Browsing An Enduring Veterinary Legacy: Interviews with Pioneering Veterinarians (2007-2010) by Title

Now showing items 22-41 of 61

    • A biography of and interview with Kenneth I. Gumaer, Sr. 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-12-17)
      Shortly after receiving his Cornell DVM in 1943, Kenneth Gumaer was charged with the care of 267 mules bound for the China-Burma-India campaign on a warship that departed from New Orleans. Though the ship was damaged by a ...

    • A biography of and interview with Lawrence T. Waitz 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-06-05)
      Matriculating at Cornell University at age 16, Lawrence Waitz completed his DVM degree too young to qualify for licensure in New York State. He spent the intervening months before his 21st birthday supplementing his formal ...

    • A biography of and interview with Linda Dixon Reeve (Peddie) 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-06-21)
      Though Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine usually admitted only two women per year during the 1950s and 1960s, Linda Dixon Reeve was the only woman in her veterinary class of 1965. Her interview—she more aptly described ...

    • A biography of and interview with Mark R. Crandall 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-08-06)
      Mark Crandall was the second veterinarian in his family. Unlike his brother, James, who entered Cornell out of high school and received his DVM in 1931, Mark spent three years at Syracuse University before entering Cornell ...

    • A biography of and interview with Mitchell E. Kornet 

      Pesce, Michelle; Smith, Donald F. (2011-06-08)
      Raised in a small garden apartment in Queens, N.Y., Mitchell Kornet developed his interest in animals and veterinary medicine at the John Bowne High School in nearby Flushing. While an undergraduate student in Cornell’s ...

    • A biography of and interview with Morris L. Povar 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-07-14)
      Morris L. Povar was born of Russian immigrants in New York City. He attended Brooklyn College before matriculating at Cornell University, first in agriculture, then in veterinary medicine. He received his DVM in 1944. After ...

    • A biography of and interview with Patricia Thomson Herr 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-07-29)
      Patricia Thomson is one of three women who graduated in Cornell’s veterinary class of 1960. Originally from Schenectady, N.Y., Trish entered Cornell’s agriculture program as a pre-veterinary student in fall 1954 and ...

    • A biography of and interview with Robert E. Lynk 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-09-20)
      Robert E. Lynk was born into a farming family in Schoharie County. Anticipating a life in agriculture, he received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1954. After his marriage to an alumna of Cornell and a 16-month tour ...

    • A biography of and interview with Robert Ferber 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-06-05)
      The son of immigrants who settled in New York City, Robert Ferber graduated from Cornell in 1939 and established one of the first small animal hospitals on Long Island. His brother, son, and grandson all followed in his ...

    • A biography of and interview with Tevis M. Goldhaft 

      Smith, Donald F. (2011-01-12)
      Tevis M. Goldhaft (1914-2009) was the son of Arthur Goldhaft VMD ’10, a general practitioner in Vineland, New Jersey. In 1931, Tevis followed his sister, Helen, to Cornell because the University of Pennyslvania did not ...

    • An Enduring Veterinary Legacy: Interview List 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-03)
      A listing of audio recordings, transcripts and biographic sketches from interviews with about 31 Cornell alumni and other notable veterinarians included in An Enduring Veterinary Legacy.

    • An Enduring Veterinary Legacy: Introduction, Overview and Credits 

      Smith, Donald F; Kristensen, Terry L. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-03)
      This Introduction, Overview and Credits provides background for An Enduring Veterinary Legacy: Interviews with Pioneering Veterinarians that were conducted by Dr. Donald F. Smith and others between 2007 and 2010.

    • Interview recording about: Clarence R. Roberts, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-11-18)
      Interview of Dr. Kent Roberts about Clarence R. Roberts, DVM, Class of 1922. Interview Date: January 20, 2008. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.

    • Interview recording about: Isidor I. Sprecker, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-08-06)
      Interview with Mrs. Sylvia Sprecker about Isidor I. Sprecker, DVM, Class of 1939. Interview Date: January 22, 2008. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.

    • Interview recording about: Louis J. Camuti, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-11-11)
      Interview of Ms. Nina Danielson about Louis J. Camuti, DVM, Class of ‘20. Interview Date: December 7, 2007. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.

    • Interview recording about: Marie Koenig Olson, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-07-02)
      Interview of Ann Marie Olson and Dr. James K. Olson about Marie Koenig Olson, DVM, Class of 1937. Interview Date: November 30, 2007. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.

    • Interview recording: Charles W. Raker, VMD 

      Khatibzadeh, Sarah M. (2012-02-06)
      Interview with Charles W. Raker, VMD, Class of 1942. Interview Date: May 25, 2011. Interviewer: Sarah M. Khatibzadeh, Cornell University DVM Candidate, Class of 2014.

    • Interview recording: George E. Ross, Jr., DVM 

      Massaro, Andrew J. (2012-04-11)
      Interview of George E. Ross, Jr., DVM, Class of 1960, Kansas State University. Interview Date: February 9, 2012. Interviewer: Andrew J. Massaro, DVM candidate, Class of 2015, Cornell.

    • Interview recording: Mark R. Crandall, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2009-08-06)
      Interview of Mark R. Crandall, DVM, Class of 1939. Interview Date: May 28, 2008. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.

    • Interview recording: Morris L. Povar, DVM 

      Smith, Donald F. (2010-07-02)
      Interview of Morris L. Povar, DVM, Class of 1944. Interview Date: April 28, 2010. Interviewer: Donald F. Smith, DVM, Austin O. Hooey Dean Emeritus.