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Stan Diesch, '56 DVM, MPH, professor emeritus, alumnus, and CVM pioneer in One Health, died on May 10, 2017, just short of his 92nd birthday. After graduating from the CVM in 1956, Diesch joined a private practice in Freeport, Illinois, before purchasing a food animal practice in Winthrop, Iowa. After about six years, he returned to the University, earning his master’s of public health and joining the University of Iowa as an assistant professor in 1963. In 1966, Diesch was hired as a faculty member at the College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health, where he worked for more than 30 years. He was also the CVM’s director of international programs for 10 years. In 2015, he was honored with the Siehl Prize by the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences.