FROM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Effective January
1, 1999, Dr. William VanAlstine will be assuming
much of the leadership role as Assistant Director of the Animal
Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. This change in leadership
is necessary to allow me the time and opportunities necessary
to fulfill my obligations as an Associate Professor of Veterinary
Pathobiology.
I am very thankful to Drs. Thacker and Baumgardt, Deans Rebar
and Lechtenburg for the opportunity to serve as a part of
the administration of ADDL for the past 2 1/2 years. This
has been a tremendously positive experience for me and I have
thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to serve the members of
ADDL as well as our clients, including practicing veterinarians,
animal owners and producers and the many citizens of the state
of Indiana.
Dr. VanAlstine is a Diplomate of the ACVP who received his
DVM degree from the University
of Missouri in
1981 and his PhD degree from the Iowa
State University
in 1987. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department
of Veterinary Pathobiology, the Chief of Pathology Services
of ADDL, as well as the Chairman of the Pathology Section
in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. He is also
a recent past-president of the American Association of Veterinary
Laboratory Diagnosticians. He has been a faculty member here
since 1987 and is well aware of the operations of this laboratory
as well as the current issues facing ADDL.
I am certain Dr. VanAlstine will do an excellent job in maintaining
the leadership of ADDL. I hope you will join me in welcoming
Dr. VanAlstine to this position and give him all of your support.
As always, let us hear from you. We hope you enjoy this
newsletter. Please notice that this newsletter contains our
first index in the back. The idea of this index was derived
from a reader's suggestion.
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