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                                               with Interim Dean Kornegay

                                                          plus

                                               MU Alums Help People of the
                                                  Dominican Republic by
Lights, Camera, X-Ray...                          Helping Their Animals
                                                            •
Movies That Speed                               Connaway Hall Restoration
                                                            •
Healing of Animals                                New Business Course
                                                            •
Undergoing Surgery ... see page 24                Gateways to Vet Med
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                                        Winter/ Spring 1999                                                                                                                            Volume 16, Number 1

                                                                                                         Inside this Issue
                                       Message from the Dean                                                                                                                                                                3   ON THE COVER
   VETERINARY MEDICAL REVIEW

    is published twice a year by the
    College of Veterinary Medicine,
   University of Missouri-Columbia     Around the College                                                                                                                                                                   4
                    Editorial Office
W-203 Veterinary Medicine Building
   University of Missouri-Columbia     Connaway Hall Celebrates 88 Years With a
              Columbia, MO 65211
                                       New Renovation and a New Mission                                                                                                                                                    14   NAMED FOR ITS SHAPE,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the Surgical C-arm is an intra-
     College of Veterinary Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                operative fluoroscope, a tool that
                       Interim Dean                                                                                                                                                                                             takes continuous X-rays during
                   Dr. Joe Kornegay    1998 Faculty Guide                                                                                                                                                                  15   surgery. The MU Veterinary Medical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Teaching Hospital is one of a few
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                             veterinary institutions using a C-arm
                  Dr. C.B. Chastain                                                                                                                                                                                             to provide surgeons with movie-like
                                       Life on the Pathway to Success in Veterinary Medicine                                                                                                                               18   X-rays during surgery. By having
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                exact and immediate visual
                             Editor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                information, the surgeon can make
                    Randy Mertens                                                                                                                                                                                               more precise incisions, usually
                                       Class of ’98 Graduates                                                                                                                                                              19   making the incision smaller and
                       Photography                                                                                                                                                                                              sometimes eliminating the incision
                    Howard Wilson                                                                                                                                                                                               altogether. By making smaller
                    Randy Mertens                                                                                                                                                                                               incisions, the patient suffers less
                                       A Young, Well-Educated Team Takes on the Challenge of                                                                                                                                    blood loss and post-operative pain is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                drastically reduced.
                    Graphic Design     Making MU’s Food Animal Clinic Among the Best in the Nation                                                                                                                         22
                    Sandy Whitter
               MU Printing Services

                   Graphic Support
                                       Alumni News                                                                                                                                                                         26
                       Don Conner

                         Telephone     Catching Up with Dr. Joe McGinity                                                                                                                                                   28
                    (573) 884-2215

                 Web Page Address
                                       Teaching the Business of Veterinary Medicine                                                                                                                                        30
             www.cvm.missouri.edu

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 a Mission                 Dean Joe Kornegay                              ...20                                                                                ...24
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                 A Time to Meet New Challenges

                         fter 14 years at Mizzou, with six      ical college becoming one of the premier
                 of those as your dean, I truly feel bonded     veterinary educational institutions in the
                 with this college, university, and the won-    world. The college enjoys the trust of uni-
                 derful state of Missouri. With both of our     versity administrators, legislators, and citi-
                 children born here, Janet shares these feel-   zens who appreciate and support the
                 ings. Our family considers ourselves both      important work done here. Our fiscal
                 Missourians and MU Tigers.                     health is sound and our reputation in
                    This sense of deep commitment, cou-         teaching, research, and service is growing.
“We consider
                 pled with exceptional pride for this col-      A strong management team is in place and
                 lege and its people, compelled us to stay      ready to accomplish, in the 21st Century,
ourselves both   when opportunities beckoned from other         breakthroughs that we have only begun
                 universities. We have truly enjoyed work-      working on now.
 Missourians     ing with students, staff, faculty, and an         I know that you will provide Dr. Joe
                 immense number of MU friends as this           Kornegay, the interim dean, with the

     and         college has grown in academic stature.         same enthusiastic support and assistance
                    However, things happen that are not         that I could always rely on. With his
                 easily described in words. Career deci-        skilled leadership and vision, he will
 MU Tigers”
                 sions are influenced by personal and fami-     guide the College of Veterinary Medicine
                 ly matters in addition to the professional     team to new levels of excellence.
                 and academic ones. After deep thought, I          Serving as your dean has been the
                 have decided to heed the irresistible siren    greatest privilege and honor of my career,
                 call of my own alma mater, Texas A&M’s         and I will always cherish my experiences
                 College of Veterinary Medicine, and to         with Mizzou’s veterinary medical college
                 accept the challenges awaiting a new           and all the wonderful people associated
                 deanship there.                                with it.
                    We leave knowing that the MU
                 College of Veterinary Medicine is in its
                 strongest position ever. The college is        Dean Richard Adams
                 filled with talented and accomplished peo-
                 ple who will continue, and accelerate, our
                 shared vision of the MU veterinary med-
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                                                                                                                      Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The
                                                                                                                      colony—one of only four in the world
                                                                                                                      used to study the disease and possible
                                                                                                                      treatments-also displays progressive clin-
                                                                                                                      ical dysfunction similar to Duchenne
                                                                                                                      muscular dystrophy in children, the most
                                                                                                                      severe forms of muscular dystrophy in
                                                                                                                      humans.
                                                                                                                          This work is in keeping with the col-
                                                                                                                      lege’s research mission that is expanding
                                                                                                                      to encompass the “one medicine” con-
                                                                                                                      cept, embracing the nation that all basic
                                                                                                                      biomedical research can have potential
                                                                                                                      benefits for humans and animals.
                                                                                                                          Besides his pivotal role as chair of the
                                                                                                                      college’s largest department, Dr. Korne-
                                                                                                                      gay served as director of the MU Veteri-
                                                                                                                      nary Medical Teaching Hospital. Here,
                                                                                                                      he coordinated six sections of three broad
                                                                                                                      areas of companion animal, food animal,
    Interim Dean Joe N. Kornegay (left) and former Dean H. Richard Adams at Dean Adams’ farewell dinner
    in April.                                                                                                         and equine medicine.
                                                                                                                          “I welcome the opportunity to serve the
                                                                                                                      College of Veterinary Medicine during this
                         Dean H. Richard Adams retires—                                                               exciting and challenging time in its history

      Dr. Kornegay Named Interim Dean                                                                                 and appreciate the confidence shown in
                                                                                                                      me,” Dr. Kornegay said. “Dean Adams has
                                                                                                                      provided strong leadership over the past
                                                                                                                      six years. The college has many friends and
             r. Joe Kornegay, professor and                 to provide solid leadership and continue                  supporters among the animal-owning pub-
    chair of veterinary medicine and surgery                the principal thrusts of the college. The                 lic and practicing veterinarians in the state.
    at the University of Missouri-Columbia                  college has taken great strides in the last               I will seek their input and advice as we go
    College of Veterinary Medicine, was                     several years and we are confident that                   forward. Veterinary medicine occupies a
    named the college’s interim dean last                   under Dr. Kornegay’s guidance it will                     critical position on this campus as a bridge
    spring after the retirement of Dean H.                  continue to move in the same direction.”                  between the agricultural sciences and med-
    Richard Adams.                                             Dr. Kornegay earned a nationally                       icine. I feel that it is particularly important
       “We are fortunate to have someone of                 renowned reputation for his research on                   that our programs in life sciences work
    Dr. Kornegay’s caliber and professional                 a canine model of Duchenne muscular                       together to capitalize on mutual strengths.”
    capability to step into this role at this               dystrophy. His colony of Golden Retriev-                      Dean H. Richard Adams stepped
    important time,” MU Interim Provost                     ers lack, or have severely reduced levels                 down to take a position as dean of veteri-
    Brady Deaton said. “He is well qualified                of, dystophin, the defective protein in                   nary medicine at Texas A&M University.
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                                                              Sparky Honored by the House
                                                              DR. CHARLES “ANDY” CARSON,           professor of veterinary pathobiology, displays a
                                                              Missouri House of Representatives’ proclamation honoring Sparky, a steer engaged in
                                                              College of Veterinary Medicine research. Sparky is a blood donor in a research
                                                              project involving Babesia bovis, a disease of cattle in tropical climates that is similar
                                                              to human malaria. Sparky’s red blood cells and serum are used to grow the Babesia
                                                              bovis parasite in a test tube where the disease can be studied. The research is aimed at
                                                              curing the disease and to also serve as a possible model for a vaccine in human
                                                              malaria. Sparky was born at the college almost 14 years ago.

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College Settles into Renovated Space

                          WHEN A NEW BUILD-
                          ING   for the Vet-
                            erinary Medical
                            Teaching Hospi-
                            tal was com-
pleted in 1993, the College of Veterinary
Medicine took a great stride forward in
state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosing
and treating animal diseases. Now, the
old teaching hospital, renovated for meet-
ings, research, and teaching, is enjoying a
new life.
   “We simply had more funded research
and faculty that we could properly
accommodate prior to the renovation,”
said Ben Riley, assistant to the dean for          Teddy Bear Surgery           Tracey Williams, Class of 2000, leads a student attending the college’s annual
business and fiscal operations at the col-         open house through the final touches of a mock surgical procedure on a teddy bear. The exercise is
                                                   designed to communicate important veterinary principles to students who may chose to consider a career
lege. “We couldn’t be more pleased with            in veterinary medicine. Other exhibits, created by the students of the college, included a walking tour
the final product. The college now has             through a dog’s digestive tract and tours through Clydesdale Hall. Elementary, junior high, and senior high
adequate space and excellent facilities,           students from throughout the state attended the April open house.

which should be favorable for increasing
our research funding even more.”                  MU Program Offers a LOT to                                   together with middle and high school
   The facility is also used for lecture and                                                                   teachers at professional development
other instructional purposes by the college.
                                                  Columbia Public Schools                                      workshops, which are presented locally
   Funding for the $6 million renovation          COLUMBIA, MO. LANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL                            by each outreach team.”
was approved by the Missouri Legisla-             teacher David Bones needed something                            In the last two years, these teams have
ture in 1995. Construction commenced              special to teach his seventh grade science                   worked with more than 200 science
in 1996 and the facilities were completed         class about the brain. He called on some-                    teachers nationwide.
late last year. The renovated space               one he knew could help, a working scien-                        The MU LOT presented its first work-
includes laboratories, faculty offices, a         tist, MU College of Veterinary Medicine                      shop in August 1997. There, the team
large multipurpose conference room, and           Professor Dr. James Schadt.                                  brought 16 Columbia Public School
an auditorium that can accommodate up                 The contact was not accidental. Dr.                      teachers two different experiments to
to 200 people.                                    Schadt heads MU’s Local Outreach Team                        bring back to their students that fall. In
   The conference center is scheduled as          (LOT) sponsored by the American Physi-                       January 1998, the team demonstrated
the site for the October 1998 meeting of          ological Society (APS). A LOT is designed                    advances in computers. In August, the
the University of Missouri System Board           to be an in-depth resource of knowledge                      team dealt with cardiovascular research.
of Curators.                                      and ideas to assist middle and high school                      “This program is unique because it not
   The Veterinary Medical Diagnostic              science teachers.                                            only provides teachers with experiments
Laboratory also has found additional lab              APS selected MU as one of eight insti-                   to do in class, but it also gives them all of
and office facilities in the renovated space.     tutions nationwide to operate a 1997-98                      the supplies they need to pull the experi-
Moving into the new area has allowed the          outreach team. MU’s nine-member team is                      ments off,” Dr. Schadt said. “The teach-
lab to remove two triple-wide, 25-year-           made up of faculty from MU and the                           ers left the program with enough supplies
old “temporary” trailers that had been            Columbia Public School system. The                           for their classes to do the experiments at
needed prior to the renovation.                   workshops allow teachers to explore                          no cost to Columbia Public Schools.”
   To celebrate the renovated space, and          hands-on, inquiry-based, physiology activ-                      Bones said he left the workshop with
the 50th anniversary of the MU College            ities appropriate for use in the classroom.                  much more than supplies. “I made con-
of Veterinary Medicine, a time capsule                “The LOT program is designed to                          tacts with people in the science field who
was placed in a wall of the conference            improve the quality of science teaching in                   work with science on a daily basis,” he
center. The time capsule, containing cur-         schools and to increase the public’s sci-                    said. “It always helps me to see how what
rent and past curriculum, photos, news            ence literacy level so those not associated                  I’m teaching is used in the real world so I
articles, catalogs, phone books, and other        with science can evaluate the news,” Dr.                     can get the context to give broader exam-
items, is scheduled to be opened on the           Schadt said. “This is accomplished by                        ples to my students.”
100th anniversary of the college. VMR             bringing professors and researchers                                                                    VMR

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                                                                        Gentle Doctor Benefit
                                                                          Nets Scholarship
                                                                          and Loan Funds
                                                                         he second decade of the College of                to help secure the 20 percent of construc-
                                                                  Veterinary Medicine’s annual Gentle Doc-                 tion cost that was the college’s responsi-
                                                                  tor Benefit began with more participants                 bility.
                                                                  and auction items.                                           The first auction attracted almost 300
                                                                     The 11th annual benefit, held in April,               people and had a gross income of
                                                                  featured items ranging from key chains                   $46,900. After expenses, $21,400 went
                                                                  to Frederick Remington sculptures. Gross                 toward construction of the building. The
                                                                  income for the auction, that this year will              tenth auction saw the retirement of the
                                                                  help fund college scholarships and stu-                  Clydesdale Hall obligation, allowing this
                                                                  dent loans, was almost $100,000. About                   year’s proceeds to go to scholarships and
                                                                  1,000 people, from as far away as Wash-                  student loans.
                                                                  ington D.C., Texas, and California,                          The most sought after item auctioned
                                                                  attended.                                                this year was a Charles Russell Stage-
                                                                     Next year the auction, to be held April               coach reproduction. Several Remington
                                                                  10, 1999, is scheduled to fill all of the                sculptures, as well as other artists, were
                                                                  Hearnes Center, the largest convention                   also featured. Vacations, medical sup-
                                                                  facility in Columbia, Mo. In terms of                    plies, toys, stuffed animals, a four-poster
                                                                  attendance, the benefit may be the largest               bed, other artwork, veterinary medical
                                                                  university-related function other than                   services, household goods, a horse, and
                                                                  graduation and sporting events.                          breeding services were also included.
                                                                     The Gentle Doctor Benefit auction                         Each year the Gentle Doctor Benefit
                                                                  began in the early 1980s to help fund a                  has an informal theme. The 1998 theme
                                                                  portion of the $4 million Clydesdale Hall,               was a salute to Missouri animal agricul-
One of the most sought after auction items in the
Gentle Doctor Benefit was a Frederick Remington                   the College of Veterinary Medicine’s                     ture. The 1999 theme will be a salute to
reproduction of Trooper of the Plains.                            Medical Teaching Hospital. A group of                    the Missouri Tigers sports teams.
                                                                  parents organized a Parents’ Committee                                                         VMR

                                                                                           Auctioneer for the
                                                                                           benefit was Dr. Densil
                                                                                           Allen, DVM, class of
                                                                                           ’71. About 1,000
                                                                                           people attended this
                                                                                           year’s auction.

                                                                                              Dr. Alfred Doughty,
                                                                                            class of 1952, and his
                                                                                                wife Peggy, stand
                                                                                           before an Oxbow four-
                                                                                                  poster bed that
                                                                                             Dr. Doughty built for
                                                                                                      the auction.

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Alumni Day, Fall Conference                          announced. Dr. David Wilson, associate
                                                     professor of veterinary medicine and sur-
                                                                                                               issues. Dr. Messer is one of nine people
                                                                                                               selected to serve on the board. He is a
Scheduled for October 3-4                            gery, will handle clinical affairs. Dr.                   Cum Laude graduate of Colorado State
T H E C O L L E G E of Veterinary Medicine’s         Robert Youngquist, professor of veteri-                   College of Veterinary Medicine.
19th annual Alumni Day and 74th annual               nary medicine and surgery, will handle                                    Dr. Joseph Wagner, patho-
Fall Conference will be held October 3-4.            curriculum and tenure issues.      VMR
                                                                                                                               biology professor, received
    Activities will include interactive work-                                                                                  the Griffin Award from the
shops, reunion dinners, and tours of                                                                                           American Association for
Clydesdale Hall. There will also be an               Accolades                                                                 Laboratory Animal Science
Alumni Reception.                                                                                                              (AALAS) late last year. The
    “The event will be similar to last year’s                      Dr. John Bonagura, chair of                 Griffin Award is given annually for out-
format where our annual Alumni Day                                 MU’s veterinary cardiology,                 standing accomplishment in improving
and Annual Fall Conference were com-                               was one of six Ohio State                   the quality of care and use of animals in
bined,” Dr. Everett Aronson, director of                           University College of Veteri-               biological and medical research. The
student and alumni affairs said. “We will                          nary Medicine alumni hon-                   Griffin Award, the oldest and most pres-
be presenting small group interactive                ored during the college’s oath and                        tigious AALAS award, was named after
workshops on many topics. This format                hooding ceremony with the 1997 Distin-                    its first recipient, the late Dr. Charles A.
provides an ideal atmosphere to exchange             guished Alumnus Award. Dr. Bonagura                       Griffin of the Division of Laboratories
ideas in a casual, informal setting suited           was an OSU faculty member from 1977-                      and Research of the New York State
for small group in-depth discussions.”               1995. He is board certified in internal                   Department of Health. He was a pioneer
    All of the traditional Alumni Day activ-         medicine, specializing in cardiology. He                  in the breeding and maintenance of lab-
ities will be continued, Dr. Aronson said.           has received many national awards for                     oratory animals.
“There will be reunions for the classes of           teaching and research. In 1989, he was a
’93, ’88, ’83, ’78, ’73, ’68, ’63, ’58, and          visiting research fellow at the Royal
’53 on Saturday night. During the day, in            School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh,                  New Faculty
addition to the workshops, there will be             Scotland.                                                              Dr. James Cook joined the
tours of Clydesdale Hall, a seminar for                            Dr. Gary Johnson, pathobi-                               college as a clinical instruc-
spouses, and a football game between                               ology associate professor,                               tor in small animal surgery
Mizzou and Northwest Louisiana.”                                   was one of three 1998 AKC                                in the Veterinary Medical
    The $15 workshops can be taken for                             Excellence in Canine                                     Teaching Hospital. Dr.
two hours of continuing education credit.                          Research Award recipients.                               Cook, who received his
This year workshops will detail small ani-                         His research focused on the                 DVM degree from the University of Mis-
mal emergency and critical care, dental              development of DNA markers for inher-                     souri in 1994 and is expected to receive
radiography, ophthamology, cardiology,               ited diseases of domestic animals. In col-                his pathobiology Ph.D. in December
dog and cat hematologic disorders, small             laboration with Dr. Dennis O’Brien, MU                    1998, joined the college as a surgical resi-
animal arthrology, abdominal ultrasound,             pathobiology associate professor, Dr.                     dent in 1995. His research specialty is in
inhalation anesthesia, equine inhalation             Johnson developed a DNA market for X-                     joint disorders.
anesthesia, radiology of musculoskeletal             linked cerebellar ataxia in Pointers, and                 Dr. Richard Tsika joined the college as
development disease, and veterinary com-             has moved all female carriers without                     an associate professor. He holds joint
puter resources.                                     signs of disease from private breeding                    appointments in the Department of Vet-
    For more information, call 573/884-              stock to a colony of research dogs at the                 erinary Medical Sciences, School of
6774.                                   VMR
                                                     University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr.                      Medicine, and as an investigator at the
                                                     Johnson is also contributing to the canine                Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center.
                                                     genome project by developing type-I
Dr. Moore Assumes Acting Chair at                    canine markers with emphasis on canine
                                                                                                               Dr. Tsika holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in bio-
                                                                                                               logical sciences from the University of
Veterinary Medical Hospital                          equivalents to human chromosomes.                         California and was most recently an
D R . C E C I L M O O R E , professor of veteri-                  Dr. Nat. T. Messer IV, asso-                 assistant professor in the Department of
nary medicine and surgery, assumed the                            ciate professor of veterinary                Molecular and Integrative Physiology at
post of acting chair and hospital director                        medicine, is serving a two-                  the University of Illinois.          VMR

of MU’s Veterinary Medical Teaching                               year term on the newly
Hospital. He assumed the post after the                           reestablished National Wild
previous chair, Dr. Joe N. Kornegay, was                          Horse and Burro Advisory
named interim dean for the College of                Board. The board advises the Depart-
Veterinary Medicine.                                 ments of Interior and Agriculture on
   Two acting associate chairs were also             wild horse and burrow management

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                                                                Despite the Pressure...

                                                                Dr. Lenz
                                                                Creates Second
                                                                Stained-Glass Window
                                                                                                 Text and photos by Randy Mertens

                                                                        he pressure was on when Dr. Tom                     The work now hangs in the lobby of
                                                                Lenz considered creating his second                      the Equine Clinic in the MU College of
                                                                stained glass window for the MU College                  Veterinary Medicine’s Teaching Hospital
                                                                of Veterinary Medicine. A self-taught                    where it has won the praise of Dr. Lenz’s
                                                                artist, his first work won praise and admi-              colleagues. It’s mission was accomplished
                                                                ration from his alma mater. A second                     for Dr. Lenz. “I personally like the new
                                                                stained glass creation? What if no one                   one better than the first,” he said.
                                                                liked the second as much as the first?                      Dr. Lenz is a 1975 graduate of the MU
                                                                    “I didn’t want to create a second                    College of Veterinary Medicine with a
    Dr. Thomas R. Lenz, DVM class of ’75, sits under            stained glass window,” he said. “It’s like a             master’s degree in veterinary science from
    the second stained glass window he created for
    the college. The window graces the lobby of the
                                                                movie sequel—it’s likely to be bad.”                     Texas A&M University. He is also a 1986
    Equine Clinic in the MU College of Veterinary                   Dr. Lenz, a University of Missouri Col-              diplomate of the American College of
    Medicine’s Teaching Hospital where it has won the           lege of Veterinary Medicine alumnus, did                 Theriogenologists.
    praise of Dr. Lenz’s colleagues. “I personally like
    the new one better than the first,” he said.                not want to disappoint MU or Dean H.                        Before receiving his DVM degree, Dr.
                                                                Richard Adams who requested the work.                    Lenz was a captain in the Marine Corps
                                                                Dr. Lenz took up the challenge and                       from 1966-70 and was decorated for
                                                                decided it was going to be his best cre-                 service in Vietnam where he commanded
                                                                ation. He had to remind himself that this                an infantry reconnaissance platoon.
                                                                was a hobby designed to be fun, however.                    After graduating from MU, he was an
                                                                    “I couldn’t see the window in my                     associate equine practitioner at Escondido
                                                                mind,” he said. “I told Richard (Adams)                  Veterinary Hospital, Escondido, Calif. It
                                                                that I would make one, but I said I didn’t               was in 1976 that he began working with
                                                                know when it would be done. I thought                    stained glass as a hobby. “I started with
                                                                about the window for three years. I drew                 no formal instruction as an artist,” he
                                                                it three or four times but nothing worked.               said. “I don’t think of myself as an artist,
                                                                I couldn’t close my eyes and see the fin-                either. I draw something, then draw it
                                                                ished window.                                            again, and redraw it again until I eventu-
                                                                    “Then it just came to me and I could                 ally get it right.”
                                                                see it in my mind. It took about two                        His interest in the art started when he
                                                                nights to draw. I decided to focus on the                saw a stained glass window that he could-
                                                                mules. From there, it took about six                     n’t afford. A veterinarian friend, who
                                                                months to build.”                                        worked in the medium, helped Dr. Lenz

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get started on his first work. Creating                                                                   are certain cuts that you cannot make
stained glass is a hobby along with                                                                        with glass,” Dr. Lenz said.
woodcarving.                                                                                                     “It was harder to make because of
    In 1977, Dr. Lenz then estab-                                                                               the smaller pieces and different
lished his own equine practice                                                                                     types of glass,” he said. “The
in Blue Springs, Mo. From                                                                                            hardest thing was the leaded
1984 until 1988, he was res-                                                                                          lines between the glass. I
ident veterinarian and man-                                                                                            wanted them to be bold but
ager at a ranch near                                                                                                    not overpowering. I tried to
Houston, Texas. While                                                                                                    accomplish that by having
managing the brood-mare                                                                                                  the fewest lines possible.”
ranch that bred 400 to                                                                                                      Another problem was
500 cutting Quarter Horse                                                                                                finding the perfect sorrel
mares each year, he earned                                                                                               color for the mules. “I knew
a master’s degree in equine                                                                                              the color that I wanted. It
reproduction at Texas                                                                                                    took time to find it. In fact, I
A&M. He also passed the                                                                                                  spent more time looking for
examination for board                                                                                                    glass than I did building the
certification in Theri-                                                                                                  window.”
ogenology.                                                                                                                  Dr. Lenz’s basement stu-
    During this time, he                                                                                                dio shares space with his
began teaching as an                                                                                                    other hobby, creating Native
adjunct professor of medi-                                                                                             American-related woodcarv-
cine and surgery at Texas                                                                                            ings.
A&M University and Virginia-                                                                                           As with the stained glass proj-
Maryland Regional College of                                                                                     ects, the woodcarvings are gener-
Veterinary Medicine. Since 1989,                                                                               ally large. Dr. Lenz has created
he has been with the Animal Health                                                                          several six-foot-tall Indian statues. His
Products, Agriculture Division, at Bayer,                                                                 interest in this work started the same way
Inc., in Shawnee Mission, Kan. At Bayer                                                                   that he got into stained glass: he saw and
he was Senior Equine Technical Services                                                                   wanted to buy a six-foot Indian statue but
Veterinarian and Director of Veterinary         MU appears at the College of Veterinary                   the price tag was too high. He bought a
Services. Today, he is head of Pharmaceu-       Medicine’s Small Animal Clinic waiting                    book on the subject and some tools and
tical Research and Development.                 room. This window, a farm scene, fea-                     created his first wooden work. A smaller
    For more than five years he has written     tures a variety of animals including a Bel-               version was auctioned at a College of Vet-
a monthly column, Your Horse’s Health,          gian horse, Holstein cow, Hampshire hog,                  erinary Medicine Gentle Doctor Benefit
for the American Quarter Horse Journal.         a yellow Labrador retriever, a calico cat,                auction.
He appears regularly on ESPN’s Ameri-           and a game rooster.                                          Part of the allure of this work revolves
can Horse program.                                  Dr. Lenz used his own dog, a pointer                  around the research it requires for accu-
    Dr. Lenz was awarded MU’s Veterinary        named Bud, as the model for the dog                       rate depictions of Native American cloth-
Medicine’s Alumnus of the year in 1995,         depicted in the window. Because of his                    ing. “All markings are symbolic,” he said.
and MU Faculty-Alumni Award in 1997.            lifetime of dealing with horses, depicting                “The markings are much more than deco-
He also serves on the board of directors of     the equines was the most challenging part                 ration. There’s real meaning there. I’m
the American Association of Equine Prac-        of that work, he said. “I worry that the                  fascinated by the spiritual side of Native
titioners, the examination board of the         horses won’t turn out right. These things                 American culture.”
American College of Theriogenology, and         should be as realistic as possible.” The                     The woodcarvings, in fact, have
the drug advisory board of the American         work was created specifically for the spot                replaced stained glass work as Dr. Lenz’s
Veterinary Medicine Association. He was         in Clydesdale Hall.                                       primary hobby. That doesn’t mean he
this year’s MU’s College of Veterinary              The second work was designed to be                    won’t go back, however.
Medicine’s graduation speaker.                  as much of a technical achievement, to be                    Dr. Lenz is happy that his second work
    Dr. Lenz creates his works in the base-     recognized by the rare number of stained                  has pleased Dean Adams and those who
ment of his Stillwell, Kansas home.             glass creators, as an artistic work appreci-              view the work while in the Equine Clinic.
“There’s not much to my ‘studio,’” he           ated by animal lovers.                                    A possible third stained glass window
said. “Basically, you don’t need much               The second work contains more                         doesn’t present the same concern as the
more than a lot of table space to create        smaller pieces, textured glass, and diffi-                second one did.                         VMR

these windows.” Dr. Lenz’s first work for       cult-to-create compound curves. “There

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                                                                                                                     different than a regular or permanent
                                                                                From your
                                                                                                                     dean. I don’t see my role as “minding
                                                                                vantage of
                                                                                                                     the store” until the search for a regular
                                                                                being Interim
                                                                                                                     dean is completed, but rather as repre-
                                                                                Dean for three
                                                                                                                     senting the interests of the College of
                                                                                months, what is
                                                                                                                     Veterinary Medicine, being a spokes-
                                                                                the estate of the
                                                                                                                     person for the College, and interacting
                                                                                College
                                                                                                                     with our various constituency groups
                                                                                financially and
                                                                                                                     and University administration. Having
                                                                                in its relations
                                                                                                                     said that, as Interim Dean, I am not
                                                                                with the
                                                                                                                     inclined to make sweeping changes in
                                                                                University?
                                                                                                                     College programs. Instead, I intend to
                                                       ANSWER My perspective of the Col-                             continue the programs put in place
                                                       lege goes back to January 1994 when I                         under the deanship of Richard Adams.
                                                       became Chair of the Department of                             Again, remember, that I have been here
                                                       Medicine and Surgery and Director of                          for four and one-half years. Richard
                                                       the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hos-                          and I worked closely. We had a shared
                                                       pital. It’s not just a limited perspective                    vision, I believe, for the College. A
                                                       of three months, but a perspective of                         vision largely shared by faculty, staff,
■   With a strong financial picture,                   that more protracted four and one-half                        and students. I see ourselves continuing
                                                       year period. With that in mind, I would                       along that same general path—reaching
                                                       say the state of the College is excellent,                    out to the campus as a whole, increas-
the College is posed for a new                         both from a financial standpoint and                          ing the level of scholarship within the
                                                       with regard to its relationship with the                      College, and ensuring that we fulfill our
role within the University.                            University. The University perceives the                      obligations and central missions of
                                                       College as being integral to its overall                      teaching and service.
                                                       mission, and, in fact, of being emblem-
Interim Dean Kornegay, who                             atic of the three-fold mission of teach-
                                                       ing, service, and research. From a                                                     What are
                                                       financial standpoint, all components of                                                your goals?
took charge of the College                             the College are healthy, extending from
                                                                                                                                              ANSWER
                                                       the Teaching Hospital, to the Diagnos-
                                                                                                                                               As I anticipated
this Spring, discusses                                 tic Laboratory, to the College as a
                                                                                                                                               becoming
                                                       whole. We have enjoyed increases in
                                                                                                                                               Interim Dean, I
                                                       budget over the past five years, that
                                                                                                                                               saw a number
some of these opportunities...                         were, to some extent, tied to the five-
                                                                                                                                               of issues con-
                                                       year plan put in place by then Univer-
                                                                                                                                               fronting the
                                                               sity President George Russell.
                                                                                                                                               College—not a
                                                               Faculty salary lines have increas-
                                                                                                                                               function of
                                                               ed and are now more on a par
                                                                                                                                               Richard Adams
                                                               with other AAU universities.
                                                                                                                     leaving, but to some extent a coinci-
                                                               The staff have also enjoyed
                                                                                                                     dence. One key issue is the mission
                                                                salary increases over this period.
                                                                                                                     enhancement process where the Univer-
                                                                                                                     sity of Missouri will receive, over the
                                                                                                                     next four years, a substantial infusion
                                                                  What is the mission of an
                                                                                                                     of new funding intended to make areas
                                                                  Interim Dean?
                                                                                                                     of strength even stronger and build true
                                                                  ANSWER In my mind, the mis-                        centers of excellence. The life sciences
                                                                  sion of an Interim Dean is no                      (collectively, medicine, agriculture, the

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biological sciences, and veterinary med-                                         How would
icine) figure prominently in the mission                                         you describe
enhancement process. Veterinary medi-                                            your manage-
cine, clearly, plays a major role in this                                        ment style?
area. It is important that we identify                                           What should
and build on true areas of strength.                                             people expect?
From my vantage as Interim Dean, I
                                                                                 ANSWER
want to see the College of Veterinary
                                                                                 Because I’ve
Medicine considered fairly in this
                                                                                 been in an
process. It is important that we con-
                                                                                 administrative
tinue to reach out to the University and
                                                                                 position for
are viewed as a key component in the
                                                                                 four and one-
overall effort in the life sciences.
                                                        half years, many people have a sense of
    Our second critical initiative is the
                                                        my management style. One is some-
50th anniversary endowment campaign
                                                        times surprised, however, that your
whereby we hope to raise substantial
                                                        own view differs from those of others.
funding to support new faculty posi-
                                                        My basic instinct is to be inclusive, to
tions and program development, stu-
                                                        build consensus, to be open, to have a
dent scholarships to lessen their debt
                                                        balanced approach to our missions as a
load, and additional investments in
                                                        College. To take the College forward as                   Having a veterinary college, coupled
equipment. The campaign is underway.
                                                        a group in terms of all of our particular                 with strong schools in medicine and
We’ve been in what is called Phase One,
                                                        components— faculty, staff, and stu-                      agriculture, distinguishes Missouri from
the private phase of the campaign, for
                                                        dents; teaching, service, and research—                   the vast majority of other institutions. I
the past two years, but will soon
                                                        the full breath of our overall mission. At                see the College of Veterinary Medicine
embark on Phase Two, the public
                                                        the same time, I think it is very impor-                  as a major entity in the life sciences at
phase. I’ve worked closely with David
                                                        tant that I be able to act on issues when                 MU as we go into the 21st century. In
Horner, Director of Development, and
                                                        there may not be clear consensus.                         some ways, our greatest opportunities
faculty to ensure that planning is com-
                                                                                                                  for collaboration are in scholarship and
pleted and that we go forward with the
                                                                                                                  research. Over the past five years, fund-
campaign. We’ve also received guidance
                                                                                  What is the                     ing for research has increased substan-
from a steering committee composed of
                                                                                  College’s                       tially within the College. Funding for
key supporters of the College and
                                                                                  biggest                         comparative medicine research, in par-
chaired by Tom Scott of Kansas City.
                                                                                  opportunity                     ticular, has risen dramatically. I would
    Another issue under consideration is
                                                                                  in the 21st                     like to see us build on these strengths
a broad review of our curriculum. The
                                                                                  Century?                        and also expand our efforts in animal
faculty curriculum task force appointed
                                                                                                                  agriculture and companion animal
by Dean Adams about a year and one-                                               ANSWER
                                                                                                                  research. We should do so in a way
half ago has conducted a thorough                                                 Veterinary
                                                                                                                  that is scholarly and interdisciplinary—
review of the curriculum and developed                                             medicine is
                                                                                                                  that reaches out to other investigators
ideas for further faculty consideration.                                           extremely well
                                                                                                                  on campus.
It is important that this process go for-                                          positioned to
ward, but not to institute change for                                              play a major
sake of change. If the committee and                    role at the University of Missouri. This
                                                                                                                                           What plans
the faculty identify key areas where we                 position, to some extent, is within the
                                                                                                                                           can be put
can do better and enhance the educa-                    context of the life sciences. The College
                                                                                                                                           into place to
tional experience, we should move in                    of Veterinary Medicine, literally and
                                                                                                                                           achieve this
that direction.                                         figuratively, bridges the agricultural sci-
                                                                                                                                           opportunity?
    Lastly, the College will undergo an                 ences and medicine. We have the
accreditation visit early next year by the              opportunity to be a pivotal player, in                                            ANSWER The
Council on Education of the American                    some cases, the make or break player,                                             first step is to
Veterinary Medical Association. We                      in terms of fulfilling the University’s                                           take advantage
will be busy preparing descriptive mate-                opportunities in scholarship, service,                                            of the mission
rials to reflect a fair and thorough view               and teaching in the life sciences. As one                                         enhancement
of the College.                                         of only 27 colleges of veterinary medi-                                           process. Over
                                                        cine in the United States, we offer a                     the next four years there will be new
                                                        special component to the University.                      funding available to enhance programs

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         campus wide. It’s critical that the Col-               the country, our students have a tremen-                     attracting, I believe, is also excellent.
         lege play a role here—critical for our                 dous debt load upon graduation. This                         This has been facilitated by the
         own progress and the University as a                   problem confronts the profession as a                        endowed professorship program and
         whole. The first step along that road is               whole. A veterinary education is expen-                      other College initiatives. I would not
         for us to be fully interwoven in the fab-              sive and, in general, state support has                      say that we have peaked at this point.
         ric of the University. As a College we                 not kept pace with increasing costs.                         We’re always looking to improve the
         need to look outside of our figurative                 Tuition has increased substantially in                       quality of both our students and fac-
         walls and ensure that we are central to                the last 25 years. Salaries for new grad-                    ulty. As long as the College of Veteri-
         the mission of the University. At the                  uates nationwide are not commensurate                        nary Medicine provides students with
         same time, we must continue to reach                   with their level of education. This                          an excellent education and is viewed as
         out to our constituencies around the                   threatens the profession, and, in turn,                      essential to the missions of the Univer-
         state, be they individual friends and                  threatens the College. It also has the                       sity of Missouri; as long as the Univer-
         alumni, corporations, or the various                   potential to negatively impact the qual-                     sity supports this College; and as long
         commodity groups. The greatest chal-                   ity of students we are able to attract.                      as it is perceived positively nationally,
         lenge will be to foster interdisciplinary              We have to look at this from a couple of                     we will continue to attract an outstand-
         research while maintaining our tradi-                  vantage points. First, what can be done                      ing group of students and faculty.
         tional strengths in teaching and service.              to lessen the debt through student schol-
                                                                arships and, second, what can be done
                                                                to increase the profession’s value to                                                 What has
                    What is the College’s                       society? Of course, most students do not                                              been your best
                    biggest potential problem?                  embark on a career in veterinary medi-                                                and worst
                    What can be done to deal                    cine because of an expectation that they                                              experience
                    with this?                                  are going to become rich, but for the                                                 so far?
                                                                right reasons—a love of animals and a
                     ANSWER Several issues                                                                                                              ANSWER I
                                                                desire to impact society in a positive way
                     face the College—some in a                                                                                                         don’t know if
                                                                through involvement with animals and
                     broad sense, others affect                                                                                                         I’ve been on the
                                                                their owners. At the same time, given the
                     individual groups. I’ve                                                                                                            job long enough
                                                                length and expense of veterinary educa-
                     already stressed the impor-                                                                                                        to say that I’ve
                                                                tion, veterinarians should be rewarded
                     tance of insuring our pro-                                                                                                         had a best and
                                                                for their contributions.
                     grams in teaching, service,                                                                             worst moment as Interim Dean. Often-
         and research are central to the missions                                                                            times, the best and the worst are interre-
         of the University. Similarly, our biggest                                                                           lated. The best general experience I’ve
                                                                                         Is the College
         potential problem could arise if we                                                                                 had over the last few years is seeing the
                                                                                         attracting the
         become too insular. It’s natural, at                                                                                College go forward, seeing us focus
                                                                                         quality of stu-
         times, for University administrators to                                                                             resources as I believe we need to do.
                                                                                         dents that it
         look at the cost of training veterinarians                                                                          Because we’ve chosen to focus resources
                                                                                         should?
         and to wonder if that cost is excessive—                                                                            and to reach out to other groups on
                                                                                         Faculty?
         to question what contributions the Col-                                                                             campus, we’ve been able to build out-
         lege is making to the broader missions                                          ANSWER                              standing programs and put the founda-
         of the University. Again, that’s why it’s                                        The one word                       tion in place for others. It’s been very
         essential that we continue to look out-                                          answer on both                     gratifying to see these programs develop
         ward, continue be viewed as a full part-                                         fronts is “yes.”                   and to see the role veterinary medicine
         ner with others at the University, and                                           However, you                       plays in interdisciplinary scholarship, in
         continue to foster excellence in scholar-              would always like to attract higher                          particular. However, in focusing these
         ship and research. As Missouri’s princi-               quality students and faculty. Anyone                         resources as a College, we’ve had to
         pal public university involved in                      who would not have that goal would                           make tough decisions. We’ve chosen, by
         research and graduate education, we                    be limiting the College’s progress. It’s                     definition, not to evenly distribute
         have a special obligation in this area. It             fair to say that, over the past several                      resources. As a result, some faculty who
         will be especially important to try to                 years, we have improved the quality of                       have worked just as hard and are just as
         integrate these activities with our mis-               students and faculty by essentially any                      committed as those in the areas of
         sions of teaching and service to maxi-                 measure you might want to use. The                           emphasis have not been equally
         mally benefit from the new mission                     student cumulative grade point average                       rewarded. This has troubled me.
         enhancement dollars.                                   and their scores on standard entrance                        Nonetheless, it is critical that we take
             There are other issues that confront               exams such as VCAT have increased                            advantage of our strengths and develop
         this College. One, in particular, is stu-              each year for the past five years. The                       areas in which we reach out to others.
         dent debt. As with other schools around                quality of faculty that this College is                                                           VMR

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Dr. Joe N. Kornegay
                          One of Dr. H. Richard Adams’
                            goals as new dean of the college
                            was to attract a team of the best
                            professionals available. When Dr.
                            Joe N. Kornegay accepted a
                            position as Chair of the
                            Department of Veterinary
                            Medicine and Surgery in 1994,
                            Dean Adams described him as a
                            “major domino to fall.”
   Dr. Kornegay earned a bachelor’s degree in veterinary
sciences in 1972 and a doctorate of veterinary medicine in
1973 from Texas A&M University. He spent several years
in private practice before pursuing residency and graduate
training at the University of Georgia, earning a master’s
degree in veterinary anatomy and a Ph.D. in veterinary
pathology.
   Dr. Kornegay was awarded diplomate status in the
neurology specialty of the American College of Veterinary
Medicine in 1980. He was on the faculty at North Carolina
State University for 11 years. His clinical interests include
most aspects of neurology and neurosurgery.
   While at North Carolina State, Dr. Kornegay was
awarded several teaching awards, including the Norden
Distinguished Teacher Award, and developed a colony of
golden retriever dogs that have a form of muscular dystrophy
similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy in humans.
   In 1994, he came to the University of Missouri as
Professor and Chair of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
and Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Kornegay also moved his colony of golden retrievers to
Missouri and continues his research in this model of
                                                                Dr. Kornegay earned a national reputation for his research on a canine
muscular dystrophy. This work is in keeping with the            model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. His colony of Golden Retrievers
college’s research mission that is expanding to encompass the   lack dystrophin, the defective protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
                                                                The colony is one of only four in the world used to study the disease and
one medicine concept, embracing the notion that all basic       possible treatments.
biomedical research can have potential benefits for humans
and animals.

  “ I see ourselves continuing along that same general path-reaching out to the campus as a whole,
             increasing the level of scholarship within the college, and ensuring that we fulfill
                        our obligations and central missions of teaching and service. ”
14     N E W      R E N O V A T I O N

                                                                              onnaway Hall, the oldest                      functions of the Research Animal Diag-
                                                                  structure on the veterinary medicine                      nostic and Investigative Laboratory and
                                                                  campus that housed veterinary activities                  the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Labo-
                                                                  since 1910, has undergone its third reno-                 ratory will also be housed in Connaway.
                                                                  vation. The building is ready for a new                      Both wings will be used for laboratory
                                                                  generation of students and researchers                    space and the central section will be used
                                                                  and a new mission as home to the patho-                   for teaching, faculty offices, and adminis-
                                                                  biology department.                                       trative areas.
                                                                     The limestone structure was gutted in                     Connaway Hall is the college’s oldest
                                                                  early 1997. The 17-month, $4 million,                     surviving structure. Construction of the
                                                                  construction project was designed to recon-               Veterinary Science Building (Connaway
                                                                  figure the three-story building to enhance,               Hall) began in 1910 with a Missouri
                                                                  not hinder, cooperation among researchers.                General Assembly appropriation of
                                                                     “We’re hoping to create an environ-                    $15,000. With equipment, the total
                                                                  ment conductive to collegial atmosphere                   building costs was $31,906.24.
                                                                  where researchers can collaborate and                        Connaway Hall served as the college’s
                                                                  communicate easily and informally,” Dr.                   administrative, research, and teaching
                                                                  Michael Roberts, former chair of patho-                   center until the current administration
                                                                  biology said.                                             building was opened in 1975. It also

                                                                  Connaway Hall
                                                                  Celebrates 88 Years
                                                                  ...with a new renovation and a new mission
                                                                     The building stayed largely intact on                  housed the college’s first hospital. All
                                                                  the outside except for the removal of an                  2500 graduates of the college have fre-
                                                                  interior stairwell that was rebuilt on the                quented Connaway Hall as students.
                                                                  outside. This netted an additional 700-                      Connaway Hall’s first major renova-
                                                                  sq.-ft. of interior laboratory floor space.               tion occurred in 1948 when a necropsy
                                                                  The new stairwell was then covered with                   laboratory was built on the south side of
                                                                  limestone blocks to blend in with the                     Connaway Hall.
                                                                  original style. An earlier renovation                        In 1961, $260,000 was appropriated
                                                                  replaced the building’s deteriorated wood                 for part of a requested renovation and
                                                                  windows with aluminum windows.                            expansion. In 1963, the National Insti-
                                                                     Inside the facility will be nine state-of-             tutes of Health provided a grant of
                                                                  the-art research labs. Each lab will have                 $198,484 to supplement the state funds.
                                                                  access to a shared equipment and tissue                   Rising costs made it impossible to add all
                                                                  support facility. In these labs, research                 the space planned. Two stories were
                                                                  will be conducted in infectious disease                   added to the one-story necropsy labora-
                                                                  research, genetic testing, and reproduc-                  tory. The project was completed in 1965.
                                                                  tive biology. There will also be seminar                     The building is named after Dr. John
                                                                  rooms and classrooms.                                     Connaway, who helped developed a
                                                                     Eleven faculty members will be housed                  method of preventing Texas fever, a tick-
                                                                  in Connaway along with the pathobiol-                     caused killer of cattle.
Moving day. Dr. Gerald Buening, associate dean for                ogy department offices. The academic                                                           VMR
research and postdoctoral studies and acting director of
veterinary pathobiology, begins the move into the new
offices in Connaway Hall.
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Administration

 Joe N. Kornegay     C.B. Chastain              G.M.Buening             E. Aronson             Barbara Horrel           David Horner, Jr.         Ron Cott            Ben Riley
   Interim Dean      Assoc. Dean of            Assoc. Dean for      Director of Student       Director of Student         Director of         Associate Director     Assistant to
                    Academic Affairs             Research and       and Alumni Affairs         Recruitment &             Development           of Development         the Dean
                                               Interim Chair of                                   Retention
                                                 Pathobiology

                                                                                                                                                Veterinary Medicine
Continuing Education and Extension                                                                                     Library                  and Surgery

  D.K. Hardin         Kelly Dyer                 Thomas J.            Robert Larson               R. Randle                C.T. Boyd            Cecil P. Moore        Robert S.
  Director and      Swine Extension               Fangman             Beef Extension              Ruminant                 Librarian             Acting Chair        Youngquist
 Dairy Extension                               Swine Extension                                    Extension                                     Opthamology        Associate Chair
                                                                                                                                                                   Theriogenology

Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

David A. Wilson    John D. Bonagura            Keith R. Branson        James Cook             Cristi Reeves Cook         John R. Dodam         Victoria Douglas    Marjorie E. Gross
Acting Associate      Cardiology                Anesthesiology        Small Animal                Radiology               Anesthesiology        Food Animal         Anesthesiology
     Chair                                                               Surgery                                                                Medicine and
    Surgery                                                                                                                                         Surgery

 Allen W. Hahn      Carolyn J. Henry             Douglas E.          Philip J. Johnson          Brent D. Jones         Jimmy C. Lattimer         Virginia Luis
  Cardiology           Oncology                   Hostetler          Equine Medicine            Small Animal              Radiology                Fuentes
                                                Food Animal                                       Medicine                                       Cardiology
                                                Medicine and
                                                  Surgery            Erin Champagne             Leah A. Cohn             Ross P. Cowart          Kevin Keegan       Jeffrey Lakritz
                                                                      Ophthamology              Small Animal              Food Animal           Equine Surgery       Food Animal
                   N O    P H O T O S     A V A I L A B L E                                       Medicine                  Medicine                                Medicine and
                                                                                                                          and Surgery                                   Surgery
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Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

  Fred Anthony      Dudley McCaw            Nat T. Messer        Robert B. Miller           Dennis O’Brien           Eric Pope           James L. Tomlinson      Jeffrey Tyler
      Mann           Small Animal          Equine Medicine           Director,                Neurology             Small Animal            Small Animal         Food Animal
  Small Animal         Medicine                                  Missouri Institute                                   Surgery                 Surgery            Medicine and
     Surgery                                                        for Cattle                                                                                      Surgery

                                                                                           Dwayne Rogerson        Germain Nappert         Diane E. Preziosi     M. Dawn Shore
                        N O     P H O T O S           A V A I L A B L E
                                                                                               Surgery             Food Animal             Small Animal         Theriogenology
                                                                                                                   Medicine and              Medicine,
                                                                                                                      Surgery               Community
                                                                                                                                              Practice
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences

   M. Harold        John F. Amann           Gheorghe M.          Brian L. Frappier          Venkataseshu K.         Calvin C. Hale         Meredith Hay       Robert C. McClure
   Laughlin            Anatomy             Constantinescu            Histology                 Ganjam                Biochemistry          Pharmacology           Anatomy
    Chair                                    Anatomy                                       Endocrinology and
                                                                                             Reproductive
                                                                                              Physiology

 Elmer M. Price     Chada S. Reddy         Leona J. Rubin         James C. Schadt            Simon Slight         Ronald L. Terjung      Wade V. Welshons        Steve Yang
  Cell Biology        Toxicology            Cell Biology           Cardiovascular          Connective Tissue       Muscle, Blood          Reproductive          Cardiovascular
                                                                    Physiology                                     Flow, Exercise         Endocrinology            Exercise

                                     N O    P H O T O S          A V A I L A B L E
                                                                                                                 Douglas K. Bowles       Eileen M. Hasser     Richard W. Tsika
                                                                                                                    Cardiology            Cardiovascular      Molecular Biology
                                                                                                                                            Physiology
Veterinary Pathobiology

Gerald M. Buening    Gary K. Allen          John N. Berg         Cynthia L. Besch-         C. Andrew Carson       Robert M. Corwin         D. Mark Estes       Craig L. Franklin
  Interim Chair       Veterinary             Pathogenic             Williford                 Microbiology          Parasitology           Immunology         Laboratory Animal
                      Infomatics            Bacteriology        Laboratory Animal           and Food Safety                                                        Medicine
                                                                    Medicine
U N I V E R S I T Y     O F   M I S S O U R I - C O L U M B I A   •    C O L L E G E     O F   V E T E R I N A R Y   M E D I C I N E

Veterinary Pathobiology

 Theodore J. Green    Barry Holwerda            Reuel R. Hook         Gary S. Johnson        Antoinette Marsh                 Ronald             Alpana Ray            Bimal K. Ray
Immunoparasitology   Molecular Virology          Immunology            Comparative          Immunoparasitology              McLaughlin         Molecular Genetics    Molecular Genetics
                                                                        Hemostasis                                       Laboratory Animal
                                                                                                                             Medicine

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                                                                                                                                                                     William J. Mitchell
                                                                                                                                                                     Viral Pathogenisis

 Lela K. Riley         Heide Schatten           Earl K. Steffen     Larry P. Thornburg          James G. Thorne           Joseph E. Wagner     Zhao, Guang-Quan
Molecular Biology      Ultrastructure           Microbiology            Pathology               Epidemiology and         Laboratory Animal       Reproductive
                                                 Diagnostic                                       Public Health               Medicine              Biology
                                                  Methods

Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

 Harvey S. Gosser    Alex J. Bermudez       Stan W. Casteel          Jennifer J. Donald         William H. Fales         Gayle C. Johnson       John M. Kreeger      Margaret A. Miller
    Director         Avian Pathology          Toxicology             Clinical Pathology          Bacteriology               Pathology              Pathology            Pathology

Eileen N. Ostlund      Lanny W. Pace               Jose A.               Audrey A.                 George E.              Michael A. Scott     Steven L. Stockham      James R. Turk
Virology-Serology        Pathology               Ramos-Vara             Rottinghaus               Rottinghaus            Clinical Pathology     Clinical Pathology       Pathology
                                                  Pathology               Serology                 Chemistry

                                                                                                                                                Sue E. Turnquist
                                                                                                                                                   Pathology
18   G A T E W A Y S       T O    V E T E R I N A R Y         M E D I C I N E

                                                                                              Life on the
                                                                                              Pathway to
                                                                                              Success
                                                                                              in Veterinary
                                                                                              Medicine
                                                                                              Students Take a Look at
                                                                                              Veterinary Medicine and
                                                                                              Like What They See

                                                                                                     eterinary surgery, anesthesia, scientific meth-
                                                                                              ods. Prior to participating in a program called
                                                                                              Pathways to Success in Veterinary Medicine, these
                                                                                              were abstract concepts to Anthony Gary, sopho-
                                                                                              more at Washington University, St. Louis. After six
                                                                                              weeks of hands-on experience in veterinary medi-
                                                                                              cine at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine,
                                                                                              these concepts are not only more concrete, but a
                                                                                              possible launching point to a career in veterinary
                                                                                              medicine.
                                                                                                 Pathways to Success in Veterinary Medicine is a
     Tselane Ware, a junior at Howard University, Washington D.C., identifies bacterial and   summer fellowship designed to acquaint disadvan-
     parasites that can commonly afflict dogs.                                                taged students with possible careers in veterinary
                                                                                              medicine and develop a pool of well-qualified stu-
                                                                                              dents to enter the college and graduate with the
                                                                                              Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
                                                                                                 Through the program, students receive first-hand
                                                                                              exposure and practice in almost all facets of the Col-
                                                                                              lege of Veterinary Medicine’s Pathobiology and Bio-
                                                                                              medical departments, Veterinary Medical Teaching
                                                                                              Hospital, and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
                                                                                              Most training was a combination of lectures, proj-
                                                                                              ects, and hands-on experiences. Some areas covered
                                                                                              included radiology, anesthesiology, cardiology, toxi-
                                                                                              cology, pathology, virology, anatomy, and serology.
                                                                                              Students engaged in clinical observation and “shad-
                                                                                              owed” practitioners in several fields. Students
                                                                                              watched surgical operations, CT scans, ultrasound
                                                                                              readings, and radiation therapies. They also visited
                                                                                              private practices to hear about the economics of
     Anthony Gary, sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis (left), listens as Dr.     starting a small business.
     Michael Scott, assistant professor, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, explains
     abnormal cell structure and its relationship to animal disease.
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    “I participated in several other intern-
ships-botony, human medicine, and
physics. This is the best one,” Gary said.
“They take students with limited experi-
ence and they throw them into the thick
of things. They showed us a lot of trust
                                                     ’98-’99
                                                  Calendar of Events
and responsibility. My greatest experi-
ence was in the anesthesia block. The
doctor didn’t say this and this. The doc-                  August 29 - September 1
                                                             Central Veterinary Conference,
tor gave me the tools and said, here, do                           Kansas City, Mo.
this.”
    The 23 students come from diverse
                                                                                                                   DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SUMMA CUM LAUDE
backgrounds-some are high school stu-                                     October 3-4
dents, others are in their second and third                                                                                        Emily Schaumburg Clair
                                                           MU College of Veterinary Medicine
                                                                                                                                     Julie Ann Dobslaw
year of college. They come from large                        Alumni Day, CVM campus
                                                                                                                                      John T. Peacock
cities and rural areas from around the                                                                                              Michael David Parker
nation.
                                                                                                                    DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE MAGNA CUM LAUDE
    1998 was the fourth year of the pro-                                  October 20
                                                               Veterinary Product Day,                                          Kathleen Sally Lucille Stuart
gram. Barbara Horrell, college director
                                                           MU Alumni Center, 4:30 - 9:30 pm                                       Carolyn Mary Jochman
of student recruitment and retention and                                                                                         Michael H. Karagiannis
coordinator of the Pathways program,
                                                                                                                        DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE CUM LAUDE
said that the college has accepted five for-
mer program participants for the class of                                 February 27                                                Susan Marie Wich
                                                             Neoatology seminar by                                                 Jennifer Lea Renshaw
2004. Other program alumni have gone                  Dr. Dennis Lawler from Ralston Purina                                             Jill Moseley
onto other veterinary and science-ori-                                                                                           Mary Lynn Higginbotham
ented schools. Other program partici-                                                                                            Kimberly Rebecca Resnick
pants are involved in pre-vet programs                                       April 10                                           DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
on campus.                                                       Parents Day,                                        Julie A. Adams               Crystal R. Smith
    Students are chosen on a competitive               MU College of Veterinary Medicine,                            Mark A. Albers                 Lemmons
basis. Applicants must have a cumulative                Multipurpose Conference Center,                              Kathi S. Alvested            Michael R. Little
grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale                        9 - 11:30 am                                        Justin R. Berger             Aaron K. McCauley
for high school students, and a 3.2 grade                                                                            Laura L. Bloomfield          Theresa L. Bednar
                                                                                                                     Sarah Shemaine                 Molden
point average for college students outside
                                                                             April 11                                  Metha Bonstead             Thomas J. Nalley
of Missouri and 2.75 for in-state stu-
                                                                Gentle Doctor Benefit,                               Liberty A. Boyd              Nellie K. Owen
dents. Most students exceed these                             MU Hearnes Center, 4 -10 pm                                                         Shelly J. Perry
                                                                                                                     Gregory T. Boyer
requirements.                                                                                                        Theresa M. Bruemmer          John D. Pletz
    The program is funded by a three-year                                                                            Benjamin Charley             Cyle R. Richard
Public Health Service’s Health Resources                                  April 16-17                                Trent D. Callahan            Jo L. Robertson
and Services Administration grant of                       MU College of Veterinary Medicine                         Shannah D. Cassatt             Rothlisberger
nearly $300,000.                                                    Open House,                                      Tracy L. Chinn               Rebecca L. Schuff
    In the past, these grants have usually                    9am - 3pm, CVM campus                                  Kenneth B. Collins           Ronda R. Seaton
                                                                                                                     Dana L. Dacus                Karen C. Selbert
been awarded to medical schools, but
                                                                                                                     James R. Dwyer               Mary K. Shaw
recent attention has focused on minority
                                                                                                                                                  Jennifer L. Shockley
participation in other types of medical                                        May 7                                 Kristal L. Endicott-
                                                           MU College of Veterinary Medicine                           Holder                     Robert A. Shockley
programs, Horrell said. MU is only one                                                                                                            Jennifer L. Siembieda
                                                                   Commencement,                                     Dana K. Gillig
of three veterinary medical colleges in the                   Jesse Hall, UMC campus                                 Daniel R. Goehl              Paul E. Smith
nation to receive such HRSA funding.                                                                                 Rebecca J. Greer             Elizabeth M. Starkey
    The summer program started in 1993                                                                               Melanie K. Grundy            Scott T. Stewart
with joint funding from the college, vice                                NOTE:                                       Charles W. Haire             Catherine G. Talley
provost for minority affairs and faculty                   Times and places here may change.                         Deanna S. Hartman            Jayma M. Tourville
                                                           Check with the sponsoring organi-                                                      Elizabeth P. True
development, and the Graduate School.                       zation for the latest information.
                                                                                                                     Christopher G. Korte
The HRSA grant provided a new source                                                                                 Deborah A.                   Debra S. Upham
                                                                                                                       Jungewaelter Leach         Scott E. Veasman
of funding and helped the program to
                                                                                                                     Matthew J. Alex              Charles T. Winslow
expand.                               VMR
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