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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.