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VOLUME 16, NUMBER 2
February 1991
Building For The Future!
Progress Report and Statements of Support
In the last issue of Update we
outlined the proposed new building addition to our School, as well
as the justifications for it. Since
then, the proposal has been forwarded to the Indiana State Budget
Committee, and we are working
very hard to secure public and
legislative support. A color brochure describing our programs,
various pamphlets, and information sheets, and a videotape show
ing why we need a new facility, have
been prepared and distributed to interested parties throughout the state.
In addition, we have discussed this
initiative at all Indiana Veterinary
Medical Association district meetings and with numerous farm, agricultural commodity, veterinary, and
public service groups, boards, and
committees. We have traveled to
meetings throughout Indiana and
have  been  pleased  to  host  many
groups at the School. We have been
especially pleased to do the latter, as
it enables us to give ihem a tour of our
present overcrowded facility. Seeing
is believing!
We have very encouraging support for the new facility, and we are
truly grateful for the tremendous efforts made on our behalf by members
of our faculty, staff, and student body,
as well as many alumni and friends.
In  particular, our Alumni  Liaison
"/ am very proud of the School of
Veterinary Medicine '.v tradition of excellence in teaching, research, and
service. Our graduates form the nucleus of an animal-care system that
provides outstanding support for Indiana '.v agricultural, equine, and companion animals.
In order to maintain thai excellence and meet the needs of a changing world, the School must have larger
and improved facilities. The top priority in Purdue's capital request to
the 1991 legislature is a $30 million
addition to Lynn Hall. An investment
in such a facility will greatly enhance
our state's animal-care environment,
and it will guarantee Purdue's position as a national leader in veterinary
education as we enter the 21st century. "
Steven C. Beering. M.D..
Sc.D.. LL.D.
President, Purdue University
West Lafayette. Indiana
October I. 1990
"Humane Societies across the
country will stand to greatly benefit
from the addition to the School of Veterinary Medicine. Any steps that can
be taken to improve the quality of life
in pets, livestock, and animals in general is something that interests everyone in humane work. Purdue has
taken a leading role in Humane Education by reaching out to animal
control workers throughout the state
and placing us as a role model for
others. The interest Purdue has
shown in educating animal welfare
workers has made a monumental
difference in the State of Indiana. We
are excited about the developments at
Purdue, not only for the information
people will have access to, but the difference it will make in the lives of the
animals that we care for. "
Jackie Walorski
Director
Humane Society of St. Joseph County
Mishawaka. Indiana
October 4. 1990
"Since Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine is the only veterinary
college in Indiana, it must fulfill three
obligations that cannot be met by private business.
'These are: teaching students to be
excellent veterinarians or veterinary
technicians, serving as a rapid and reliable source of the latest knowledge for
the practicing veterinarian's continuing education and consultation, providing a referral animal hospital for the
public and practitioners with the best
equipment and specialist available.
If the Purdue School of Veterinary
Medicine is to continue to adequately
meet these three areas of responsibility,
it must have more space.
Paul L. Dieterlen, DVM
President. Indiana Veterinary
Medical Association
Nappanee. Indiana
September 28. 1990
ago, are totally inappropriate today. In
that same period of time, the body of
knowledge of the several sciences has
expanded exponentially creating a need
for a quite different physical plant.
The faculty and the programs of
Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine arc the equal of or superior to any
others, anywhere. The School's educational philosophy and research initiatives are extremely exciting, but they
need space and improved facilities in
which to bring them to fruition. "
Robert Claflin, DVM. PhD.
Emeritus
Associate Dean
Ludington, Michigan
September 26, 1990
"I have one concern, and this conies
from a non-alumnus of Purdue University. Even though I had use of your
teaching facilities for one intensive day
(ophthalmology short course), it was
readily apparent that your quarters are
cramped and, no doubt, place extra burdens on staff and students to perform to
the best of their abilities. It would be a
form of academic neglect to lose qualified staff due to current inadequacies.
The Indiana public, students, clinical
accession, and veterinarians, who need
the expertise of your faculty, would suf-
fer."
"It is imminently obvious that the
existing physical plant is a woefully in
Ronald T. Kolar. DVM
Practitioner
Hillside, Illinois
adequate facility in which to provide the
quality of education that the students
and public have every right to expect.
Buildings that originally devoted mini- "The addition is absolutely critical
mat space to the study of small animal to a successful future in veterinary edu-
medicine and surgery which, arguably, cation at Purdue University. The planned
may have seemed appropriate 35 years    addition is not excessive, elaborate, or
Committee (Drs. Gordon Lawler.
president; Gordon Cripe. presidentelect; Fred Benker. sec.-treas.; Roy
Coolman. past-president; and district representatives) has shown
outstandingleadershipin
marshalling support from the veterinary profession in Indiana.
The following quotes are taken
from the many expressions of support we have received, both from
within and outside the School.
grandiose. It is modest, efficient,
functional, and flexible. It will give
us a healthy start into the Twenty-
first Century. "
James C. Blakemore, DVM
Professor of Small Animal
Medicine, VCS
September 21. 1990
"Paraphrasing one this Century 's stalwarts: 'Never have so few
contributed so much with so little'.
When I think of what the faculty and
staff have accomplished in the past
30 years, given the base level of financial support provided, Mr.
Churchill's theme is cogently apropos. Closing out Century 20 with the
modest physical facility planned,
with continued sound educational and
research planning and execution, will
repay the state - and the nation -
many-fold well into the 21st Century. "
Jack J. Stockton. DVM
Dean Emeritus. PUSVM
Bradenton, Florida
September 22. 1990
"The current School of Veterinary Medicine facilities are woefully
inadequate for clinical instruction.
Additional space is needed for animal housing, small group instruction, office space, and clinical research. Our new curriculum demands much small group instruction
that is not possible with current facilities.
If we are to meet future needs of
graduate veterinarians for continuing education, we must have more
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