Career-Life Updates

In celebration of the D.V.M. Class of 1960

50 Year Reunion October 14 & 15, 2010 Fort Collins, Colorado

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

D.V.M. Class of 1960 50 Year Reunion

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Frank C. Armer, Jr., D.V.M.

Kenneth G. Beaubien, Jr., D.V.M.

H. A. Carper, D.V.M.

Bailey L. Cotten, D.V.M.

Frank L. Enos, D.V.M.

Donald B. Hudson, D.V.M.

Robert G. Hutchinson, D.V.M.

William L. Lyall, D.V.M.

Robert A. O'Dell, D.V.M.

Arland L. Ranson, D.V.M.

Richard A. Rezzonico, D.V.M., P.L.C.

J. Eugene Schneider, D.V.M.

Alan E. Schwichtenberg, D.V.M.

Darrell M. Williams, D.V.M.

Charles C. Woodford, D.V.M.

Don A. Allen Address: 822 Rodeo Drive Cheyenne, WY 82009 Phone: 307-637-7487 Cell: 307-214-1259 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Deceased Additional family information: Son, John, retired DAV Son, Brian, Director of Student Health Service, University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse. Daughter, Lee, Director of Services for Disabled Persons in Cheyenne. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? - When Dr. O.R. Adams’ palomino stallion was found dead in the stall. - Freshman first dinner in Estes Park. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Wyoming State Veterinary Association President in 1980 What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Wyoming Grand Commander of Knight Templer District winner in WY “Speak Humorous” speech contest.

Herman A. Anderson Address: Box 118 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone: 303-688-3647 E-mail: Lucievet@comcast.net Current Occupation: Retired Spouse’s Occupation: Retired teacher Additional family information: Two children, Eric and Vicki Pets: Dog, “Sally” and giraffe, “Ora” What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Graduation What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? 40+ year of successful practice What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Concert pianist Selling pencils on the street Avoiding prison Hobbies/Interests: Skiing, golfing, reading and loafing

Leonard P. Blach Address: 1907 White Mill Road Roswell, NM 88203 Phone: 575-623-9119 Cell: 575-420-8119 E-mail: buenasuerte@dsn.com Current Occupation: Veterinarian Spouse: Joanne Spouse’s Occupation: Housewife Additional family information: Three children: Serena Villnow, (Fall City, Washington), Kevin Blach, DVM (Roswell, New Mexico), Pam Stonebreaker , Vet Tech (San Diego, California) and 9 grandchildren Pets: Horses “Mine That Bird” Winner of the Kentucky Derby 2009, #135 What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days?

1. Someone in the Class of 1960 castrated Dr. Adams’ horse. 2. Meat launching in the anatomy hub – Dr. Voss got hit coming through the door. 3. Beer drinking at Horsetooth. 4. Gene – choking on spot quizzes. 5. Drinking cheap wine at vet dances. 6. Vaccinating sheep with Dr. Voss on ambulatory. 7. Caught imitating Dr. Ingram in hallway.

John M. Cheney Address: 2350 Limon Drive #346 Fort Collins, CO 80525 Phone: 970-377-0482 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse’s Occupation: Assisting Retirement Additional family information: Two daughters: Diane Cheney and Karen Hancock What are the greatest accomplishments of your career? 1988 Veterinarian of the Year Chief of Party for USAID project in Kenya President, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association

Richard Coon Address: 3029 Lavina Dr. Forest Grove, OR 97116 Phone: 503-357-9582 Cell: 971-404-9150 E-mail: vetcoons@aol.com Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Arlene Spouse’s Occupation: Assisting Retirement Additional family information: Steven and Larry – engineers Nancy – phone business, EMT Pets: Outlived all pets What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Graduation What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Still alive. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? 30 lb. salmon Hobbies/Interests: Fishing, travel, condo at beach.

Donald J. Craig Address: 24400 County Road 77 Calhan, CO 80808 Phone: 719- 347-2370 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Peggy Craig Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Our family consists of two sons and a daughter. We have four grandchildren. Pets: One dog. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days?

1) Being on ambulatory with Dr. Pierson and Dr. Voss. 2) Assisting Dr. O.R. Adams in equine surgery. 3) Spending the summer as a janitor for the Vet Hospital.

What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Staying at one practice for 30 years. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Having an enjoyable retirement and refurbishing a small ranch. Hobbies/Interests: - Elk hunting and refurbishing some mountain cabins. - Spending time with family and friends.

Gary A. Deter Address: 15921 Toro Hills Avenue Salinas, CA 93908 Phone: 831-455-2230 Cell: 831-262-1489 E-mail: utepeak@att.net Current Occupation: Property owner and wood worker Spouse: Jeanie, passed away 11/8/09 Additional family information: Son: Phil and wife Shana and daughter Caitlyn live in Longmont .(Phil is a welder.) Daughter: Ande and husband George Manos live in Santa Maria, CA (Both in the vegetable business.) Pets: A Bernese Mountain Dog named Bernice What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days?

1. Worst: The endless anatomy lab and the smell of formaldehyde still haunts me 2. Best: Senior year living in the hospital as an intern. I learned more about veterinary

medicine than all the classes and books put together.

Francis P. Gradisar Address: 8820 Grand Avenue Beulah, CO 81023 Phone: 719-485-3642 E-mail: woodman@socolo.net Current Occupation: Retired Family information: Three children; two boys, one girl. Pets: One dog and one cat. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Graduation day What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Not being sued after 30 years of practice. Hobbies/Interests: Woodworking, world affairs, politics, history.

David R. Gross Address: 17129 72nd Ave. W. Edmonds, WA 98026 Phone: 428-582-7290 E-mail: gross1@illinois.edu Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Rosalie Gross Spouse’s Occupation: Homemaker Additional family information: Two sons, Theodore S. Gross and Jeffrey M. Gross, daughters-in-law Alison Crowe (Ted) and Dana Gross (Jeff), Granddaughters Alana Gross, Danielle Gross, Sidney Crowe-Gross Pets: None at present What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Charlie Vail and I were participating in the Skyline Conference Swimming Meet representing CSU. It was just prior to final exams and whenever we weren’t in the pool swimming or sleeping we were hitting the books hard. While we were gone Dr. Davis took the class into the amphitheater and reviewed most of what would be on the Anatomy exam. Dr. Swenson told the class we would not be responsible for all of the several hundred pages in Duke’s physiology that had been assigned. Neither of us did well but Charlie fared better on those exams than I did. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? I entered private veterinary practice in Sidney, Montana in 1960. In 1961 I opened the Paradise Animal Hospital at 32nd St. and Bell Road in Paradise Valley, Arizona, north of Phoenix. In 1971 I sold the practice and started graduate school. I was awarded the PhD degree in physiology from The Ohio State University in 1974 and began a 36-year career in academics that culminated as professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My research career encompassed 58 funded projects totaling over

Gross, cont’d $5.5 million and 91 papers published in refereed journals using a wide variety of animal models. The third edition of my reference text “Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research” was published by Springer in 2009. Ironically my three most-cited research papers received no external funding. My colleagues and I showed that feeding dietary cholesterol to rabbits induced Alzheimer’s-like lesions in the brain. Our work also showed that surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass resulted in Alzheimer’s-like brain lesions in pigs. With another group of colleagues I helped pioneer minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting techniques using the pig as a model. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Outside of my professional career the greatest accomplishment has been our two sons, although I doubt I can claim responsibility. After concentrating on athletics during their undergraduate years they both earned PhD degrees in engineering. Ted, our oldest, is now a full professor with an endowed chair in the Orthopedics department at the University of Washington and is an extremely successful researcher. Jeff, is Executive Vice-President and responsible for all research and development for Angiotech Inc. in Vancouver, B.C. a medical devices company. Both have stable, wonderful families and we are the proud grandparents of three granddaughters. Hobbies/Interests: Fly fishing, woodworking, writing both fiction and non-fiction. My short story entitled “Man Hunter” is scheduled to be published by Atlantic Pacific Press in the summer of 2011. A memoir “Animals Don’t Blush” is currently being touted to various publishers by my literary agent. Additional information: After retirement we moved to the Seattle area to be close to family. We eventually found a house and after nine months of long days renovating it, mostly on my own, we moved in. We have a partial view of the Puget Sound and are quite pleased with the result. The house is comfortable and we are set up to welcome guests.

William Bruce Harbert Address: 5512 S. Garfield St. Spokane, WA 99223 Phone: 509-448-2754 home Cell: 509-998-3920 cell E-mail: billharbert@aol.com Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Nancy Strand Harbert (deceased ) married 1954-2004 Spouse’s Occupation: “Everything” – putting hubby through college and G.I. Bill, then homemaker Additional family information: Son: Dr. William Perry Harbert, Prof. of Geo Physics, University of Pittsburgh, PA, his wife, Allison, their two daughters. Daughter: Mrs. Heich Dianne Rossie-Nordstrom, works in Advertising/Marketing, Spokane, WA, her husband, Barrett, their three cats. Pets: None presently – many in the past at home and at the clinic. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Part-time jobs (many, myself and Nancy), Vet’s Village (quonset hut) and our little log cabin at 806 W. Magnolia (now hidden by a new BIG home). Friends, the J.D. Forneys (multi-millionaires) on 1/3 of the block. Nancy’s “PHTCol” degree (putting the hubby through college), she earned it! The Honor System! The Jr. AVMA and Auxiliary – GREAT dedicated staff (LA & SA). Our “Little Black Book” and partner system (as Soph/Jr./Sr). Dedicated faculty. Dean, Rue Jensen, O.R. Adams, Maxine Benjaman, et. al. Jr. AVMA programs (in-house and out, example: Montford DVM). The “partner system” especially junior and senior years. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Establishing a veterinary practice, from scratch, in Spokane, WA. 900 sf and later 3500 sf. Myself, (18 years) later two other DVM’s and employees. I was USDA meat inspector (1960-1961) just to stay in Spokane. My 6th practice, now about 50! The “greatest” (?) having so many wonderful clients through the years, letting us care their

Harbert, cont’d four-footed family members. Community involvement on all levels – professional, church, etc. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Husband and father – caring for a wonderful woman who “put me through college” with the G.I. Bill and our many jobs. Nancy gave up her art degree (two years) to work six years in Fort Collins, many jobs, two children by graduation. Building a successful practice in Spokane, WA, staff (DVMs/ employees) having wonderful clients! Hobbies/Interests: First 17 years (1961-1978) work, work, work 24 hours a day! A 700 sf building became 3500 sf in five years. Twenty Spokane veterinarians established an emergency clinic (now 7-8 DVMs and 3 more specialists). Established Manito Veterinary Clinic 1961. Sold in 1962. Interests: Travel (including overseas), photography, family, grandchildren, veterinary associations, civic groups, church, etc. Additional information: Believe our class of 1960 was the last to spend one year on the horse (later dogs) and then “comparative anatomy.” Sisson and the other textbooks looked awesome at first. Wonderful faculty throughout. Hands-on training (SA/LA/ambulatory). Honor systems. We had to wear a tie – even if a bolo tie, jeans and flannel shirt! Estes Park High School had four graduates in our DVM Class of 1960: John Cheney, Bob O’dell, Jim Scott and Bill Harbert. I was on probation (pre-vet) having left University of Colorado (engineering with two Ds, two Fs and one Incomplete. For P.E., working out with the ski team counted. Was absent four years (Navy) and marriage, and returned to A&M. Registrar (Stella Morris) gave me “another chance” – bless her!

Lionel C. Ickes Address: 1306 Lone Star Road Nampa, ID 83651 Phone: 208-466-7924 Cell: 208-989-8478 E-mail: lckvet@cableone.net Current Occupation: LA practice Spouse: Jeannine Ickes Spouse’s Occupation: Business manager Additional family information: - Daughter, Lynette & husband Jose, 3 children (Madrid, Spain) - Son, Jon & wife Bridget, 3 children (Durango, Colorado) - Son, Mark (Boise, Idaho) What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? 1. Being accepted into and graduating with the CSU class of 1960. 2. Dick Rezzonico, correctly, offering Dr. Adams the diagnosis of screw worms in the sheath of a King Ranch stallion admitted for colic, after the faculty was unable to. 3. The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a palomino stallion. 4. The dean instructing Dr. Adams to grade the surgery final on the curve and, in so doing, saving several of us from failure. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career?

1. I am still able to be actively working, now in solo bovine practice. 2. I have been fortunate to have had a successful partnership with four different

veterinarians and my wife of 48 years, Jeannine. Hobbies/Interests:

1. We have been fortunate enough to enjoy frequent visits to Europe and New Orleans and, when at home in Idaho, we stay busy with our acreage and our five old horses who have been able to retire before we have.

2. Jeannine and I serve on the board of directors for the Idaho Horse Park Foundation.

Richard Jaggers Address: Box 508 Alliance, NE 69301 Phone: 308-762-4965 Cell: E-mail: RJJAgg@BBC.net Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Janet Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Wife: Janet, 55 years married. Children: Ken and family, Kansas City, KS is a commercial real estate appraiser. Jim and family, Denver, CO is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Children’s Hospital Jodene Hansen and family, Littleton, CO Pets: Two Wire Fox Terriers, four Welsh Terriers over 50+ years. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? - Ickes. - Vet parties, occasional overindulgence of adult beverages. - Town Pump softball team in summer. Summer employment at Vet Hospital between junior and senior years. - Playing pool in lieu of anatomy lab. - Overall clinical instruction very good with very dedicated instructors. What are other accomplishments of your career? Clinical mixed practice for 45 years. Served on Nebraska Board of Examiners of Veterinary Medicine and National Board of Examiners of Veterinary Medicine. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? ??? Yet to be determined. Three fine children and one good wife. Hobbies/Interests: Golf, hunting, fishing.

Joseph P. Jeffrey Address: 43646 Road 749 Lexington, NE 68850 Phone: 308-324-3613 Cell: 308-325-0277 E-mail: jjeffrey@dawsonppd.com Current Occupation: Retired and Entertainer Spouse: Dianne (Grace) Jeffrey Spouse’s Occupation: Ranch wife and artist Additional family information: One daughter Amy Hill, one grandson Garrett Hill, son-in-law Scott Hill What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Great teachers and some not so great. Vet parties. Rural vet calls. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Staying alive, working for eight other vets, solving other people’s problems. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Speaker – entertained at banquets & meetings in 28 states – on TV – in magazines, and held many elected offices over the years. Hobbies/Interests: Speaking, fixing anything that breaks, joke books, politics. Additional information: - Life is good - Stay around positive people - Meet important people - Pray for our country

Michael M. Jochim Address: 13861 W. 54th Avenue Arvada, CO 80002 Phone: 303-424-8973 Cell: 303-601-8802 E-mail: drjochim@msn.com drjochim@serumtest.com Current Occupation: Veterinarian (Veterinary Diagnostic Technology, Inc.) Spouse: Dorothy Jochim Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Three children: Debbie, Scott and Diane; four grandchildren, Ryan, Jennifer, Allyson and Sam; and, one great granddaughter, Amaya Marie. Pets: Izzabelle (Welsh Terrier) What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? The things I remember are: How really hard it was, how high the expectations were, how close we were as a diverse group of students, but all trying to achieve that goal of a degree in veterinary medicine – how sweet it was, a DVM! What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Starting my own practice, Veterinary Diagnostic Technology, Inc., after 25 years as a research veterinarian for the USDA and spending the last 24 years providing diagnostic reagents to laboratories both in and outside the U.S. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Helping to raise a family and trying to be a good husband, father and grandfather – and now a long distance great-grandfather. Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy the outdoors, fishing and camping (when possible) and lately I have become a “gun hobbiest.” I enjoy following current events, everything political, and have been a decade’s long season ticket/fan of the Nuggets and the Avalanche.

Catherine Ada Johnson Maurice Johnson

Address: 5201 Ponderosa Avenue N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87110 Phone: 505-881-8990 business Current Occupation: Ponderosa Animal Clinic October 7, 2010 Howdy to all you old folks. Greetings from the land of enchantment. Our best regards to all of you. We are still working seven days a week. Ada still loves it. I’m ready to die!!! Lionel called yesterday to see if we could drop a note. He asked if we traveled a lot and I said, yes, we travel 30 miles to work every day. We are busy all the time what with the clinic, two daughters and two granddaughters who are becoming world champion equestrians (hopefully.) Have a great time at the reunion. Say hello to Dr. James Voss if you see him. God bless and be happy, Maurice & Ada

Taka Kitashima Address: 2324 South Forest Drive Denver, CO 80222 Phone: 303-756-2472 Cell: 720-219-8148 E-mail: Jean.kitashima@q.com Current Occupation: Veterinarian Spouse: Jean Kitashima Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: - Wesley and Mimi, Peachtree City, GA; daughters, Laura (23) and Leah (21) - Stuart and Janet, Centennial, CO; daughter, Carol (12) - Matthew and Molly, Centennial, CO ; daughter , Elliott (2) Pets: Duchess & Daisy, mutts.

David Luck Address: 2237 Meade Street Denver, CO 80211 Phone: 303-433-6413 Pager: 303-855-7467 E-mail: drluck@vsrs.net Current Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon Spouse: Shirley Moran Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: We have four children and six grandchildren Pets: Zip, the feral cat What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days?

1. How excited, yet scared, when O.R. Adams’ prize horse was castrated. 2. Graduation! 3. Playing football for CSU.

What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Continuing to practice for 50 years and teaching in China. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? As an author, I have written two books of short-story fiction: Men Are and Scraps. In addition, being married to Shirley for 25 years has been a very rewarding accomplishment. Hobbies/Interests: Writing, photography, music, bicycling, reading, teaching, travel. Additional information: I was blessed with a great education at CSU and have been proud to use that education in a very life-rewarding manner.

A. Reed Marbut Address: 1107 Pawnee Circle S.E. Salem, OR 97306 Phone: 503-363-2121 E-mail: RM@KARNOPP.com Current Occupation: Retired/Attorney – it’s a long story. Spouse: Kathy Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Two daughters, one granddaughter. All living in Salem. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Tetracycline to a dairy cow on a clinic call. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? - Passing four vet licensing exams. - And, three state bar exams. - Also, delivering a two-headed calf by caesarean (alive) - And, teaching law for 15 years. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Being healthy and hardy enough to attend my 50-year reunion. Hobbies/Interests: Golf (with wife and granddaughter) and teaching.

Robert R. Ormiston Address: P.O. Box 1138 Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: 812-988-6418 E-mail: ormistonRR@sbcglobal.net Current Occupation: Farmer Spouse: Yes Spouse’s Occupation: Former teacher Additional family information: One son, one daughter and one granddaughter Son lives in Singapore and daughter in Mountain View, CA Pets: Annie, a lab What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Our first class party. Comments: “Sorry I won’t be at the party!”

Robert E. Raynor Address: 9968 Desert Ranch Trail Tucson, AZ 85742 Phone: 520-742-2754 Cell: 520-591-2848 E-mail: Azdrraynor@gmail.com Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Cynthia Raynor Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Three children: Rebecca, 48 years, never married; Lisa, 46 years, registered nurse, married with one boy and one girl; Brett, 45 years, Lilly Co. in Long Island, NY, never married. Pets: Dogs, cats – no horses. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? The varied uses of the hospital alcohol. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? I enjoyed every day of my practice (limited to Equine) in the Hemet, CA valley. The horse farms there produced Thoroughbreds for racing everywhere – mostly at the California tracks. I really liked the challenge of getting the Thoroughbred mares, which have a lot of breeding problems in foaling and following the offspring from a 35-day palpated pregnancy through the racing years and then some of them back to the breeding farms. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Outside of practice I was:

1. President of the So. California Veterinary Association, Equine Division 2. On the Board of Governors of the California Association 3. Was appointed the “Board of Visitors” of the Veterinary State Teaching

Hospital at Davis, California

Raynor, cont’d. 4. Was on the So. California Veterinary Medical Association of Board Directors

Hobbies/Interests: Golf has been my love. I could be out on the course and never think about a case with the broodmares and that was therapy for my sanity. I was president of my club – Soboba Springs Golf Club – in the 1964-66 years in the San Jacinto Valley near Hemet. The Club opened in 1964 and that was my first year as president. Additional information: Veterinary medicine has been good to me. I loved it and I tried to give something back and I hope I did. I now enjoy my retirement. God bless all of your from the Class of 1960. We were the best.

Tracy Rhodes Address: 87 Johnson Creek Road Buffalo, WY 82834 Phone: 307-684-7958 Cell: 307-752-1074 E-mail: trhodes@collinscom.net Current Occupation: relief practice-part time; rancher Spouse: Phyllis Rhodes Spouse’s Occupation: Housewife and ranch hand Additional family information: One son, Bart. He is at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Illinois. Have 3 grandchildren; 2 are in college, 1 is a senior in high school. Pets: 3 cats; 2 horses What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? - Receiving a superior education and direction on a way of life. - Also, associating with a diverse set of classmates, which turned out to be some of the finest people I have had the pleasure to know. - I remember loaning my model A Ford to Dr. Ed Carroll and the radiator blew up and left him afoot and a long way from campus. - Richard Jaggers also had a Model A Ford and one day we rented a spray paint gun, bought some chartreuse color paint and sprayed our 2 model A’s in the back yard of the apartment I was living in. The wind was blowing and we managed to get this great color of paint on two of the neighbor’s cars from the drift. I was not really liked in my neighborhood for awhile What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? - Probably being elected to the AVMA Executive Board and getting to represent seven states at the Ex Board meetings. I also got to travel to each of the seven states for six years to attend their annual meeting. - Also, able to make a living for 50 years in a profession and job that was never boring and often full of many surprises.

Rhodes, cont’d What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Developing good friends and neighbors. Got to serve as an elected county commissioner for 12 years. Somehow survived the many disappointments and loss of loved ones that seem to be a part of life. Hobbies/Interests: Still like to hunt Elk. We have lots of deer and antelope on our own place, but have to travel to the mountain for Elk. We try to ride a snow machine a few times each winter. Dabble in the stock market on occasion. This keeps your adrenalin level at up and down spurts. We try to raise some hay and thus get some exercise walking around to irrigate the meadows by diverting water out of the different ditches in order to flood the fields. Additional information: Had a little battle with colon cancer. Underwent surgery three times. I was not a very happy camper while in the hospital for so many days. Had a nasal-gastric tube inserted enough times to make me feel really sorry for all of the horses that I had made endure that procedure. It does seem they got all of the malignant tissue cut out and at present am feeling pretty good.

James H. Richards Address: 2873 Brushwood Street Albuquerque, NM 87122 Phone: 505-856-6130

James R. Scott Address: 4203 Hayes Street Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: 907-277-8808 E-mail: cjsnak@aol.com Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Carol Scott Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Five children: (three daughters, two sons) Shari (deceased), has three daughters (Kaitie, AHT, married to Austin, stationed at Minden Hall Royal AFB, Great Britain; Lindsay, Jr. at Mararian College, PA; Emily, Freshman at Pacific Lutheran University, WA); Karen, has one son (Dustin, 10 years); Christy, had an adopted Chinese daughter (Joye, 13 years) and is working on MSW; Robert, working on MSW; Jon, our second son. Pets: Georgy, eight-year-old Corgi/Beagle mix with retinal atrophy/incipient cataracts What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? While in school, several ambulatory calls and:

• Dr. Adams stiff arming a bull by the nose ring, letting the bull push him to the fence where he rolled under.

• Smoking cigars in anatomy class. • Best of all was Dr. A and the trip to Alaska to go on a moose hunt with bow and

arrows. We took horses into the back country and stayed a week. Fished in a stream, with willow poles, and yes, we caught fish for supper. The fourth day he got his moose, one well placed arrow and a very nice bull – by the time we dressed the bull out and got back to camp it was really late – had back strap as fixins for supper. Had moose brains and scrambled eggs for breakfast about 10 a.m. the next morning. No, I didn’t get a moose on that trip, just lots of great memories.

Best to all, Jim

Larry C. Squires Address: P.O. Box 2158 Hobbs, NM 88241 Phone: 575-392-4861 Cell: 575-390-0707 E-mail: lauralls01@gmail.com Current Occupation: Land and cattle investments Spouse: Laura Additional family information: Three children: Two sons, one daughter What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Dr. O.R. Adams’ dead stud horse. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Still working on that. (Owning and operating a very successful ranch.) What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Defeating cancer. Hobbies/Interests: Flying, golf, bass fishing. Dallas Cowboys Atlanta Braves

R. James Stava Address: Box 595 Rushville, NE 69360 Phone: 308-327-2275 E-mail: jstava@gpcom.net Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Katherine (Kittie) Spouse’s Occupation: Retired (?) Housewife Additional family information: Four grown children (2 boys, 2 girls), eight grandchildren (5 boys, 3 girls). We all are blessed with good health and freedom from want. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? I can barely remember what happened yesterday. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? No “greatest accomplishment.” I tried to represent my profession well and to serve my family and my clients, in that order. In so doing, I was mostly successful, tho’ occasionally I failed someone or something. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Fifty-one years of happy married life, yielding four well-adjusted children and their offspring.

Richard C. Swanson Address: 8415 N. 107th St. Longmont, CO 80504-8437 Phone: 303-776-6304 E-mail: randbswanson@msn.com Current Occupation: Retired Veterinarian Spouse: Bonnie M. Swanson Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Librarian Additional family information: Daughter: Kristen K. Swanson, PhD - BS, CSU 1985; MS, CSU 1987; PhD, Texas Tech 1994; Professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. Married to James W. Power. Son: Mark R. Swanson, MBA. BS, CSU 1986, MBA, CSU 2004. CEO of Birko Corp. Denver area. Married to Tracy P. (Leasure) Swanson, BS, CSU 1985. Mark and Tracy are the parents of Stephanie Kristen and Lindsey Jennifer Swanson. Mark is currently the President of the CSU Alumni Association. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? President of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1998-99. AVMA Executive Board member, 1988-94, Chairman of the Executive Board , 1992-93. Honor Alumnus from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 1998. Inducted into the Glover Gallery of the CVMBS in 1993. Past President of the CVMA and Veterinarian of the Year.

Donald G. Tolman Address: 372 S. Tolman Road Powell, WY 82435 Phone: 307-645-3176 Cell: 307-250-1825 E-mail: Tolman@nemontel.net Current Occupation: Rancher Spouse: Jackie Spouse’s Occupation: Homemaker

Richard H. Tucker Address: 13391 Woodcrest Ct Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone: 605-348-3350 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Roberta L. Tucker Spouse’s Occupation: Homemaker Pets: One manx cat, Cinder What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Ran a three-man practice for all animals for 30 yrs. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Coaching baseball for 15 yrs, elected into the Colville Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. Hobbies/Interests: Helping grandkids, coaching baseball & hockey Golf : - Forsyth, Montana city champion 1964 - Colville, Washington city champion 1974

Charles D. Vail Address: 8025 South Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120-4305 Phone: 303-794-6359 Cell: 720-273-7348 E-mail: cdvm1@yahoo.com Current Occupation: CFO Littleton Equine Medical Center Spouse: Jeannie Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Teacher Additional family information: - Son David and wife Katie and Grandson Charlie live close by in South Denver - Daughter Ellen and husband Kevin and Granddaughter Katie and Grandson Jackson

live in Pleasanton CA Pets: Grand dog “Griffey” is now in permanent residence at our house

What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Aescelepian Staff installed in the Civil Engineers hyperbolic parabaloid College Days l960 What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? FAMILY What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? I’m still doin’ it . Stay tuned Hobbies/Interests: Lunatic fly fisherman, reading, classical music, grandchildren Additional information: Dr. Vail does not own anything made of Spandex and he has never played a single game of golf so far in his short happy life.

Benjamin Wacker Address: 408 Immigrant Trail Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: 970-674-5114 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Lila Spouse’s Occupation: Retired Additional family information: Four children: - David lives in Missouri and is in law enforcement. - Cindy, a nurse, lives on a farm in SW Minnesota. - Diane, a teacher, lives in Windsor. - Dan is ranching in Sandhills of Nebraska. - Also have 10 grandchildren.

Vance K. Weidle Address: 904 Walnut Street Wamego, KS 66547 Phone: 785-456-6265 E-mail: vrweidle@wamego.net Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Ruth Weidle Spouse’s Occupation: Retired What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Admission Graduation Hobbies/Interests: Woodcarving

Sidney Thomas Zarges Address: 5820 Doniphan Drive El Paso, TX 79932 Phone: 915-584-9471 Cell: 915-637-9804 Current Occupation: Vet endurance rides and farming Spouse: Sue Zarges Spouse’s Occupation: Veterinarian Additional family information: Three married daughters, five grandchildren (two boys and three girls) Pets: Nine dogs, five birds, horses What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? The day that Dr. Booth lectured about using the accurate dose of curare on cattle and Dr. Adams came in and guessed at the weight to calculate the dose and the cow died. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Being able to help injured horses get back to normal or better by arthroscopy and other means. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Having a beautiful family. Hobbies/Interests: Fishing, hunting, horseracing

Virginia Sue Zarges Address: 5820 Doniphan Drive El Paso, TX 79932 Phone: 915-584-9471 Cell: 915-637-9804 Current Occupation: Veterinarian Spouse: Sidney Zarges Spouse’s Occupation: Veterinarian, farmer Additional family information: Three daughters; all married. Oldest lives in Colorado Springs and is a computer programmer and massage therapist. Middle daughter is in practice with us. Youngest daughter is a nurse, does labor and delivery. Pets: Nine dogs, five birds, ? horses, one jackass. What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? The day that Dr. Voss roped a steer at the rodeo club and somehow or other got the rope around his neck and was drug. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? Being able to help people by helping their pets. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Having a good relationship with my grandchildren. Hobbies/Interests: Music, horseback riding.

Louis L. Ziegler Address: 7336 N. 15th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85021 Phone: 602-995-4210 Current Occupation: Retired Spouse: Patsy M. Ziegler Spouse’s Occupation: Homemaker, tour guide, artist Additional family information: Four children, (three boys and one girl) What is the most memorable event(s) from your vet school days? Living in the military veterans village housing. We learned to live in close quarters with other married students, many of which had children. What is the greatest accomplishment of your career? The development and management of a successful veterinary small animal hospital for 43 years. What has been your greatest accomplishment outside of your professional career? Belonging to Rotary International for 43 years. We have accomplished many service projects for the local community as well as projects in other countries. Belonging to the Gideons International serving in 191 countries around the world for the past 20 years. Hobbies/Interests: Wood working, fishing, hunting and home maintenance. My wife and I love to travel. We traveled with a veterinary group for quite a number of years visiting veterinary schools such as Russia (1974), Yugoslavia and other countries. Additional information: I feel fortunate to have a wonderful wife of 55 years who has supported me in all that I have accomplished these 50 years since graduation. She is truly a blessing to be in my life.