Congratulations to Louise Abbott (’88 DVM) who received the Distinguished Veterinary Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research and Scott Bender (’94 BVSc, ’95 DVM) who received Distinguished Veterinary Alumni Award for Excellence in Practice.  Guy Palmer (’84 PhD) received the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award.

The awards were presented at the college’s annual Spring Conference in March 2019.


The Distinguished Veterinary Alumni Award is given to honor distinguished DVM graduates for veterinary excellence in practice or teaching and research. The Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award is given to honor distinguished M.S. or Ph.D. graduates for excellence in research, teaching, service, or business.