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In 1993, Gilbert S. Kahn, a breeder, exhibitor, and judge of purebred dogs and a supporter of animal welfare and canine health issues, made a gift to name the deanship of Penn Veterinary Medicine. The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Penn was the first endowed veterinary deanship in North America.
 
 

Joan C. Hendricks, V.M.D., Ph.D.
2006 to present
 
Joan has served on the faculty of the School for more than 20 years. In 2001, she became the first woman named to an endowed professorship at the School when she was named the Henry and Corinne R. Bower Professor of Small Animal Medicine. In addition to serving as chief of Critical Care in the Department of Clinical Studies at Philadelphia, Joan is founding director of the Veterinary Clinical Investigation Center at the School and holds a secondary appointment as professor in the Department of Medicine at Penn's School of Medicine. During her recent sabbatical year, Joan chose to investigate how molecular biology could be applied to neuroscience, specifically to the field of sleep and sleep disorders, in which Joan is a recognized expert. In 1979 and 1980, Joan earned her V.M.D. and Ph.D. from Penn. She also carried out her residency and postdoctoral fellowship at the university. She has a B.S. in biology and psychology from Yale University.
 
Dean Alan M. Kelly
Alan M. Kelly, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Ph.D.
1994-2005

Dean Kelly completed his undergraduate work at the University of Reading and received his veterinary degree from the University of Bristol, both in the United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. in Pathology from Penn in 1967 and joined the faculty of Penn Veterinary Medicine the following year. Dean Kelly served as chairman of the School’s Department of Pathobiology from 1990 until his appointment as acting dean in January 1994. A renowned researcher on muscle disease and muscular dystrophy, he has authored more than 100 book chapters and scientific papers and is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the American Society for Cell Biology, and the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute. He received the University’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1974.


Edwin J. Andrews, V.M.D.
1987-1993

A graduate of Penn Veterinary Medicine, Dean Andrews came to the School at a very difficult time and worked extremely hard to achieve a balanced budget, reconfigure its administrative structure, assist faculty in continuing to develop excellent teaching and research programs, and to attract and retain distinguished faculty. At the point of achieving extraordinary success, the threatened loss of support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania placed the School in further difficulties, at which point Dean Andrews worked even harder. As he sought to find new funding and worked to recover the threatened appropriation, he also attempted to find creative ways that would enable the School to do its business in a more economical fashion.


Robert R. Marshak, D.V.M.
1973-1987

A graduate of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dean Marshak joined the faculty of Penn Veterinary Medicine in 1956 as professor and chairman of medicine, later becoming chairman of clinical studies. His work in bovine leukemia led to the establishment in 1965 of the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Bovine Leukemia Research Center at New Bolton Center. As Dean, his energy and vision were the catalysts for the building of the new small animal hospital in Philadelphia, expansion of the large animal hospital at New Bolton Center, introduction of aquatic veterinary medicine, and development of veterinary specialties parallel to and in cooperation with those in human medicine. A dedicated "cow doctor," he returned to research and teaching in dairy farming at the completion of his deanship, and both the School itself and the field of veterinary medicine have benefited from his personal and professional contributions.


Mark. W. Allam, V.M.D.
1953-1973


Raymond A. Kelser, D.V.M.
1946-1952


George A. Dick, V.M.D.
1931-1945


Harold E. Bemis, D.V.M.
1930-1931


Louis A. Klein, V.M.D.
1910-1930


Leonard Pearson, V.M.D.
1897-1909


John Marshall, M.D.
1890-1897


Rush Shippen Huidekoper, M.D.
1884-1889
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