Biographical Sketch for
Donald J. Klingborg, DVM
Associate Dean, UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine
Don Klingborg is an Associate Dean in
the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
His responsibilities include overseeing
Veterinary Medicine Extension and its faculty
at Davis and the Tulare field station as well as
Public Programs, which involves legislative
relations; continuing professional education;
and interfacing with national, state, and local
veterinary organizations. Dr. Klingborg
serves as director of the Center for
Continuing Professional Education and until
recently was on the Steering Committee for
the National Center for Foreign Animal and
Zoonotic Disease Defense. He is course leader
or co-leader for six courses (about 14 units)
and a frequent guest lecturer in the Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine and Masters of
Preventive Veterinary Medicine curricula.
Dr. Klingborg received his Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree from UC Davis in
1972. He spent a year in advanced clinical
studies in large animal medicine and surgery
at Colorado State University and was in
private clinical practice in Merced, California
from 1973 to 1993. At the time of his
departure Dr. Klingborg served as President
of the Atwater-Merced Veterinary Clinics,
Inc., providing care for dairy, beef, small
ruminant, horse and companion animals
from three different facilities in Merced
County.
Dr. Klingborg is an internationally
recognized dairy veterinarian and has
consulted or made presentations on topics
relating to dairy herd health and performance
throughout the United States and on every
continent except Antarctica. He was honored
by his peer group, the American Association
of Bovine Practitioners, as the Bovine
Practitioner of the Year; by his school with
their highest honor, the UC Davis Veterinary
Medicine Alumni Achievement Award; and
by his community with Agribusiness Man of
the Year honors from both the City of Atwater
and the City & County of Merced.
Dr.
Klingborg
was
the
first
veterinarian to receive a fellowship in the
California Ag Leadership program (Class
XVIII). He credits his experiences there with
catalyzing his move from private clinical
practice to the larger arena at the University
of California and national veterinary
organizations.
A family of “persistent learners,” Don,
his wife, and their sons have accumulated
between them thirty-two years of higher
education spread across eight colleges and
universities, including Cal Poly SLO,
Sacramento State, UC Davis, Colorado State
University, Merced College, CSU Fresno,
National Taiwan University and Harvard.
Bev, his wife of 43 years, is a teacher of
the deaf and hard-of-hearing and an author
of workbooks for teachers of children with
language delays. Son Jon is a veterinarian in
private clinical practice and past president of
the
California
Veterinary
Medical
Association. Jon and his family live in
Atwater, California. Son Brian is into
publishing educational books and is also a
published author and screenwriter as well as
a ranked amateur martial arts competitor.
Brian lives with his family in New York City.
Grandsons Patrick and Aaron live in
California and grand-daughters Sophie and
Sylvie live in New York.