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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
DVM Class of 1961
50-Year Reunion
IInn MMeemmoorriiaamm
Francis L. Adams, DVM John A. Blankenship, DVM
Donald R. Bridgewater, DVM Charles M. Chappelle, DVM
John H. Gregory, DVM Roberta A. Hartman, DVM Charles L. Holmes, DVM Paul D. Langham, DVM Merwyn T. Leckey, DVM James P. McQuade, DVM
Leon A. Miller, DVM James M. Morris, DVM Ed W. Oscarson, DVM Jean A. Pigford, DVM
James E. Premer, DVM Donald F. Roberts, DVM
Lloyd A. Selby, DVM Lawrence J. Stoddard, DVM
Herbert R. Voris, DVM John W. Wallace, DVM
Sheldon Altman
Address 5647 Wilkinson Ave. Valley Village, CA 91607
Home phone (818) 769-6581
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Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired veterinarian
Spouse Arlene Altman Spouse’s occupation
Project Manager
Additional family information Three children, four grandchildren.
Pets Currently down to two cats.
Hobbies/Interests
Painting, classical guitar.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Francis E. Anders
Address PO Box 455 Crawford, NE 69339
Home phone (308) 665-1920
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Work phone
Current occupation Veterinarian
Spouse Alice M. Anders, deceased Spouse’s occupation
Additional family information Daughter Taenia, married with 4 children and 3 grandchildren, lives in Wyoming.
Son Art, married with 4 children, lives here on place and ranches. Son Kent, married with 2 children, lives in Nebraska.
Pets I ran over my LAST dog.
Hobbies/Interests
Church, Fire Department. Getting to be around the grandchildren and see the daily changes which I missed with my own children.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Graduation
Greatest career accomplishment
Practicing 50 years with no injury (serious) or illness.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Helping raise 3 good children plus a number of other children which would just move in. Alice’s door was always open to these children that needed a place to stay.
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Ben B. Baker
Address 2433 Park Rd. Deary, ID 83823
Home phone
Cell phone (509) 595-2695
Work phone
Current occupation Retired Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University
Spouse Ann Baker Spouse’s occupation
Homemaker
Additional family information Five children and five grandchildren.
Pets Three Labrador Retrievers
Hobbies/Interests
Training, running, and judging dogs in retriever trials.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
1. Board certification in Veterinary Dermatology 2. PhD from University of California, Davis 3. Several teaching distinctions.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Having a close family!
Additional information
Elected to the National Retriever Hall of Fame in 2008.
Maynard Clark
Address 3437 St Marys Rd Lafayette, CA 94549
Home phone (925) 283-6463
Cell phone
(925) 381-0290 or (925) 482-7697
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired (P/T- baby sitting grandson)
Spouse Sharon Spouse’s occupation
Travel Agent-part time
Additional family information We have the most attractive grandchildren in the world. (Nobody in our family is in jail at the
present time but we have time to correct that – JUST KIDDING.)
Pets None - been there, done that.
Hobbies/Interests
Part time taking care of a 5 year old grandson. The best job I have ever had. That will slow down now that he is in school full time. We have traveled a great deal over the last 30-40 years. We hope to continue as long as our health is good and we do not get so senile that we cannot find our way home.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
(1) Graduation (2) Quarterly dances
Greatest career accomplishment
Establishing a practice with fellow classmate-Roger Wiggins
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Marrying a great wife and having 3 wonderful children-whom I did not spend enough time with when they were young. Big mistake.
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We have been blessed to have lived in a very special time in history. I feel very fortunate to have gone to school with such a great group of professional people. I feel the honor system that we operated under in the veterinary school was something to be very proud of. It has carried me throughout my life.
Wilber W. Clark
Address P. O. Box 5656 Helena, MT 59604
Home phone (406) 227-6005
Cell phone (406) 439-2625
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Sue Spouse’s occupation
Retired Teacher
Additional family information Daughter Gina is an optometrist in Hutchinson, KS. She and husband Tim have three children:
Jared (16), Connor (13), and Darian (9) Son Perry is an engineer in Austin, TX. He and wife Toni have two daughters: Alexis (15) and Daniel (12)
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Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Veterinarian in Charge Of: the USDA Scrapie Field Trials, National Brucellosis typing referral lab and Parrot or bird quarantine station, all of which were located at Moore Air Base, Mission, Texas during the timeframes of 1965 to 1967 and from 1970 to 1984. Then our work as Federal Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC) in Montana from Oct. of 1984 to 2004.
Timelines for some of the significant occupational events in our career would be more or less, as follows: In 1965, while showing some of our purebred Suffolk sheep at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, the sheep-Goat-Equine & Ectoparasite staff in Washington, D.C. called and wanted me to make a trip to Mission, Texas to see if I could set up and build a research center at Moore Air Base on some 700 acres of land covered by buffel grass, which I told them we could and that was the beginning of a special, isolated and medium security research center.
During 1967 to 1969, Sue and I transferred to College Station where I enrolled at Texas A&M University in advanced graduate school studies in virology, pathogenic bacteriology, neuro anatomy, etc. While there, Sue also picked up an advanced degree in Special Education since wives of instructors and students were also allowed to attend at that time. While at A&M, we also helped USDA produce a training film on equine infectious anemia (swamp fever) where I
played the role of an on-site track veterinarian.
In 1969, I was promoted to National Epidemiologist for the Sheep, Goat, Equine & Ectoparasite staff in Washington and was involved in the final phases of sheep scabies eradication in the U.S. at that time.
We returned to McAllen, Texas in the latter part of the year in 1970 where we resumed our work at the Mission Research station. A lot of the work at the station was not only directed at studying the natural and experimental transmission of scrapie, but also the inter species transmission of many other diseases in cooperation with the National Veterinary Services Lab., National Institute of Health (N.I H.) and other Agencies. One of the studies with N.I.H. showed the experimental transmission by inoculation of three different strains of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) to Niubian goats at 40 to 58 months post-inoculation but not to sheep. Also, the transmission of a Rhesus monkey line of Kuru to a Nubian goat occurred at 39 months post-inoculation, yet again not infectious to sheep, showing the unusual character of some of these potential zoonotic diseases.
In 1978, we wondered if the scrapie agent might be transmitted to cattle and if they might be susceptible to the disease. Therefore, we initiated some of the first known studies in this area that we were aware of, thus the possible encephalopathy which would become known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which we – of course – were totally unaware of at the time, etc. Therefore, in January of 1979, five 8 to 10 month old calves were inoculated by multiple routes (I.C., S.C., I.M., and orally) with a 10% homogenate of Suffolk scrapie. Likewise, in Feb. of 1979, five different 8 to 10 month old calves were inoculated with Angora goat scrapie which had contracted the disease living with infected Suffolk sheep. Two of the five calves inoculated with the goat scrapie came down with clinical signs of incoordination, stilted gait and disorientation: at 27 months post-inoculation (on 6-26-81) and at 36 months post-inoculation (on 4-12-82). Similarly, only one of the five calves inoculated with the Suffolk scrapie came down with what we called bovine scrapie at 48 months post-inoculation (on 3-29-83).
We did notify the scientific community and industry of the possible encephalitic problem in cattle at this time yet we were hampered by the lack of a definitive lab test. A prion test is now being utilized to confirm these diseases. We now know that since the (BSE) epidemic in Great Britain, the scrapie agent has been implicated as a possible cause of this disease.
For further information, please refer to: “Encephalopathy in Cattle experimentally infected with the scrapie agent“, American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 56, No. 5, May 1995, pages 606-612.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Alan Eads
Address 5714 N. Echo Canyon Drive Phoenix, AZ 85018
Home phone (602) 840-1174
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Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Lucy Spouse’s occupation
Marriage and Family Therapist
Additional family information Two children: our son Mike is a career Air Force F15 Pilot and our daughter Julie is a Ph.D.
psychologist
Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Travel with my wife, some golf, struggling with being newly retired
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
I guess being social chairman for the veterinary student body (all four classes). I got into trouble with that. Had to visit the Dean, Dr. Jensen, a couple of times. Didn't get kicked off campus. Just a lot of fun memories, wonderful classmates, all of them were great. A lot of fond memories. Looking forward to seeing some of them again!
Greatest career accomplishment
Receiving the Veterinary of the Year award in 1998 for the State of Arizona.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Having a successful marriage and successful children! (I married a tough woman; she stayed with me all these years.)
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I'm so grateful for CSU and being educated there and being a CSU graduate! It has been very fulfilling. Retirement leaves a big void.
Joe S. Gloyd
Address 3 Penny Lane Ct. Wilmington, DE 19803
Home phone (302) 761-9690
Cell phone (302) 530-0822
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Veterinarian
Spouse Dr. Katherine S. Gloyd Spouse’s occupation
Veterinarian
Additional family information Daughters: Cindy Guy,Julie Henion, Cathy Hagman
Son: James Todd Stewart Gloyd (17)
Pets 2 dogs Lucky & Fort Knox 2 cats Scratch & Sniff
Hobbies/Interests
Cabin 10 Alta Vista Circle, Wheatland, WY 82201
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
Greatest career accomplishment
Veterinary Practice, Wheatland, WY 1961-1977 AVMA Employee Schaumburg,IL & Washington DC 1977-1998 Sec/Treas Gloyd Group Wilmington, DE 1997-Present
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Managed to stay married to Kathy for 20+ years & counting.
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Plan to retire 2020
Duane Allen Gray
Address 723 Amethyst Dr Fruita, CO 81521
Home phone (970) 858-5025
Cell phone (970) 209-1311
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Ann Louise Gray Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information 4 children
Pets Dog- Luci
Hobbies/Interests
Reading, biking, RV travel,skiing,dirt bike and ATV riding
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Establishing two successful clinical practices
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Raising four children and seeing them all graduate from college and have successful careers
Additional information
Past president of Sierra Veterinary Medical Association
Patricia Kross Hawn
Address P.O. Box 1971 Scottsdale, AZ 85252
Home phone (480) 948-8307
Cell phone (480) 229-7137
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired veterinarian
Spouse Thomas A. Hawn, DVM Spouse’s occupation
Retired veterinarian
Additional family information Daughter: Suzanne (Microbiologist, Seattle, WA)
Son-in-law: Michael Schlador (Pharmacology) Grand-daughter: Audrey Rose (age 2+ yrs.) Son:Christopher (Major, USAF; B-1 Pilot) Daughter-in-law: Melissa (At home mom) Grandson: Joshua Thomas (age 6 mo.)
Pets 2 cats: "Sissy" (age 16 years) "Phyllis" (age 3 years)
Hobbies/Interests
Volunteer Peer Counselor for over 20 years. I am looking forward to spending more time with grandchildren – ages 2+ and 6 mo.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Meeting my husband "Tom" when I was a Junior student. He was an instructor at the Vet. Hospital and I enjoyed going into his office (shared by Dr. Voss and Dr. Ingram) and sitting on the corner of his desk. :)
Greatest career accomplishment
Being a small animal practicioner – first as a house-call veterinarian, then as the owner of my own Veterinary Clinic for 18 years – and finally as a Relief Veterinarian.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Raising 2 wonderful children.
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Robert Tim Hutchison
Address 4404 Las Lunas Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80104
Home phone (303) 663-4741
Cell phone (720) 284-8769
Work phone
Email rthutchdvm@aol,com
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Connie Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information Two children: daughter, Tracy, son, Greg
Pets Ceramic Cat and Aluminum Dog
Hobbies/Interests
Travel, basketball, hiking, tennis, volunteer work for church.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Building deer fence in the coldest month in 30 years
Greatest career accomplishment
Area director for AAHA
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
President of the Idaho Veterinary Assn.
Additional information
Member of "Harvesters for Christ," a national outreach organization for the LCMS and a district representative for Rocky Mountains.
Conrad D. King
Address 143 Howell Drive Branchburg, NJ 08876
Home phone (908) 526-6784
Cell phone (202) 258-8897
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Marilyn Spouse’s occupation
Additional family information Son: Joel King, Oxford, MI (Kevin and Lisa)
Daughter: Kristin, Washington, D.C. (Zoe and Izabella)
Pets Carlie Barun von Konig, German Short Hair (sadly, deceased)
Hobbies/Interests
Local involvement in political and educational activities in our community. Several years ago I organized the Branchburg Republican Club which has served as a forum for communicating information to our membership and support for some of our local organizations. Our Church is an important part of our lives. Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick, NJ and will be celebrating our 300th year in 2014.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Watching John Winemann jump "Rope" in the Anatomy Lab.
Greatest career accomplishment
After completing 3 years in a large animal practice in northen Illinois, initiated a graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. M.S. in Veterinary Reproductive Pathology, Thesis: Uterine-Amniotic Pathway of Infecting the Rabbit Fetus with Lissteria monocytogenes (1967). Ph.D. Biochemical Pathology Medical Dept. Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Liver Regeneration: Conversion of Cytidine to Dexocytidine in Rat Regenerating Livers (1967). Funding for these studies was provided by a grant to the Vet Science Dept. and a Post Doctorial Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. These programs provided the base upon which I was able to use in future years. Using the academic training in both pathology and now biochemistry I worked over the next 10 years for three different pharmaceutical companies. This period allowed me to continue to practice both morphologic pathology as well as be exposed to the development pharmacokinetics. This proved to complement a new approach in the interpretation of the results obtained from animal studies that numbered in the hundreds of animals per study. It became easier to explain the results of these studies to in-house medical personnel and to the scientific personnel at the FDA. So in 1997 I resigned from my current job as Director of Drug Safety Assessment at Ortho Pharmaceutical and founded XENOS, Inc. Consultation in Drug Safety
Assessment. That's when my past training really paid off. For the next 25 years I worked with national and international pharmaceutical companies and enjoyed every moment of it. I retired in 2002.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Marilyn and I will be celebrating our 61st anniversary this year and I still can't belive she has put up with me for this long! Thirteen moves starting with my Korean stint and it has all culminated in 34 years in our home in New Jersey. Greetings to all my colleagues and I really miss not being there with you.
Donald Klinkerman
Address 1014 Park Ave. La Junta, CO 81050
Home phone (719) 384-9631
Cell phone (719) 469-1080
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Peggy Spouse’s occupation
Retired Teacher
Additional family information
Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Grandkids and golf
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Spending 36 years in the same practice with some of the best clients in the world. Awarded the Veterinary Consultant of the Year for 1996. Being able to work with the Colorado Cattlemen's Association and the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association to do some positive things for the livestock industry.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
May not be an accomplishment for me alone, but blessed with one of the greatest families in the world that stuck by me all of these years!
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Merrill T. Koster
Address 7374 Chico Way N.W. Bremerton, WA 98312
Home phone (360) 692-2944
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Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired Veterinarian
Spouse Elizabeth (Betty) Koster Spouse’s occupation
Retired Registered Nurse
Additional family information Gregory Koster: Graduate of Washington State U., Master's in Library Science, U. of Wash.
Librarian in Tacoma, Wa. Julia Koster: Graduate of U. of Puget Sound, Master's in Architecture/Urban Planning, Harvard U. Richard Doege, son-in-law: Ph.D. in Economics/Harvard Law degree, currently teaching graduate level Econ at U. of Maryland.
Pets Numerous (in the past!). None at present.
Hobbies/Interests
Woodworking, photography, and travel. And anything that let's me wear my bib overalls!
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Out of the kindness of her heart, Betty was persuaded to bake a rhubarb pie for Maynard Clark and Roger Wiggins, who were doing some long clinic hours at CSU. Unbeknown to her, some Methyaline red dye was injected into the filling so when Maynard went to "PEE", he dang near had a heart attack!
Greatest career accomplishment
Teaching Radiology to CSU students (1963-64). Having a successful single man practice, as the 1st veterinarian in our small town and becoming a part of our great community.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Helping to raise our two kids and seeing them become the great people they are. Knowing what it's like to have to scramble financially to complete our education, it meant a great deal to both of us to be able to establish scholarships at both of our colleges.
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Our church family has been our "second" family and has been such an important part in our faith journey. At this stage of our lives we feel blessed in so many ways and grateful for all of our family of friends.
Roger Lawrence Krause
Address 8094 E. Inspiration Dr. Parker, CO 80138
Home phone (303) 840-8942
Cell phone (303) 929-0388
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Bernice Ann Krause Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information Married 54 years. Three married children. Two are teachers, one is dairy farmer. Eleven
Grandchildren
Pets Two dogs
Hobbies/Interests
Licensed National Rabbit Judge.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Great friendships established with classmates that still remain strong.
Greatest career accomplishment
Eight years of general animal practice in Oregon.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Blessed with great family and friends.
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After eight years of practice I studied for the ministry. I have served as a Lutheran Pastor for 37 years.
William D. Krause
Address 3031 High Street Pueblo, CO 81008
Home phone (719) 544-1572
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Work phone
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Judy Spouse’s occupation
Additional family information We have four children and two (a son and a daughter) are CSU graduates. We also have six
grand-children and one – a grand-daughter – is in CSU's Honors Program.
Pets We have a skilled companion service dog, Fritz. Total of two dogs and two cats, six geese and six ducks.
Hobbies/Interests
After retiring, replicating antique furniture.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
There were 4-5 of us that worked for Dr. Davis building a deer fence below Horse Tooth Reservoir. We had to dig post holes about six feet deep for the fence that was 12 feet or so high. We hit shale about three feet deep and had to use dynamite for some of the post holes. The wind coming across the water from the reservoir would drop down to the deer farm and freeze our .... We would wear chaps and heavy gloves to try to control the deer when we X-Rayed them. We earned every penny on that work project. A group of vet students putting together the winning float for the Homecoming parade: “Have Syringe, Will Travel.”
Greatest career accomplishment
Serving as the CVMA Colorado President and serving two terms as the CSU Alumni Board President. Receiving the Jerry Litton Award for service to Agriculture.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Married 50 years, with four children and six grand-children!
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Taught 4-H vet science classes. And we were a CSU Honor Family in the 70s because of an essay that our daughter Carolyn wrote.
Dixie D. Lycan
Address 9301 E. Grand Ave Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Home phone
Cell phone (303) 522-1835
Work phone (303) 771-6304
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Veterinarian
Spouse Spouse’s occupation
Additional family information 2 children (Bobbi and Jeff), 1 son-in-law (Luke)
4 grand children 2 great grand daughters
Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Gardening, sewing, knitting, scrapbooking, bicycling
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Still working full time at Greenwood Village Veterinary Clinic
Gerry Meyer
Address Home phone
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Email [email protected]
Current occupation
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Robert Phillips
Address 1308 Windjammer Cove Fort Collins, CO 80524
Home phone (970) 484-1888
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Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Author
Spouse Nancy Spouse’s occupation
Homemaker
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Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Sailing, biking, building a cabin (with family's help), travel, skiing, and many more!
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Being the first veterinarian selected to go into space. Received the CSU 50-year career achievement award. Three years as NASA space station chief scientist.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Ours was a very special class. We keep up with each other really well.
Michael "Mick" Price
Address 20418 County Road 17 Fort Morgan, CO 80701
Home phone (970) 867-2607
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Current occupation Equine practice
Spouse Alicia Spouse’s occupation
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Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Practicing equine medicine
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
My kids and grandkids!
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Alan R. Rice
Address 1526 Peach Ct Brighton, Co 80601
Home phone (303) 659-0893
Cell phone (303) 905-1802
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Carole Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information Children: Christine (Brighton, CO), Charlene (Calgary, Alberta), Marr (Kremmling, CO)
Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Making it through 4 years without Bob Adams knowing my name.
Greatest career accomplishment
Being held in trust by my dairy and ranching clients.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Of course my wife and children.
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Gerald "Jerry" Robertson
Address 3120 Wagon Wheel Road Bozeman, MT 59715-8021
Home phone (406) 587-4032
Cell phone (406) 580-4032
Work phone
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Marilyn Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information 2 children, 5 grandchildren
Pets
Hobbies/Interests
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Wayne A. Sargent
Address 1596 So. Lansing St. Aurora, CO 80012
Home phone (303) 696-1188
Cell phone
Work phone (303) 377-2779
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Veterinarian
Spouse Jeanne Sargent Spouse’s occupation
Teacher, mother and homemaker
Additional family information 4 children and 12 grandchildren - Spend vacation time traveling to birthday parties from Dallas,
Texas to Seattle, Washington.
Pets Dog Maggie - a great little Westy.
Hobbies/Interests
Exercise in various sports and running in the Bolder Boulder for almost 12 years straight.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Roger Wiggins delivering a foal on a cold winter night on a ranch when the clinician had given up.
Greatest career accomplishment
Nothing worth mentioning, except being able to have great health to practice all these years and having many great clients that made it all worth while.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Meeting and marrying my wife, with all 4 children graduating in a profession, and being appointed an elder in my church.
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C. Lawrence Smith
Address 14320 Zuni Street Broomfield, CO 80023
Home phone (303) 452-7106
Cell phone (303) 725-5960
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Lois Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information
Pets We have a golden lab named Milo.
Hobbies/Interests
A lot of golf, fishing and hunting.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
We played an awful lot of handball in that old building!
Greatest career accomplishment
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
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Jack Swearingen
Address 6976 Brook Hill Ct. Lone Tree, CO 80124
Home phone (303) 771-5178
Cell phone (303) 946-7009
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Landlord
Spouse Bonnie Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information We have three married adult children and eight grandkids. All live in the Denver area except
Greg and his family who live in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Pets Amber Welsh Springer
Hobbies/Interests
Traveling, biking, silversmithing, and golf.
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Larry Smith and I were on ambulatory one Sunday when Dr. Voss asked us to treat a couple calves at a farm. On the way to the farm Larry and I picked up Lois and Bonnie to go with us. We had them set in the back of the truck so they wouldn't be spotted. Larry and I thought that was a lot more fun than the girls did.
Greatest career accomplishment
Working on Broadway in Englewood and Littleton for 48 years.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Getting through Veterinary School
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After graduation I went to work for Dr. Ramsey at Cherrelyn Animal Hospital in Englewood where I worked with small animals for 9 years.
Then the opportunity came to become part of an 8 member team to form the first animal surgical center west of the Mississippi under the leadership of Dr. Tolley in 1970. Each veterinarian had their outpatient clinic which referred to the Animal Hospital Center with 24 hour emergency service. Which also meant that we took turns sleeping at the hospital for a number of years. Joe Trimble and I shared a clinic practice for twelve years in a rented space until we built a two story building in 1982. Later Joe’s son, Phil, joined us in our practice. We had the unusual concept of not being a partnership but rather allowing each of us to have our own practice and share the physical plant and staff.
Our Animal Hospital and Surgical Center relocated to Highlands Ranch just off E-470 and now employs seven specialists and 49 employees.
I’m still active on the AHC board and keeping busy as maintenance and treasurer for our clinic on South Broadway.
Bonnie and I have been blessed with three children, Randy, Greg, and Amy and their wonderful spouses. The delight in life has been our eight grand-children who all live in Colorado until this last year. Greg and family have another year in Mexico before returning here.
We have always enjoyed traveling and count some of our best trips as active oriented. Our class reunion on a cruise to Alaska included Pat and Tom Hawn, Smiths and Phillips. Bicycling throughout Europe and New Zealand with the Philips and Dixie has been a favorite mode of sightseeing. We also biked Prince Edward Island with Phillips. However, we’ve enjoyed many Colorado golf trips plus golfing in other states which we have done with the Smiths and another time with the Klinkermans. Our latest .. this year .. was the Danube River Boat Cruise from Budapest to Bucharest and the Black Sea, all part of Eastern Europe.
August 31st Bonnie and I will be celebrating our 53rd Anniversary. We’ve had a wonderful life and feel blessed to have known so many people including our school friends and especially you, our veterinary friends.
Lloyd E. Taber
Address P.O. Box 43 Springview, NE 68778
Home phone (402) 497-3238
Cell phone (402) 382-8845
Work phone (402) 497-3237
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Rancher
Spouse Patsy L. Taber Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information We have one son and two daughters and six grandchildren.
Pets Border Collie
Hobbies/Interests
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Graduation
Greatest career accomplishment
Being successful in large animal practice. Built clinics in two towns in northeast Nebraska and practiced for 27 years.
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Raising children who are successful
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Clive Hastings Tillotson
Address 1464 Harpswell Neck Rd Harpswell, ME 04079
Home phone (207) 833-2329
Cell phone (207) 841-3233
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Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired Veterinarian
Spouse Pat Tillotson Spouse’s occupation
Retired Librarian
Additional family information Daughter, Kirsten Tillotson - graduate of CSU with Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine 1998. Also
Board Certification in ACVIM, Residence in Equine Medicine Medicine 2002 and became a Diplomat of the ACVIM.
Pets 2 Horses (Bailey, Halflinger, and Little Doll, a Morgan)
2 Bengal Cats (Piwacket & Tulluch) 1 Dog (Loki)
Hobbies/Interests
Painting and Sculpting Playing Celtic Music in Jam Sessions
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Greatest career accomplishment
Certified in Orthopedic Surgery from Ohio State Started up a 24 hour Emergency Service
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Additional information
Moved back to Coastal Maine after retirement and sale of practice in January 1999
Richard K. Tramp
Address PO Box 3349 Wrightwood, CA 92397
Home phone (619) 806-6768
Cell phone (619) 806-6768
Work phone
Email [email protected]
Current occupation Retired
Spouse Iris Spouse’s occupation
Retired
Additional family information Children: Jennifer (Nurse Pract. In Women's Health); Eric (Camera operator, television, movies) -
both live in Claremont, CA; Heather (Elementary teacher, Alta Loma, CA)
Pets Toby, 4 yr. Aust. Shep. Bella, 2 yr. Toy Yorkie (I know, I've become refined with age)
Hobbies/Interests
Skeet and trap shooting. Right now putting a lot of time into horsehair hitching. Fishing with 12-year-old grandson, clay target shooting, hiking, skiing (live 2 miles from ski area and it is free for those over 70 years, hard to beat that.)
Most memorable event(s) from vet school days
Acceptance into the program and graduation
Greatest career accomplishment
Being able to establish my successful equine reproduction practice, my last 15 years of practice
Greatest accomplishment outside of professional career
Marrying my wife, now 52 years, our three wonderful, accomplished children, who produced six wonderful, accomplished grandchildren. Joining AA.
Additional information
I loved my career choice. Forty-nine point five years in active practice, with 44 of those years fulfilling my dream of being an equine practitioner. HARD TO BEAT THAT TOO. Now loving retirement.