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 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.

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. 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).

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

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