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BellwetherNO. 59 • SPRING 2004 THE NEWSMAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Groundbreaking for Teaching and Research Building Page 15 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE A Message from the Dean 3 Breaking News: Rosettes & Ribbons 12 Animal Crackers 14 Kresge Foundation Awards V.M.D.Notes 19 $1.5 Million Challenge Grant Take a Seat Donors 26 for New Building Special Gifts 28 By Zeus! 5 Groundbreaking 15 The Vet Who Treated Smarty Jones 19 Campaign News The groundbreaking ceremony for the who wish to pursue careers in aquatic Teaching and Research Building (see center medicine. pages) coincided with the public Serving as honorary co-chairs are announcement of a $100-million fund- Charles Raker, V.M.D., and Josephine raising effort by the School of Veterinary Deubler, V.M.D., Ph.D. Raker is a 1942 Medicine. Entitled Building New Levels of graduate of Penn Veterinary Medicine and Excellence, the campaign seeks to secure a pioneering equine surgeon. Deubler is the funding for the School’s strategic priorities. first female graduate of the veterinary The centerpiece of this campaign is the new school (Class of 1938) and the first female building, with a goal of $54 million.“This is veterinarian to earn a Ph.D. at Penn.“With our most ambitious fundraising campaign Jo and Charlie endorsing this effort, our ever,”says Alan M. Kelly, the Gilbert S. campaign is now standing on the shoulders Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine.“More of living legends in veterinary medicine. TEACHING than 14,000 gifts and pledges have pro- Their combined length of service to the pelled us forward, and I am confident that School is unrivaled, and may, in fact, add RESEARCH many new donors will help us reach our up to more years than Penn has had a HEALING ultimate goal.” school of veterinary medicine,”reports BUILDING To date, the School has raised $80 mil- Dean Kelly. lion toward its goal. The campaign began in NEW LEVELS OF July 2000 and seeks to raise approximately Recent major gifts include: EXCELLENCE $61 million for new physical spaces, $25 million for endowment, and $14 million in • $500,000 from Gretchen and Roy Jackson to support the Teaching and current operating support and planned $ gifts for future use. Research Building as well as an Equine 100 million goal “Beyond the Teaching and Research Equipment Fund at New Bolton Center. Building, key priorities include new Gretchen serves on the School’s Board endowed professorships and scholarships, of Overseers. • $125,000 from Anne (Mimi) French faculty research support, imaging facilities $ for both campuses, and a new radiation Thorington to establish the School’s first 80 million raised therapy suite for the Ryan Hospital,” endowed Opportunity Scholarship reports Mark Stuart, assistant dean for which provides mentoring from alumni development. and faculty in addition to the financial Almost $10 million has been given by support. The fund is named in honor of members of the School’s Board of Charles Raker, one of the School’s most Overseers, its top volunteer advisory group. revered faculty and founder of this “For a small number of individuals to con- scholarship program. tribute or play a pivotal role in securing this • $100,000 from Muriel Freeman of New sum is staggering,”says Stuart.“The School York City, a longtime friend of the of Veterinary Medicine is very fortunate to School and significant figure in the dog have dedicated volunteer leaders who give show world, to support the Josephine generously of their time, talent, and finan- Deubler Bridge for Women in cial resources.” Veterinary Medicine that connects the Building New Levels of Excellence is led new building to the School’s existing by chairwoman Laurie J. Landeau, a 1984 campus. graduate and first woman to complete the • $100,000 from Margaret Gerhard, the joint V.M.D./M.B.A. program with the founder of General Econopak, a maker Wharton School. Landeau is also an of veterinary medical equipment in adjunct professor at the Veterinary School Philadelphia. This gift endows a merit serving as associate director of AquaVet®, a scholarship for students entering their summer educational program for students fourth year of study. 2 BELLWETHER 59 A Message from the Dean The veterinary profession has responsibility trade, world population growth, air travel, In humans, S. Newport causes diarrhea, for the health and productivity of the livestock poverty, and squalor. It is unlikely that these pain, fever, and malaise; although not common, and poultry populations of the United States. ingredients will change in the foreseeable it is of special concern in young children and Today, many in the profession are worried future, and foreign animal diseases will almost may become severe in individuals who are about this obliga- certainly continue to invade United States. The immunosupressed. We are not aware of any tion. First is the worry is that we are ill prepared to defend infection among faculty, staff, or students at menace of against either of these threats. New Bolton Center. agroterrorism Government support to meet the needs for Without effective antibiotics, the only way to and recognition agricultural biosecurity, if it is to be forthcom- contain the spread of S. Newport is by rigorous of the ease with ing, will come out of fear of the unknown, from biosecurity measures, routine disinfection, foot which an organ- perceived threats to the food supply from dis- baths, personal hygiene, changes of shoes and ism such as the eases such as mad cow disease or avian influen- clothing as workers and veterinarians move foot-and-mouth za. Yet the needs for biosecurity on the farm, in between facilities, and limited access to animal disease virus the profession, and in our teaching hospitals are housing. could be mali- already here, and the threats are serious. In the We shall institute these measures at New ciously introduced into our livestock and past four years, multidrug-resistant Salmonella Bolton Center once we have completed the wildlife populations with devastating conse- Newport has swept through the U.S. dairy arduous task of decontaminating our facilities. quences to our economy and our way of life. industry, likely developing from the profligate We shall also routinely culture all animals A second concern comes from the threat of use of antibiotics. All mammals can be affected, entering the hospital and isolate any that test new and reemerging infectious diseases that are but it is most severe in cattle and horses, for positive for Salmonella. Our goal is to offer invading our shores with increasing fre- whom it can be lethal. Many seemingly normal better, safer care than ever before at New Bolton quency—monkeypox, SARS, mad cow disease, animals carry and shed the organism, compli- Center and to sustain our reputation as one of avian influenza, West Nile fever. They are most- cating its control. We have had to close the the world’s premier equine hospitals. ly zoonotic diseases, diseases transmissible to George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals Alan M. Kelly humans. Their trespass into our animal popula- at New Bolton Center because of an outbreak of The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine tions is the inevitable consequence of global S. Newport. 2004 Penn Annual Conference As the country’s oldest continuing educa- Shippen Huidekoper Society Breakfast; tion conference for veterinarians and veterinary and a Pacesetter and Class Agent technicians, the 104th Penn Annual Confer- Luncheon. ence, held on March 11–12, 2004, at the Adams The Conference gratefully Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, attracted more acknowledges the financial support of than 600 veterinarians and 200 veterinary tech- sponsors, patrons, and exhibitors who nicians. In addition, 280 faculty and veterinary sold out our exhibit hall. staff and technicians, and 50 fourth-year stu- Please save the dates of Thursday dents attended from the School of Veterinary and Friday, March 10 and 11, for the Medicine. 2005 Conference at the Adam's Mark Internationally recognized speakers Hotel. Pennsylvania has raised its con- addressed a wide range of topics to veterinari- tinuing education requirement for vet- ans in the Small Animal, Equine, and Food Ani- erinarians to 30 hours over two years, mal sessions. Topics discussed this year includ- Mammals, Reptiles, and Birds. Many sessions and we plan to increase the number of continu- ed: Minimally Invasive Procedures, Clinical were standing room only. ing education hours available annually at the Therapeutics, Respiratory, Ophthalmology, The first day ended with a well-attended Penn Annual Conference to 15 hours, begin- Equine Laminitis, Making Dairy Facilities Dean’s Reception hosted by Dean Alan M. ning with the 2005 Penn Annual Conference. Work, Safeguarding American Agriculture, Kelly. The Office of Development and Alumni Although the schedule has not been finalized Crisis Cases in Critical Care, Dentistry, Laser Relations hosted several popular alumni and yet, the Conference will remain two days in Surgery, and Behavior. Small-animal techni- donor appreciation events: Successful Financial length. Please bookmark the website, cians had a specialized two-day seminar that Planning for Veterinary Professionals Luncheon <alumni.vet.upenn.edu/pennannualconference. covered several topics, including: Understand- with Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer per- html>, and check your mail in the winter for ing and Management of Drug Therapy and sonal finance columnist, which was generously the 2005 Penn Annual Conference brochure.