Retired Food Safety Veterinarian Establishes Scholarship   

     Dr. Samuel Kelsall III has made a gift of $20,000 to the Kansas State University Foundation to establish the Dr. Samuel Kelsall III Endowed Scholarship.

     The scholarship will be awarded annually to a student enrolled in the professional curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Kelsall has requested that preference be given to a student with an interest in food safety and inspection.

     "I have received great internal satisfaction from helping the general public through meat inspection," Dr. Kelsall says. "I feel that veterinary students need to be aware of the many areas they can pursue in the profession."

     Dr. Kelsall graduated from the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1935 and accepted a position with the USDA as a meat inspector in California. Along the way to California, he married his wife, Gwendolyn, a 1933 K-State graduate of Home Economics.

     Although he and his wife moved frequently, he remained employed with the USDA for 31 years. Work took him to numerous towns in California, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Tennessee, and, eventually, Texas, where the 90-year-old lives today in Houston. Most of his work dealt with the testing of cattle for diseases such as tuberculosis. He retired as Inspector in Charge of the Federal Meat Inspection Division of the USDA.

     Gwendolyn passed away in December 1991. Sam and Gwendolyn have three boys, Samuel IV, Richard, and Shawn. They also have six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

     "Through this endowed scholarship, Dr. Kelsall has demonstrated a love for the veterinary profession, an appreciation to Kansas State University for his education, and his wisdom assuring that future veterinarians will be prepared to be involved in public health issues such as food safety," said Dr. Ralph Richardson, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.