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Seven Join Faculty During School YearDR. RODGER V. ALLHANDS is assistant professor >f veterinary biosciences and a member of the ollege’s nuclear medicine section. A 1975 graduate >f the UI College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Allhands eturned to the University after completing his PhD at Cornell University.

While at Cornell he was involved in research on ra- lionuclide studies of degenerative joint disease and on nechanical factors affecting fluid transport in joints.

Major emphasis in the UI nuclear medicine program ; currently centered on the diagnosis of equine lung liseases by the use of scintigraphy. However, the col- age’s gamma camera has also been used for earlier liagnosis in bone or lameness problems and research ; being planned to study the effectiveness of inhaled Irugs.

oDR. GORDON J. BAKER is professor of veterinary finical medicine and chief of equine medicine and urgery at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. )r. Baker comes to the college from a position as enior lecturer in veterinary surgery at the University of Glasgow since 1969 with a stint at Michigan State Jniversity from 1979-80 as a visiting professor of iquine studies.

Dr. Baker

Dr. Baker completed his veterinary training at the Jniversity of Bristol in 1962. After a stint in practice, le was a Fulbright Scholar and instructor in equine urgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned o England as a lecturer in veterinary surgery at the loyal Veterinary College from 1965 to 1969 before oining the faculty at Glasgow. Dr. Baker received a >hD from the University of Glasgow in 1979.

Dr. Baker was particularly responsible for surgical tudies in the ear, nose and throat region. He has also nvestigated techniques of tissue transplantation and >rgan storage, dental diseases in the horse, and mmerous problems of the laryngeal area. While at 4SU, he collaborated on a project investigating infec- ious respiratory disease among Michigan horses,

oDR. MARK A. JAMES s a visiting professor of nicrobiology and immunology in the department of veterinary pathobiology. He is, however, not sta- ioned on the university campus. Since June of 1981,

Dr. TurnerDr. James has been the University’s representative and investigator in a collaborative research project with the Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado at Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

Before accepting his current position, he was a re­search associate in the veterinary pathobiology depart­ment. Dr. James received his PhD from the University of Illinois in zoology in 1979. His research interests in­clude immunochemical characterizations of the babesia and anaplasma antigens, immunoprophylaxis of babesiosis and anaplasmosis and the development of diagnostic serological tests for the two diseases as well as mechanisms of immunity to blood parasites.

oDR. ALLAN J. PAUL is the college’s small animal extension veterinarian. A 1977 graduate of the Uni­versity of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Paul returned to the college from small animal practice in Madison, Wisconsin. While in Madison, Dr. Paul also spent a year in a research assistantship in veteri­nary parasitology at the University of Wisconsin. He is continuing his work in veterinary parasitology at the University of Illinois.

oDR. JOHN P. SUNDBERG is assistant professor of pathology in the department of veterinary pathobiol­ogy. He completed his PhD in the department of path­obiology at the University of Connecticut in 1981.

Dr. Sundberg received his DVM degree from Pur­due in 1977 and then practiced for a year in mixed practice at Meadville, Pennsylvania. While at the University of Connecticut, he was involved in research

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Dr. Allhandson cutaneous fibromas in deer, the subject of his PhD, as well as studies on toxoplasmosis in small ruminants and Johne’s disease.

oDR. TRACY A. TURNER is an equine surgeon and assistant professor in veterinary clinical medicine. Dr. Turner joined the staff after completing his residency in surgery and a masters degree program at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Turner received his DVM from Colorado State University in 1978 and completed an internship in equine medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia in 1979. While completing his veterinary degree at Fort Collins, Dr. Turner gained extensive experience as a farrier and horse trainer.

Dr. Turner’s thesis involved thermographic analysis of the equine lower limb.

oDR. ANN L. VAN DeWATER is a small animal sur­geon and an assistant professor of veterinary clinical medicine. She was a clinical instructor in surgery at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine before joining the University of Illinois clinical staff. Dr. Van DeWater received her DVM degree from Purdue in 1975 and then practiced in Akron, Ohio. She spent two years in a small animal surgery internship at the Grady Veterinary Hospital in Cincinnati.

Dr. Van DeWater entered a small animal surgery residency at Ohio State in 1978, completing both her residency and a masters program in 1981. Her thesis was on the use of autogenous fat graft in ulna osteotomies.

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o a Thursday-Friday schedule this year. Dates are Jctober 7-8 with Purdue the Saturday, October 9 ootball foe. Make your motel reservations early for an >utstanding educational opportunity and a great foot- iall game with the “Flying Illini” aerial circus.

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Dean’s Corner

Status of theI’d like to take this opportunity to visit with our

alumni and friends about the Food for Century III pro­gram. The program was developed in 1976 and has provided the first series of buildings and land for the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture. These facilities are providing for the expansion of research, extension and service programs in Illinois. Our faculty are already utilizing some of the facilities to expand their research programs. Table I shows the status of current Food for Century III programs. Even in the early stages of the program and in the face of shrinking federal and state operational support, faculty have expanded the extramural grant support to the College by 70% with approximately 85% of that effort dealing with food animals or with projects that cut across all species lines and in some cases even con­tribute to improvements in human health.

The swine units on the Veterinary Research Farm are now completed and in use. Gestation, farrowing and finishing buildings are utilized to study diseases and other conditions of swine throughout all stages of their production cycle. A support building and a building to house dogs, rabbits, and small ruminants have also just been completed and turned over to the College. The new Basic Sciences Building is now over 80% completed and will be available for occupancy this summer. In addition to teaching and research fa­cilities, this building will house a new and expanded diagnostic laboratory. Discussions and studies by an animal industry committee have been occurring during this past year to determine the mechanisms and sources of support for expansion of diagnostic services as the new facility becomes available. For one thing, the Toxicology Hotline, under the direction of Dr. William Buck, will move to the new diagnostic facility when it is occupied. The new facility will also allow for the expansion of other diagnostic services when oper­ational funding to support them is realized.

Remodeling of our old large animal clinic into a meat science laboratory, consolidation of the dairy research facilities, and construction of swine research facilities have been completed for the College of Agriculture. The purchase of land and establishment of agricultural demonstration centers for agronomy research on soils and under climatic conditions of western Illinois have also been completed with centers in Pike and Warren counties. A new agricultural engi­neering building for the College of Agriculture is under construction and will be completed in 1983.

The facilities being provided are part of a long-range program proposed by the University of Illinois that has also received strong support from agricultural and gov­ernment leaders and the people of Illinois. This is a re­flection of the importance of agriculture and agricul­tural research to Illinois and the nation. Agriculture is the largest net contributor to the U.S. balance of trade payments with a surplus of nearly $30 billion. Illinois is the leading state in the nation in providing food prod­ucts for export, ranking fifth in red-meat production, first in soybean acreage and second nationally in corn and hog production.

In order to maintain that leadership role, we must continue to push vigorously on all fronts of agricultural research. That effort will continue to demand commit­ment as well as adequate facilities. The facilities being requested by the University during the next two years are given in Table II. The two projects listed for the College of Veterinary Medicine are a cattle facility and remodeling of several existing buildings on the Veteri­nary Research Farm (item 5) and completion of part of the unfinished space in the new Basic Sciences Build­ing for laboratory animal housing (item 4). The two major projects for the College of Agriculture are con­struction of a greenhouse complex for plant sciences research and remodeling (item 2) and renovation of the existing Basic Sciences Building on Pennsylvania Avenue to house the departments of animal science and dairy science (item 3).

Three meetings were held in January and February for our alumni and ISVMA members as well as ag alumni and industry leaders to more fully inform them of the Food for Century III program requests for fiscal years 1983 and 1984. We must continue with these programs in order to be in the strongest possible posi­tion to address a number of issues dealing with re­search and agricultural productivity. John R. Block,

Published four times annually by the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine for its stu­dents, faculty, alumni and friends.

Editors: Terry Rathgeber and Tania Banak.

Food for Century III EffortU.S. secretary of agriculture, has stated that, “Each dollar invested in agricultural research has returned as much as $30 to $40. No other public investment has paid off so well in dollars—let alone human well being —over so long a period of time. The past, however, provides no guarantees for the future. Yesterday’s successes must be aggressively built upon and ex­tended or else they may well bear the seeds of tomor­row’s failures.” These concepts are the basis for the facilities requested in the Food for Century III pro­gram. Research will help to maintain the productivity levels needed for future food and fiber needs.

As we push for new facilities, bioengineering or ge­netic engineering techniques are becoming a major part of the tools being utilized in both animal and plant re­search. Faculty in our College are currently utilizing some of these procedures for the production of im­proved animal disease diagnostic reagents and the pro­

duction of animal vaccines, while plant scientists in the College of Agriculture are using these procedures to help develop new plant varieties. It is apparent that the use of bioengineering techniques will expand dramat­ically in all phases of agricultural research in the coming years. In order to support the full development of these areas of investigation as rapidly as possible, representa­tives of the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Agri­culture and campus administrators have begun discus­sions with university, state, federal and industry officials on a jointly sponsored and utilized research facility that would become a part of the Food for Century III pro­gram . The University of Illinois is ideally located to have a center for agricultural genetic engineering as a capstone for its many research activities.

Your continued support of our programs has never been more important.— Dean Richard E. Dierks

Project statusProject Appropriation Sept. 1, 1981

Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building $11,252,900a Under construction

Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine land acquisition 400,000 Purchased, in use

Dairy Research Facility 450,000 Completed, in useMeat Science Laboratory

remodeling 1,026,000 In progressNorthwestern Illinois Agricultural 503,100 Cropping underwayOrr Agricultural Research and

Demonstration Center 313,425 In operationSwine Research Center 1,927,400b Under constructionVeterinary Medicine Basic Sciences

Building 23,487,800c Under constructionVeterinary Medicine Research

Buildings (2 units) 435,000d Completed, in useVeterinary Medicine Research

Buildings (3 units) 1,057,500e Under construction

Table 1: Progress To D ate - Since fiscal year 1978, overall public support o f Food for Century III has totaled $40,853,125. The progress to date has been due in large measure to the support given both the program and the concept by the agricultural, veterinary and governmental leadership and the citizens of Illinois. And that investment in long-range food production research for the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine has already begun to pay off.

Project Name/'PriorityTotalCost

Requested in FY 1983

Requested in FY 1984

Requested in FY 1985

1. Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building 750,000 750,000

(750,000) (750,000)2. Plant Sciences Green­

houses and HeadhousesPlanningConstructionUtilitiesEquipment

799.000 10,400,00

600.000 400,000

700,00010,400,000

600,000400,000

(Project Subtotal) (12,100,000) (700,000) (11,000,000) (400,000)3. Animal & Dairy Science

FacilityPlanningRemodelingConstructionUtilitiesEquipment

900.0007.600.0006.200.000

250.000550.000

900,0007.600.0006.200.000

250,000550,000

(Project Subtotal) (15,000,000) (900,000) (14,050,000) (550,000)4. Veterinary Medicine Animal

Room FacilitiesPlanningConstruction

250,0002,250,000

250,0002,250,000

Equipment 300,000 300,000(Project Subtotal) (2,800,000) (2,500,000) (300,000)

5. Veterinary Medicine Re­search Farm Buildings

RemodelingConstructionEquipment

150.000600.000 50,000

150.000600.000

50,000(Project Subtotal)

6. Land Acquisition(800,000) (750,000) (50,000)

Southern Illinois Research Facility

Agricultural-Veterinary Medicine at Urbana

600,000

300,000

600,000

300,000(Land Subtotal)

7. Swine Research Center(900,000) (900,000)

ConstructionEquipment

900,00050,000

900,00050,000

(Projected Subtotal)8. Southern Illinois Research

(950,000) (900,000) (50,000)

FacilityConstructionEquipment

850,00050,000

850.000850.000 50,000

(Projected Subtotal)TWO-YEAR PACKAGE TOTAL COST

(900,000)$34,700,00 $7,400,000

(850,000)$26,300,000

(50,000)$1,000,000

Table 2: The Current Two-Year Food For Century III R eq u es t- O n September 17, 1981, the University o f Illinois Board of Trustees approved this Food for Century III package for fiscal years 1983-84.

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:our Honored During Fall ConferenceThe Annual University of Illinois College of Veteri-

ary Medicine Fall Conference has taken on a new leaning in recent years. In addition to a time for con- auing education and renewing old acquaintances, le conference has become a time for recognition. The ost recent conference was no exception as the alum- presented their Merit and Service Awards and as a

ast and a present faculty member were honored. The annual Award of Merit for 1981 to an alum of e college went to Dr. Sheldon B. Rubin, class of 268, from Morton Grove, while the veterinary alum- association Service Award to a non-alum went to

r. W. Ken Dowding of Warren, a 1951 Iowa State aduate. The Service Award is presented annually to non-alum of the college for devotion to the profes- an and significant contributions to the college’s jvelopment.Dr. A. Robert Twardock, professor and associate jan of academic affairs at the college, received a Dyalty Award from the University of Illinois Alumni ssociation. The University of Illinois Loyalty Award is esented to an alumnus who has maintained extraor- nary interest in and loyalty to the University of inois.The final recognition at the banquet went to the late r. Vaylord D. Lad wig, former chief of the Large nimal Clinic and the Food Animal Section. The class

1971, represented by Dr. Ron Nord, presented a )rtrait of Dr. Lad wig to the college.Dr. Rubin is currently a partner in a four man small limal practice in Chicago. He became active in the hicago Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) im- ediately after graduation.Dr. Rubin was instrumental in reorganizing the VMA into a more efficient organization. He served their secretary in 1975 and 1976, and as president 1979. While he was president of the CVMA, Dr.

jbin actively supported the joint CVMA/College of zterinary Medicine Anti-Cruelty program for senior •terinary students which exposes students to urban edicine as well as expands Anti-Cruelty services to e poor.Dr. Rubin has been active in the U of I College of

2 terinary Medicine Alumni Association as well, and rved as president of that organization in 1978.Dr. Rubin also established and headed Chicago’s st emergency clinic. Eventually he was able to enlist e cooperation of 20 area veterinary clinics to form e Chicago Veterinary Emergency Services. This :ility solved a serious lack of emergency service for e city.Dr. Rubin’s interest for the public is evident in his irticipation on question-and-answer radio programs rected towards client education; his recording of 10 le-minute-long public relations records for the 7MA which were sent to radio stations throughout 2 U.S.; his instrumental role in getting public televi- >n to air the show “All Creatures Great and Small,” id in two books he has published: “Emergency First d for Dogs” and “Emergency First Aid for Cats.”In addition, he helped establish guidelines for high lality hospital inspections in Chicago’s voluntary in- ection program. The new guidelines have become a ttern for state organizations.Besides his veterinary activities, Dr. Rubin has been tive with the Boy Scouts for five years and has been ck committee chairman for the past three years. Ad- ional community activities include his participation the Lakeview Better Neighborhood Organization,

2 Chicago Public Schools Cooperative Health Edu- tion Program, and talks to numerous organizations, :luding dog clubs, high schools, grammar schools d colleges.Dr. Dowding currently has a mixed animal practice Warren, 111. He has served as president, secretary- asurer, and board member of the Northern Illinois •terinary Medical Association, as well as that organi- ion’s representative to the Illinois State Veterinary

2dical Association.In addition, Dr. Dowding has served as chairman of 2 ISVMA Executive Board, president of the North- istern Illinois Veterinary Medical Association, and as ernate delegate to the American Veterinary Medical sociation house of representatives for two terms. After serving as mayor of Warren for 16 years, Dr. >wding spent another six years on Warren’s village ard. He is active in the United Methodist Church d various lodge activities.Dr. and Mrs. Dowding’s son, Alan, is a 1976 grad- te of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary idicine.Dr. Twardock earned his DVM degree from Illinois 1956. After practicing for two years in Danville, he >k a research associate position at the New York ate Veterinary College, Cornell University, where earned a PhD degree in animal physiology in 1961. In 1962, Dr. Twardock returned to his alma mater

Dr. Sheldon Rubin (right), Morton Grove, accepts the veterinary alumni Award of Merit from Dr. Ron Nord, UI veterinary alumni president.

as assistant professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology. Since that time he has provided guid­ance to students enrolled in the veterinary curriculum as well as to students expressing an interest in admis­sion to the College of Veterinary Medicine, first as a member of the college’s curriculum committee, and more recently as associate dean. Dr. Twardock has been instrumental in developing a new veterinary medical curriculum that is now in its second year of im­plementation.

Dr. Twardock’s research activities have been in the areas of mineral metabolism, including parturient paresis in dairy cattle and applications of radioisotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases. Most recently, he has led the effort to establish a nuclear medicine section at the college. The nuclear medicine group is a leader in using gamma ray camera techniques for research and diagnostic purposes.

Dr. Twardock has served on numerous campus committees, including the University of Illinois Athletic Association Board and has chaired the campus United Fund drive.

An Iowa native, Dr. Lad wig received his DVM degree from Iowa State University in 1943. After graduation, he practiced in Sac City, Iowa, eventually specializing in swine. Dr. Lad wig was instrumental in organizing the American Association of Swine Practi­tioners and served as its first president in 1969 and 1970.

In 1970, Dr. Ladwig joined the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine staff as assistant pro­fessor of veterinary clinical medicine. He later served as head of the college’s ambulatory unit and was

selected by the veterinary students to receive the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award in 1974.

In 1975, Dr. Ladwig was promoted to chief of the Large Animal Clinic. He also served as president of the Illinois chapter of the Phi Zeta national veterinary honor society, and was listed in “Who’s Who in the Midwest”.

Dr. Ladwig was a member of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association and served as its president in 1965. He was also a member of the American Asso­ciation of Bovine Practitioners. He died in 1979 after a long illness.

Dr. Gordon Rhine Heads Veterinary Alumni Officers

Serving as president of the University of Illinois Col­lege of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association this year is Dr. Gordon K. Rhine of Marion, a member of the 1972 class. Other officers include Dr. Kerry L. Tuttle, Peoria, president-elect; Dr. Ron Nord, Bloom­ington, past-president; Dr. William Wright, Spring- field, alumni liaison; and Dr. Erwin Small, Cham­paign, executive secretary.

Members of the veterinary alumni executive board are Dr. James R. Hill, Collinsville; Dr. LeRoy E. Neitzel, Urbana; Dr. Gary Koritz, Champaign; Dr. Kent D. Truckenbrod, McHenry; Dr. Charles Boyce, Chatham; and Dr. Randall W. Larson, Alpha.

Over Sixty Years of Service Retire With J. R. Pickard and Harry E. Rhoades

Two faculty members with over 60 years of ser­vice to the University of Illinois retired this year— Dr. J. R. Pickard, beef extension veterinarian, and Professor Harry E. Rhoades, associate professor in veterinary pathobiology.

Dr. Pickard received his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1940. After serving as an assistant farm adviser in Macoupin and LaSalle counties, he entered the veterinary program at Kansas State. He received his DVM degree in 1945. Dr. Pickard practiced in East St. Louis for five years and served as general manager of Live­stock Conservation, Inc. in Chicago for five years. He first joined the UI staff in 1955 as supervisor of the diagnostic laboratory.

Dr. Pickard served as extension veterinarian since 1958, initially providing educational pro­grams for all animal species groups. Largely through his efforts, veterinary specialists in swine and public health were added. He also helped establish extension as an unbiased educational re­source for both veterinarians and livestock owners. In 1967, Dr. Pickard was appointed coordinator of veterinary continuing education.

In recent years, Dr. Pickard devoted full time to beef extension programs. His contributions to the certified health program of the Southeastern Illinois Feeder Calf Sale are especially noteworthy. He also served on numerous committees of livestock orga­nizations and as secretary of the Illinois Polled Hereford Association.

Dr. Pickard is now devoting full time to cattle production on his Salt Fork holdings near Homer.

Professor Rhoades graduated from the Universi­ty of Illinois with an AB degree in bacteriology. He

then attended Cornell University in New York, where he earned an MS degree, also in bacteriol­ogy, in 1940.

Professor Rhoades joined the college staff as a research assistant in bacteriology in 1945 after working for the Illinois Department of Public Health as a bacteriologist for four years.

During his years at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Professor Rhoades taught a variety of bacteriology and mycology courses, published nu­merous papers, and advised both masters and PhD candidate students. He also authored three PLATO programs and was instrumental in producing two films on leptospirosis which have been used fre­quently in both the U.S. and foreign countries for instructional purposes.

Since 1945, Professor Rhoades was responsible for the isolation of pathogenic bacteria and fungi from animals or specimens submitted to the College of Veterinary Medicine for diagnosis.

In a tribute to Professor Rhoades, Dr. A. R. Twardock, associate dean of academic affairs, said, “Professor Rhoades is the only instructor who has taught veterinary bacteriology and mycology to the first class of students accepted to the College of Veterinary Medicine and has continued until the present.” That amounts to more than 1,800 students.

Professor Rhoades is a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Zeta and Sigma Xi national honor societies.

After retirement, Professor Rhoades and his wife planned to travel, with England one of their first destinations. He previously spent six months in Great Britain on sabbatical leave.

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Increased Alumni Donations Mark 1981 Fund DriveOver 250 people contributed nearly $15,000 to the

University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine Achievement Fund during 1981. Listed below are the alumni and friends of the college whose financial sup­port is so invaluable. The number of donors to the col­lege achievement fund increased more than 50% dur­ing the year. The gifts provided by our friends and alumni through the Achievement Fund help provide a margin of greatness for the College.

Dr. J. W. A lbrecht, P rin ceton Dr. Paul J. A larcon Jr., Oak ParkDr. Robert S. Archer, OswegoDr. Joan M. A rnoldi, M adison, WIA sso c ia tio n for W om en V eterinarians, B ernardsville , NJ Dr. John A ves, B elvidereDr. Harold H. Bahe, HampshireMr. and Mrs. Harry J. Baker, ChampaignMs. Tania E. Banak, UrbanaDr. Arlo G. B ane, LeRoyDr. John W. Barnes, C h icagoDr. Calvin W. B arthel, R idottDr. John E. Bauer, Gainesville, FLDr. Paul Beamer, ChampaignDr. Alvin M. B ecker, N orthfieldDr. Gregory A. Beroza, West Grove, PADr. LeRoy G. B iehl, UrbanaDr. W esley G. B ieritz, D anvilleDr. Dale E. Blackburn, McHenryDr. Frank S. B la isd ell, B a llsto n Spa, NYMrs. Martha S. Blake, Fort Smith, ARDr. Randolph Blake, Chilton, WIDr. John A. Bley Jr., Warrington, FLDr. Ja m es H. B lock , M iam i, FLDr. Loyd E. B oley , C ham paignDr. Harry Boothe, ChicagoDr. W illiam B oozer , P a lo s H eigh tsMr. and Mrs. William E. Both, La Habra, CADr. A. A. Bottorff, W illiam sv illeDr. David L. Bourassa, Westbrook, MEMs. Mary Lou Brown, ChicagoDr. W ayne W. Brown, EarlvilleRev. and Mrs. David L. Beebe, Rock FallsDr. G eorge F. B uchal, W aterford, WIDr. Richard E. Calhoun, DunlapDr. Richard Carlson, Oak ParkMr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Caveney, Reston, VADr. B obbye A. C h ancellor, C o llin sv ille , MSDr. W ayne F. C hapin , LenaDrs. Thom as and Jean Churan, ElginDr. Vernon L. Cockerill, RushvilleMr. and Mrs. A. A. Coe, Gig Harbor, WADr. Susan A. Corbin, Lancaster, MOMr. and Mrs. Claude Crain, McLeanMs. Joan G. Damon, Kaneohe, HIDr. Jeffrey A. Davis, Bloomington, WIDr. W. D uane D ean, BarryDr. A dolph D elta , C h icagoDr. W illiam A. D enny, South B elo itDr. and Mrs. John D. D ick in so n , P u llm an, WADr. R ichard E. D ierks, C ham paignD oberm an P inscher C lub o f A m erica, Y p silan ti, MIDr. and Mrs. George G. Doering, Topeka, KSMrs. Ida M. Dornburg, ChicagoDr. D an iel B. D oy le, B antam , CTDr. Fredrick H. Drazner, Englewood, COMr. and Mrs. Francis Duffy, QuincyDr. Clyde E. Dunphy, CarlinvilleEdwardsville Kennel Club, Inc., AltonDr. and Mrs. John Ehrhardt, M cNabbMiss Lucille N. Ellis, ChampaignDr. Bernard F. Feldman, Davis, CADr. Larry L. Fetzer, Arlington HeightsDr. Jam es H. F inn ell, P iper CityDr. Ralph T. Fireoved , W ilm etteDr. Octavia M. Flanzer, Chazy, NYDr. L aw rence M. Fox, River GroveDr. Sherw ood J. Franklin, A ledoDr. Jane A. Frazier, HavanaFreefam F oundation , N ew York, NYDr. Billy R. G arlich , N ash villeMr. and Mrs. Roger Gerjets, TowandaMs. Olive Getty, ColfaxDr. and Mrs. Robert C. G lover, N ew Port R ichey, FLMr. and Mrs. Gary Graves, SeymourG reat Lakes P o o d le Club of C h icago, W heelingDr. Kenneth Greenwood, Ellen wood, GAMs. Edith Gregory, FreeportDr. Joan ne G. G ross, J a ck so n v illeDr. W illiam C. G ross, J a ck so n v illeDr. Andrew E. G utter, N ew O rleans, LADr. Patricia O. Halloran, Staton Island, NYDr. John A. H am m , N orthfieldMr. and Mrs. John H. Hansen, Waukesha, WIDr. Bruce C. H anson , W rightstow n.V lJDr. John O. Harris, Glen EllynMr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Haupt, Livermore, CADr. W illiam L. Hay, P iper CityMr. and Mrs. Frank R. H eitzm an , C arm el V alley, CADr. Daniel R. Helland, RockfordDr. Joseph B. Helms, EdwardsvilleDr. Frederick B. H em brough, A m es, IADr. E. C harles H endricks, A naheim , CADr. Arthur A. Herm, MortonMr. and Mrs. Louis E. Hoffman, Mesa, AZMs. Vivian D. Holman, Carmel Valley, CADr. J. H. H oogew eg , MarkhamDr. Gregory E. Houghten, Fayetteville, ARDr. and Mrs. W illiam G. H uber, P u llm an, WADr. Richard D. H ull, G riggsvilleDr. Bruce E. Ilgen , R eading, PAIllin o is S ta te V.M .A. A uxiliary, A shtonDr. C ecil W. Ingm ire, J o lie tDr. Robert G. J a ck so n , L ancaster, WIMr. and Mrs. Thaddeus M. Jakubowski! ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Harold Janssen, BuckleyMr. Walter H. Jentzsch, ChicagoDr. C harles M. J o sep h so n , R o sev illeMr. and Mrs. John J. Kamerer, ChampaignK ane C ounty Veterinary A sso c ., E lgin

Dr. John K elly, Elk G rove V illageDr. Michael J. Kelly, San Diego, CADr. Marlin D. K leckner, P la in w ell, MIDr. Howard O. K och, O sw egoDr. R onald J. Kolar, W estern SpringsDr. Edward D. K opel, R icev ille , IADr. Christine A. Krowzack, WestmontDr. G ordon J. Kruger, B loom in gtonDr. A lg im antas K urgonas, K ingsford H eigh ts , INMrs. Caroline K. Lame, Vincentown, NJDr. Lorna W. Lanman, CharlestonDr. Richard E. Lau, C h esh ire, CTLeHigh Paving Company, PaxtonDr. Daniel P. Lendy, OttawaDr. Paul O. Leonard, E vanstonMrs. Leonard P. Leverich, ChampaignDr. R obert E. L inders, SpartaDr. Delores C. Lipton, ChampaignDr. Deborah A. Logerquist, Radcliff, KYDr. J a m e s G. L ogsdon Jr., H ot Springs, ARDr. W illiam W. L ovett Jr., G enevaDr. and Mrs. Earl E. Lutz, BloomingtonDr. Maynard L. Massa, BellevilleDr. David B. Mackay, Keneohe, HIDr. Louis L. Malacrida, Butler, NJDr. Dennis H. Maves, FreeportDr. Glenn D. Mayer, ChicagoDr. David M cC onnell, D u nd eeDr. Terri T. McGrain, WaukeganDr. Nancy F. McKinney, Indianapolis, INMrs. Neva B. Millard, UrbanaDr. Karin W. M iller, M ount C lem en s, MIDr. K enton P. M oore, C lin ton , CTDr. R obert A. M oskal, W estm on tDr. William J. Moyle, Denver, CODr. James F. Mueller, WilliamsfieldDr. Frederick W. M ulch, D o n n e llso n , IADr. J a m e s H. N adler, P eo to n eDr. J o le n e Nagakura, T opsfie ld , MADr. Jack N oyes, BarringtonMrs. Eleanor K. Nickerson, San Diego, CANorthern I llin o is V .M .A ., W innebagoNorthern Illinois VMA Auxiliary, RockfordDr. James R. Nuessen, QuincyMr. and Mrs. George W. Oberg, Oak BrookMajor and Mrs. Gunnard C. Ohlsson, ChampaignMr. and Mrs. George H. Olmsted, Leesburg, VADr. Wesley T. Osthus, ClintonDr. C h ester F. P alm er, M altaDr. M ichael P a ssa re lla , A n tiochDr. Lee P a te l, R acin e, WIDr. Charles E. Peddicord, Keystone, IADr. Robert R. Pensinger, Santa Cruz, CAMr. and Mrs. Emile J. Pirotte, Chesapeake, VADr. Perry F. Pollock, RockfordDr. Neven A. Popovic, Germantown, MODr. J. L. P rin ce , M oneeMrs. William S. Proper, RiverdaleDr. A dam Prym uia, C a lu m et CityDr. D avid M. R ash , G e n e se oMr. and Mrs. Loren Rathburn, ColfaxDr. D. W. R aw son , C hadw ickMr. and Mrs. Oliver Redenius, GilmanMr. Walter Redenius, BuckleyDr. L. W. R eed , C h esterto n , INDr. G eorge E. R ichards, D an villeMs. Doris Rivera, UrbanaMr. and Mrs. Wallace G. Robbins, Redwood City, CA

Preventive medicine is the theme students have chosen for this year’s Veterinary Medicine Open House at the University of Illinois Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Exhibits on both large and small animal health will be on display during the Open House on Saturday, April 17th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Each year veterinary students at the college sched­ule Open House to acquaint the public with the many facets of veterinary medicine. The students encourage veterinarians around the state to participate in the event by giving career talks to schools during the week prior to Open House, sending busloads of clients to Open House, or even by holding mini-Open Houses in their own clinics.

According to Jason and Joann Randall, third year students and co-chairpersons of this year’s Open House, special demonstrations are being planned to give Open House visitors a better grasp of areas such as small animal handling, horse restraint, dog and cat nail trimming and first aid.

Visitors will also have an opportunity to browse among numerous exhibits. Preventive medicine will be stressed in exhibits which include poisonous plants, nutrition, and exotic pets as well as general large and small animal health care.

Joann Randall adds, “High schoolers will find abun­dant career information, with veterinary students available to answer specific questions. Even the small­est youngsters will enjoy the petting zoo where they can get a first-hand, supervised introduction to a varie­ty of animals including rabbits, goats, cattle and sheep.”

Admission to Veterinary Medicine Open House is free. Veterinary students man the various exhibits throughout the day, answering questions and explain­ing the exhibits. Refreshments are also sold through-

Dr. C. M. R odgers, B lan d in sv illeDr. George L. Rodgers, Morton Grove Dr. G eorge A. R o eg g e, J a ck so n v ille Dr. Richard R o ssm a n , G lenviewDr. Robert R. Rothe, Vero Beach, FLDr. Sheldon B. Rubin, ChicagoDr. George Rudawsky, RosemontDr. John R udaw sky, D e s P la in esDr. Gary L. Salisbury, RockfordDr. F elix R. Sava, D arien , CTDr. Neil W. Schaffer, Blytheville, ARDr. Joan M. Schaeffler, Orinda, CADr. Daryl K. S ch a w el, M artinez, CADr. R u sse ll S ch e lk o p f, S ycam oreDrs. Michael and Deborah Schelkopf, SycamoreDr. D elm ar W. S ch led er , C henoaDr. R obert E. S c h le e f , P iper CityDr. H arley D. S ch n o w sk i, C am bridgeDr. W alter K. Schrader, Canby, ORDr. R ichard L. S efc ik , A rlington H eigh tsDr. Lloyd M. Shaw , W o o d sto ckMrs. Francis B. Shi, Atlanta, GADr. Donald L. Singletary, East Earl, PAMr. and Mrs. George Slight, WinnetkaDr. Erwin S m all, C ham paignMr. Edward .J. Smith, ChampaignDr. Alan J. S m ith e , C h icagoDr. R odger S n od grass , C h icagoDr. Richard L. Sopiarz, Richton ParkSouth Side All-Breed Dog Training Club, ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Spafford, Hayward, CAMiss Jane D. Spellman, UrbanaDr. and Mrs. Dale Stephenson, RockfordDr. Jeoffrey J. Stevens, Clinton, WIMr. Seward C. Stoler, Sarasota, FLDr. Elm er H. S trathm an, R ockfordDr. L eon F. S tr ieg e l, C arbondaleDr. Paul R. Swenson, Agawam, MADr. Roger D. Swearingen, Hialeah, FLDr. S eth S . S w ift, B lo o m in g to nDr. J o sep h S za n to , C h esterlan d , OHDr. Ross P. Tarara, Davis, CADr. J. N. Theyerl, RockfordMr. and Mrs. N. K. Thilmany, BloomingtonDr. Lewis P. Thomas Jr., Charleston, WVMr. and Mrs. Dolph L. Thorne, Ypsilanti, MIDr. B ohdan Tkaczuk, C h icagoDr. Linda K. Tollefson, Detroit, MIDr. C harles V. Trayser, F reem ont, CADr. M onte M. T rim ble, G alesburgDr. John F. T roxell, H om ew oodDr. and Mrs. A. R. Tw ardock, C ham paignDr. Donald G. Uhlir, PalatineColonel and Mrs. E. E. Van DerHeyden, Orlando, FLDr. Ralph V in son , O neidaDr. W illiam C. W agner, UrbanaMr. and Mrs. Keith Walker, CentraliaDr. Richard F. Wallin, Perrysburg, OHDr. Phillip D. Watson, Indianapolis, INDr. Robert F. Whalen, LaSalleDr. J a m e s E. W illard, Oak F orestDr. Byford W ood , B reeseDr. T hom pson T. W right, D e s P la in esDr. William H. Wright, SpringfieldDr. A ndreas W urzer, C h icago H eigh tsMr. and Mrs. Raymond Wustrack, Sunland, CAColonel Ralph F. Ziegler, San Antonio, TX(B o ld ty p e in d ic a te s D e a n s C lu b m e m b e rsh ip .)

out the day, making the event more convenient fo those who come from throughout the state.

A brochure detailing the time schedule for specia demonstrations and providing directions to the Opel House location is available. To obtain copies of th< brochure or for more information on Veterinary Medi cine Open House, contact Jason and Joann Randall Open House Co-chairpersons, c /o Tania Banak, 25( Large Animal Clinic, 1102 W. Hazelwood Drive, Ur bana, IL 61801 (Telephone: 217/333-2907 cA Tania Banak).

Kids from eight to eighty will find something to interest thenat Veterinary Open House April 17.

Students Schedule Veterinary Open House For April 17