One of the most prestigious awards
made by Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine is the John E. McCoy Award.
 |
|
Whenever Dr. John E. McCoy’s former
students and colleagues get together, they invariably reminisce of
their former professor. They remember fondly those years when he
stood as one of the stalwarts of
veterinary medicine at Washington State University, especially
since his tenure spanned two of the most trying periods in the
history of the college--the Great Depression and World War II. |
|
2004 Recipients
Past Recipients |
One alumnus remembers Dr. McCoy’s rare “feel” for animals:
“Dr. McCoy could tap the belly of a sick hog and tell you almost
immediately what was wrong simply by listening to the hog’s squeal.”
Graduating in 1909 from Kansas State College of
Agriculture and Applied Sciences (now Kansas State University), Dr.
McCoy practiced veterinary
medicine in Kansas and Idaho prior to joining the faculty of WSU in
1923. Except for a three-year period (1933-1936), he was on the WSU
faculty until he retired in 1952.
During his teaching career of 23 years at WSU, he served as Chairman
of the Clinic, and immediately prior to his retirement he became Dean
of the college. Following Dr. McCoy’s death in 1958, the John E. McCoy
Endowment was established in his name through private gifts received
from faculty, alumni, and friends. From this endowment the John E.
McCoy Award is made to “an outstanding worker in the field of clinical
veterinary medicine.”
It is several years since this award has been offered. In 2004 there
are 2 awardees. Dr. Urs Giger
from the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Rod Page from Cornell
University. Each recipient will visit WSU to receive his award and to deliver a lecture to the college.
The 2004
Recipients are Dr. Urs Giger and
Dr. Rodney Page
|
Dr. Urs
Giger
 |
Award
presentation by Dean Warwick M. Bayly. |
Dr. Urs Giger, Ph.D., DVM, MS, FVH,
Diplomate, ACVIM & ECVIM
Dr. Giger, the Charlotte Newton Sheppard Professor of Medicine and
chief of the Section of Medical Genetics at the School, has a strong
research program in hereditary blood and metabolic diseases. His group
has identified a number of hereditary diseases in dogs and cats,
developed many diagnostic hematologic, biochemical and molecular tests
for hereditary disorders. He also contributed to the understanding of
feline blood types to assure safe and effective transfusions and to
avoid hemolysis of the newborn in these species. Dr. Giger served as a
key member of a team that
developed a test to identify carriers, affected, and normal dogs for
the disease cystinuria in Newfoundlands.
Dr. Urs Giger received his veterinary degree from the University of
Zürich, Switzerland.
He currently heads up the Pediatrics and Genetics Clinic, the NIH-supported
Genetic Metabolic Testing Laboratory, the Josephine Deubler Genetic
Disease Testing Laboratory, and the Transfusion Medicine Program at
the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Giger's three major research
areas, which by nature overlap, are hereditary disorders, hematologic
diseases, and transfusion medicine in dogs and cats.
Dr. Urs Giger was presented the 2002 Scientific Achievement Award by
the World Small Animal Veterinary Association. at the organization’s
meeting in Granada, Spain in October. The award is given annually to
an outstanding veterinary researcher for his/her lifetime scientific
contributions to the health of small animals.
Dr. Rodney L. Page
 |
Award
presentation by Dean Warwick M. Bayly |
Dr. Rodney L. Page, MS, DVM,
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Dr. Page is a Professor at Cornell University, College of
Veterinary Medicine and the founding director of the Sprecher
Institute for Comparative Cancer Research and the Cornell
University Comparative Cancer Program. He is a past president of
the Veterinary Cancer Society.
Dr. Page received his Masters from Georgetown
University School of Medicine and his veterinary degree from Colorado
State University. He completed an internship and Internal
Medicine/Oncology Residency at the Animal Medical Center. Dr. Page is
Board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal
Medicine, in both Internal Medicine and Oncology.
Dr. Page is a recipient of the Pfizer Award for Research
Excellence. He is the author of Cornell University's Web Site for
Cancer Management: CORE:
Comparative Oncology
Resource Exchange cancer
Previous Recipients:
Spring
1999 - James Moore
Spring
1991 - George Stabenfeldt
Spring
1989 - James Henderson
Fall
1987 - Robert Hamlin
Fall
1978 - Alan Klide
Fall
1976 - Harold Warsinski
Fall
1974 - Hugh Butler and Loren Evans
Fall
1971 - Ray Bradbury
Fall
1970 - George Muller
Fall
1969 - James Archibald
Fall
1967 - William McGee
Fall
1963 - Sten-Erik Olsson
Fall 1961 - Myron Thom
|
