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Kansas State University

American Veterinary Medical History Society Sessions

 

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
8:00 am – 5:30 pm


These sessions will be presented as part of the 71st Annual Conference for Veterinarians. Register through the conference registration process.

8:00 am Welcome
Howard Erickson, President-Elect and Program Chair, AVMHS
8:05 am Shining Light on Foreign Animal Diseases: The Story of Plum Island
Alphina Ho
8:20 am Out with the New, In with the Old: The history of enhancing wound healing
Nathalie Baldwin
8:40 am History of Veterinary Anatomy
Walter Cash
9:10 am Embracing the Equine Profession: Dr. Olive Kendrick Britt (1917-2006)
Lesley Gentry
9:40 am 150 Years of Kansas Beef
Justin Kastner
10:10 am Refreshment Break in Trade Show
10:40 am Nebraska Veterinary History
Leo Lemonds
11:10 am History of Veterinary Medical Education in Missouri
Robert McClure
11:40 am History of the AVMA Auxiliary
Maxine Caley
12:15 pm Luncheon – Courtyard, K-State Student Union, Ground Floor
1:30 pm The President’s Pets and the Eisenhower Veterinarians
Ronnie Elmore
2:30 pm The Kansas City Veterinary College (1891-1918)
Howard Erickson
3:30 pm Tour of Leasure, Burt, Dykstra, Coles, Mosier, and Trotter Halls and RV Christian Track
Howard Erickson and Ronnie Elmore
(Bus transportation will be provided to/from buildings and the Union)