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Dr. W. Bruce Wren
Receives Alumni Association Recognition Award
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W. Bruce Wren, DVM, MS, PhD |
Dr. W. Bruce Wren, 1958 graduate of Kansas
State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, will
receive a 2003 Alumni Recognition Award. K-State's College of
Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
sponsor the award. The award is given in thanks and
acknowledgement of time and effort devoted to advancing the
profession of veterinary medicine and for being an exemplary
role model for future alumni of the College of Veterinary
Medicine at Kansas State University. The awards ceremony will
take place at the K-State Alumni Reception from 7:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m., held in conjunction with the Western States
Veterinary Conference on Monday, February 17, in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Dr. Wren is currently President of Wren
Veterinary Consulting Service of Overland Park, Kansas. He
started his career in the U.S. Army, serving two years as
Captain and Post Veterinarian at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
from 1958 to 1960. Coming back to K-State, he worked as
Pathology Department Instructor for two years, earning a
master's in Veterinary Pathology in 1962 before spending a
year in private practice in Ottawa, Kansas. He then went to
work for Armour-Baldwin Labs in Omaha, starting a long and
distinguished career as a tech services veterinarian and
veterinary pathologist.
Bruce returned to K-State in 1965 to again
work as a Pathology Instructor and finish his PhD in
Veterinary Pathology in 1968. He found his way north again to
work as Chief of Tech Services for Dellen Labs in Omaha. In
1971 he started his own company, Wren Veterinary Pathology
Service, which he operated in Omaha until 1977. From 1977 to
1981, he called the University of Nebraska-Lincoln home,
serving as Veterinary Pathologist for the Veterinary
Diagnostic Lab of the Veterinary Science Department. Dr. Wren
then spent 18 years as tech sciences veterinarian for four
national companies: Pioneer Hi-Bred in Des Moines, Iowa,
Sanofi Animal Health in Overland Park, Kansas, Rhone Merieux
Animal Health and Merial in Athens, Georgia. Coming home to
Overland Park, Kansas, he has been owner of Wren Veterinary
Consulting Service since 1999.
During his career Dr. Wren authored and
co-authored numerous journal articles and has been active
professionally in numerous state and national organizations
including: American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA);
board member, American Association of Swine Producers (AASP);
board member, Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC); board
member and past president, American Association of Industrial
Veterinarians (AAIV); American Association of Bovine
Practitioners (AABP); board member and past president, Nebraska
Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA); Kansas Veterinary
Medical Association (KVMA); Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
(IVMA), Georgia Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA);
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD);
board member and current large animal program coordinator,
Western Veterinary Conference; and past president, K-State
Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association.
Dr. Wren was born in Emporia and grew up in
Ottawa and Kansas City, Kansas. His wife of 48 years, Frances,
is a 1957 K-State graduate and is from Kansas City, Kansas.
They live in Overland Park and have raised four children,
Mark, Leslie, Russell and Geni and have two grandchildren.
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