McCoy Award
One of the most prestigious awards made by Washington State University,
College of Veterinary Medicine is the John E. McCoy Award.
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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
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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.â€
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.â€
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
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Dr. Urs
Giger
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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
Zrich, 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
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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
