Since her graduation from WSU in 1987, Dr. Kathryn Bayne has led a
distinguished career in bettering the lives of animals used in clinical
research. Dr. Bayne has been cited as a true “one health†practitioner with
research animals worldwide benefitting from improved care, while society
benefits from the scientific advances these animals make possible. At WSU,
she completed a PhD in wildlife biology and has joined the National
Institutes of Health as a veterinary behaviorist. She is currently the
Global Director for the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of
Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALACI), and an affiliate professor
of Animal Science at the University of Hawaii. Her work as an
internationally recognized knowledgeable and pragmatic leader in the field
of laboratory animal medicine makes her aptly deserving of this year's 2009
Distinguished Veterinary Alumnus Award for Excellence in Teaching and
Research.
Dr. Robert M. Nakamura
WSU DVM 1959
2008 Distinguished Veterinary Alumnus Award for
Excellence in Teaching and Research
The work of Dr. Robert M. Nakamura (WSU DVM '59) has had a
significant impact on the animal agriculture of Hawaii. His research into
dairy cattle where hot climates impact reproductive efficiency and milk
production have made Holsteins in that state among the most productive in
the world. Research he now promotes to third world countries. Concurrently,
his work with fisheries has significantly impacted Hawaii's tuna and
aquaculture industry allowing the state to compete internationally. Dr.
Nakamura has also played a historical role in his studies of swine influenza
with the discovery that animal reservoirs are the primary route of
transmission, not a nematode-earthworm vector as previously believed. His
name is also synonymous with pre-veterinary studies where he has mentored
two generations of students at the University of Hawaii. Privately, he is
said to be a consummate baseball fan. His lifetime commitment and dedication
are worthy of this year's 2008 Washington State University College of
Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Veterinary Alumnus Award for Excellence in
Teaching and Research.
Dean Bayly & Dr Jack Robinette
Dr. Jack Robinette
WSU DVM 1954
2008 Distinguished Veterinary Alumnus Award for
Excellence in Teaching and Research
The success of Dr. Jack Robinette can be measured in the
students he taught as a veterinary surgeon at Washington State
University's College of Veterinary
Medicine. Of the nearly 20 letters
of support we received, many called him “that rare professor who
could tie his clinical experience to his academic world.†In his
two decades of instruction, he developed and mastered soft
tissue surgical techniques still employed by today's
veterinarians. As a researcher, he was been published in a
number of surgical and scientific journals, and was well sought
after as a speaker at State and National meetings. For his life
of work dedicated to the training of future veterinarians, we
honor Dr. Robinette with this year's 2008 Washington State
University College of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished
Veterinary Alumnus Award for Excellence in Teaching and
Research.
George Krakowa with Dean Bayly
Dr. (George) Steven Krakowka
WSU DVM 1971
2008
Distinguished Veterinary Alumnus Award for Excellence in
Teaching and Research
Dr. Steven Krakowka (WSU DVM '70) is an outstanding
veterinary immunologist and pathologist with major research
accomplishments in the study of viral and bacterial disease,
while contributing fundamental knowledge of numerous infectious
diseases important to veterinary and human medicine. He
served for 13 years as the American editor for Veterinary
Immunology and Immunopathology, while maintaining funding for
his gnotobiotic laboratory. In 2006 Dr. Krakowka was listed as
the 11th most cited veterinary research scientist in the world
by Science Watch International. In addition he has been cited as
an innovative teacher, and has mentored a number of outstanding
veterinarians through their graduate education. His record of
achievement is aptly deserving of this years 2008 Washington
State University College of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished
Veterinary Alumnus Award for Excellence in Teaching and
Research.
Awards presented in 2007
Dr. Nancy Gillett (DVM
'76) for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Dr. Gillett is
currently the President of Global Preclinical Services for Charles
River Laboratories. She has distinguished herself with outstanding
contributions in toxicological pathology that have had a profound
impact on animal and human health.
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Provost Robert Bates, Dr Roger
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Dr. David Anderson (DVM '61) for Excellence in Teaching and
Research - Dr. Anderson served as the Dean of the University of Georgia's
College of Veterinary Medicine from 1975 to 1996. His work in medical
microbiology and avian medicine includes authoring 30 publications dealing
with avian disease, and is most noted for his work uncovering the
relationship between environmental conditions, and infectious agents.
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Provost Robert Bates, Dr David Anderson, Dean Bayly
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Dr. Michael Hauser (DVM '84) for Excellence in Practice -
Dr. Hauser is currently the Director of the Dubai Equine Hospital, a
position he has held since its inception in 1992. He is credited with being
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Provost Robert Bates, Dr. Michael Hauser
Dean Bayly, Norm Lewis
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Awards Presented in 2006
Dr. Kenneth Sinibaldi (DVM '69) for Excellence in
Veterinary Practice
Dr. Sinibaldi has dedicated his entire
career to developing new and improved procedures for use in veterinary
surgery and then sharing them with his colleagues. He has been involved in
over 30 major research projects, and has taught for nearly 4 decades. Yet to
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Stories abound both publicly and
privately of his treatment of family pets, police dogs, and even zoo
animals. Dr. Sinibaldi has donated countless hours of time, and energy to
helping agencies such as the Woodland Park Zoo, and the Seattle and King
County K-9 Police Departments. Yet perhaps his greatest compliment came from
his fellow practitioners who insist there is no better animal caregiver they
would rather turn for distinguished surgical treatment and care, then Dr.
Kenneth Sinibaldi.
Dr. Steve Haskins ('69) for Excellence in Teaching and Research
Dr. Steve Haskins singular contribution has been his unwavering
commitment to development of critical patient care as a specialty within
veterinary medicine in which he is considered by many to be an absolute
pioneer, and world authority.
Dr. Haskins was a catalyst in forming the Veterinary Emergency and
Critical Care Society and the American College of Veterinary Emergency
Critical Care, and established one of the first residency programs in small
animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. In his over 60 published
research works in anesthesia and critical care, and an equal number of book
chapter and teaching publications. He has had a strong impact in the
creation of new scientific knowledge in the field, and with the evolution
the art and science of intensive patient care.
His students and residents speak of him fondly as a gifted and dedicated
teacher, who holds the rare honor of receiving the Norden Distinguished Teacher
Awards from two universities (U of Minnesota, UC Davis). He has also received
the ACVECC Scientific Achievement Award, the VECCS Distinguished Service Award,
and the AMC Distinguished Alumni award. Among the comments written in support of
Dr. Haskins, one in particular stands out: �there are fewer than a handful of
individuals in the world who can match Dr. Haskins from the perspective of world
renown, scholarly activity, and teaching skills.
Dr. Loren Koller ('65) for Excellence in Teaching and
Research
Dr. Koller has led a long a distinguished
career as both a biomedical researcher, and
academic veterinary medicine professor. Dr.
Koller is credited with pioneering, and founding
the scientific discipline known as "immunotoxicology",a
worldwide recognized field of research that
provides a new direction in both basic and
clinical research.
Dr. Koller's early research endeavors led to an entirely new
environmental research field that has provided countless career
opportunities for veterinarians. From 1985 - 95 he served as the Dean of the
College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University. Dr. Koller has
been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences for his medical and
scientific expertise, and has been invited by the United Nations to serve as
an Inspector for Weapons of Mass Destruction. He currently serves as an
Environmental Health and Toxicology consultant using his expertise to
improve and assure a safe work environment for workers, and the public in
general.
Dr. Charles Martin ('65) DVM, MS, DACVO for Excellence in
Teaching and Research
Dr. Charles L. Martin continued with an internship in small animal medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania followed by graduate studies at The Ohio State
University where he received a Master of Science degree with a specialty in
ophthalmology.
He joined the newly established Western College of Veterinary Medicine in
1968 where he assumed responsibilities for instruction in all disciplines in
small animal medicine as well as ophthalmology. Additionally he has held
clinical positions at Kansas State University and the University of Georgia
serving as chief of staff and then director of the teaching hospital at UGA
for nine years. Following retirement he also became a visiting professor at
Auburn University.
Dr. Martin is a charter diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Ophthalmologists and its past president serving twice on the board of
regents and its examination and credentials committee. He also is a past
president of the American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology.
A distinguished emeritus professor at the University of Georgia he has
authored over 150 scientific publications ,including numerous book chapters and
two text-books, most recently Ophthalmic Disease in Veterinary Medicine. His
pioneering work and reference material in biomicroscopy ,glaucoma and
keratoconjunctivits sicca is foundational to training ophthalmologists Hailed as
a gifted teacher with a quest for knowledge and scientific advancement in the
field of veterinary ophthalmology his career of more than forty years has
touched the lives of countless numbers of veterinarians. In making the
nomination for Dr. Martin, Dr. William Yarely, ('69) writes "Dr. Martin's
research was driven by a need to know, and by the voids in veterinary
literature.(His) work is held as the standard today as it was when published
some 35 years previous. He didn�t seek glory or honors; he just quietly went
about his work.
Awards Presented in 2005
Dr. Fletcher Hahn for Excellence in Teaching and Research
Professional Career Notes
- Dr. Fletcher Hahn has made outstanding contributions to
understanding the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases produced by inhaled
radioactive and chemical agents. Thus, improving our scientific basis
for occupational and environmental human health standards. Dr. Hahn's
contributions have been recognized on a national and international level
and have brought recognition to the veterinary medical field, in
particular, veterinary pathology.
- Dr. Hahn has authored or co-authored over 270 papers and reports,
and has been called to serve on several national and international
expert panels evaluating pathological changes in critical studies used
to evaluate human health risks.
- For many years, Dr. Hahn was the on-site coordinator for a
collaborative research training program conducted by the Lovelace
Respiratory Research Institute in conjunction with the Department of
Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University.
- Employed with US Army Veterinary Corp Division of Nuclear Medicine,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington DC after graduation
from WSU in 1964.
- Employed at Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute,
Albuquerque, NM for 33 years.
Professional Affiliations And Honoraries
- American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Diplomate, 1971)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- CL Davis Foundation for Advancement of Veterinary Pathology,
Lifetime Member
- Health Physics Society
- New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association
- New Mexico Zoological Society Board Member 1972-1984, President
1979-1980
- Radiation Research Society
- Society of Toxicologic Pathologists, Full Member
- Society of Toxicology, Full Member
Dr. Thomas Newland for Excellence in
Practice
Employment History
- California Department of
Agriculture, Worked on Brucellosis and Tuberculosis in cattle and
Trichinosis in swine.
- General Practice, Chatsworth, CA
- Los Angeles and Southern California
Humane Societies
- US Army Base Veterinarian, Augsberg,
Germany
- Small Animal Welfare Clinic
Associate, Naples, Italy
Membership in Community and
Professional Organizations
- Post WWII American Legion and Veterans
of Foreign Wars
- Active
Parent Teacher Association member when his
children were in school.
- Flying
Samaritans
- Community
Chamber of Commerce, Executive Summary during
practice years.
- Student
Chapter of the Veterinary Medical Association,
1950-1954
- California
Veterinary Medical Association
- American Veterinary Medical Association
Special Notes/Distinguishing
Characteristics
According to Dr. Jack Robinette, Tom Newland has
always shared wisdom, maturity, and a calm voice.
Dr. Newland's priorities in life: maintain
health and happiness, to love his family and friends, to think veterinary
medicine everyday, and to continue his support of the Class Newsletter
(Veterinary Class WSC, 1954). Tom was one of the founders of this annual
publication which has been in continuous publication for over 50 years now.
Dr. Marvin Prentice for Excellence in Practice
Dr.
Prentice's wife Barbara accepting award from Dean Warwick Bayly
Employment History
- New Plymouth, ID, Mixed Practice
- Long Acres Racetrack, WA Racetrack
- Bay Meadows Racetrack, CA Racetrack
- Started Fairview Pet Clinic in January, 1969, in Goleta, CA Small
Animal Practice (Retired and sold this practice in 2001)
Membership in Community and Professional Organizations
- ELKS
- Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce
- Goleta Chamber of Commerce
- WIA - on the job training work force investment act, Santa Barbara
County. Dr. Prentice hired people in need and trained them.
- Regularly spoke at junior and senior high school career days to
promote the field of veterinary medicine when his children were in
school.
- Member of American Veterinary Medical Association for 54 years.
- Member of California Academy of Veterinary Medicine for 28 years.
(Academy was discontinued in 2000)
- Member of California Veterinary Medical Association for 35 years.
CVMA has records of Dr. Prentice obtaining 36 CE credits every two
years.
- Santa Barbara Ventura Veterinary Association
- Washington Thoroughbred Breeders Association
- California Thoroughbred Breeders Association
- Active member of Dog Adoption and Welfare Group where he actively
participated in donating many hours of medical and surgical assistance,
giving many dogs a second chance.
- Active member in Catalyst for Cats trap-neuter-return program. Dr.
Prentice was the first veterinarian in Santa Barbara County to help this
non-profit organization.
Special Notes/Distinguishing Characteristics
- Strong love for orthopedic surgery and developed many specialized
pins and plates that he has used.
- Worked for the County of Santa Barbara Animal Services working
essentially for free, donating his time for brain removal of potentially
rabid specimens. Noted as being, �very responsible to the County.
- Dr. Prentice is a tall man (about 6'7"), but has never been too tall
to bend over and clean out a kennel or take out the trash.
- Daughter Vicki wrote, He is kind, gentle, understanding, and
instills character, leadership, and individuality.
Awards Presented in 2004
Dr. Dean Smith
for Excellence in Practice
This year's winner began his life on a farm in Eastern, Washington, where
those who knew him believed early on, he held the talent, interest, and
cultural background to become one of the area's top veterinarians.
Unfortunately, his dreams took an early turn towards the medical profession.
In the early 1940's, he turned to Washington State College, for life as an
undergraduate in the pre-medical curriculum.
But his friends tell us, college has a way of guiding young lives. In
fact, they seem split on what actually changed his life. Was it his
heritage? Perhaps a farm life had instilled within him a lasting interest in
animals, and agriculture as a vocation? Others we spoke we insist, it may
have been the lure of veterinary college, located at the center of campus,
commonly referred to as the vet shack, a place where young students would
pass, and find themselves instilled with a curiosity that could last a
lifetime. With our award winner's long and prestigious career, it appears
our good Doctor, made the right choice.
Passage from a letter written by a fellow classmate regarding the nomination
for this award. (He) started out life with a distinct handicap, a congenital
webbing of the fingers. I understand that he had corrective surgery at a
young age, but the results were not too successful. One would think that his
manual dexterity would be compromised, but that was not the case. He played
in the high school band, and participated in sports. He still plays golf.
The writer adds I believe (he) has brought out the best in me.
Our award winner brings with him an outstanding host of credentials.
- Past President of the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association
- Washington State Veterinarian
- Fullbright Lecturer at the University of Cairo, spending a year with
his family in Cairo, Egypt
- Foreign animal disease diagnostician following training at the USDA
facility at Plum Island, New York
- Director of the Oregon State University Diagnostic lab
- Was instrumental in the management of paratuberculosis infected
herds and the development of a vaccine
- Was instrumental in the introduction and implementation of
fluorescent antibody testing to the diagnostic lab at Oregon State, that
reduced diagnostic times from 2 to 3 days to under 2-hours.
But behind his accomplishments, there runs a theme among the many letters
we received nominating our winner for this award, telling us this Doctor is
a brilliant diagnostician. That he has served as an exemplary model for
young professionals through his unfailing courtesy in his interpersonal
dealings and accuracy in assessing problems. These are qualities that have
best encouraged young students to enter a career in the veterinary
profession because they'd like to be just like him.
A close friend describes him as a leader in veterinary medicine, who has
helped raise the stature of the profession and that his life achievement,
his personality, and his friendship have been an inspiration. We couldn't
agree more. In fact, the only person who has been surprised by this award
has been the recipient himself.
Dr. Jack Reynolds for Excellence in Teaching and Research
From his earliest days here at Washington State University we knew our award
winner was something special, finishing 2nd in his class a full semester
ahead of his classmates. For the past 23-years, he has helped revolutionize
the technology and approach to pre-clinical drug safety testing. Our award
winner is credited with introducing an integrated model of Risk Management
that helps bring new drugs to market, with better understanding of the
potential adverse effects of the medication.
Simply put, the model makes drugs more effective, and reduces the time
needed to bring them to the marketplace. His contributions have been
critical to several of today's leading drugs for human and veterinary
medicine including Zoloft, Celebrex, and Relpax, to name a few.
Comments from fellow graduates:
- He is a pioneer, a vigorous proponent of harnessing new technologies
to advance the predictive power of toxicology research.
- A global thought leader
- A truly innovative, and uniquely creative thinker
- is driven to make a difference.
- he has changed the lives of others.
His friends say, if you ask about which of his personal accomplishments
he is most proud, you're likely to hear the story of the day he was
challenged to debate his positions on Safety and Evaluation against a
conservative European regulator on their long standing precautionary
principles. It is those principles upon which many European agencies base
their regulatory decisions. Before a crowd of some three thousand, it would
be our recipient, who would carry the day, with a resounding 97% support for
his innovative ideas.
But his work is not limited to the laboratory. It may be in the classroom,
where his greatest achievements are reached. He has developed a Risk
Management Seminar Series that has been recognized by an unmatched cadre of
leading scientists worldwide in using basic biology in the development of
pharmaceuticals. It is a course that has been adopted by the FDA. He is also
the founding member of a biomedical consortium that provides K through 12
education to increase the awareness of laboratory animal activities and
biological research issues. He has had a significant impact on their latest
campaign called �Is it Safe?, which helps students make better choices using
science, and risk assessment.
Currently, our award winner is the Senior Vice President at Pfizer Global
Research and Development, and head of Worldwide Drug Safety and Evaluation,
for the world's largest and most successful pharmaceutical company. It is an
impressive position that has the potential to affect the lives of millions
of people worldwide.
Married, to his lovely wife Nancy, with two children, our 1975 graduate is
said to still practice veterinary medicine. But his clients are limited to
the pets of friends, and those within his family.
Awards Presented in 2003
Dr. Tats Matsuoka for teaching and research
Each year, the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine selects one or two
distinguished veterinary alumnus recipients from a list of approximately
3,800 alumni. This year Dr. Tats Matsuoka was awarded the distinguished
veterinary alumnus award for both teaching and research.
Dr. Matsuoka was born in Seattle in 1928, the son of immigrant Japanese
vegetable farmers who lived in Bellevue. Shortly after World War II started Dr.
Matsuoka and his entire family were interned by the U.S. Government, eventually
landing in Chinook, Montana. There they were allowed to work on a local farm
which resulted in the young man missing some school each fall when he helped
with the sugar beet harvest. Still he graduated in the top 10 percent of his
class in 1946 from Chinook High School and joined the U.S. Air Force. Following
his discharge in 1948, he attended the University of Minnesota earning a B.A in
microbiology in 1952.
For the next three years he worked at the Montana State Veterinary Research
Laboratory where he was associated with such notable veterinarians as Drs.
Hadley Marsh, John Safford, and Everitt Tunnicliff. In 1955, he applied to
Washington State College's College of Veterinary Medicine and was accepted for
the Class of 1959. Following his graduation, he again worked for Montana in both
their diagnostic laboratories and the state veterinary research laboratory in
Bozeman.
In 1963, Eli Lilly Research Laboratories in Greenfield, Indiana, recruited
him to bring his knowledge and experience to their corporate arena. He stayed
with Lilly until his retirement in 1992. His first work combined inactivated
bacteria and viruses in a novel approach that was successful for treating
respiratory disease in calves. This work resulted in at least two of his
earliest professional publications and set the stage for decades of
collaborative effort with scientists both within and outside of Lilly. While at
Lilly, he helped the company develop and market some of the world standards for
antibiotics for treating respiratory illnesses in animals. Perhaps his greatest
accomplishment was leadership of a diverse group of scientists and
administrators that resulted in the development of Micotil, a trademarked
antibiotic. Micotil was a first-line treatment product used on feedlot cattle to
treat and control bovine respiratory disease or Shipping Fever. He also
led the effort to produce a second trademark product, Pulmotil, an antibiotic
used to treat and control respiratory diseases in pigs.
Later, he led the effort to produce a key ingredient in the product Coban,
used to control coccidiosis in poultry and in Rumensin, a product that increases
feed efficiency in cattle. The ingredient was monensin, and he later showed an
extraordinary sensitivity of horses to the compound leading to two peer reviewed
publications.
Tylosin, an injectable used to control pneumonia in pigs, and as an oral
product used to control pneumonia in calves was the focus of his research not
long after. Again this research in the so-called corporate laboratory resulted
in at least two publications shared by the entire scientific community. In
horses however, the drug was shown by our recipient and his team to cause a
severe colic and thus the species boundaries were well established once again.
Dr. Matsuoka grew up in a time of war and duress many of us will never
experience. His family was uprooted and relocated yet he succeeded as if it
never happened. His brothers and sisters all went on to college, too.
The CVM honored Dr. Matsuoka's past work and accomplishments in an awards
ceremony at WSU on April 4, 2003.
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