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Ronald D. Anderson, ’61 DVM, ’64 MPH, San Antonio, Tex., died December 28 at 87. After receiving his DVM, Anderson joined the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, where he directed and mand food safety, quality assurance, veterinary public health, and animal medicine programs at all levels of command. While assigned to the Academy of Health Sciences Veterinary Science Division, he was also an associate professor of Health Sciences at Baylor University and adjunct professor in the Department of Health Measurement Sciences at Tulane University. He graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1970. Anderson received numerous awards and recognitions for achievements in veterinary medicine and public health, including the Surgeon General "A" Prefix Award for professional excellence in the field of veterinary public health, the Keith L. Ware Award for Special Television Achievement for the production of Wildlife Disease Surveillance of Military Reservations, and the Department of the Army Suggestion Award for in-transit fumigation of foodstuffs. His military honors include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (3OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2OLC), National Defense Service Medal (1OLC), Vietnam Service Medal, Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Army Aviator Badge. He retired as a colonel after 25 years of service in September 1980. Afterward, he joined the Nevada Department of Agriculture as an epidemiologist. His major focus at the time was assisting in the eradication of bovine brucellosis in Nevada. He worked with animal control personnel and animal shelters in organizing a state dog bite prevention program. He was elected to the AVMA Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine and served as the AVMA liaison to the U.S. Animal Health Association. Anderson also served as executive vice president of the Nevada VMA from 1989 to 1992, during which time he worked with California VMA leadership to organize the Wild West Veterinary Conference held in Reno, Nev. Anderson served the AVMA staff for one year as the assistant director of membership and field services. He is survived by his wife, Anita; 1 daughter; 1 son; 3 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.