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Carl Osborne, '64 DVM, '70 PhD, professor and founder of the Minnesota Urolith Center, died peacefully on March 5, 2017 surrounded by his family and best friend, Chloe, his longtime service dog. Osborne was a member of the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty for 53 years. He earned his DVM from Purdue University in 1964, joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine the same year, and earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1970.
Osborne began the Minnesota Urolith Center “on a shoestring” in 1981. Later funded by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, it has since analyzed more than one million stones sent from around the world, and continues to research the prevention of and cures for diseases of the urinary system in companion animals under the leadership of Osborne’s colleague, Dr. Jody Lulich. In recognition of his extraordinary career, the College of Veterinary Medicine created the Osborne-Hills Chair in Nephrology and Urology in 1998.