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What’s in a Name? For a Named Faculty Position, It’s More than You Think

January 29, 2025 / Giving Stories

This message will appear in the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association Bulletin. It’s not the Olympics, but there are gold medals. (Well, technically, “medallions.”) It’s not the Oscars, but there are heartfelt acceptance speeches. I’m talking…
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[K.T. Wright, Joe Connor, Peter Constable]

Swine Medicine ‘Giant’ Honored by College, Peers

December 09, 2019 / Alumni News

EVP room named for K.T. Wright On December 5, Dr. Kenneth “K.T.” Wright thought he was attending an event at which his long-time business partner and friend Dr. Joe Connor would receive an award from…
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Goldens Rule: Couple’s Love for Dogs Extends to Wildlife

November 12, 2019 / Giving Stories

Gift Aids Nursery in Wildlife Medical Clinic Decades before they began their retirements, Patricia and Randall Rushing were already reveling in their golden years. That is, the years spent with their golden retrievers. During their…
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Veterinary Duo Invests in Future Colleagues

May 03, 2019 / Alumni News

Scholarship Supports Area Students Dr. Paul Davis and Dr. Karin Crocker are both proud graduates of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine … 17 years apart. Yet they met, fell in love, and…
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[Dr. David Reed in his veterinary hospital]

‘Country Doctor’ Thinks Big in Business, Philanthropy

July 16, 2018 / Alumni News

‘Don’t Ever Try to Do Anything Small’ When he was a veterinary student at the University of Illinois, Dr. David Reed watched as the bank foreclosed on his family home: the 120-acre farm in Cerro…
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He’s Getting the Message Out: It’s Rewarding to Give Back

June 08, 2018 / Alumni News

1990 Grad Tony Kremer Supports Scholarships He owns nine veterinary hospitals around Chicago, including a gleaming new general practice center in the Old Town neighborhood that’s believed to be the largest in the city. He…
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Memorial Scholarship Honors Alumnus’ Devotion to Research, Illinois

May 05, 2018 / Giving Stories

The year is 1963. Dr. Roger Jaenke has just received his DVM degree from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. At the same time, drumbeats of war are sounding in the distance from…
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Paying Tribute to Parents, Passion for Pets

May 05, 2018 / Giving Stories

It’s fair to say Judy and Ed Polzin were not accustomed to cats. Judy admits. “When we got our first cat, I didn’t have the slightest idea what to do. “I called my husband at…
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Practitioner Remembered as Partner, Leader, Caring Person

May 05, 2018 / Giving Stories

Rehn Scholarship Rewards Rural Practice Interest “I was blessed to have a wonderful husband,” Jean Rehn reminisces about her late spouse of nearly 50 years, Wayne. “And I’m very thankful to this university that he…
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New Endoscopy System Benefits Patients and Future Practitioners

February 27, 2018 / General News

Kindness Sparks Donor Generosity The future is clearer and brighter for pets and students at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, thanks to generous donations made by client Connie Large out of gratitude for caring specialist Dr….
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Shelter Medicine Program to Expand with Grant from Vaughan Trust

January 31, 2018 / General News

A generous grant from the Sally Lorraine Sedlak Vaughan Irrevocable Charitable Trust, a charity based in Springfield, Ill., was recently awarded to the Shelter Medicine Program at Illinois, allowing for further outreach in underserved communities…
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Giving Stories

What’s in a Name? For a Named Faculty Position, It’s More than You Think

Swine Medicine ‘Giant’ Honored by College, Peers

Goldens Rule: Couple’s Love for Dogs Extends to Wildlife

Veterinary Duo Invests in Future Colleagues

‘Country Doctor’ Thinks Big in Business, Philanthropy

He’s Getting the Message Out: It’s Rewarding to Give Back

Memorial Scholarship Honors Alumnus’ Devotion to Research, Illinois

Paying Tribute to Parents, Passion for Pets

Practitioner Remembered as Partner, Leader, Caring Person

New Endoscopy System Benefits Patients and Future Practitioners

Shelter Medicine Program to Expand with Grant from Vaughan Trust

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What’s in a Name? For a Named Faculty Position, It’s More than You Think

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