AVMA Presidents of the 21st Century
Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityPosted July 16, 2014The AVMA convention is almost upon us, and with it, the selection of the president-elect who will assume the presidency for 2015-16.1 The decision...
View ArticleWVLDI Marks its First Anniversary with Programs at the AVMA Convention in Denver
Sometimes change happens quickly. Occasionally, important things happen very quickly. And that’s the case with WVLDI—the Women’s Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative—often simply called...
View ArticleAVMA Vice President Candidates Discuss Mentoring and How to Advocate for...
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityJuly 20, 2014I recently posted interviews with the two AVMA president candidates, Drs. Larry Dee and Joseph Kinnarney.[i] Today’s story is a follow up on the...
View ArticleIn the 70th Year Since its Founding, a Tuskegee Alumnus will become AVMA...
Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityJuly 21, 2014Editor’s Note: Continuing my episodic series on AVMA presidents, I present a story of Dr. Ted Cohn, who will be installed as the 2014-15 AVMA president...
View ArticleWomen in AVMA's 2014 House of Delegates, with some Government Comparisons
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell Universityand Julie Kumble, Women's Fund of Western MassachusettsPosted July 23, 2014In April 2013, we reported on the gender makeup of the AVMA’s House of Delegates...
View ArticleEncouraging Signs for Women's Leadership in the AVMA House of Delegates in 2014
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University, and Julie Kumble, Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts
View ArticleDenver's AVMA Conventions: 2003 and 2014
Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityPosted Aug 10, 2014As I was flying home from the Denver AVMA convention last month, my mind returned to the 2003 meeting, also held in the Mile-High City. About the...
View ArticleTale of Two Cab Drivers
Donald F. Smith, Cornell University.Posted August 10, 2014I often talk to taxi drivers and last Friday was no exception. A stately 50-something Indian man with a neatly-trimmed greying beard picked me...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Encounter with a Mentor
By Donald F. SmithPosted Sept 30, 2014In a previous blog, I described how the art form and interpretation of the Bach fugue by 20th century pianist, Glenn Gould, shaped the fluency of my operative...
View ArticleDr. Sylvia Burg Salk '46 Salutes the Students Involved in Women's Leadership
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityPosted October 7, 2014I recently received a hand-written, two-page letter from a veterinarian who graduated from Cornell in 1946. It was my first communication...
View ArticleWalter Williams, Cornell's Only Non-Credentialed Veterinary Faculty
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityPosted January 5, 2015It took Walter Williams 40 years to get a steady job.In the years between growing up on a farm and attending a one-room school in Illinois to...
View ArticleLouis A. Merillat, Veterinarian of the Half-Century
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityPosted January 13, 2015Lost from the memories of most living veterinarians is the man who some considered the most influential veterinarian of the first half of...
View ArticleFive Tuskegee University Veterinary Graduates from the 1970s Become Deans
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityJanuary 15, 2015In honor of Martin Luther King Jr DayPatterns of leadership in veterinary medicine fascinate me. Why, for example, are there so many...
View ArticleVeterinary Education in Indiana: From Horses to Hogs to the Human-Animal Bond
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityJanuary 19, 2015Though Purdue’s first veterinary class graduated just over 50 years ago (in 1963), there had been a long and vibrant history of veterinary...
View ArticleMentoring, With Gusto
In Memoriam ~ Farish A. Jenkins ~ 1940-2012Guest author: Casey CazerEditor’s Note: “This invited essay acknowledges the life contribution of mentors. The author, a third-year student at Cornell’s...
View ArticleMentoring, With Gusto
In Memorium, Farish A. Jenkins 1940-2012Guest author: Casey Cazer, Cornell DVM Class of 2016Editor’s Note: This invited essay acknowledges the life contribution of mentors. The author, a third-year...
View ArticleTuskegee's Dean Ruby Perry on Leadership
In honor of African-American History MonthBy Donald F. Smith, Cornell UniversityRuby Perry DVM, MS, DACVR is Interim Dean of Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied...
View ArticleDistribution of Ross and St. George's University DVM Graduates in the United...
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University (1)Over 3,800 AVMA-member veterinarians have graduated from Ross University in St. Kitts and from St. George's University in Grenada since 1985 and 2003,...
View ArticleDistribution of Ross and St. George's DVM Graduates in the United States
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University (1)Over 3,800 AVMA-member veterinarians have graduated from Ross University in St. Kitts and from St. George's University in Grenada since 1985 and 2003,...
View ArticleProportion of Ross and St. George's DVM Graduates in the US During the Last...
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University (1)In a story posted here on February 27th, I reported that alumni of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine have contributed to the US veterinary work...
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