College of Veterinary Medicine
Auburn University
Established in 1892, the College of Veterinary Medicine is the oldest
in the South and is the nation’s seventh oldest. It has graduated more
than 5,500 doctors of veterinary medicine and has alumni in all 50 states.
More than 31,000 animals a year are treated through its Veterinary Teaching
Hospital, where real-world training is provided to future veterinarians.
The College of Veterinary Medicine is making national strides in anti-bioterrorism
research, small animal critical care, diabetes research, food safety, molecular
biology, DNA-based vaccines, cancer treatment, parasite control, in vitro
fertilization, sports medicine for athletic animals, and equine reproduction.
Construction began in 2001 on a new Large Animal Teaching Hospital that
will help Auburn continue its role as one of the nation’s top large animal
veterinary facilities. The college is also home to the Scott-Ritchey Research
Center, which researches health problems of pets; the Southeastern Raptor
Rehabilitation Center that helps conserve birds of prey; and the Canine
and Detection Research Institute, which trains detector dogs.
Time Line
1892
Dr. Charles Cary helps establish the Department of Physiology and Veterinary
Science at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
1893
Dr. Cary appointed as department head.
1907
API upgrades to College of Veterinary Medicine, first such school south
of Pennsylvania and east of Kansas. Dr. Cary appointed as dean and serves
until 1935.
1909
First Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees awarded.
1935
Dr. I.S. McAdory named dean and serves until 1940.
1939
Cary Hall opens as the new veterinary building on main campus.
1940
Dr. Redding Sugg appointed dean and serves until 1958.
1942
Lucille Dimmerling Elrod is first female graduate.
1946
Auburn becomes the veterinary college for six Southern states through
an agreement of the Southern Regional Education Board, created by Dean
Redding Sugg. Kentucky remains under that partnership today.
1958
Dr. Jimmy Greene named dean and serves until 1977.
1960
McAdory Hall, a large animal facility, opens on Wire Road.
1970
Champion thoroughbred Bold Ruler referred to Auburn for throat cancer
treatment. Small Animal Clinic, later renamed Hoerlein Hall, is constructed.
1971
Basic Sciences Building opens, later renamed Greene Hall.
1972
Raptor rehabilitation program begins and is later designated by federal
wildlife officials as the Southeastern Raptor Rehabilitation Center.
1977
Dr. Tom Vaughan named dean and serves until 1995.
1984
Auburn University receives $11 million estate of Eleanor Ritchey and
creates
the Scott Ritchey Research Center.
1990
Holland M. Ware Imaging Center is dedicated.
1995
Dr. Timothy Boosinger appointed dean.
2001
Construction begins on a new Large Animal Teaching Hospital.
Critical Care Program established.
2002
New Equine Lameness Diagnostic Arena completed, along with two equine
wards.
2003
New John Thomas Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital dedicated.
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