ALUMNI NEWS A Newsletter for the Thouron Community Winter 2012-2013, Number 21 AwaRDS 2012 American Scholars Besan Abu-Joudeh MSc in Development Economics, SOAS, One year Ava Childers MPhil in Archaeology, Cambridge, One year David Dunning MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, One year Alison Feder MSc by Research in Statistics, One year Myles Karp MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford, One year The Veterinary Field Michael Masciandaro MPhil in Political Thought and the Thouron Award: and Intellectual History, Cambridge, One year A Long and Extraordinary Relationship Eliana Ritts MSc in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology, Oxford, One year here is a 700-acre place in Pennsylvania called the George D. Widener Large Katie Wynbrandt Animal Hospital on the New Bolton Center Campus (opened in 1952) of Master’s in Public Policy, T the University of Pennsylvania that has a special relationship with the Thouron Oxford, One year Award. It was founded in 1964, in part with contributions from Esther du Pont Thouron, wife of Sir John Thouron — founders of the Thouron Award. Annually, this large animal British Scholars veterinary hospital, one of the finest in the world, sees more than 6,000 patients and Jamal Hussain its Field Service sees more than 19,000 patients. As they say CASELOAD, CASELOAD, Cardiff, Master’s in CASELOAD — caseloads that include horses, cattle, camelids, pigs, goats, sheep Near Eastern Languages and other large animals. In conjunction with its world-renowned small animal veterinary and Culture, Two years hospital, it’s no wonder that the University of Pennsylvania’ s Veterinary School has Jeremy Lemer attracted 13 of our British veterinary students since 1969. Cambridge, MBA, Two years Rossa O’Keefe-O’Donovan But lest we forget, there are four Americans who crossed the pond to the UK. One Oxford, PhD in went to Cambridge to study immunology and is now in the Equine Research Hall of Economics, Two years Fame, one went to the University of Edinburgh in Aquatic Veterinary Science, one went Thomas Watkins to Wadham College, Oxford to do a D.Phil in animal behavior before returning to Kings College, Master’s in Penn Veterinary School and one, having completed vet school at Penn, went to the Computer and Information London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, switching to epidemiology for more Technology, One year than 30 years, only to reconnect with the field of veterinary research as a supervisor Coryan Wilson-Shah to a current PhD candidate. PhD in Electrical Engineering, We thought you’d enjoy their stories, see page 2. Two years 1 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Laura Adshead, Br’94, joined the Peter Beaumont, Br’72, completed an and planner, Richard has also served Benedictine order of nuns at the Abbey internship and residency in small animal as an adjunct member of the University of Regina Laudis. She now goes by soft-tissue surgery at Penn’s Veterinary Hospital of Pennsylvania faculty for 20 years. We thought you’d the name Sister John Mary. Laura is and became a practicing veterinarian for currently a novice and is going through Hannah Bill, Br’10, is interested in her apprenticeship, which lasts for as more than 30 years. As owner and president international, constitutional and complex long as five-and-a-half years. At the end of Madison Veterinary Hospital, one of litigation. She is currently undertaking enjoy their stories. of her “Formation,” she will be eligible the largest practices in New Jersey, he an internship at Cleary Gottlieb Steen to take holy orders and assume the title developed an interest in veterinary business, & Hamilton in Brussels. of “Mother.”The documentary film including ownership of Madison Feed and Diane Blumenthal (Powell), Am’69, featuring Sister John Mary, entitled Pet Supply, a pet retail and grooming business. Doug Antczak, Am’73, went to “God Is The Bigger Elvis” was nominated has traveled the world for the past He sold both companies in 2004 and went seven years with her husband, Ned, in Cambridge for immunology for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. on to co-found Veterinary Practice Initiatives his capacity as President and CEO of research but became so entranced Ltd. in the UK and to become a partner Peter with his Caucasian the United Service Organizations Inc, Ovcharka dog, Bear by the sport of polo that he Kenneth Baer, Am’94, left the White in Veterinary Business Development Ltd., dedicated to supporting active military almost left without completing House where he has worked for the past a database marketing company developing new magazines for the European and their families. She has chaired several charitable investment his degree. Saved by a ‘lucky three and a half years in the Office of veterinary market. Peter currently serves on the Board of Directors for Management and Budget and took committees and does freelance break’— a dislocated hip falling Trupanion, a pet health insurance company. Last October he gave a talk from a polo pony — he some much needed vacation time. He marketing and public relations solutions. on pet health insurance to Penn Veterinary students. Her background includes years with discovered the lure of laboratory is now working in the private sector as a Managing Director at The Harbour media organizations starting as the research while convalescing and Group, an independent strategic first woman in sales for WCRB AM/FM Peter Cantor, Br’69, qualified at the University of Bristol in 1964 and joined completed his PhD. During his Doug with a horse specially-bred communications firm in Washington D.C., Boston; at NBC (as the first publicist for the Genome Project time as a Thouron Scholar, Doug which specializes in issue campaigns a mixed practice in Ashford, Kent where he helped design the first UK equine for Saturday Night Live), at NIS, was introduced to Dr. W. R. Allen, a veterinary surgeon from and crisis communications for corporate, hospital. In 1969 Peter came to New Bolton where he saw pioneering work in the first national radio news network, New Zealand, who was studying the immunology of equine pregnancy. non-profit and international clients. equine surgery carrying out procedures that had never been attempted before. at International Family Channel, at Fit Their mutual interest in the reasons why mammalian mothers do not reject He returned to the UK to become a partner of The Milbourn Equine Veterinary Television and at Lifescape Internet. Aimee Bailey, Am’06, completed her Hospital. The practice built up an outstanding reputation throughout the their fetuses as they would an organ transplant resulted in a decades-long PhD in condensed matter theory at Luke Butler, Br’06, left his position South of England dealing with all types of horses from the Queen’s race horses friendship. Doug also met his English wife Wendy Robertson while on Imperial College, London and continued as Special Assistant to the Mayor his scholarship. Today Doug is the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor her research in biochemical networks in to children’s ponies. He was also called in to help at a wildlife park: this of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, to of Equine Medicine at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell Amsterdam at the Institute of Atomic included operating on tigers, elephants and rhinos. Peter sold his practice become Chief of Staff to Alan University and Professor of Immunology in Cornell’s College of Veterinary and Molecular Physics. There she in 2007 but continues to be in demand so is not yet fully retired! Greenberger, Deputy Mayor for Medicine. He specializes in research in the immunology, genetics, and investigated the Ras biochemical Economic Development and Planning. He is currently working on a new reproduction of the horse and has been a major contributor to the Horse network, which is a group of proteins implicated in cancerous cells. This year Celia Davenport (Goodall), Br’96, was initiative to support Philadelphia Genome Project. In 2009 he was inducted into the Equine Research she received a Luce Scholarships to encouraged to pursue her studies in the US entrepreneurs and startups. Hall of Fame at the University of Kentucky. Doug continues to travel spend a year in Beijing at the Global by both Tim Greet, one of the foremost equine Janine Catalano, Am’06, is the Alumni regularly to Cambridge and Newmarket to work with colleagues and friends Environmental Institute where she is surgeons in England and Sue Dyson, Br’80 (see Relations Manager at the Courtauld met during the course of his Thouron Award. working on low-carbon planning. She next page), one of the world’s leading lameness took a two-month full time Mandarin Institute of Art in London. She also diagnosticians. Celia arrived in Philadelphia course prior to starting at GEI and is still works as a food and art historian taking a few lessons a week because her the day after graduating from Cambridge. The guide for Context Travel, which work is nearly exclusively in Chinese. following day she began orientation at New specializes in high-quality daily tours, Bolton Center and one day later was hard at led by scholars and geared toward Nassim Baiou, Br’10, graduated this year work with more than 10 surgeries performed the intellectually curious. with an MBA from Wharton. He worked in three surgery rooms every day. The caseload as a summer associate at Bain & Company Alex Channer, Br’01, received her was phenomenal. Rounds started at eight each and is now a consultant with the firm. PhD from Penn this summer and now morning followed by frequently heated debates works as a freelance translator of Celia, the New Bolton intern Richard Bartholomew, Am’65, a recently on surgical techniques and case management.