Alumni Awards

  • Dr. Erwin Small Award
  • Outstanding Young Alumni
  • Special Service Award
  • Previous Award Winners

    • Every year, VMAA recognizes alumni and colleagues who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the veterinary profession and the College of Veterinary Medicine.

    Veterinary Medical Alumni Association

    2001 South Lincoln Avenue
    Urbana, Illinois 61802

    P: 217-333-2761
    F: 217-244-8887
    vmaa@vetmed.illinois.edu

    CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VMAA ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS

    View our 2022 award winners album on Flickr.

    The Veterinary Medical Alumni Association has the honor of presenting the Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award, the Special Service Award, and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.  Read more about the awards below.

    Contact us if you have any questions.

    DR. ERWIN SMALL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

    The Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize distinguished Illinois graduates (DVM, PhD, and MS degree holders) who have excelled in their respective fields and have made significant contributions to the profession and/or college, regardless of where they reside. This honor is named after the late Dr. Erwin Small (IL ’57), professor emeritus and former associate dean of alumni and public affairs at the College. It is a fitting tribute to a man who dedicated his life to the advancement of veterinary medicine, specifically to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine at Urbana-Champaign.

    MAKE A NOMINATION BY JUNE 30, 2023

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    Dr. Douglas E. Hutchens receives the Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award from Dean Peter Constable and alumni association leader Dr. Chris Dupuis.

    SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD

    The Special Service Award recognizes an outstanding individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of the veterinary profession and/or the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. This individual or organization can be a non-veterinarian or a veterinarian who holds a degree from an institution other than the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

    MAKE A NOMINATION BY JUNE 30, 2023

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    Terrence Stuber receives the Special Service Alumni Award from Dean Peter Constable and alumni association leader Dr. Chris Dupuis.

    OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD

    The Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognizes early-career Illinois graduates (DVM, PhD, and MS degree holders) who have excelled early in their respective fields and who embody the Illini spirit of “labor and learning,” through creativity and entrepreneurship in the field of veterinary medicine, regardless of where they live.

    MAKE A NOMINATION BY JUNE 30, 2023

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    Dr. Catherine Foreman-Hesterberg receives the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Dean Peter Constable and alumni association leader Dr. Chris Dupuis.