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PVM Faculty among Honorees Recognized at Purdue Faculty Years of Service Luncheon

The Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom was the site of the Purdue University luncheon December 3 honoring faculty for their years of service and recognizing the 60th anniversary of the University Senate. (Purdue University photo/Tate Kirgiss)
The Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom was the site of the Purdue University luncheon December 3 honoring faculty for their years of service and recognizing the 60th anniversary of the University Senate. (Purdue University photo/Tate Kirgiss)

Purdue University honored more than 300 faculty members, including 17 from the College of Veterinary Medicine, for their years of service during a celebratory luncheon December 3. Faculty members were recognized for service anniversaries ranging from 10 to as many as 55 years. The event was held in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom.

The following PVM faculty members were honored for service anniversaries that ranged from ten to 40 years:

10 years

  • Aimee C. Brooks, DVM, MS, DACVECC, clinical associate professor of small animal emergency and critical care, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Caroline Fulkerson, DVM, DACVR, clinical associate professor of diagnostic imaging, section head of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Christopher M. Fulkerson, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), clinical associate professor of veterinary medical oncology, section head of Medical Oncology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Bethany J. Funnell, DVM, DACT, clinical associate professor of bovine theriogenology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Stephanie A. Thomovsky, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), CCRP, clinical professor of veterinary neurology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

15 years

  • Michael O. Childress, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), professor of comparative oncology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Laurie A. Jaeger, DVM, PhD, professor of basic medical sciences, Department of Basic Medical Sciences

20 years

  • Paula A. Johnson, DVM, DACVECC, clinical associate professor of small animal emergency and critical care, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

25 years

  • Daniel F. Hogan, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), professor of cardiology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Darryl Ragland, DVM, PhD, professor of food animal production medicine, section head of Production Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Willie M. Reed, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV, Dean Emeritus and professor of comparative pathobiology, Department of Veterinary Administration | Department of Comparative Pathobiology

30 years

  • Stephen B. Hooser, DVM, PhD, DABVT, professor of toxicology, senior veterinary toxicologist, Department of Comparative Pathobiology | Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
  • Tsang Long Lin, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary pathology, section head of Avian and Aquatics, senior veterinary diagnostic pathologist, Department of Comparative Pathobiology | Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

35 years

  • Elikplimi K. Asem, DVM, PhD, professor of physiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
  • Deborah W. Knapp, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), Distinguished Professor of Comparative Oncology, Dolores L. McCall Professor of Comparative Oncology, director of the Evan and Sue Ann Werling Comparative Oncology Research Center, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff, Vet MB, MA, MS, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine), DECVIM (Companion Animal), professor of small animal internal medicine and head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

40 years

  • S. Kathleen Salisbury, DVM, MS, DACVS, associate dean for academic affairs, 150th Anniversary Professor, professor of Small Animal Surgery, interim director of Veterinary Nursing Programs, Department of Veterinary Administration | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Congratulations to all of the PVM faculty honorees!

The longest-serving faculty members to be recognized at the luncheon were Robert Spitzer, associate professor of materials engineering, and Robert Jacko, professor of civil engineering, who both reached their 55-year service anniversaries this year.

The luncheon also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the University Senate, which serves in an advisory capacity to help achieve the educational objectives of the university. It is made up of elected members of the Purdue faculty as well as the presidents of Purdue Student Government and Purdue Graduate Student Government.

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

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