Honoring Those Who Serve

The OSU Army ROTC Cowboy Battalion raised the American flag during the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences’ dedication of a new Military Veterinarian Honor Court in November 2009.

The center built the new Honor Court to recognize the many OSU veterinarians who have served in the military during their careers. Since the veterinary college opened its doors in 1948, 400 of its graduates have served in the armed forces with 30 Cowboy veterinarians currently serving.

Approximately 50 people attended the dedication ceremony honoring OSU Cowboy veterinarians, including Lt. Col. Daniel Holland, class of 1988, killed by a roadside bomb near Baghdad while serving in Iraq.

“We are extremely proud and grateful to the OSU veterinarians who serve our country,” says Dr. Michael Lorenz, dean.

“Military veterinarians are responsible for ensuring public health, safe food and biomedical research, caring for military working dogs and developing animal health programs for foreign countries.”

DERINDA BLAKENEY

THOSE WHO WISH TO HONOR AN OSU VETERINARIAN WHO HAS SERVED OR IS SERVING IN THE MILITARY MAY PURCHASE AN INSCRIBED BRICK TO PLACE IN THE MILITARY VETERINARIAN HONOR COURT.

KENNETH ADLER’S “WORK SHOWS THAT A DISCOVERY DERIVED FROM BASIC RESEARCH CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN IMPROVING HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIFE.”

— LIN LIU

“I THINK ANYONE WHO DOES MEDICAL RESEARCH IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM IS DOING THIS FOR A REASON, AND THAT REASON IS TO HELP SICK PATIENTS.” —

KENNETH ADLER