The WVPA Hall of Honour
This Hall of Honour recognises poultry veterinarians and health scientists who made an outstanding contribution in the furtherance of poultry veterinary science.
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Dennis J. Alexander: 1945
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Trevor John Bagust: 1944 - 2014
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Georges Bennejean: 1930 - 2015
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Inducted: 2013
Georges Bennejean was born in Gueret, a small town in the centre of France.Read more
Stephanus Bernardus Buys: 1942
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Inducted: 2017
Stephanus Bernardus Buys obtained his BVSc degree in February 1968 at Onderstepoort Veterinary College and his MMed Vet (Bact) degree in 1983.Read more
Peter Martin Biggs: 1926 - 2021
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Peter Biggs graduated in 1953 from the Royal Veterinary College, London University.Read more
Magne Bisgaard: 1945
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Saksild, Denmark, Magne Bisgaard had to move to Copenhagen to gain his veterinary qualification at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (RVAU) in 1972.Read more
Patrick Joseph Blackall: 1953
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Brisbane (Queensland), Pat Blackall graduated from the University of Queensland in 1973 with a degree in Microbiology.Read more
Janet M. Bradbury: 1941
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Inducted: 2013
Janet Bradbury was born in the English Midlands and completed her BSc and MSc at St Andrews University, Scotland, before joining the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool in 1964.Read more
Abel Brion: 1906 - 1976
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Inducted: 2013
Born in 1906 at Bazeilles, a village in the east of France, Abel Brion, having excelled in secondary school, was accepted in 1925 after an entrance examination by the veterinary school of Alfort. During each of the four years of his veterinary studies, he was top of his class.Read more
Ben Roy Burmester: 1910 - 2009
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Bruce Wixson Calnek: 1932
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Ilaria Capua: 1966
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Rome, Ilaria Capua graduated in Veterinary Medicine, with honours, from the University of Perugia in 1989.Read more
David Cavanagh: 1951
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Leeds, England, Dave Cavanagh’s first degree (BSc) was in Microbiology, from the University of Reading, 1972.Read more
Louis Coetzee: 1937 - 2014
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Jane K. A. Cook: 1939
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Zhizhong Cui: 1944
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Jiangsu, China, Zhizhong Cui gained his DVM at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University in 1966, and his Master’s degree in veterinary microbiology in 1981, also at Yangzhou University.Read more
Elimelech Dan Heller: 1936
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Inducted: 2017
Elimelech Dan Heller graduated from the State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.Read more
Irit Davidson: 1953
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Inducted: 2017
Dr Irit Davidson is a leading senior researcher (A+ equivalent to Full Professor) and has studied avian viruses for 37 years at the Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel.Read more
Levinus de Blieck: 1878 - 1965
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Jacobus Joannes (Sjaak) de Wit: 1961
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Inducted: 2013
Born on a farm that produced eggs and a variety of plant crops, near Achthuizen on the Dutch island Goeree-Overflakkee, Sjaak de Wit gained his veterinary qualification at the University of Utrecht in 1989, after which he started to work for the poultry department of a regional animal health service.Read more
Julius Fabricant: 1919 - 2011
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Philadelphia, USA, Julius Fabricant received his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and his BS degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1945.Read more
Aly Fadly: 1941
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Aly Fadly obtained his veterinary degree in 1964 from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.Read more
Galestan Yan Ghazikhanian: 1937
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Inducted: 2017
Dr Galestan Yan Ghazikhanian (Yan) was employed at Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms (NTBF) for 33 years (1974-2007).Read more
John Glisson: 1954
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Louisiana, John earned his veterinary degree at the University of Georgia in 1980.Read more
Keith Gooderham: 1937 - 2019
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Inducted: 2017
Keith qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Liverpool University in 1962 and worked with Frank Jordan on avian mycoplasmas.Read more
Robert Fraser Gordon: 1908 - 1981
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Irmgard Gylstorff: 1912 - 1990
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Munich, Germany, Irmgard Gylstorff gained her veterinary qualification at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) in 1935.Read more
Hafez Mohamed Hafez: 1947
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Hafez gained his veterinary qualification at Cairo University in 1971.Read more
Ursula Heffels-Redmann: 1953
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Straelen, Germany, Ursula Heffels-Redmann studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany from 1973-1978.Read more
Stephen Ballinger Hitchner: 1916 - 2011
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Charles (Chuck) L. Hofacre: 1956
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Millersburg, Ohio, Chuck completed his veterinary degree at the Ohio State University (1984), decided to specialize in poultry health and attended the University of Georgia (UGA), earning a Master of Avian Medicine (MAM) (1985) and PhD (1992) in Medical Microbiology. Chuck was Cuddy Farms Director of Veterinary Medicine (1987-1989), Ross Breeders Inc.Read more
Mohammed EL Houadfi: 1950
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Aini Ideris: 1953
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Kelantan, Malaysia, Aini Ideris graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree (1979) from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM), currently known as Universiti Putra Malaysia, a MVSc in Avian Medicine (1981) from the University of Liverpool, England, and a PhD in Avian Medicine (1989) from UPM.Read more
Richard Charles Jones: 1941
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Birmingham, England, Dick Jones gained a BSc in bacteriology from the University of Birmingham in 1963.Read more
Frank Tudor Whitney Jordan: 1917 - 2015
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Cowbridge, South Wales, Frank Jordan qualified in London with Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in 1941.Read more
Erhard Franz Kaleta: 1939
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Haldensleben, Germany, Erhard Kaleta gained his veterinary education at the School of Veterinary Medicine at Hannover, Germany.Read more
Stanley Herbert Kleven: 1940
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Dawson, Minnesota, Stan Kleven was raised on a farm near Milan, Minnesota.Read more
Bedrich Klimeš: 1926 - 1983
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Inducted: 2017
Professor Dr med vet Bedrich Klimeš was Professor of Internal Veterinary Medicine and founder of the Chair for Avian Diseases in the Veterinary College of Brno in the former Czechoslovakia (CSSR).Read more
Bernard Kouwenhoven: 1938
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Inducted: 2013
Bernard (Ben) Kouwenhoven, born in Woudsend, Friesland, The Netherlands, qualified as DVM at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (1962).Read more
Karel Kovarik: 1942
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Hiram Nelson Lasher: 1920 - 2012
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Catskill, New York, Hiram Lasher received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Cornell University in 1942.Read more
Pincus Philip Levine: 1907 - 1979
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Xiufan Liu: 1941
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China, Xiufan Liu graduated in 1965 from the Department of Veterinary Medicine, North Jiangsu Agricultural Institute.Read more
Benjamin Lucio-Martinez: 1942 - 2013
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Mexico City, Benjamín Lucio-Martínez completed his professional studies in 1964 at the Escuela Nacional de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia (ENMVZ), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.Read more
Hrvoje Mazija: 1940
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Hrvoje Mazija obtained his veterinary degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1964.Read more
János Mészáros: 1927 - 2018
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Inducted: 2015
János Mészáros gained his veterinary qualification at the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the Hungarian University of Agricultural Sciences in 1951.Read more
John Brian McFerran: 1931 - 2012
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Belfast, Brian McFerran gained his veterinary qualification at the University of Edinburgh in 1956.Read more
Michael Stewart McNulty: 1944
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Inducted: 2013
Stewart McNulty was born in Dublin, Ireland, and graduated from the University of Dublin, Trinity College with a veterinary degree in 1967 and a PhD in biochemistry in 1971.Read more
Venugopal K. Nair: 1955
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Kerala, South India, Venugopal (Venu) Nair obtained his veterinary qualification (1976) and MVM (1978) from the Kerala Agricultural University.Read more
Vilmos Palya: 1943
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Inducted: 2017
Vilmos Palya gained his veterinary qualification at the Hungarian University of Veterinary Science in 1966.Read more
Laurence Noel Payne: 1933
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Inducted: 2013
Laurence Payne (known to his acquaintances as Jim) was born in Oxford, England, and gained an Open Scholarship at Bristol University to study veterinary science.Read more
Benjamin Sherwood Pomeroy: 1911 - 2004
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Inducted: 2013
Benjamin Pomeroy received his veterinary degree from Iowa State University (1933), MS from Cornell (1934) and PhD from the University of Minnesota (1944).Read more
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam: 1958
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Inducted: 2017
Born in 1958 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam graduated with a DVM from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh in 1981 and obtained an MSc (Vet Sc) in Parasitology in 1981.Read more
Bart Helmich Rispens: 1929 - 1973
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Deventer, The Netherlands, Bart Rispens received his veterinary degree from the University of Utrecht in 1956.Read more
Arnold S. 'Rosy' Rosenwald: 1909 - 2008
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Arnold Rosenwald earned his BS degree at the University of California, Berkeley (1930), his veterinary degree (DVM) at Kansas State University (1936), and post-graduate degrees at Oregon State University (MS) in 1942 and the University of Wisconsin (PhD) in 1956.Read more
Fathi Saad: 1944
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Fathi Saad obtained his veterinary degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt in 1966.Read more
Mohamed Mohy Sabry: 1929
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Inducted: 2015
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Mohy Sabry gained his veterinary degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University in 1953, and his PhD in the field of bacteriology in 1963 from the same university.Read more
Y.M. (Mo) Saif: 1934
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Egypt, Mo Saif graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University in 1958.Read more
Yehuda Samberg: 1924 - 2012
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Inducted: 2013
A native of Poland, Dr Samberg completed his veterinary studies in 1950 in Munich, Germany, before emigrating to Israel.Read more
Ahmed Ali Sami Ahmed: 1933 - 2015
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Inducted: 2013
Born in El Minia, Egypt, Ahmed Sami gained his veterinary qualification at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University in 1958.Read more
Karel Antoni (Ton) Schat: 1944
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Inducted: 2013
Born in The Hague, The Netherlands, Ton Schat received his veterinary degree from the University of Utrecht in 1970.Read more
Jagdev M. Sharma: 1941
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Punjab, India, Jagdev Sharma received his BVSc degree from Punjab University in 1961, and MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Davis in 1964 and 1967.Read more
J. Lloyd Spencer: 1938
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Inducted: 2013
Lloyd Spencer was born in Magrath, Alberta, Canada, and over the years was blessed with the influence of family and associates who helped him to achieve.Read more
Laszlo Stipkovits: 1938
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Horvatkimle, Hungary, Laszlo Stipkovits gained his veterinary qualification at the Moscow Veterinary Academy (1961) and his PhD from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1968).Read more
Pedro Villegas-Narvaez: 1943
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Líbano, Tolima, Colombia, Pedro Villegas gained his veterinary degree from the Universidad del Tolima in Colombia in 1967.Read more
Kevin George Whithear: 1943
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Sydney Australia, Kevin Whithear gained a Diploma in Agriculture from Hawkesbury Agricultural College in 1962, followed by a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Sydney in 1967.Read more
Richard Lawrence Witter: 1936
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Inducted: 2013
Dick Witter was born in Bangor, Maine, USA, and completed BS and DVM degrees at Michigan State University, and MS and PhD degrees at Cornell University.Read more
Noboru Yuasa: 1942
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Inducted: 2013
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Noboru Yuasa graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Hokkaido University in 1966.Read more