Purdue Notebook
October 17, 1997
Faculty and Staff Honors
-- The School of Veterinary Medicine recognized two faculty members recently:
- Robert "Pete" Bill, associate professor of basic medical sciences, received the 1997
Raymond E. Plue Outstanding Teacher Award. The award is funded through an endowment
established by Plue, a 1968 graduate of the school, in recognition of outstanding
teaching in veterinary medicine.
- Gerald D. Bottoms, professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology, received
the 1997 Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence, in recognition of academic excellence
and scholarship.
-- Beacons of Hope, a water sculpture created by Dan Engelke, associate professor of
art and design, is on display through Oct. 19 on Lake Michigan off of Chicago's Navy
Pier. The exhibit is part of the International Art Exposition of Sculpture, Objects
and Functional Art. Engelke's display consists of 12 lighted sculptures. Floating randomly,
they are covered with translucent fabric bearing designs created by children from
the Children's Memorial Hospital, Division of Special Infectious Disease. Engelke
says the exhibit is symbolic of the children's suffering. "This is lighting the candles
of hope," he says. "In a world laced with human suffering and disease, we are reminded
that artworks which serve to heighten our awareness of these issues are necessary
to provide an element of balance."
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Alumni Honors:
-- The School of Veterinary Medicine recently awarded its Distinguished Alumnus Awards
for 1997. The award recognizes outstanding alumni for contributions to the profession
of veterinary medicine, including excellence in practice, teaching, research and
service to the community. The 1997 recipients are:
- Dr. Bret D. Marsh, Indianapolis
, who earned a doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1984. He was recognized for
his contributions to Indiana's animal industries, to regulatory and public health
veterinary medicine, and to organized veterinary medicine. Among his accomplishments,
Marsh was named Indiana State Veterinarian in 1994, becoming the youngest state veterinarian
in the country.
- Dr. Michael D. Storer, who received the award posthumously, earned a doctor of veterinary
medicine degree in 1974. He was recognized for service to his community and for improving
the lives of people and their animals. In 1985, Dr. Storer left private practice in Wisconsin to become a full-time missionary with the Christian Veterinary
Mission. His work with the mission took him to the Navajo Indiana Reservation in
Arizona and to Haiti, Guatemala and Mexico. His family lives in New Mexico.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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