Past Faculty Awards

2019

  • Leslie Sprunger, Distinguished Veterinary Anatomist American Association of Veterinary Anatomists (AAVA)

2018

  • Steven Parish, Distinguished Service Award

2016

  • Kelly A. Brayton, named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Cynthia Faux, WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award
  • Samantha Gizerian, Outstanding Advising Award from the National Academic Advising Association
  • Ilia Karatsoreos, Dean’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award

2015

  • William B. Davis, Phil Mixter, & Mary Sanchez-Lanier, Distinguished Service Award, MSS Team Mentoring Faculty
  • Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research

2014

  • Don Knowles, inaugural recipient of the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) Research Award
  • Jon Oatley, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research

2013

  • Vicki Croft, Founders Award from the International Conference of Animal Health Specialists
  • Terry F. McElwain, promoted to regents professor
  • Guy H. Palmer, WSU Eminent Faculty Award

2012

  • Richard DeBowes & Kathy Ruby, Best Educational Innovation Award for Veterinary Leadership Experience at the Banfield Industry Summit
  • Don Knowles, Agricultural Research Service (of USDA) Science Hall of Fame
  • Charles Leathers, Harold W. Casey Award
  • Mushtaq Memon, VEGA Alliance Service Award
  • Guy H. Palmer, named president of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS)
  • Julie Stanton, chosen for a Research Residency, American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Biology Scholars Program

2011

  • Tom BesserNancy Magnuson, named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
  • Gary Brown, named senior fellow in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Office of Quality, Curriculum and Assessment
  • Vicki Croft, recognized by the Medical Library Association (MLA)
  • Dale Hancock, Calvin W. Schwabe Award in Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
  • Guy H. Palmer, awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Leslie Sprunger, named as President-Elect of the American Association of Veterinary Anatomists
  • Ahmed Tibary, Theriogenologist of the Year by the American College of Theriogenology

2010

  • Terry McElwain, Raymond Reeves, Michael Smerdon & Provost Warwick Bayly, Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • James M. Krueger, Eminent Faculty Award from Washington State University
  • John H. Nilson, Laureate Awards from the Endocrine Society
  • Mushtaq Memon, first veterinarian to be selected as a Fulbright ambassador
  • Dale Moore, Alpharma AABP Award of Excellence by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
  • David Prieur, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Michigan State University
  • Srikumaran (Sri) Subramaniam, Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award

2009

  • Wendy C. Brown, awarded the honor of delivering the Distinguished Faculty Address
  • Douglas R. Call, first recipient of the Caroline Engle Distinguished Professor in Research on Infectious Diseases
  • Rebecca Craft, Krzysztof Czaja, & Guy Palmer, WSU Honors College Faculty Thesis Advisor of the Year Award
  • Rick DeBowes, Dr. Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award;
  • Rick DeBowes, Veterinary Specialists in Private Practice (VSIPP) Spirit of Excellence Award
  • Singh Dhillon, Pacific Ag and Poultry Association of the Pacific Northwest Poultry Scientist of the Year
  • Professor Emeritus Clive Gay, Washington State University Emeritus Society Excellence Award
  • Steve Hines, WSU Library Excellence Award
  • Terry McElwain, elected to membership in the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM)
  • Terry F. McElwain, Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Outreach and Engagement
  • David Prieur, Dean’s Team Player Award
  • Dr. Sue Ritter, Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Scholarship and Arts
  • Bob Schneider, Johnson & Johnson Elastikon Award for Research from the Grayson Jockey Club
  • Debora Sellon, named to the board of the American Association of Equine Practitioners

Instructors Earning Diplomate Status in 2009

  • Stacey Byers – ACVIM, Large Animal
  • Pilar LaFuente – ACVS, Small Animal
  • Goeff Orbell – ACVP
  • Mitch Powers – ACVS, Small Animal
  • Erick Spencer – ACVIM, Small Animal
  • Kathy Seino – ACVIM, Large Animal
  • Sarah Sampson – ACVS, Large Animal
  • Pilar LaFuente – ACVS, Small Animal

2008

  • Clive Gay, Honorary Doctorate in Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne
  • John Gay, Dean’s Team Player Award
  • Guy Palmer & Bryan Slinker, Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2007

  • Wendy Brown & David Prieur, Elected as American Association for Advancement of Science Fellows
  • Cheryl Dhein, Shirley Davis Award for Excellence in Synchronous Distance Learning
  • Clive C. Gay, The Calvin W. Schwabe Award in Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
  • John Gorham, Lifetime Excellence in Research Award by the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Guy Palmer, honored as the 2007 Annual WWAMI Science in Medicine Lecturer at the University of Washington Medical School
  • Ahmed Tibary, Veterinary Achievement Award from the Alpaca Research Foundation
  • Professor Emeritus, Robert B. Wilson, inducted by the House of Delegates of the American Veterinary Medical Association as an Honor Roll Member

2006

  • Timothy Baszler, Best Manuscript in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation from the American Association of Veterinary Diagnosticians
  • Douglas R. Call, named the Caroline Engle Faculty Fellow
  • Dr. Terry McElwain, Outstanding Alumnus Award, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State
  • Henk Granzier, Helmholtz Humboldt Award
  • James M. Krueger, Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sleep Research Society
  • Guy Palmer, elected to membership in the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM)
  • Claude Ragle, Distinguished Service Award by the American Association of Equine Practitioners

2005

  • Travis Maguire, Equine Research Hall of Fame from the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Foundation
  • Harmon Rogers, Innovative Veterinary Diets Award from the American Association of Animal Hospitals
  • Robert Schneider, McEachern Distinguished Professorship in Equine Medicine

2003

  • Terry F. McElwain, E.P. Pope Award from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)
  • Larry Fox, Merial Dairy Management Research Award
  • Robert C. Speth, WSU Science Libraries’ Service Award