Donald W. Maas, ’60 DVM, Long Lake, Minn., died June 30 at age 88. He is survived by his wife, Geri; 3 children; 4 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. 

Wilbur A. Leibbrand, ’53 DVM, Hastings, Minn., died July 24 at age 94. Over the course of his career, he worked in private practice in Hastings and Little Falls, Minn., for the USDA, and as a professor at the U of M Waseca. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, and 4 children. 

Guy S. Hohenhaus, ’88 BS, ’90 DVM, Annapolis, Md., died June 25 at age 57. Hohenhaus was the state veterinarian and chief of animal health for the Maryland Department of Agriculture from 2005–14. He previously served as Maryland's state public health veterinarian for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and was a past president of the National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials. He was a professor at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine from 1990–2002 and director of its veterinary epidemiology residency program. He was a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. During his army service, Hohenhaus designed and implemented food safety, zoonotic disease, and refugee programs in eight countries. He received the Bronze Star in 2004 for his contributions toward rebuilding Afghanistan's veterinary and public health infrastructure. He is survived by his wife, Michelle. 

Rudolf “Tass” Dueland, Jr., DVM, ’70 MS, died September 20 at age 85. Dueland was a Diplomate, regent, and president (’90) of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, president of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society, and a member of Orthopedic Research Society and other veterinary professional organizations, such as American Veterinary Medical Association, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association, and American Animal Hospital Association. His teaching career began at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, from 1971 to 1972. He was an associate professor of surgery at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, from 1972 to 1980. He then joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 1980 on the development team of the new school and as founding chair and professor in the Department of Surgical Sciences. He was chairman of the department of Surgical Sciences from 1980 to 1986. He held a joint appointment as professor of Orthopedic Surgery in the Medical School at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tass retired in 1999 as Professor Emeritus, but never stopped contributing to the science of orthopedics, continuing to lecture and write on his research interests. He also received a US patent for his work on measuring hip dysplasia in canines. He is survived by his wife Susan, 4 children; 17 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren. 

Raymond P. Axtman, ’60 DVM, Snohomish, Wash., died June 14 at age 88. After graduating from the CVM, Axtman practiced large animal medicine in St. Charles, Minn. In 1970, he and his wife moved to Monro, Wash., where he had a small animal practice. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; 4 children; and 6 grandchildren. 

James R. Zosel, '52 BS, '54 DVM, died of pneumonia at age 87 on October 20, 2016. In addition to being a veterinarian (his first career), Zosel was an Episcopal priest, chemical dependency counselor, and professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He also enjoyed art, travel, gardening, music, biking, and baking.

Glen P. Rouse, '70 BS, '72 DVM, died July 28, 2016. Glen co-owned Colorado Veterinary Specialists and Animal ER in Littleton, Colorado, with his wife, Dr. Peg Wykes, a graduate of Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine, until 2012. During his career, he developed a surgical procedure using pins and cement for spinal stabilization in small animals. In retirement, he farmed and bred red Angus cattle.

Rodney Morton Revsbech, '56 DVM, died December 8, 2016, at age 89. Revsbech was a world traveler who enjoyed his rustic deer shack in Itasca County and his many trips to Eagle, Colorado, for elk hunting. He also loved fishing, gardening, hiking in the woods, bird-watching, and tapping trees for maple syrup.

Kenneth D. Quist, '55 DVM, of Atlanta, Georgia, died August 17, 2016. Quist began his career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service, serving as an epidemiologist in Texas, Nebraska, and Idaho. In the 1960s, he traveled to Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Japan to study the cholera epidemic as part of a World Health Organization project. He retired from the U.S. Public Health Service in 1985 as director of scientific services at the CDC’s Office of Infectious Diseases. After retiring, he practiced at Wieuca Animal Clinic in Atlanta for 10 years.