Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Harry C. Rowsell at fall Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Norman K. Cram, University Secretary, placing the hood on recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1921 in Toronto, Harry Cecil Rowsell served as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Upon his return he received a DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1949, a DVPH from the University of Toronto in 1950, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1956. From 1953-1956 Rowsell was an assistant professor in the Department of Bacteriology at the Ontario Veterinary College. From 1958-1965 he was a professor and head of pathological physiology. From 1965-1968 Rowsell was head of the Department of Veterinarian Pathology, West College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. From 1970-1986 Rowsell was a professor in the Department of Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. In 1968 he established the Canadian Council on Animal Care, was its first executive director, and was the first recipient of the CCAC Outstanding Service Award. In 1987 Rowsell was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 1988 Rowsell was the first veterinarian made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being "recognized and respected throughout the world for his outstanding contributions to the promotion of the responsible and humane treatment of animals in biomedical and scientific research". Rowsell died in 2006.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. David L. Holmberg, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anesthesiology, Radiology and Surgery, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David Holmberg graduated from the Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1973. He practiced for several years in the United States and Australia and then completed an MVSc and residency at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1982. Following this, he joined the faculty at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, in 1985. Amongst all his career achievements, Dr. Holmberg participated in key projects involving the Jarvick artificial heart and the training of human surgeons for heart transplantation procedures. Recipient of three teaching awards, he authored and co-authored over 80 articles in refereed journals, authored 12 chapters in textbooks and was section editor for the second and third editions of Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. Dr. Holmberg was the creator of the DASIE, a surrogate device used by many medical and veterinary schools to teach basic surgical skills without having to sacrifice animals.

Dr. Trisha Dowling (left), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and two female students stand with an equine patient.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Charles L. Martin, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 1968-1971.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. David MacDonald, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David MacDonald grew up in Nova Scotia. He obtained his DVM in 1998 from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He began his career in mixed animal practice and continues to enjoy treating small ruminants and horses. Dr. MacDonald is currently employed at Comox Valley (British Columbia) Veterinary Services (2021). He has a special interest in surgery, including orthopedic procedures and also provides regular veterinary services to the remote community of Gold River, British Columbia.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Gene Acompanado, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Otto Radostits, professor, Large Animal Medicine, leafs through one of the major veterinary medicine textbooks he has co-authored.

Dr. Otto M. Radostits, professor and head, Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and winner of the 1986 Master Teacher Award, works with a cow and a small group of students.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Paolo Porzio, Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Paolo Porzio, DVM, MVetSc, Diplomate ACVIM, is a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine with degrees from the University of Parma, the University of Saskatchewan, and diplomat status from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Porzio taught Veterinary Internal Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. He works at Campus Estates Animal Hospital in Guelph (2021).

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Chatur Sisodia, professor, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Chaturbhuj Singh Sisodia was born on 2 April 1934 at Delhi, India. He received his BVSc & AH in 1958 from the Uttar Pradesh College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry (Agra) University at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained an MS in 1960 at Michigan State University, and his PhD in 1964 from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Sisodia was a member of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology since 1975. He served as associate professor and department head of Pharmacology at Hissar Veterinary College (PAV, January-April 1965), professor and head at Mathura Veterinary College (May 1965-July 1968). He joined the U of S faculty in September 1968. He served there in different positions including department head from 1984-1990 and taught Pharmacology and Toxicology to Veterinary students. Dr. Sisodia retired on 30 June 2001. He was a founding member of the Toxicology Group and Toxicology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sisodia’s legacy to the U of S includes an internationally recognized graduate program in toxicology with alumni employed throughout the world, and planting the seed for an undergraduate program in toxicology. Dr. Sisodia died on 22 March 2014 in Saskatoon.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Trisha Dowling, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia (Trisha) Dowling graduated from Texas A&M with a BSc in Animal Science (1983) and a DVM (1987). After a residency and Master’s at Auburn University, Dr. Dowling became a board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. She has been teaching veterinary pharmacology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine since 1993. Dr. Dowling has received numerous teaching awards, including the Norden Distinguished Professor Award and the Provost's Teaching Excellence Award (2021).

Veterinary Medicine hockey team posing on ice, back row (l to r): Tom Beatty, Brent Wagner, Richard Back, Geoff Gerhardt, Calvin Barnes, John Campbell. Front row: : Andy Allen, Jamey Kalanchuk, Al Rung, Trent Bollinger, Richard Kondra. Missing from photo: Blaine Unger and Ewald Lammerdung.

Bio/historical note: Appeared in April 9, 1999 OCN.

Image of Alexander Royick, instructor in Slavic languages, in his office.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Royick wrote a paper titled Ukrainian Settlements in Alberta in 1968.

Image of Dr. Peter Flood, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, with the first research herd of musk oxen at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Harry Rowsell (left) and Dr. Christopher H. Bigland cut the ribbon.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Stevenson Fulton was born in Scotland and attended the University of Glasgow. He emigrated to Saskatchewan in 1913. He received a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from McKillop Veterinary College in Chicago in 1918 and did postgraduate work in pathology, virology, and bacteriology at the Rush Medical School in Chicago in 1922. Dr. Fulton joined the University of Saskatchewan in 1926. Dr. Fulton’s most extensive work was done with equine encephalomyelitis, first recognizing that the disease was appearing in horses in Saskatchewan in 1935. He then proved that a disease in humans, previously diagnosed as non-paralytic poliomyelitis, was caused by the same virus as the equine disease. In 1938, during the encephalomyelitis epidemic, Dr. Fulton developed a vaccine for horses. It was manufactured at the University of Saskatchewan and distributed throughout western Canada. He later developed a purified vaccine for humans. Dr. Fulton was recognized as the foremost veterinary research scientist of his time in Western Canada. Dr. Fulton was director of the animal diseases laboratory and professor and head of the department of animal hygiene at the time of his retirement in 1958. Dr. Fulton died in Saskatoon in 1966.