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Dr. David L. Holmberg - Portrait

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. Franklin M. Loew - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Franklin M. Loew, pathologist, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Franklin Martin Loew was born in 1939 in Syracuse, New York. He received his DVM from Cornell and a PhD in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. During the 1970s Dr. Loew was one of the many members of the research team that developed canola oil. In 1977 the Governor-General of Canada awarded Dr. Loew a Queen's Jubilee Medal. In the same year he became the head of the Division of Comparative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Loew died in 2003 in Boston.

Dr. Franklin M. Loew - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Franklin Loew, Director, Animal Research Centre, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Franklin Martin Loew was born in 1939 in Syracuse, New York. He received his DVM from Cornell and a PhD in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. During the 1970s Dr. Loew was one of the many members of the research team that developed canola oil. In 1977 the Governor-General of Canada awarded Dr. Loew a Queen's Jubilee Medal. In the same year he became the head of the Division of Comparative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Loew died in 2003 in Boston.

Western College of Veterinary Medicine Building - Fulton Wing -Opening ceremonies

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.

Veterinary Medicine Hockey Team - Group Photo

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.

Dr. Hugh Townsend - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Hugh Townsend, professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences.

Bio/Historical Note: Image appeared in 30 Oct. 1998 issue of OCN.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hugh Townsend earned a BSc from the University of Calgary, a DVM at University of Saskatchewan; an MSc from the University of Saskatchewan; and an MSc from the University of Guelph. Dr. Townsend is Professor Emeritus of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the U of S (2021).

Dr. David MacDonald - Portrait

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.

Dr. Hilary M. Clayton - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Hilary M. Clayton, associate professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hilary M. Clayton earned her BVMS in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (1973) and her PhD in Veterinary Medicine (1978) from the University of Glasgow (Scotland). She was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 1975-1982. Dr. Clayton was a professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan from 1982-1997, and at Michigan State University from 1997-2014. Dr. Clayton has been president of Sport Horse Science, LC, in East Lansing, Michigan, since April 2014. She is a speaker, an author and consultant in the area of equine sport science with emphasis on translating research findings into practical applications.

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