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A Dean’s Perspective on the Founding of the NC State CVM

“The College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University: A Personal Perspective of its Founding,”by founding Dean Terrence M. Curtin is available from the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation.

In the 351-page book, Dean Curtin offers a first-person view on the "who, what, how, and why" on the effort to secure approval and funding to create a school of veterinary medicine in the University of North Carolina System, and then details the building of what became a nationally ranked and highly regarded college of veterinary medicine.

The hard-cover book can be ordered for $30 through the NCVMF.

Celebrate the establishment of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. See posters created by the Veterinary Medicine Library featuring materials from the University Archives and scrapbooks from faculty and administration from the College of Veterinary Medicine. Click here.

May 3, 2010