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Alumni Class Notes

Published: Apr 17, 2023

1970s

Barry England, V’77, received the Agricultural Community Excellence Award from the Blair County Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes the many facets that make agriculture a primary industry in Blair County, Pennsylvania.

1980s

Noah Cohen, V’83, received a Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health 2022 Advancement in Equine Research Awards during the 68th Annual American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention in San Antonio. The recipients were selected based on their research proposals centered on equine infectious respiratory disease and equine asthma syndrome.

1990s

Christine Kreuder Johnson, V’94, was selected by the US Department of State as one of seven distinguished scientists to serve as science envoys, who help the federal government and the scientific community leverage opportunities for international science and technology cooperation.

Jennifer Shickler, V’96, opened a second small animal clinic, West Concord Animal Clinic, in Massachusetts.

2000s

Aliza J. Simeone, V’01, received the 2022 Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association Public Service Award of Merit for her instrumental role in protecting Pennsylvania from HPAI, even before the outbreak started.

Szczepan Baran, V’02, is now the chief scientific officer at VeriSIM Life.

Laura Johnson, V’05, opened a startup small animal general practice, Cypress Veterinary Clinic, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

2010s

Kathryn Bach, V’13, was appointed interim director of the Cornell University CVM Teaching Dairy, which provides educational resources for students as well as milk for Cornell and three other area colleges.

In Remembrance

1950s

John Mohler, V’54
Rockville, MD
February 14, 2023

Richard R. Ryan, V’56
Ocean City, NJ
March 1, 2023

Blair English, V’57
York, PA
June 19, 2022

Virginia Flynn, V’57
Charlottesville, VA
December 20, 2022

Don Patton, V’57
York, PA
September 25, 2022

Roger Smith, V’57
Bonita Springs, FL
November 2022

A. Cleveland Brown, V’59
Burtonsville, MD
February 9, 2023

1960s

Jack Bregman, V’66, passed away on November 4, 2022. He established the first of the Bregman Veterinary Group hospitals in 1970 in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn which has since expanded to more locations in Brooklyn, Long Island and Orlando, FL. An avid alumnus and booster of the school, Bregman served as a past president of the alumni society and received the Alumni Award of Merit in 1996.

Stanley Sigel, V’62
January 15, 2023

Barton Rohrbach, V’64
Knoxville, TN
December 10, 2022

Douglas Obeck, V’65
San Antonio, TX
October 25, 2022

Thomas Dick, V’66
Chincoteague Island, VA
July 30, 2022

John Hansell, V’68
Canonsburg, PA
August 5, 2022.

1970s

Edward Schwartzman, V’71
Santa Rosa, CA
October 21, 2022

Nancy Craig, V’77
Petaluma, CA
September 15, 2022

Diane Camilleri, V’78
Foley, Alabama
September 18, 2022

1980s

Jocelyn Bezner, V'86
Wilmington, DE
September 17, 2022

1990s

Valerie Heartsfield, V’96
Philadelphia, PA
October 28, 2022

Margaret Mullin, V’96
March 11, 2023

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