of technical sophistication will be something we cannot even imagine. The majority of diagnostic and treatment procedures that will be used in the year 2047 are no doubt still to be discovered.

In the production animal area, the current concentration of animal production units will continue. Marketing and processing will dictate that most animal production falls under a corporate-type umbrella. Units may be administered by large national or international corporations or by cooperatives formed by smaller units seeking greater efficiency in marketing and quality control. The international marketplace will place greater emphasis on the safety and quality of food animal products.

The veterinary profession has an opportunity to play a significant role in the executive and operational management of these food production corporations and cooperatives. Even today we see veterinarians taking positions in production management. Additionally, safety and quality issues provide a large opportunity for the veterinary profession, both nationally and internationally.

I fully expect that during the next 50 years professional expertise from veterinarians will be increasingly utilized by the biomedical industry. The veterinary profession has a tremendous opportunity to expand its input into industrial veterinary medicine, benefiting the health of humans as well as other animals.

At the very least, I am certain that we cannot keep our feet rooted in the past. Recognizing the opportunities of the future represents a significant risk. It takes courage to present a vision different than that of the status quo, but if we do not express that vision and seize these opportunities, the next 50 years will evolve around us and pass us by.

- David Thawley, dean

Tribute Fund offers new options for expressing sympathy, appreciation

The most enjoyable part of being a veterinarian is witnessing the bond between animals and their owners, especially after a pet has returned to good health after an accident or illness. Perhaps the most difficult part is euthanizing a pet that cannot return to a decent quality of life.

For the past 14 years, many alumni have expressed sympathy to clients through a memorial gift to the College of Veterinary Medicine. These gifts have gone to the College's Companion Animal Fund, which supports clinical studies for companion animals. Veterinarians have found that their clients greatly appreciate the gesture and are comforted by knowing that the gift will help other pets.

At the same time, the Partners Memorial Fund has been available as a giving opportunity for appreciative clients of the Veterinary Teaching Hospitals and for persons wishing to express sympathy to a friend who is grieving a lost pet. This fund has supported the Hospitals' clinical work.

Now these two giving opportunities have been combined into the new College of Veterinary Medicine Tribute Fund. This means that clients and alumni alike can choose to support companion animal clinical research, hospital programs, student scholarships, or all three.

For more information on supporting College research and clinical programs through the Tribute Fund, contact the Office of Development, Public and Alumni Relations toll-free at 888-255-8636.

A good deal

Graduate school is not without its costs, both in tuition and in lost income. But according to a recent letter to the editor in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, it pays off.

Letter writers Carin Smith and Malcom Getz compared the cost of advanced training in veterinary medicine with benefits and found that the added career earning potential more than compensates for lost income, even when persons pursuing advanced education are in their 40s. Though their comparison focused on board certification, they suggested that results would be comparable for D.V.M.s who earn a Ph.D.

Summer upgrades prepare College for new curriculum, emerging technologies

Stationary tables with ports for laptop computers, movable chairs to accommodate in-class small group work, and an instructor work station equipped for a variety of electronic teaching aids replaced conventional classroom paraphernalia in Room 125 Animal Science/ Veterinary Medicine this summer as the College prepared to welcome the first class under its new freshman curriculum.

The upgrade, funded with technology dollars made available through the University's Academic Health Center, is designed to support the goals and teaching methodology of the new curriculum, says Micky Trent, associate dean for academic and student affairs. Those include active learning, increased integration of content among subject areas and between basic science and clinical application, and development of lifelong learning skills. The upgrade also includes basic improvements such as addition of disability access and improved lines of sight and ventilation.

A number of other technology-related upgrades were also made over the summer. Among them:

• An educational file server was installed to hold teaching material for all courses.

• A network system administrator and a technical support specialist were brought on board to help manage the educational file server and new teaching technology, as well as to assist faculty with conversion of materials to a computerized format. These individuals will also help manage other collegiate information systems and assist in other technology use.

• A work area was created for faculty development of computer-based teaching materials.

• The computer lab added 16 IBM computers.

• An Academic Health Center learning resources grant was received to help convert teaching materials to computer format.

• A standardized web page format was created that will allow students to navigate easily through course materials.

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  A special note

  The Office of Development, Public and Alumni Relations can now be reached with a toll-free telephone call. Our new toll-free number is 888-255-8636. Call with alumni news, questions about gift planning, or request for the senior directory.

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  Welcome, Class of 2001!

  by Larry Bjorklund
  Director of Student Affairs and Admissions

  The 76 students of the Class of 2001 began their D.V.M. program September 17 with lots of enthusiasm. Adding to the excitement this year is the introduction of the new first-year curriculum and a new classroom (see above).

  This represents the second year in which the University of Minnesota has been part of the national application process for veterinary medicine known as Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS). The resident applicant pool (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba) yielded 160 applications, and more than 1,000 applications were received from residents of all other states. Eighty percent of the seats in the class are reserved for resident applicants. As has been the case since 1990, more than 70 percent of incoming class members are women.

  The 21- and 22-year-olds still make up the majority of students in the incoming class, with 50 percent of the class 22 years of age or younger. But as in recent years, a number of students are entering the program after considerable years in other career fields. Students 30 or older make up 12 percent of the incoming class. Former career fields include law, teaching, computer science, engineering, social work, and advertising.

  The largest group of students have earned undergraduate degrees or taken course work at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. The University's Morris campus ranks second, with five students admitted to the Class of 2001. Other institutions represented with substantial numbers of students include the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Gustavus Adolphus College, and South Dakota State University. Other nonregional universities represented in the entering class include the University of Maine, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Massachusetts.

  Academic credentials remain high with the Class of 2001. The average GPA in required pre-veterinary course work was 3.62, and the average GRE total was 1,880 out of a possible total score of 2,400. Approximately 70 percent of the students entering the program have completed baccalaureate degrees.

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  Profile - An Endless Fascination

  Ed Stevens's 70th birthday brought a couple of pretty nice surprises this year. His children presented him with a fishing boat and motor for chasing catfish on nearby North Carolina lakes. And that same day, a phone call came from Minnesota with news that he had been named 1997 recipient of the College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni and Friends Society's Distinguished Alumnus Award.

  "I'm very honored and pleased to receive it," says Stevens, a 1955 D.V.M. graduate. "It certainly made my birthday."

  Stevens first became involved with the College in the early 1950s, when he entered the D.V.M. program in hopes of blending his interests in animals, teaching, and research into a career. Under the tutelage of digestive physiologist Alvin Sellers, those interests soon coalesced into what was to become a lifelong fascination with comparative gastroenterology.

  "I've always had a broader interest in mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish than most veterinarians, so I just started collecting information," he says. Stevens spent his first three years of veterinary school with the Class of '54. He combined his senior year with graduate work, earning both D.V.M. and M.S. degrees in 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1958.

  His subsequent career spans four decades of academic teaching, research, and administration. After two years on the University of Minnesota faculty, he took a position at Cornell University. There he did a postdoctoral research fellowship in Denmark, directed a National Institutes of Health training program in comparative gastroenterology, spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Peru, and served as chair of Cornell's department of veterinary physiology. Then, in 1980, he was offered the opportunity to help establish a veterinary medicine college at North Carolina State University.

  "There was not even a cement block in the ground," he says. "It was very exciting." When the doors of the new institution opened, Stevens was its associate dean for research and graduate studies. Under his guidance, the school was soon ranked fifth in the nation among veterinary research programs.

  Though much of his career has been invested in administration, Stevens's first love has always been the science that drew him into academia in the first place. He is author of Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and of numerous articles in scholarly publications. In the late 1970s he was part of the team that demonstrated that the microbial digestion of cellulose and synthesis of B vitamins and proteins that was once thought unique to the ruminant forestomach actually occurs in the digestive tract of all vertebrates.

  "It is interesting and exciting to see how animals have adapted and how adaptations diverge and converge, over and over again," he says.

  Stevens has been officially retired since 1995, but he continues to teach and write about four hours a day. He recently completed a second edition of his comparative physiology text with Australian colleague Ian Hume. Among other things, Stevens is now working on a review article on the contribution of gut microbes to the production and conservation of nutrients.

  But even with all these irons in the fire, Stevens plans to heed the call of his "other" birthday present.

  "I haven't done much lately because of the writing," he says, "but now I'm seriously going to fish."

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  In Memoriam

  Mollie Wright, a former resident, died recently. Following her residency in anesthesiology, Wright was on the faculty at Colorado State University and in private practice. She is survived by her husband, Mark Storey, D.V.M., '79, and two children.

  Because of the copy deadline for Veterinary Medicine, we are quite late in reporting the sad news that Ralph Kitchell, former professor and associate dean at the College, died of lung cancer in May. Kitchell went on to be dean at the colleges of veterinary medicine at Kansas State and Iowa State. He finished his career teaching at the University of California - Davis.

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  Donor Honor Roll 1996-97

  The Class of 1951 once again takes the prize as the D.V.M. class with the highest percentage of donors for the fiscal year. Both the Class of 1952 and the Class of 1970 came in second, with 35 percent, and that generous Class of 1970 had the greatest increase in participation, with a 10 percent increase. That's great news! Many thanks to all the donors.

  The honor roll of donors includes gifts to the College from July 1, 1996, to June 30, 1997, and is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Please let us know of any omissions or errors so they can be corrected. Donors to the Raptor Center, PARTNERS, and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic are listed in their respective newsletters.

  # denotes Heritage Society member
  * denotes Presidents Club member (lifetime giving of $10,000 or more)
  + Donor to College Fund
  o Donor for each of the last three years

  Class of
  1951 - 53%
  Wesley D. Anderson+o
  Paul J. Cox#o
  John E. Fogarty+o
  Donald B. Hicks+o
  Walter J. Mackey*o
  Vern F. Olson+o
  Conway Rosell+
  James H. Stewart

  Class of
  1952 - 35%
  Lawrence J. Algiers+o
  L.J. Butman+o
  Bee Hanlon#+o
  Lyle J. Hanson+
  Raymond L. Hanson+
  Elmer R. Hokkanen#+o
  Harvard E. Larson+o
  Donald M. Mason+o
  Ralph G. Molnau+1
  Robert J. O'Hern+
  Robert Windschill+

  Class of
  1953 - 19%
  Nicholas S. Dzubay+o
  Douglas D. Hagg+
  James O. Hanson#+o
  E.R. Lindholmo
  Lester S. Nelsono
  Donald E. Pietzo
  Philip J. Whalen+o

  Class of
  1954 - 19%
  Terrence M. Curtin+
  Kenneth G. Gillette+o
  Raymond L. Grefe+o
  Albert L. Klingsporn+o
  Allen F. Larson
  Melvin W. Stromberg+o
  Donald R. Wengero

  Class of
  1955 - 19%
  Fritz P. Gluckstein+o
  Gerald A. Jacobsono
  Gene R. Kindo
  Howard H. Kruegero
  Michael Marmesh*o
  Leslie A. Payneo
  Victor Perman#*+o

  Class of
  1956 - 20%
  Stanley L. Diescho
  Vernon A. Karli+o
  Charles A. Kucirek+
  Robert A. Martens+o
  Charles W. McPherson+o
  Douglas C. Swacina+o
  Robert L. Westlake+o

  Class of
  1957 - 29%, up 2%
  Arthur L. Aronson+
  Roger A. Asplin+o
  David K. Chester+o
  Joseph M. Glenn+
  Charles M. Guthrie+
  Elroy D. Hexum+o
  Clinton J. Hof+
  Darrel E. Johnson+o
  Melvin F. Kirchhoff+o
  Roland C. Olson+o
  Robert C. Sartori+
  La Verne M. Schugel+o
  Stanley C. Skadron+o

  Class of
  1958 - 24%
  Oscar A. Hildebrandt Jr.#*+o
  Ann Brooke Holt+o
  Jack A. Lambert+o
  L. Kern Schwartz+
  Roderick S. Stenzel+
  John A. Strache+
  Clayton J. Torbert+o
  Roger E. Wilsnack+

  Class of
  1959 - 21%
  Martin E. Bergeland+o
  Richard E. Dierks+o
  C. J. Farho+o
  Peter H. Franz+o
  Roland S. Jeans+o
  Robert R. Jorgensen+o
  James A. Libby+
  Thayer E. Porter+
  Dennis P. Rahn+o

  Class of
  1960 - 21%, up 4%
  Steven W. Anderson+
  Gerald E. Butts+
  Perry Gehring
  La Rue W. Johnson
  Robert A. Nelsono
  Richard S. Olson+
  Gary R. Sampson+o

  Class of
  1961 - 20%
  Mylo M. Hagberg+o
  Duane E. Huweo
  Hans S. Kalinka+o
  George H. Krienke#
  Hilary T. Mohr+
  David P. Sanger+
  Edgar J. Taggatz+
  Robert Woolsey+

  Class of
  1962 - 27%, up 7%
  Larry D. Anderson
  Donald L. Coshuno
  Robert A. Moen+
  C. H. Nissen+
  Jacob W. Sieck+o
  Lawrence J. Sirinek
  Philip G. Stevensono
  James A. Theleno

  Class of
  1963 - 23%
  Terry M. Boldingh+
  Charles H. Casey*+o
  Richard A. Faulkner
  John J. Flynn+o
  Herbert M. Halverson+
  Richard A. Higgins+o
  John R. Kunkel+o
  Gerald A. Lahmerso
  Clark M. Poad+
  James A. Swenson+

  Class of
  1964 - 6%
  Robert L. Hickman+o
  James B. Moe+o
  W.G. Schroeder+

  Class of
  1965 - 16%
  Jerold D. Gemar+
  Stanley H. Kleven+o
  Charles R. Meiners+o
  Gerald W. Nelson+
  Richard R. Uhlig+o

  Class of
  1966 - 18%
  Robert A. Dietl+o
  Lazlo A. Frics+
  Roger R. Madison+
  E. Hunt McCauley+
  Thomas J. Poindexter+o
  Kenneth A. Schulte+o
  George A. Twitero+o

  Class of
  1967 - 23%
  Gary A. Boorman+o
  Stephen J. Brandjord+
  William L. Burnap+o
  Todd K. Fetsch+o
  Robert L. Fischer+
  Donald N. McMartin+o
  William C. Miller+o
  Norman B. Purrington+o
  Gary A. Steen+
  Lyle P. Vogel+
  Robert B. Waterman+o

  Class of
  1968 - 17%
  Dennis D. Copeland
  Robert S. Gehrman+o
  Daniel C. Hartnett+
  Gary R. Leff
  Morris A. Link+
  Marvin R. Maaso
  John J. Melancon
  Gene Nagel+o
  A. Andrew Overby+o
  Jerald D. Sprau

  Class of
  1969 - 14%
  Thomas D. Brokken+
  Frederick J. Culbert+
  Thomas E. Dougherty+o
  Joel D. Locketz+o
  Roger A. Magnusson+
  Alan D. Olson+
  Terrence E. Rapaczo
  Donald K. Skaife

  Class of
  1970 - 35%, up 10%
  David J. Balkman+
  Philip H. Berends+
  Mark G. Burnso
  Charles F. Chesney+
  Diane B. Cook
  Gary D. Daniels+o
  Gary W. Engebretsen+o
  Jeffrey W. Gaver+o
  Daniel A. Goller+
  Jerry A. Henke+
  Rodney G. Johnson#
  Curtis L. Krieg+
  Donn A. Moll+
  Marvin J. O'Connell+
  Michael E. Orman+
  Larry N. Swenberg+
  Larry J. Tischer+o
  John S. Wright#+o

  Class of
  1971 - 23%
  Gene P. Beaulieu+
  Gregory R. Cutlan+
  Mark H. Engen+
  William W. Habedank+
  Elden G. Lamprecht+
  Roger L. Nelson+o
  Wayne P. Ode+o
  Richard N. Reierson+o
  Ronald C. Riis+
  Marvin J. Trandem+o
  John F. Youngbergo

  Class of
  1972 - 17%
  Gary L. Andersen+o
  Edward F. Dettmers+
  Richard R. Dubielzig+
  John P. Hurtgeno
  William B. Luckemeyer+o
  Dennis J. Meyer+
  Dennis I. Nelson+o
  Philip L. Nelson
  Diane C. Sittig+
  Lorna C. Taketa+

  Class of
  1973 - 12%
  Ronald T. Clappier+o
  James G. Geistfeld+o
  Barbara L. Geistfeld+o
  Roger A. Krogwold+
  James P. Mlsna+o
  Mark D. Titus+o
  Mary K. Urhausen+o

  Class of
  1974 - 24%, up 8%
  David P. Bronder+o
  Richard F. Ceman+
  Joel L. Erickson+
  Christine L. Gabel+
  Mark F. Hemmerich+o
  William E. Hiatt+
  Hans I. Jorgensen+o
  Thomas E. Koepke+
  Brendan C. McKiernan+
  David W. Merry+o
  Roger H. Newman+o
  John C. Thomsen+
  Max E. Weiss+

  Class of
  1975 - 30%
  John Brusky+
  Michael J. Cook+o
  David A. Ferrin+o
  Paul G. Fink+
  Craig D. Innes+o
  Kurt L. Jacobs+
  Donald E. Larson+o
  Wayne N. LeVasseur+
  Dale A. Magnusson+o
  Patrick C. McCaskey+o
  Grant D. Myhre+o
  Neil C. Olson+o
  Daniel E. Pearson+
  Kent R. Refsal+o
  Joseph E. Schneider+
  Donald J. Settergren+o
  Michael D. Williams+o

  Class of
  1976 - 14%
  Kathryn M. Duevel
  Diane M. Grorud+o
  Andrew P. Johnson+o
  Arden J. Nelson+o
  Jon P. Olson+o
  Eugene F. Schlueter+o
  Joanne J. Schulman+o
  Kathy Sorom Smith+o
  Rodney V. Thieleke+
  David W. Wiltrout+

  Class of
  1977 - 14%
  Leon C. Boehland+o
  Eugene C. Buchner+o
  Darol D. Duca+
  Lee Keating
  Kenneth V. Nordlund+
  Linda J. Sifford+o
  Thomas L. Wetzell+o
  Jan E. Whitman
  David J. Wright+

  Class of
  1978 - 20%
  Michael J. Andersono
  Darcy L. Atterbury+o
  Anthony E. Castro+
  Ronald G. Christensen+
  James E. Collins+
  Myron A. Cyphers+
  Robert J. Elliott+
  Pierce Fleming
  Thomas R. Haggart+o
  Michael R. Hannon+
  A. J. Kaneps+
  Gary R. Lippo+o
  Carol Hogfoss Rubin+o
  Thomas H. Sautter+

  Class of
  1979 - 11%
  Kevin L. Anderson+o
  Gary J. Batenhorst+o
  James C. Hunt Jr.+
  Timothy C. Ihry+o
  Bryan J. Nelson+
  Joanne G. Rehn+
  Philip J. Schoenborn+
  Amy Ward+o

  Class of
  1980 - 30%
  Nancy A. Bauer+o
  Elizabeth P. Boyntono
  Kathleen M. Brown+o
  Cornelia E. Farnum+o
  Susan L. Fehrer-Sawyer+o
  Dennis L. Foelker+
  Larry D. Johnson+o
  Timothy D. Johnson+o
  Richard A. Kiekhaefer+o
  Michael C. Kieler+
  Marcia R. Lee+
  Robert J. Murtaugh+o
  Michael R. Nelmso
  Daniel S. Oakes+
  Donald C. Roepke+o
  Mark S. Rusley+o
  Terry V. Sieker+
  Julie K. Smith+o
  Frances O. Smitho
  Margaret R. Souby+1
  Stephen D. Vork+
  Mark A. Wieland+

  Class of
  1981 - 18%
  Martha R. Armstrong-Dorauo
  Michael S. Bahr+
  Gala R. Beckendorf+o
  James W. Bennett+o
  Lucy B. Dayton+
  Laurel A. Degernes+o
  M. Kathi Ellis+
  Michael D. Hoffman+o
  William S. Isomotoo
  John M. Kruger+
  Ann L. Plata+
  Kelvin Rudolph+
  Gordon D. Spronk+
  Kurt S. Zimpel+
  Class of
  1982 - 14%
  Bruce D. Armstrong+
  Ford W. Bell*o
  Cindy J. Brunner+o
  James G. Donahue+o
  Debra A. Hvalka+
  Donald A. Olson+o
  Dennis L. Ostrander+o
  Bennett J. Porter III+o
  Gary D. Quimby+
  Debra K. Reed+o

  Class of
  1983 - 25%, up 1%
  Jacquelyn A. Babineau-Kieler+
  Cathy S. Carlson+
  James A. Esselman+
  Barbara Greigo
  Diane C. Hansgen+
  Kevin D. Holman
  Julie D. Hoyme+o
  Brian L. Kersten+
  George R. Kieler+o
  Sheila E. Morrisseyo
  Jane E. Nygaard+
  Todd A. Ostrander+
  Michael F. Overend+
  John C. Rodgers+o
  Joan M. Schumacher+o
  Michael K. Strobusho
  Gregg K. Takashima+
  Elizabeth N. Thorson+o
  Wayne H. Weiland+o
  Thomas H. Whitten+o

  Class of
  1984 - 11%
  Richard E. Cameron+
  Carolyn R. Kilroy+
  Elizabeth J. Knabe+
  Cheryl L. Kruger+
  James K. McCormack+o
  John W. Reynolds+
  Rodney J. Riewer+
  Nathan L. Winkelman+

  Class of
  1985 - 12%
  Roy B. Burnes IIIo
  William A. Delanis+o
  Ian P. Drummond+o
  Cindy J. Esselman+
  Thomas P. Fillao
  Timothy W. Krienkeo
  Deborah J. Mackay+
  Stephanie L. Russoo
  Karen Robb Wheeler+

  Class of
  1986 - 22%
  Kevin W. Barcus+
  Mark S. DeKoning+
  Therese M. Dieringero
  Lucy A. Grina+
  Barbara L. Guy+o
  Jean Liljegren Harmening+o
  Mary Girtz Juber+o
  Daniel P. Murray+o
  Norbert J. Nigon+o
  Joann W. Pasternack+o
  Nina M. Rados
  William S. Rice+o
  Evelyn B. Richer
  Janine L. Swailes+o
  Constance D. Taraseko
  Keith A. Wilsono

  Class of
  1987 - 21%, up 3%
  Cindy L. Bergquist
  Gary G. Bramel
  Curtis A. Browno
  Francis X. Buckingham
  Scott A. Dee+
  Barbara C. Farrell+o
  Alan R. Flory+o
  Arlo P. Frost+o
  Allan R. Harmening+
  Douglas A. Kern+o
  Gregg A. Laurence+o
  Allen M. Pederson+
  Bradley J. Peterson+
  Brian K. Reed+o
  Margaret V. Root Kustritz+
  Philip J. Walch+o

  Class of
  1988 - 15%
  Allan R. Carlson
  Lisa M. Carpenter
  William D. Cowan
  Cynthia A. Fetzer+o
  James S. Graham+
  Robert A. Krollo
  Judith M. Lapham
  Mark F. Pessino
  Mary E. Peterson+
  Richard B. Peterson
  James D. Trites
  Judi C. Vogt

  Class of
  1989 - 8%
  Ann E. Brownlee+
  Edward W. Haugen+
  Dennis V. Lange
  John C. Petran+o
  Jennifer J. Sorenson+o
  Ralph C. Weichselbaumo

  Class of
  1990 - 20%
  Daniel D. Bloomquist+o
  Kathryn S. French+o
  Ruth A. Hanson+
  Karin J. Harp+o
  Barry L. Hauptman+
  Patricia Keyes Hillo
  Guy S. Hohenhauso
  Kate An Hunter+
  Michael A. Moe+
  Brian D. Roggow+o
  Marisa C. St. Claire+o
  Kevin N. Thorsgaard+
  Laura J. Wold+o

  Class of
  1991 - 17%, up 1%
  Mark Brodyo
  Mary E. Buhman+
  Susan L. Chapman+o
  Wendy L. Daly+
  Grant R. Gugisberg+
  Karen L. Keinard+
  Karen M. Reynhout+
  Sarah E. Roelofs+o
  Lisa Sell+
  Laura J. Toddie+

  Class of
  1993 - 3%
  Janet Helms+
  Kim F. Krivit+o

  Class of
  1994 - 1%, up 1%
  Barry Kerkaert

  Class of
  1995 - 1%, up 1%
  Pamela A. Barshack
  Class of
  1996 - 4%, up 4%
  Tara C. Berg
  Stephanie J. Sprenger
  Stacey M. Troshinsky

  Class of
  1997 - 6%, up 6%
  Lisa L. Burk
  Karen J. Christopherson
  Patti A. Novako
  Bianca Williamson

  Other Donors
  (did not receive a D.V.M. degree from the U of M)
  Jeanne M. & David Ahrenholz
  Bernard P. & Cindy L.Aldrich
  Timothy A. Allen
  Jack L. Anderson
  Robert K. Anderson*
  Paul J. & Marlene P.Armbrecht
  Alfredo Back
  David E. Bartlett
  Ronald E. & Joyce L.Beauchane
  Patricia M. Biesseny
  Lori A. & Bradley R. Briggs
  Florence Y. Brown
  Stephen & Elizabeth Buckingham
  Mark S. Citsay
  Frank J. Carroll
  Katharine N. Caufield
  Steven R. Clark
  Marcia K. & John R.Copeland
  Caroline M. Czarnecki
  James A. & Bonnie R. D'Aquila
  Gilman T. Dedrick IV
  Ricardo V. Dengel
  Georgia & Edward Dettmers
  Gary D. Dial
  Gerald A. & Sinita Dix
  Steve Dudley
  Gary E. & Maryann J. Duke
  Kay S. Faaberg
  George W. & Dena Fischer
  Keven S. & Frances R. S. Fischer
  Marjorie Fontana
  Steve Fuchs
  Esther M. Gallant*
  James H. & Deborah A. Hannigan
  Robert M. & Sharon K. Hardy
  John A. Hauge
  Evelyn M. Huff
  Douglas A. Hutchinson
  Phyllis & Ellsworth Johnson
  Patricia K. Kane
  Jeffrey S. & Diane J. Klausner
  George Kohan
  Kenton S. Kraeger
  Nancy H. Krenik
  Dena L. Ladd
  Nicholas & Constance LaFond
  Alice A. & Robert C. Larson
  Douglas W. & Louise Leatherdale*
  Jang-Hern Lee
  Young-Ok Lee
  Reed J. Leiting
  Lin Liu
  Steven D. Lorenz
  Ken Lorenzen
  Samuel K. Maheswaran
  Ralph O. & Shirley A. McDonald
  Robert L. Mikkelsen
  Paul E. Mleziva
  Camille Moore
  Helen J. Moreland
  Robert B. & Jean M. Morrison
  Lawrence & Kathleen Mottl
  Michael J. Murphy*
  Fred E. Myers
  Del H. Nagel
  Thomas & Mary Lou Nicholls
  Carl A. Osborne
  Philip C. & Lorrie D. Oswald
  Al and June Perlman#*
  Douglas L. & Anne C. Petersen*
  David Polzin*
  Benjamin S. Pomeroy#
  Lyle E. & Gladys Rinehart
  Beverly F. Rosenbaum
  Robert Schachter & Karen Rylander*
  Betty G. Schlotthauer
  Lawrence & Frances Schook*
  Dale K. & Betty I. Sorensen
  Richard T. & Patricia L. Steele
  Suzy U. & Werner Stenzel
  Rudolphe & Barbara Theodore Jr.
  Ralph A. Vinson
  Gilbert H. Warriner
  Oliver & Joan Washburn
  D. D. & Jean Wightman

  Organization Donors
  3M Foundation
  ARKO Laboratories Ltd.
  Abbott Laboratories
  Acorn Hill Veterinary Service
  Airport Cities Animal Hospital
  Alcosta Veterinary Clinic
  All Pets Animal Hospital
  Allerderm
  American Shetand Sheepdog Assn.
  American Veterinary Medical Foundation
  Animal & Bird Clinic
  Animal Medical Center
  Animal Medical Clinic P.A.
  Anoka Area Veterinary Assoc.
  Anonymous
  Apple-Lake Animal Hospital
  Appleton Veterinary Clinic
  Arco Foundation
  Auxiliary to Minn. Vet. Med. Assn.
  Babcock Swine
  Bass Lake Pet Hospital
  Battletown Animal Clinic
  Bay View Veterinary Clinic
  Bayer
  Becton Dickinson Foundation
  Best Friend Pet Tags
  Blaine Animal Hospital
  Blue Cross Animal Hospital
  Brainerd Animal Hospital
  Butterfield Foods
  Camden Pet Hospital
  Canadian Consulate General
  Capitol City Animal Hospital
  Capri Plaza Pet Clinic
  Carver Lake Veterinary Center
  Cascade Animal Hospital
  Century Animal Clinic
  Ciba-Geigy
  Colonial Acres
  Cooper Farms
  Corcoran Pet Care Center
  Crossroads Animal Hospital
  Cumberland Veterinary Clinic
  CVM Class of 1996
  Dain Bosworth Foundation
  Daktari Bovine Reproductive Service
  Dekalb Swine Breeders
  Desert View Animal Hospital
  Detroit Lakes Animal Hospital
  Diamond Lake Animal Hospital
  Donovan-Link & Associates
  Dow Elanco
  Du Coa
  Duluth Veterinary Clinics
  Durand Veterinary Clinic
  Eastern States Veterinary Assn.
  Ecolab Foundation
  Edinburgh Pet Hospital
  Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation
  Elm Creek Animal Hospital
  Eureka Forbes Limited
  Excelsior Animal Hospital
  Fairfax Veterinary Clinic
  Fort Dodge Animal Health
  General Mills Foundation
  Genetipork USA
  Gold'n Plump
  Grace Foundation
  Grand Laboratories
  Granite City Pet Hospital
  Green Lake Pet Hospital
  Grey-Crow Farm
  Hastings Animal Hospital
  Hayward Animal Hospital
  H.J. Heinz Company Foundation
  Heritage Pet Hospital
  Hill's Pet Nutrition
  Hinckley Veterinary Clinic
  Hoechst Celanese
  Hoffmann-La Roche Foundation
  Honeywell Foundation
  Hudson Road Animal Hospital
  Huntter Medical
  Hy-Vac
  The IAMS Company
  Iowa Veterinary Supply
  J & J Distributing
  Kal Kan
  W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  Kelly Foods
  Kenwood Pet Clinic
  Kow Kountry Veterinary Service
  L.D.A. Rental Associates
  Lake Country Veterinary Clinic
  Land O'Lakes
  LeVasseur Land & Cattle Co.
  Lerner, David, Littenberg
  Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation
  Long Lake Veterinary Clinic
  Lucky Pet
  Madelia Veterinary Clinic
  Magnusson Veterinary Services
  Maine Biological Laboratories
  Mallinckrodt Veterinary
  Medtronic
  Meiners Animal Clinic
  Mendota Hts. Animal Hospital
  Merck Company Foundation
  Midwest Veterinary Supply
  Miller Farm
  Minneapolis Kennel Club
  Minnesota Pork Producers Assn.
  Minnesota SCWT Kidney Clinic
  Minnesota Valley Pet Hospital
  Minnesota Veterinary Medical Assn.
  Mobile Animal Care
  Monsanto
  Monsanto Fund
  Monticello-Big Lake Pet Hospital
  NSP Co.
  Nelson Laboratories
  Nextran
  Nicholas Turkey Breeding farms
  NOBL Laboratories
  Oakwood Animal Hospital
  Oxford Veterinary Labs
  Park Pet Hospital
  Parkway Veterinary Hospital
  PetSmart
  Pfizer Animal Health
  Pharmacia & Upjohn
  Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation
  PIC USA
  Pine Shelter Veterinary Hospital
  Pipestone Veterinary Clinic
  Plymouth Heights Pet Hospital
  Prof Balanced Nutrition
  Protatek International
  Puget Sound Animal Hospital
  R &D Systems
  Ralston Purina Co.
  Rice Pet Clinic & Hospital
  Roseau Veterinary Services
  Ross Breeders
  I.D. Russell Co. Laboratories
  Salmon Bay Veterinary Hospital
  Sauk Centre Veterinary Clinic
  Schering-Plough
  Schering-Plough Foundation
  Select Laboratories
  Solvay Animal Health
  South Hyland Pet Hospital
  Sunrise Farms
  Swenson Veterinary Clinic
  Swine Graphics Enterprises
  Swine Health Center
  Swine Management Group
  Syntrovet
  Total Herd Management Services
  Tower Avenue Veterinary Clinic
  Tri Bio Laboratories
  Tribeca-Soho Animal Hospital
  Valders Veterinary Service
  Veterinary Medicine Publishing Group
  Veterinary Software Publishing
  M.G. Waldbaum Co.
  West Main Animal Hospital
  Willmar Poultry Co.
  Winrock International

  Clinics Donating to CVM Tribute Fund
  The following clinics and veterinarians contributed to the CVM Tribute Fund, most often in memory of a client's beloved pet. If you would like to participate in the Tribute Fund program, please call toll free 888-255-8636. Armstrong Veterinary Service - Star Prairie, Wis.
  Pam Barshack - Minneapolis
  Companion Animal Hospital - Eagan
  Crossroads Animal Hospital - Burnsville
  Detroit Lakes Animal Hospital - Detroit Lakes
  East Valley Animal Clinic - Apple Valley
  Edinburgh Pet Hospital - Brooklyn Park
  Elm Creek Animal Hospital - Champlin
  Heritage Pet Hospital - Rochester
  Hudson Road Animal Hospital - Woodbury
  LeSueur Veterinary Services - LeSueur
  Minnesota Veterinary Hospital - Shoreview
  Minnesota Valley Pet Hospital - Mankato
  Monticello-Big Lake Veterinary Hospital - Monticello
  Anita Moore - Webster, Wis.
  Rice Pet Clinic and Hospital - St. Paul
  Skadron Animal Hospital - West Saint Paul
  Tribeca - Soho Animal Hospital, New York, N.Y.
  Ralph Weichselbaum - Falcon Heights
  West Village Veterinary Hospital - New York, N.Y.
  

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  Faculty News

  Russ Bey and David Brown, both in the Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, have been promoted to full professors. Congratulations!

  Professor emeritus Sally Jorgensen received the University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service in June.

  Esther Gallant, professor in the Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, has been awarded a Senior National Research Service Award by the National Institutes of Health. This fellowship will support her sabbatical leave research at the Australian National University. Gallant also has been awarded a Bush Sabbatical Grant by the University of Minnesota.

  Michael Murtaugh, professor in the Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, began a year-long sabbatical at the Institute for Molecular Pathology in Vienna, Austria, in August. His goal is to gather new skills and techniques that he can apply to research into the relationship between host cells and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus. Understanding the function of individual genes will facilitate the development of improved treatments and more effective and safer vaccines," Murtaugh notes. "The methods will be broadly applicable to many problems in host response to infection at the cellular and molecular levels and will make me a more effective collaborator at the University of Minnesota."

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  Alumni News

  Mark Burns, D.V.M., '70, is moving his Tribeca Soho Animal Hospital around the corner and expanding from 700 to 2,800 square feet. Construction started in July. The practice is located in New York City's Greenwich Village.

  Al Kenyon, D.V.M., '57; Ph.D., '61, writes to say that he has recently developed a pilot plant for chemically cross-linking asbestos to render it harmless. He has also been active in studies of parasitism of beluga whales.

  Deb Nickelson, D.V.M., '85, has taken on new duties as a technical services representative with Schering-Plough Animal Health and moved to New Jersey.

  The K.F. Meyer - James H. Steele Gold Head Cane award was presented to Lonnie J. King, M.S., '80, at the American Veterinary Epidemio-logy Society meeting in Reno last July. King is the dean at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. At the same meeting, Phyllis Kanki, D.V.M., '82, was presented an honorary diploma.

  Congratulations to Gail Hansen, D.V.M., '82, who has moved from Seattle to Topeka, Kansas, to assume her new position as assistant state epidemiologist.

  Col. Gary Andersen, D.V.M., '72, has been promoted and now is commander of the Pacific Regional Veterinary Command for the entire armed forces. His new position "forces" him to be stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. Andersen says he commands military veterinary services for more than 50 percent of the world's surface.

  Gary Bender, D.V.M., '89; M.S. '95, is the new assistant state epidemiologist for Minnesota. Hats off to you!

  Derald Johnson, D.V.M., '52, was recently honored for 25 years of service as a volunteer consultant veterinarian at the Animal Humane Society of Hennepin County in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Congratulations!

  Chuck Farho, D.V.M., '59, has retired from Pharmacia Upjohn and will be doing missionary work in Romania this fall.

  Kermit Johnson, D.V.M., '56, has retired as South Dakota's state veterinarian.

  Ken Schulte, D.V.M. '66, has sold his practice in Milbank, South Dakota, and is now exclusively consulting in bovine nutrition.
  

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  Hot Line

  Alumni and friends of the College of Veterinary Medicine can now reach the Office of Development, Public and Alumni Relations with a toll-free telephone call to 888-255-UofM (888-255-8636). Call with alumni news, questions about gift planning, or a request for the senior directory.

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