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Faculty Honored for Years of Service

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A total of 17 Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty members were recognized recently for their years of service at Purdue University.  The Faculty Service Recognition Luncheon, hosted by the Office of the Provost, was held November 30.  The PVM faculty members honored are:

10 Years of Service

Dr. Jeannie Plantenga, associate professor of radiation oncology; Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Dr. Patricia Wakenell, professor of avian diagnostics/avian diagnostic pathologist; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology/ADDL

Dr. James Weisman, assistant dean for student affairs/clinical associate professor; Dept. of Veterinary Administration

15 Years of Service

Dr. Amanda Farr, clinical assistant professor of equine ambulatory practice; Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Dr. Tomohito Inoue, continuing lecturer in anesthesiology; Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Dr. Margaret (Peg) Miller, professor of veterinary pathology/anatomic pathology training coordinator; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology/ADDL

Dr. Jose Ramos-Vara, professor of veterinary pathology; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology/ADDL

Dr. Craig Thompson, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical pathology; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology

20 Years of Service

Dr. Lynn Guptill, associate professor of small animal internal medicine/co-section head of small animal internal medicine; Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Dr. Sulma Mohammed, associate professor of cancer biology; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology

25 Years of Service

Dr. John Christian, associate professor of veterinary clinical pathology/lab director and section chief of clinical pathology; Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology

Dr. Kevin Hannon, associate professor of basic medical sciences; Dept. of Basic Medical Sciences

Dr. Harm HogenEsch, associate dean for research/professor of immunopathology; Dept. of Veterinary Administration/Dept. of Comparative Pathobiology

30 Years of Service

Dr. Abdelfattah Nour, professor of basic medical sciences; Dept. of Basic Medical Sciences

Dr. J. Paul Robinson, The SVM Professor of Cytomics/professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering/director of the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories; Dept. of Basic Medical Sciences

40 Years of Service

Dr. Stephen Adams, professor of large animal surgery; Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

45 Years of Service

David Williams, professor of veterinary history; Dept. of Veterinary Administration

Congratulations to all of these PVM faculty members for their years of service to Purdue University and the College of Veterinary Medicine!

PVM staff members celebrating service anniversaries will be honored at a College of Veterinary Medicine ceremony Tuesday, December 18, at 3:00 p.m., in Lynn 1136.

Writer(s): Kevin Doerr | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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