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Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service

Established by the Alumni Association in 1986, the Daniel Elmer Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service honors those graduates who have distinguished themselves in service to the profession, their communities or to the College.

The award is named in honor of Cornell’s first DVM graduate, who is remembered for his pioneering work in controlling contagious animal diseases in the early 20th century. D.E. Salmon was one of Dr. James Laws’ first students when Cornell University opened its doors in 1868. He received the Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree in 1872 and entered practice in Newark, NJ. He continued his advanced research at Cornell and in 1876 he was awarded the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. This was the first DVM degree to be awarded in the United States of America. It is interesting to note that another DVM degree was not awarded at Cornell until 1897 after the College of Veterinary Medicine was established as a major academic and administrative unit of the University.

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Previous Award Recipients

Year Received

Name

Class Year

1986 Arthur Gordon Danks* 1933
1986 Ellis Pierson Leonard* 1934
1986 Frederick O. Wright* 1941
1987 John D. Murray 1939
1988 No award  
1989 Stephen J. Roberts* 1938
1990 No award  
1991 Robert E. Clark* 1952
1992 –1993 No award  
1994 Richard C. Grambow 1957
1994 Robert W. Kirk 1946
1994 Richard A. Smith* 1951
1995 No award  
1996 Stanley M. Aldrich* 1950
1996 Louis C. Schimoler* 1947
1997 John J. Brennan 1952
1998 Francis H. Fox 1945
1999 Robert V. Manning* 1955
2000 Robert E. Lynk 1961
2000 Harold W. Zweighaft 1956
2001 Robert B. Hillman 1955
2002 John D. Shumway 1956
2003 George W. Abbott 1945
2004 Robert F. Kahrs 1954
2005 – 2007 No award  

* - deceased