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  • John Piehl, ’76 DVM, was honored with the Distinguished Veterinary Service Award by the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA). This award is given to individuals who have performed outstanding veterinary service to the veterinary profession and have contributed to the well-being of animals. Piehl has served as a Veterinary Medical Officer with USDA-APHIS for 33 years, and has worked on the exotic Newcastle Disease in California and tuberculosis and pseudorabies eradication in Minnesota. 

  • Nathan Winkelman, ’84 DVM, president and co-owner of Swine Services Unlimited Inc., is the 2019 recipient of the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award. He earned his bachelor of science degree in animal science from the University of Minnesota Morris in 1979. An internationally recognized swine veterinary consultant, he has spent over 30 years working with progressive pork producers throughout North and South America and, more recently in China, on swine health and biosecurity, production management and records analysis. 
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  • Larry Baumann, DVM, ’82 MS, ’87 PhD, professor of animal science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, received the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Award at the 53rd annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet hosted by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) at UW-River Falls on April 18.
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  • John Lillie, ’73 DVM, was awarded Veterinarian of the Year by the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA). This award is given to a MVMA member who has given much to the veterinary profession, as well as to his community—a well-rounded member who is outstanding in the profession. Lillie is the medical director of the Keller Lake Animal Hospital in Maplewood, and has served as president of Animal Emergency Veterinary Services in Minneapolis, as well as on numerous boards. 

  • Mikayla Schroeder, ’17 DVM, started a new position as surgical oncology intern at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Jing Du, ’17 PhD, is a postdoctoral scientist with Susan Quaggin, MD, at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill.

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Molly McCue, DVM, MS, ’07 PhD, professor in the Department of Population Medicine, was recently named interim associate dean of research at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). The associate dean of research is charged with leading the research mission of the College, implementing the CVM’s research strategic plan, and reviewing the current functions of this position and the office of the associate dean of research.

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Samithamby Jeyaseelan, ’01 PhD, is now the William Jenkins Professor in Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University. Jeyaseelan is the Principal Investigator on a new $11.5 million NIH program to establish the Center for Lung Biology and Disease. Read more

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Juan Samper, ’86 MS, ’90 PhD, was recently appointed associate dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville, Fla. Samper is a board certified theriogenologist and was formerly associate dean at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

    Issue: Fall 2018