This spotlight item is about: When Advisory Council member Keith Richter, CALS ’78, DVM '81, arrived at Cornell as an undergraduate student in 1974, he had never even seen a cow. This self-described city boy from Long Island soon warmed to the relatively rural life in Ithaca and developed an enduring connection with his alma mater that continues today. Richter was the founder, owner and CEO of two veterinary specialty hospitals in the San Diego area, a veterinary reference laboratory, and a specialty hospital in Hong Kong. More recently these were merged with three other large veterinary specialty hospitals to form a national organization called Ethos Veterinary Health. He lives in the San Diego, California area.