Nominations Invited for Animal Care and Research Award

The Patrick J. Manning Research Award honors two University staff or students.

Awards will be presented at the annual appreciation luncheon and will consist of a plaque and a $500 honorarium. Nominations should take the form of a single letter by the candidate and signed by a supervisor or a letter from the candidate's supervisor or colleague. The award is intended for University staff or students (not Faculty) who work with research animals. The short letter should summarize the candidate's contributions. Nominations are due early each spring.

The Patrick J. Manning award recognizes special effort in the care and use of research animals and contributions to biomedical research. Examples of the kinds of accomplishments the award seeks to honor include:

• Efforts in refining research techniques to use fewer animals, or provide less invasive or less stressful procedures
• Efforts that improve training in animal welfare and biomedical research
• Efforts for outstanding observation, daily care, or health care of research animals
• Efforts that educate the public about the essential role animals play in research.

The award is a memorial to Dr. Patrick J. Manning, D.V.M, who directed the University's Research Animal Resources from 1974 until his death in 1994. Dr. Manning was also a professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.

Please mail nominations to PJM Awards, MMC220. Further information can be obtained on RAR's homepage (www.ahc.umn.edu/rar) or call 612-625-7410.

Dr. Patrick J. Manning- Farewell to a Scholar and a Leader

Patrick J. Manning  1938 – 1994

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Dr. Patrick J. Manning, Director of Research Animal Resources at the University of Minnesota for 20 years and Veterinary Medical Officer for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, passed away on December 26, 1994.  Pat was born in St. Paul and graduated from old Monroe High School.  Pat received his DVM degree in 1965 from the University of Minnesota and then went to Bowman Gray School of Medicine where he received a master’s in laboratory animal medicine and comparative pathology.  In 1970, Pat became Chief of Experimental Pathology at the Sinclair Research Center and Associate Professor of Pathology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri.  In 1974 Pat came to the University of Minnesota as an Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Director of Research Animal Resources.  Pat became a full professor in 1993.

Pat was always an active member of the laboratory animal medicine community.  He served on the boards of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) and the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) as well as president of ACLAM.  AALAS honored Pat with the Charles A. Griffin award for outstanding contribution to laboratory animal science in 1985.  Pat was an ardent supporter of the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) and served as chair of the AAALAC from 1981 – 1983.  Pat edited two ACLAM texts during his career, most recently The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit published in 1994.  Pat’s true love was research and he served on numerous NIH study sections, as a consultant to the Division of Research Resources, on Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources Advisory councils, and was on the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Center for Toxicological Research.  He published over 50 articles in his career.

At the University of Minnesota, Pat organized, managed, and directed Research Animal Resources (RAR), the veterinary service, care and teaching department which provides direct support to researchers using laboratory animals in the Health Sciences.  He improved the animal care and use program to a point where the Health Sciences achieved AAALAC accreditation in 1984 and has maintained that accreditation since.  In his role as Director of RAR, Pat often had to speak out publicly to defend the University’s use of animals in research and education.  Pat always felt strong about the need for laboratory animal veterinarians to have a strong research background and trained several veterinary residents in that tradition.

Dr. Patrick J. Manning cast a big shadow and will be missed.
 

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