- Issue:
Robert J. Sigfrid,’60 DVM, Parkers Prairie, Minn., died June 21, 2019, at 91. Sigfrid was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy after graduating high school. After achieving his DVM, Sigfrid worked as a veterinarian for the United States Department of Agriculture, both nationally and overseas. Sigfrid’s contributions to veterinary medicine included re-establishing bighorn sheep at Zion National Park, eradicating avian influenza in Lancaster, Penn., and eradicating brucellosis in a herd of Utah bison.