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6/9/95                                Sam Hendrix

AUBURN VET SCHOOL FORMS LARGE ANIMAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

      AUBURN -- The Department of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine in 
Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine has established a 
25-member advisory council to assist the department.
      "We are not satisfied with the regional average, so to speak," 
said Dean J.T. Vaughan. "Our goal is to be the best, and we want our 
advisory council to help us in getting there."
      The new advisory council is composed of men and women from 
various segments of the equine and cattle industry.
      Dwight Wolfe, head of the department, said the Advisory Council 
members' collective experience and broad contacts will help AU faculty 
stay current or ahead of changes in the industry.
      "Computers are more common in dairy and swine health practice now 
than are needles and syringes," he said. "We will seek guidance and 
leadership from this group as we all seek to learn more about advances in 
medicine and animal health."
      Council members are:  Joy Goodwin Adams, a 1976 Auburn graduate 
and co-owner and operator of a horse and cattle farm in Pike Road; Dr. J. 
Lee Alley, state veterinarian and 1956 AU graduate; Dr. William Baker, a 
1968 AU graduate who is president and owner of  a veterinary clinic in 
Versailles, Ky.; Dr. H.B. Bartlett, a 1964 AU graduate who is president 
of a Montgomery soft drink bottling company and owner of a beef cattle 
and quarter horse ranch; Dr.  Skip Bartol, associate professor of animal 
and dairy sciences at AU and a leading expert in uterine biology;
      Dr. N.T. Camp, a family practitioner in Jasper who also owns and 
operates Llamas, Camps & Friends;  Glynn Debter, a Horton bank executive 
who raises purebred and commercial cattle; Pat Dye, former AU athletic 
director and head football coach and now an active horse and cattle 
owner;  Ned Ellis of Fort Deposit, a 1953 AU graduate and farm owner;  
Benjamin Hardaway III, chairman of the board of The Hardaway Company of 
Columbus, Ga., and vice president of the Georgia Wildlife Federation; Dr. 
Phil Hardee, a former AU student government president who is now an 
orthodontist who operates a large diversified cattle farm in Monroe 
County; 
      Danny Hogan of Dexter, Ga., a diversified farmer who raises 
horses and is 1995 Federation Saddle Club president; Dr. Chuck Keiser, a 
1985 AU graduate and president of Animal Hospital Services in Danville, 
Ky.; William Killingsworth of Leeds, a 1966 AU graduate who is president 
of the International Andalusian Horse Association; Mason Lampton, vice 
president and chief operating officer of The Hardaway Company in 
Columbus, Ga. ,founder of the Columbus Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens; 
Dr. Dale Lowry, a 1977 AU graduate who owns a Talladega veterinary clinic 
and is a member of the Marianna Greene Henry Special Equestrians Board of 
Directors; 
       William Powell, a 1966 AU graduate who is executive vice 
president of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association; Dr. Ronald Prestage, a 
1982 AU graduate who operates Prestage Equine Clinic in Camden, S.C., and 
is president of Prestage Farms; James Sanford, a 1968 AU graduate who 
chairs Home Place Farms, Inc. and is active in several agricultural and 
civic enterprises;  Dr. George Seier Jr., a 1972 AU graduate and  partner 
in a Prattville veterinary clinic; Dr. Johnny Mac Smith, a 1976 AU 
graduate who owns and operates a farm in Versailles, Ky., and who serves 
on the board of directors of Senepol Cattle Breeders;  Judith Thompson, a 
Leeds attorney and a breeder of Andalusian horses; and Paris Wixon, 
president of a Hope Hull ranch that breeds, raises, trains and exhibits 
American Quarter Horses.
      The Department of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine at Auburn 
employs one of the nation's most productive staffs, collectively treating 
thousands of cases each year, teaching the next generation of 
veterinarians and publishing research in 

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Contact: Wolfe, 334/844-4490.