Recognition Awards

 

Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine is honoring two individuals with special awards. 

Hugh Butler, Kalispell, Montana, a former K-State College of Veterinary Medicine faculty member, received the college's E.R. Frank Award for meritorious service to the college and the veterinary profession.

Peter Kennedy, Davis, California, professor emeritus of pathology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, is the recipient of the college's 2000 Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements and contributions to the veterinary profession.

Both men received their honors at the annual conference of the K-State Veterinary Medical Alumni Association, June 4, at K-State.

 

Dr. Hugh Butler served as a professor of surgery at K-State from 1968 until his retirement in 1986. He was among the first veterinary surgeons in the United States to adopt an advanced Swiss system (A-O Plating) of using plates and screws for artificial hip replacement in dogs. Butler also earned recognition for his research in kidney transplantation. He and Dr. Joe Desch performed the first two successful renal transplants in dogs.

The author of numerous publications and refereed papers on his work, Butler has been a member of several professional and educational organizations, including the American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, American Heart Society, American Veterinary Medical Association, and a charter member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He also is a member of several honorary societies, including Alpha Psi, Phi Zeta, and the Sigma Xi Association.

Butler earned a bachelor's degree in applied science from Montana State College, and a doctor of veterinary medicine degree and a master's degree in physiology, both from Washington State University.

 

 

 

Dr. Peter Kennedy earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from K-State in 1949 and his PhD from Cornell University. He has taught at the University of California at Davis since 1953.

He is a veterinary pathologist who is internationally recognized for his work in fetal and endocrine diseases of domestic animals. He is a distinguished member of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, serving as President in 1970. He is the author of numerous publications and co-author of a leading textbook on veterinary pathology. He has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to the University of Melbourne in 1968 and a Rockefeller Fellowship at the University of Nairobi.