PAUL F. LANDIS VETERINARIAN OF
THE YEAR AWARD
Note: Dates denote year of convention when
award was presented.
1968............................... Dr. I. D. Wilson
1969............................... Dr. Taylor P. Rowe
1970............................... Dr. Wilmer L. Bendix
1971............................... Dr. Harold Cooper
1972............................... Dr. William A. Truban
1973............................... Dr. Paul F. Landis
1974............................... Dr. Kent C. Roberts
1975............................... Dr. Robert L. Booth
1976............................... Dr. Seymour Kalison
1977............................... Dr. E. E. Thompson
1978............................... Dr. William VanDresser
1979............................... Dr. William M. Lee
1980............................... Dr. James S. Reid
1981............................... Dr. Duke Watson
1982............................... Dr. Kermit Cockrell
1983............................... Dr. Daniel V. Flynn
1984............................... Dr. Buford D. Philpy
1985............................... Dr. Herbert W. Kelly
1986............................... Dr. Robert D. Moss
1987............................... Dr. John P. Arthur
1988............................... Dr. John A. Mayo
1989............................... Dr. George Washington
1990............................... Dr. Mike C. Chesson
1991............................... Dr. Robert Stephenson
1992............................... Not Awarded
1993............................... Dr. Olive K. Britt
1994............................... Dr. Charles Hickey, Jr.
1995............................... Dr. Charles C. Harris
1996............................... Dr. Steven A. Rogers
1997............................... Dr. William Price, Jr.
1998............................... Dr. Stephen Lickey
1999............................... Dr. Robert Martin
2000............................... Dr. John Wise
2001............................... Dr. Richard Hawe
2002............................... Dr. Fred G. Garrison
2003............................... Dr. Peter Eyre,
Dean, VMRCVM
2004............................... Dr. Beverly J. Purswell
2005…………………….. Dr. Suzanne Jenkins
2006............................... Dr. Bruce M. Bowman
2007............................... Drs. Albert Henry, III &
Sara Salmon
2008............................... Dr. Gregory Hammer
2009............................... Dr. Kelly J. Gottschalk
2010............................... Dr. Steven Lichiello
2011……………………. Dr. Randall Hinshaw
2012…………………….. Dr. Robert C.Brown
2013…………………….. Dr. Thomas B. Massie
2014…………………….. Dr. Jesse Webster
2015…………………….. Dr. Don Gardner
FRIEND OF THE VVMA AWARD
1982............................... Ed Koenig
Barber Veterinary Supply
1983 .............................. L. M. "Skinny" Cobb
Beecham Laboratories
1984 .............................. Edith Berndt
VVMA Exec. Assistant
1986……………………..Dr. Edward Thompson
1987 .............................. Dr. William A. Truban
1988 .............................. Jack D. Lewis
VVMA Executive
Vice President
1989 .............................. Dan Kane
Kane X-Ray Co., Inc.
1990 .............................. S. Mason Carbaugh
Commissioner of
Agriculture & Consumer
Services
1991 .............................. Millard "Pete" Stith, Jr.
Board of Veterinary
Medicine
1992 .............................. Jeffrey S. Douglas
VA-MD Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine
1993 .............................. Delegate John "Jack" Reid
1994 .............................. Not Awarded
1995 .............................. Steve Spurlock
Ciba Animal Health
1996 .............................. Mrs. Madge Landis
1997....................………Dr. John Lee
VA-MD Regional College
of Veterinary Medicine
1998....................………Edith Berndt
VVMA Exec. Assistant
1999....................………Betty Moss
VVMA Auxiliary
2000....................………Cynthia Cupp
VVMA Auxiliary
2001 .............................. The Tracy Webb Memorial
Foundation
2002 .............................. Sandra B. Barker, Ph.D.
2003 .............................. Susan Seward
VVMA Lobbyist
2004 .............................. Mr. Ted Smusz
VA-MD Regional College
of Veterinary Medicine
2005 .............................. Robin Schmitz
VVMA Executive Director
2006 .............................. Terry A. Lawrence
2007 .............................. Lynn Young, Director
Alumni Relations &
Student Affairs, VMRCVM
2008………………………Clark Worthy, Attorney,
LeClairRyan
2009 .............................. Larry Koffer
DC Academy of Veterinary
Medicine Executive Director
2010……………………. James Perkins, PhD
2011…………………….. Joyce O Morgan
2012……………………… Michael Holland
2013……………………….Susan Seward
DISTINGUISHED VIRGINIA
VETERINARIAN AWARD
1990............................... Dr. H. Carlton Newman
1991............................... Dr. Eugene Musselman
1992............................... Not Awarded
1993............................... Dr. Peter Eyre
1994............................... Dr. Suzanne R. Jenkins
1995............................... Dr. James M. Shuler
1996............................... Dr. William M. Sims, Jr.
1997............................... Dr. Robert Jorgensen
1998............................... Dr. Glen Noffsinger
1999............................... Dr. Margaret J. Rucker
2000............................... Dr. William Hueston
2001............................... Not awarded
2002............................... Dr. Lauren K. Keating
2003............................... Dr. Terry Taylor
2004…………………….. Dr. Reynolds Cowles, Jr.
2005…………………….. Dr. Nathaniel White, II
2006…………………….. Dr. Marie Suthers-McCabe
2007…………………….. Dr. Steve Escobar
2008…………………….. Dr. Lisa Miller
2009…………………….. Dr. John Hayes
2010…………………….. Dr. Dale Cupp
2011……………………..Dr. Steven Karras
2012……………………...Dr. Beecher Watson
2013……………………… Dr. Tena Boyd
2014……………………… Dr. Richard Wilkes
2015……………………… Dr. William Tyrrell, Jr.
VETERINARY SERVICE AWARD
1992........................... …Dr. Robert C. Brown
1993........................... …Dr. William D. Swartz
1994........................... …Dr. Lewis N. Springer
1995........................... …Dr. Richard B. Talbot
1996........................... …Dr. Nickolas J. Sojka
1997............................... Dr. Gregg A. Scoggins
1998............................... Dr. Steven Rogers
1999............................... Dr. Fred G. Garrison
2000............................... Dr. Bayard A. Rucker, III
2001............................... Dr. Jerome Beller
2002........................... …Dr. Stuart L. Porter
2003........................... …Dr. Eugene Musselman
(in memoriam)
2004……………………..Dr. Daniel Karunakaran
2005……………………..Dr. Phil Sponenberg
2006……………………..Dr. Lydia Donaldson
2007……………………..Dr. Bayard A. Rucker, III
2008……………………..Dr. Samuel Tate
2009……………………..Dr. William “Dee” Whittier &
Dr Leslie Sinn
2010……………………..Dr. Terry Taylor
2011……………………..Dr. Owen McFadden
2012…………………….. Dr. Ronald Fessler
2013……………………… Dr. Jason Bollenbeck
2014…………………….. . Dr. Chip Godine
2015…………………….... Dr. Douglas Graham
COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE
AWARD
1993 ........................... Ed Koenig
Barber Veterinary
Supply Co.
1994 ..................... Mark J. Hill, Tina M. Pickett,
and Mary Ellen Reek
Merck AgVet
1995 ........................... Stephanie Boose
Mallinckrodt
1996 ........................... Gary Weissgold
A. J. Buck & Son, Inc.
1997……………………Chris Atkins
Novartis
1998……………………Dan Kane
Kane X-Ray Company
1999...................……..Marsh Davis
DVM Pharmaceuticals
2000..................………Doug Brooks
Bayer Corporation
2001...................……...Kerri Weppler
Pfizer Animal Health
2002……………………Bob Rice
Merial, Ltd.
2003……………………Tim McKissick
Merial, Ltd.
2004……………………Jon Butz
Webster Veterinary Supply
2005…………………...Erika Anderson
Pfizer Animal Health
2006……………………Doug Polumbo
Webster Veterinary Supply
2007……………………Darryl Hodson
Butler Animal Health Supply
2008……………………Terry Sink
Midwest Veterinary Supply
2009……………………Keri Weppler
Pfizer Animal Health
2010……………………Suzanne Causey, DVM
Merial
2011……………………Connie Mannix,
Butler Schein
2012…………………… Katie Griffin
Novartis
2014…………………….Mike McElvain
Elanco
2015……………………. Carter McKissick
Nutramax Laboratories
RECENT GRADUATE LEADERSHIP
AWARD
1998…………………..Dr. Pamela Slack
1999…………………..Dr. Patti Gahagan
2000…………………..Dr. Krista Scoggins
2001…………………..Not awarded
2002…………………..Dr. Amy Sachs Yam
2003…………………..Dr. Michael Watts
2004…………………..Dr. Amy Gillian
2005…………………..Dr. Sara Salmon
2006…………………..Dr. Leslie T. Brown
2007…………………..Dr. Cheryl Simpson-Freeman
2008…………………..Dr. Melinda Freckleton
2009…………………..Dr. Travis Taylor
2010…………………..Dr. Melinda McCall
2011…………………..Dr. Keith de la Cruz
2012…………………. Dr. Maureen Noftsinger
2013………………. Dr. Courtney Wiegard
2014………………. Dr. Ashley Morgan
2015………………. Dr. Katie Rohrig
ANIMAL HERO AWARD
2004…………………..”Peady” (Owner, Henry Wright)
2005…………………..”Ingo” (Police Dog of
Officer Andy Gluba,
Albemarle County Police)
2006……………………Fairfax County Urban Search
& Rescue Teams – Canine
Unit
2007……………………”Freckles” (Owner, Brett
Wilson)
2008……………………not awarded
2009……………………”Kane” (Owners, Cathy and
and Mark Perdue)
2010……………………”Conan” (Owner, Michael Schiavo
2011…………………… “Molly” Paul
2012……………………"Noah" - Janet Batten's cat
2013……………………. “PACKERS”
2014…………………….. “Seth”- Sarah Connor’s dog
2015 ……………………. “Dexter”- Noah Wine’s dog
MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
2006……………………………..Dr. Julia Murphy
2007……………………………..Dr. Albert Henry, III
2008……………………………..Dr. Rocky Deutsch
2009……………………………..Dr. Thomas Massie, Jr.
2010……………………………..Dr. Gillian Comyn
2011……………………………..Dr. Tim Withers
2012……………………………..Dr. Al Henry and Dr. Lester
Muliigan
2013……………………………..Dr. Gary Brown
2014……………………………. Dr. Derek Vandrey
2015……………………………. Dr. Claudia True