The University of Missouri is the only institution in the state to award the doctor of veterinary medicine degree, graduating approximately 115 new veterinarians each year. There are more than 4,000 alumni of the MU College of Veterinary Medicine who have been successful in their chosen areas of the profession. Many have become involved in community affairs by becoming members of school boards or city councils, and mayors of towns and cities. Some have been elected to state legislative bodies. Still other alumni have had prominent roles in the federal government, or advanced to leadership roles in veterinary medical colleges in teaching, research and as administrators. Our alumni have held offices in state and national veterinary medical associations. In the past 20 years, four of the presidents of the American Veterinary Medical Association, which represents approximately 88,000 veterinarians, were MU College of Veterinary Medicine graduates.
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MU CVM Alumnus Inducted into American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Induction into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame is the highest honor the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) can bestow. MU College of Veterinary Medicine alumnus Tom Lenz received…
CVM Professor Emeritus Allen Hahn Passes Away
University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Emeritus Allen W. Hahn, DVM, MS, PhD, 84, of Columbia passed away on March 20, 2018, at home surrounded by his family….
MU CVM Alum Grotelueschen is Nebraska Veterinarian of the Year
Dale Grotelueschen, DVM ’74, MS, was named Veterinarian of the Year by the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA). Grotelueschen, a professor and director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Great Plains…
CVM Alumnus Merideth Honored for Volunteerism
For Reuben Merideth, DVM ’78, recognition was twice as nice on Feb. 25. Merideth, a veterinary ophthalmologist, received the Tucson Wildlife Center’s (TWC) first-ever “Person of the Year” award in…
CVM Alumnus Appointed Interim Dean of the UA’s Planned College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Arizona has appointed Dr. David Besselsen as interim dean of the UA’s planned College of Veterinary Medicine. Read more here.
Retired VMDL Director Harvey Gosser Passes Away
Former director of the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Harvey S. Gosser, DVM, MS, PhD, of Auburn, Alabama, passed away Oct. 12, 2017. He was 79 years old. He was born Aug. 9, 1938, to Leo and Gladys Gosser in Auburn, Alabama. Gosser received his doctorate of veterinary…
Former CVM Assistant Professor Wagstaff Passes Away
David Jesse Wagstaff, DVM, died Sept.1, 2017, at his home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, at the age of 82 He was born Feb. 22, 1935, in Lehi, Utah, to David Edson and Ida Hayward Wagstaff. He attended Utah State University in Logan for two years before fulfilling a mission call…
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