{"id":17572,"date":"2022-12-12T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=17572"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:55:50","slug":"annual-2022-named-equine-sports-medicine-center-fulfills-hopes-of-alumnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/annual-2022-named-equine-sports-medicine-center-fulfills-hopes-of-alumnus.php","title":{"rendered":"Named Equine Sports Medicine Center Fulfills Hopes of Alumnus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a demonstration of the high-speed equine treadmill, Leila the horse joins (left-right) Lois McCrosky; Laura Murray, RVT, research technologist; Dr. Katie Ivester, equine research scientist; Dean Willie Reed; Dr. Donald McCrosky; and Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil, director of the newly named Donald J. McCrosky Equine Sports Medicine Center<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The significance and appropriateness of the moment was patently evident to Purdue Veterinary Medicine Dean Willie Reed as he spoke to the people who gathered at Lynn Hall to honor alumnus and longtime equine veterinarian Don McCrosky and his wife, Lois, of Waterloo, Illinois, for their gift to support Equine Sports Medicine. \u201cYou know, Don, it is so fitting that you and Lois do this,\u201d Dean Reed said. Turning to the others in the room, he continued, \u201cI\u2019ve learned a little about Don\u2019s history\u2026 when he was five years old he learned how to manage his father\u2019s team of horses. And then his grandfather gave him his first horse. So, he\u2019s had a love affair with horses his whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That love affair now is reflected in the identity of the Donald J. McCrosky Equine Sports Medicine Center, named in recognition of a $3 million gift from the McCroskys. \u201cAnd so, at five years old, I bet you couldn\u2019t have envisioned today,\u201d Dean Reed said to Dr. McCrosky at the ceremony September 23. \u201cBut look at how things have happened. What you\u2019re now able to do for horses is just a wonderful and fitting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In expressing his appreciation for the McCroskys\u2019 support, the Equine Sports Medicine Center director, Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil, professor of large animal internal medicine, said he looks forward to the multifaceted impact that the gift will have in the years to come. \u201cWhen I came to Purdue 27 years ago it was to help launch the Equine Sports Medicine Center and pari-mutuel betting had just been approved in the state,\u201d Dr. Cou\u00ebtil explained. \u201cThe Indiana legislature had the foresight to set aside $150,000 per year from taxes on pari-mutuel revenues to benefit equine research. And that really was foundational for us to be able to accomplish what we are doing.\u201d Dr. Cou\u00ebtil went on to explain how that investment supported more than 70 research projects totalling almost $1 million over that 20 year period. \u201cThat has led to many discoveries that have benefitted horses across the globe, literally. And with your gift of $3 million we will be able to double our research effort going forward. And we will be able to train the next generation of equine researchers, which is obviously very exciting to me, because that will be our legacy later on \u2014 that is what we can pass on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Donald McCrosky and his wife, Lois, were presented with the Pinnacle Award by Purdue for Life Foundation CEO Matt Folk (left) and Dean Willie Reed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The recognition ceremony followed a demonstration of the center\u2019s high speed equine treadmill. The McCroskys had a front row view of a horse running in place at full gallop, below a sign that bears the new name of the Donald J. McCrosky Equine Sports Medicine Center. The McCroskys also met some of the staff and students who work and learn in the center. \u201cWe can\u2019t thank you enough for this amazing gift,\u201d Dr. Cou\u00ebtil told the McCroskys. \u201cIt will lay a strong foundation for us to continue the sports medicine and the research that we do, and the excellent practice that we also do at Purdue. I think it is a wonderful opportunity for the college, for the faculty and for the students to make a long-lasting impact on our patients and horse owners in Indiana and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The afternoon\u2019s program concluded with CEO of the Purdue for Life Foundation, Matt Folk, presenting the Purdue President\u2019s Council Distinguished Pinnacle Award to Dr. McCrosky, a distinction reserved for those who have reached a pinnacle in giving with the university. Noting that Dr. McCrosky earned his Purdue DVM degree in 1968 before opening his own practice in southwestern Illinois, which included small and large animals, Folk explained how the small animal practice was sold in 2004 so Dr. McCrosky could focus solely on equine medicine, specializing in reproduction. Folk added that beyond the veterinary practice, the McCroskys own more than 50 race horses and brood mares and race their horses in the Chicago and St. Louis areas. In addition to naming the center, Dr. McCrosky also has supported both of the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Equine Hospitals, including the Caesars Entertainment Equine Specialty Hospital<\/a> in Shelbyville, Indiana, and the new David and Bonnie Brunner Equine Hospital on the Purdue campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a joy to me,\u201d Dr. McCrosky said as he accepted the award. \u201cI\u2019m very happy that I was able to do it. Purdue has meant a lot to me. I wouldn\u2019t be where I am if it wasn\u2019t for Purdue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to read the full announcement<\/a> on the McCrosky’s gift following approval from the Purdue University Board of Trustees April 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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